Introduce yourself to the class?

[24OZ]

Hi everyone,

My name is George, i'm 27, single and i'm a Zedaholic!! I got into 240's quite recently. I live in the UK, London to be precise and i never saw one before, there's only about 150 left over here. This is mainly due to not many being shipped over (the shipping rates from Japan in the 1970's didnt make the 240z such an affordable buy over here) as well as the majority being victim of our weather!!

Well my borther wanted a 300ZX TT for ages and when he purchased his i started doing my research on Z cars and once I saw a picture of a 240Z in a book I was smitten. I joined the Z Club of GB to find out more info on these cars and then went out of my way to purchase Amazon.co.uk's entire stock of books on early Z cars!

I then scoured the classifieds and found my green beast you see in the icon to your left. She's a 73 and I love driving her. The only problem I have found is that you cant drive her all the time, she never come out to play in the wet and usually lives in hibernation in a nice warm garage. So looking forward to a hot summer so I can drive her loads.

Mike well done on building such a great site and the community spirit must be testament to your good nature. I hope to learn loads form you guys as this obsession is very new to me, its the first sports car I have owned and need all the help I can get.

Thanks all for reading this far :sleep:

[24OZ]

Ha Ha!!

I dont know why I said i'm single, just re-read my post!! Oh well the girlfriend will never check this site out. Phew!!!

[Z-point]

Hi every one,

My name is Guus van der Bol and I live in Holland where the tulips grow.Hi every one,

My name is Guus van der Bol and I live in Holland where the tulips grow.

I’m 48 years old and my job is driving passenger trains through the country. I’ve a lovely wife no kids, 5 dogs, 2 horses, a cat and a bunch of canaries.

My first Nissan, a 280ZX, I bought in ’83 and kept it until 3 years ago. In the mean time I bought -the real car- a ’70 240Z from an American who worked in Great Britain.

I overhauled the Z totally as you can see at my personal photo gallery and now the car is a look a like Monte Carlo works rally car.

I’m in the Z ‘business’ from ’85, started in Holland the Z & ZX club, which has now 320 members.

Well this is my story.

Greetings from the other side.

Guus

[Z-point]

Originally posted by Doehring

Howdy Z-friends around the world,

Hi Rolf,

I didn't have a problem here in Holland buying 240Z parts! I bought all the rubbers, etc. for my car at the dealer. I think 90% of all the parts came from the dealer. And with a discount, very important!!.

Greetings

Guus

ps sorry to hear your Z car was smashed during rallying, is it that dangerous?

my name is Rolf-Karl Doehring. I'm 57 years old, married for 26 years, .

One of my 240Z got badly damaged in an international rallye event . So it's totally stripped now, but I will built it "bottom up" again and it will become better than before. By the way, I think that we have only about 25 240Z here in Germany. Parts are not awailable so I have to buy it all in the US - expensive job because of shipment, customs and taxes. but big fun when it runs. This is now the 2nd time I'm restoring a Z.

All the best to all of you !

[Anna]

Hi, I am Anna. I'm 29 and live in Australia. Like many other Australians I live near the beach. I have been driving little dattos for yonks and now my boyfriend is helping me to restore my first z car - a 1972 240z. He has all the gear to make it happen, if I can just distract him from his own projects (Minis!) long enough we'd get somewhere. This is all new to me, ie, building a car from the ground up.

Thanks for the great site. I've been learning heaps already.

cheers

Anna:cool:

[Ben]

It's taken me several visits just to read all of the posts in this thread!!

Now that's done, I'll add my bit. My dad has already given a brief introduction, and it's his fault that I'm stuck spending all my disposable income on my Datsuns

I'm 25, not married (can't afford it - too many cars), but not single.

I'm an IT Consultant & live in Adelaide, South Australia.

My '73 240Z was my first car - purchased in early 1996. Since then, it's gone completely out of control.

The full restoration will get completed one-day soon (it's been 3-years so far). In the meantime, I've bought another '73 (the one Dad's currently restoring), 2 R-30 Skylines & a 910 wagon. I'm currently channelling funds towards my newest Skyline, a 1983 DR-30 RS-X Turbo. Once that's painted & brought up-to-scratch, it'll be back to the Zed.

To clarify - the Skylines are nice, but they're NOT a 240Z

I find it very motivational to participate in sites such as this one. It also keeps the Z cravings at bay - that & the fact that I have friends with Z's.

[jodonnell]

My name is Jay and I live in Winchester VA and work for the US Geological Survey. I'm 50, married, no two-legged kids, but have 3 Irish Wolfhounds and one Greyhound (who have their own GMC van).

Presently own a '72 240Z which is fully restored with the exception of getting the damn horn to work, but working on that. Also have two '77 MGB (one stock the other with a Rover V8 conversion) and a Lotus 7. Will probably get rid of the MGBs this summer and get another Z (much more fun and easier to work on). Long ago my first Datsun was a '70 1600 roadster also had a '71 240Z for a while before is was eaten by a Ford Galaxie.

[SirJester]

Hi: my name is Alex and I have been a z-holic for one week now. Bought a nice clean and straight 240Z from a friend for $800. No major rust, the engine runs well (needs the carbs tuned though), and the interior is clean and uncut.

No interest in restoring this car to pristine beauty but looking to build it up for back country rally racing. I look forward to pestering many of ya'll for help.

I live in East Idaho with my wife of 9 years and my two dogs. I'm a network administrator for a local bank but prefer cars to computers. (Though I am in the process of installing a computer in my Z. :-D)

BTW would installing Weber Carbs and a N36 intake improve my performance greatly over the stock carbs?

[zep]

Well, I'm one more to add to the four or five teenagers here, and three New Zealanders I've seen so far.

I'm 16, still go to school and own no car at all. This is due to my lazy response to getting my license and even lazier effort at trying to find a job.

I first heard about 240zs when I saw one sitting up the road and found out that it belonged to my hairdresser, who is constantly restoring it. Ever since I saw it, I wanted one. It dosn't make it easy in New Zealand tho, it's really hard to find Z cars, especailly 240zs ('73 as I want). I'm always looking out for them tho, hoping my parents will shout me the extra cash.

Yea,,, thats me..

[jpac]

Hi all! Here are the facts

My name is Jeff Paciolla I am 34 yrs old, I live in Charlotte NC, married, with a 4 yr old girl and a baby boy due in May (next month)

I currently do not own a Z, but I have wanted one since I was a teenager. I am hoping to save up some money and buy a 240 that i can fix up sometime in the next year.

The problem seems to be that there are very few available on the east coast, so shipping cost becomes a big factor. :mad:

I look forward to many informative conversations.

[Rev.Victor Webb]

My name is Rev.Victor Webb and yes I'm a minister. I grew up with racing, mainly SCCA, stock car and drags.My uncle races SCCA Nissan and owns a Z shop so that was my main street legal background. I own a '70 240Z vin# 001811 (one of the first). I'v done some rally type cars in Canada for other people and now plan to do mine as a touring car.I know some and am more than willing to share my knowledge and so far have learned much more on this site.Thanx -Rev

[CTron]

Hi Everyone,

I'm pretty new to the boards, but I feel lucky to have found such a great resource.

My name is Chris, I'm 25 and own a 1972 240. It's in okay shape, but will rock after a little work. I live in Seattle and work for Electronic Arts marketing video games.

I'm looking to get married soon so the major work on the Z will probably have to wait. I'll just do what I can on the cheap for now. After a few more mechanical fixes I really want to insulate the car and put in new carpet.