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I like my '72 240 the best of anything with four wheels I've ever owned. No computers or ECUs, black boxes etc. My favorite of all time, flat spot on the front tire with gravel inside, had only 3 wheels.

Well time for another update, I'm getting painfully close to putting the car through its next transformation having collected parts, researched and talked about it for the past few months. The car made it to Leeds Castle again and home with no dramas despite being a little unhealthy and was a cracking day out, it was great to see a few S30's together again this year and some of the usual faces. The weather even turned up by the end of the day so awesome all in all. IMG_6097 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr So the parts are now really stacking up, with everything now sorted via the gearbox which is waiting on the local shop to get their arse in gear and take another look. Looking at radiator options having had several conversations about cooling and the state of the radiator we decided to go ahead and over engineer so we are now the proud owners of a Mishimoto Aluminium rad which should be more than man enough for any engine build we do in the future! It also comes with a lifetime warranty. Just trying to decide whether to paint it black or anodise it black to make it blend into the engine bay a bit more or not? IMG_6136 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr I need to give a shout out to Toopy for kindly selling me his old rocker cover as I've been meaning to attempt to refurbish one in a wrinkle/crackle black finish having seen so many done before I've been keen to get one done and move away from the polished look as it's really not for me. Having spent several evenings this week, I managed to strip it down, degrease, paint it and finish it. It's not perfect having had to spray it in the garden at compete with the wind and flies which kept being attracted to the paint (fortunately the wrinkle finish hides most of it). With paint not really being my forte though I'm quite please with how its come out and I've learnt lessons for if I do it again. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves though. IMG_6142 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr IMG_6154 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr IMG_6172 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr IMG_6186 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr With parts continuing to pile in I also need to give a massive shout out to Mike, Chris and Alan on here. Having missed the window on anti roll bars for my suspension work I had a rethink and was sensibly pointed in the direction of suspension technics anti roll bars on the basis that the rear bar mounts off of the diff support like the period BRE cars rather than requiring any body modifications, particularly when being an early car with no brackets to talk of. Having realised shipping would be insane with the quote coming in at $850 dollars! Mike allowed me to have them shipped to him, dropped into Chris's car to be shipped over to the UK before it was sold to Alan (who I coincidentally met at Donington and found out lives just down the road). Who in turn delivered the bits to my front door! It never ceases to amaze me the sense of community, with three members generously helping me out and getting parts several thousand miles to my front door free of charge Having now seen them in the flesh I'm convinced these are going to go a long way towards removing hte body roll with a seriously chunky front bar and a sensible looking rear one to bolt on. At the same time I also picked up a brand new passenger grab handle as one of the Chrome pieces of trim had decided to fall to pieces, the nice thing its a Nissan nos item. I always love original parts in bags with the stickers! lol IMG_6178 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr IMG_6175 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr Finally my evening has been topped off with another arrival from the US, this time after months of waiting on the list ZTherapy have come through with the goods. Fantastic packaging to keep the newly refurbished carb, intake manifold, euro balance tube, heat shield, fuel rail and throttle linkage all protected. The setup looks amazing, and everything feels very slick. The only problem is that now there's loads of nicely zinc plated items, there's lots of little bits and pieces that will need to be done to match in, I'm not sure quite what I've started here! I'm still recovering from the import duties and had second thoughts over tripples however they will come at a later date long way down the road, for now these are going to be awesome and should give some decent performance and economy. I think it's fair to say the car is going to drive like a different beast very shortly with all the parts that are being thrown at it, I'm getting super excited as fingers crossed work will begin in a couple of weeks time. Getting an idea of what things will look like shortly: IMG_6191 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr IMG_6194 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr IMG_6195 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr More to come in due course, don't go away

As a source for new bumpers don't forget Futofab, http://www.futofab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=131&Itemid=118#a_frontb New metal, perfect chrome, no holes, all metric fittings and they fit well. I'm very happy with mine, $360 USD a piece.

Yeah! Monaco GP weekend and Jeff sends out another video. Life is good!

What a ****ed up world if this is "normal".

It took a lot longer than I had hoped, but I finally get the body work finished and get into painting some high fill.

Ended up getting an amsoil filter. It is installed in front of my radiator. Had to remove my oil cooler to actually fit it cus I got the next size up haha. ALSO, after 5 LONG arse MONTHS my new suspension is now 100% INSTALLED! I seriously thought it would never get done. Even on the 10-year old probably-under-inflated stock tires, it is a HUGE improvement compared to what was there before. The short list of stuff I have to complete: Fit my new 225/50 R16 0 offset wheels/tires that are just sitting Alignment Find a good way to mount my boost gauge (adhesive doesn't work on A pillar very well) Figure out what I'm gonna do for the front air dam Insure the thing so I can actually drive it

Update on this: The front in the first post was about +0.25" over stock height. I lowered it to about -0.75" under stock height. After I lowered it this 1 inch, I had no problem at all fitting the end links. Didn't even have to loosen the bottom nut. So it was purely because I was riding a bit too high. No binding in the suspension either. Glad it was an easy fix! Blurry pic, but here is proof:

It's cool but something about it doesn't sit well with me. I prefer Bizek and JDM Legends, but they also do the JDM oversized flares with exposed rivets, I just don't dig that look. Different strokes, I suppose.

That usually doesn't work out for me. I do try though!

I have those bumpers from vietnam. Since 3 jears and they still looking good. Sent from my iPhone using Classic Zcar Club mobile

The restoration of my FJ40 was at a stand still for a while, but with the installation of the top it is complete. I am considering installing an Gobi roof rack and a Warren winch. The procrastination is taking it away from it's basically stock restored condition.

Great followup from Alvin and the Z Car Garage gang: http://www.zcarblog.com/2018/05/11/events/racing-datsun-heroics-at-the-2018-mitty.html