Another new Z owner

[Heen]

Hey everybody,

I'm new to the forums and owning a Z car. I just bought my first one (and hopefully last, but we'll see where that ends up), a 71 series 2 car. At least I think July 71 is a series 2. Anyhoo, I hope to learn a lot from some Z veterans and hope to help anyone with the experiences I have with my car. It's rust free (ha), or as rust free as I'd like it to be. Got it from California and sent to my home state in the rust belt. We got our first snow acouple days ago so my new Z I've driven twice now will have to sleep for most of the season in the garage.

In the mean time I'm doing some basic fixups and cosmetic changes. I've taken out all the carpet and padding to clean and replace some bits so far. I think I'll need to replace the padding with new stuff.

Thanks for the read and I hope I can help where I can! I'll post pictures as soon as I'm able to.

Will

[psdenno]

Welcome!  Always good to see another '71 getting TLC from a new owner.  Enjoy the Z.

Dennis

[Mike]

Yes, welcome to the club (and classic Z ownership)!  Don't forget to post some pics and also update your garage here.

[jfa.series1]

Welcome to the group , probably the greatest assembly of Z-nutZ and knowledge you'll find on the interweb.  Looking forward to your updates and pics.

[grannyknot]

Welcome to forum, you'll like here.  PICS, PICS, PICS

[SoCalJim]

Congrats and welcome, Will.  Oh yeah...PICS!  ?

[Heen]

Hey again! Thanks for the welcomes. As promised here are two awful pictures of the car. I need to take some good ones once I get the seats and carpets put in it again... and maybe for it to be above freezing outside. 

[siteunseen]

Looks good!  Welcome to Z life.

Silver with burgundy?  One of my favorite combos. 

[rcb280z]

Congrats and welcome. Looks real nice so far.

Oh yeah in case no one has mentioned it, PICS, PICS, and more PICS   

[Heen]

@siteunseen Nah, I got Silver with Black. The car was originally silver as well, but was resprayed a non original silver (a close enough color as far as I can tell, and the job isn't spectacular... kinda wanna get it painted when I get some more throw away money)

I just picked up some graphite rewinds on the Z store as my first of many mistakes and will probably snap as many shots as I can of it once I get them on. It came with 280z rims on it when I purchased it. I assume it was a donor 280 that brought this 240 back to life. 

[Patcon]

3 hours ago, Heen said:

@siteunseen Nah, I got Silver with Black. The car was originally silver as well, but was resprayed a non original silver (a close enough color as far as I can tell, and the job isn't spectacular... kinda wanna get it painted when I get some more throw away money)

I just picked up some graphite rewinds on the Z store as my first of many mistakes and will probably snap as many shots as I can of it once I get them on. It came with 280z rims on it when I purchased it. I assume it was a donor 280 that brought this 240 back to life. 

What makes the graphite rewinds a mistake?

[Heen]

@Patcon Haha no they're fine, I love those rims. Its the slippery slope that leads to blowing tons of money on the car.