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I interpreted to mean the design of the car as a whole, ie suspension, drivetrain etc. IMO, a comparison of the R33 GTR and the 300ZX would have the ZX ahead on looks and not much else (donning flame proof suit having typed that). Anyway I found the guy who made the comment kind of annoying. No matter he said I probably would have found fault with it.

Having side mirrors like the ones on this web page below would be enough to convince me to start drilling the window frame. They seem a bit better sized for a Z than the ones in the picture above. http://mywebpages.comcast.net/pparaska/TercelMirrorMounting.htm

Thanks Mr Camouflage, it did start at 7.30. The show was not bad but it was all very US-centric in perspective. They had a number of interviews with Mr Katayama (sp?), all these interviews related to how Nissan went about cracking into the US car market. It was very glowing in it's praise of Katayama. Without openly saying it they almost implied that the rest of Nissan verging on incompetent without him - particularly in Nissan's approach to the US market. They showed some of the TV adverts used at the time and they were pretty funny - particularly the black gold 280zx ad which is hilarious. A disappointment to me was that they failed to show any of the early seventies rally footage. They could have cut half of the Z enthusiast interviews to include some of this, the Nissan Sales Rep in particular was begging to be edited out. One of his comments was that the 300ZX was at the cutting edge of sports car design, this comment was made in 1995 so he must have been ignoring the GTR. But any documentary on the Z is a good documentary, it is worth watching just for all the old footage. I'd give it ****/*****

I believe I've seen that Z on the hybridZ site. Owned by one of the regular posters there I think. Is that what you were asking?

OK, you have got me worried now Mr Camouflage. I'll make sure I'm home at 7.30 just in case.

I agree - you are a legend Rogersz! Thanks for the heads up. I know what I'll be doing tonight! And the good thing is 10.30pm EST is 8.30 over here in Perth, the time difference working in my favour for once.

Bambikiller240 - Posting an image like that without a warning is just not nice. Seeing that is going to give me nightmares! I'm hoping the Z you looked at does not look like that J.

Excellent example of a tastefully modified Z. The only thing I would criticize would be the side mirror design, but I'm just being picky.

I agree with biker, changing the differential to a 3.9 or 4.11 ratio would give you more zip.

I also think it is a reasonable reflection on the great old FJ and BJ series Landies. It seems to have reasonable ground clearance which is good, combine that with the winch presence and you get the impression that toyota are actually designing this thing for real offroad purposes. Can you unbolt the roof though? One a side note, is it just me or does the front of that new FJ look uncannily similar to the Ssangyong Korando? The Korando was a mercedes powered-korean built mongrel that sold quite poorly in Oz. Here is a picture for comparison...

Buy that car and work out the mechanical as you go. Also check ou this thread... http://www.240z.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2175

Well he bought it. 1st 350Z sold in OZ he reckons!! Hasn't picked it up yet so I am still waiting to take it for a spin. Given that my 260 has been half naked and without a radiator for a month i'm looking forward to actually driving a Z again. Still think they should have put an RB26 in it:o

Just going on what he told me Alfadog. Maybe they sent one boatful of autos to WA and another boatful of manuals to the east coast?

Thanks for the info Ben. I also wondered where people were getting there L series turbos from in Oz. It would be an interesting exercise to do a cost/benefit analysis of the RB20DET swap versus building an L28T.

My mate at work is getting a 350Z, he is going for the silver one with the auto box. Apparently you can't get the 6 speed manual till April in W.A. He has also taken pity on me and agreed to let me test drive it as soon as he gets it. Should be fun. There are some demo models floating from the nissan stores, I might drop by Nissan Melville tonight and have a look. I can dishonestly say I've always liked the new 350ZLOL

For what it's worth I'd leave the front fender mirrors on W.A.ZED. I reckon they are cool. Strange that your Z has them though, the only other Z I've seen with them in Australia had a Fairlady badge so I assume it was an import. Strange world we live in though! It's not legal to have fender mirrors but feel free to bolt large steel barwork to your car in case of hitting a roo.

errr, click on Mk.VII for the better looking of the Bolwell creationsLOL

Cool, look forward to seeing the photos. Good to see there is a Bolwell MK.7 in there. Mate of mine is restoring a Bolwell Nagari and I was very impressed with it, a very good looking car for it's time and locally made as well. In some aspects it is similar to our Datsuns, check it out... http://www.bolwellcarclub.com.au/models.htm The chassis of it is pretty interesting, looks like two big steel girders welded into a T shape.

Has no one mentioned the Z shown in the opening clips of the Fox8 show Maximum Exposure? I pretty sure it is a 240z but it is hard to tell because you only see an orange Z briefly as it spins off a race track and slams into a concrete barrier backwards. Oh well, at least it died a warriors death!

Looks like a winner! Even got some sunroof action working for ya. Seriously though, that car looks to be in great condition. So whats the plan then, restore to stock? Modify? Race?

Top stuff Mr C. Look forward to seeing the photos.:classic: This is the second Perth 240Z sale I have heard of in as many months - the market is practically boiling over!!! Just out of interest, did you get the car through an ad in one of the papers or word of mouth?

If I could afford one of those I would'nt need to go to work OzzyROFL

What was this guy thinking:stupid:

I pulled off both front fenders on the weekend. Not too bad apart from significant rust on both the fenders and frame at the bottom behind the front wheels. This also happens to be where the cowl drain points to. Anyway, I happened to look at Escanlon's gallery for some unknown reason and noticed he had fixed this cowl drain problem by attaching a tube to direct the water out of the panel. Once I fix the rust up I am definitely going to do something similar for my Z, as well as giving the whole area a liberal dosing of POR-15.

29 and 11 months:D I can still say I am in my twenties for a few more weeks.