Digital Camera

[Nigel Mulvey]

At last bought a digital camera. I've been umming and ahhing for weeks. For those that are interested I've posted a couple of shots of my 260Z 2+2 following it's(not so) recent argument with a Ford Falcon.

Alfadog, next up is my 240 but we've been having terrible dust storms in Sydney the last few days and it doesn't look its best at the moment.

[Alex 240Z]

Well the camera takes nice pictures, just sorry to see what happened to your Z !!! Definitely was one nice looking Zed as you say and sure like the left hand drive !!!!! Seems like we are talking as if they are human refering to these cars !!!! Drive safe and of course " Enjoy The Ride" Lucky you have a spare or two!!!

[Alfadog]

:(

Marvin looked to be in VERY nice nick before the accident too

It must be saddening for you.

[Z Kid]

But now the memorials over, when are you going to start parting it out? First dibs on the LHS light cone thingy

[halz]

How the hell did it happen? The whole side is stuffed - were you side swiped?

[Z Kid]

Its ford drivers, always their fault, nearly got cleaned up by a taxi today, coming down the wrong side of a road trying to get past parked cars. Had the nerve to yell at me, and call me a f@#$%ng well you get the idea, Didn't he reverse quickly when a 6'7 lad stepped out of a two door dihatsu charade. , even if the drivers not at fault, fords are always getting in the way, be it on the race track or the road.

[Mr Camouflage]

That damage does look repairable though. The door seems undamaged. As long as the strut tower hasn't moved it shouldn't be to hard to fix.

[EScanlon]

Ok, someone shoot Z Kid for everyone else that shuddered at the thought of parting out that car for the damage it shows.

Yes, it's nasty, but it doesn't look as though you should junk her for it. The front fender can be obtained from a donor car, the rear fender can be either straightened out or again grafted from a donor.

What condition are the rocker panels and rails? That's more of an indicator.

Hope you fix her.

[Nigel Mulvey]

There is a bit of damage to the rails and a crease just above them. The suspension rod pulled straight out of it's mounting hole.

The point at which the wing bolts on at the top now sits at about 45 degrees instead of vertical. The engine obviously bounced over quite a way because the wing nut on the air cleaner cover penetrated the inner wheel arch.

It may well be fixable, but I don't know that I want to spend a lot of money on a 2+2. I've got the 1977 260 as my project car and I am going to use the 2+2 engine in that as I had only just rebuilt it. But if anyone would like to take the 2+2 on as a project (I have a spare L26 engine) make me an offer. Other than the obvious damage it is very solid.

[Nigel Mulvey]

Here is a photo of the rail and associated damage.

[Nigel Mulvey]

Here is a photo of the damage at the top of the wing.

[Nigel Mulvey]

This shows the wing nut damage from the outside ...