260z

Is that switch situated near the battery on right hand side of the engine bay? The car is 260 or 280z? I have a -74 260z and it is as original as it gets....The car has been stirpped of all smog etc, but otherwise it is original. Ihave been thinking about this switch too...Havent yet figured out what it does... Was it so that in some states the seatbelt had the safety system which did not allow the car to start if the driver didn't have seatbelt on... My car has just the warning lamp/sign on dash.

Have youvisited http://www.hlj.com HobbyLinkJapan. If you got a Visa or some other major creditcard you can order from there!! There are plenty of z cars available...

Got any better pics/close ups? Seems to be pretty simple? Could be done by self with welder, bender and grinder?

Gt 40 would be nice toy... I am a bit jealous to one pal that owns a gt 40 replica here in Joensuu. It was brought from ca. It ha s a tube chassic and ford v8. It is pretty need even if it is a replica... There was a article about auctions in latest classic and sport cars. They had sold a GT40P for "only" 325,786 £!! WOW... I think that even SantaCalus can not afford one!! Heh. This must have been some rare racing model.

I have have been told that 350z is going to be actually lauched in Finland in the fall 2003!! That sucks!! Well the market here is a bit smaller!! But it is sadistic that I have to wait until fall!!! Even if I am more into s30... Anyway it is going to be massive to cruise to the nissandealer to see 350z in my 260z!! I will probably be the only one to show up in s30. There are only couple of these here in Joensuu/NorthKarelia.

Heh, Doggystyle. Dogs and Z's are both part of my life. This is my Alaskan Husky "Mira". Mira's mom was from NewYork can you believe!!? The genes play big part in breeding animals. Mira did the funniest/sadest thing few years back. She hunted and killed a cat....Which happenend to belong to my mother in law. Not too good first impression?? Well it was actually not the first meeting between Mira and my mother in law...

I've got aluminium Lokaris as well. I bet that they have installed them when my car was shipped to Finland in 80's. These are the best way to protect your cars front end, especially those shelfs (airtunnels)that gather all the mud and crap inside front fenders. Once upon time I had this saab minicar with same engine as many lawnmovers have!! This car was made by Lokari(my dad used to be SAABIST!! We have this saying about saabs and their owners Saabism is sicknes!! Litlebit off topic sorry?!?

The new 350z is quite nice but I find it a bit too dull on the front end. I think that the gtr proto was much meanier. And I would have liked more if the production model would have looked more like the first published proto...It had more lines, looks and details to remind of the roots ie. 240z s30. In general I have been delighted to see some of the nostalgia in some car manufacturers new models.... I love the Ford forty-nine and gt40. Chrysler pt-cruiser and BMW Z8, thats some package!! Well I dont like the new beetle, because it has not the same ideology that the old beetle....It is unpractical and fwd disguished polo or whatever...

Luckily I dont like 300zx too much......But even though that is sicksicksick!!

Actually I am only interested to buy another z as a donator and as a project which I could modify. The car should be 2 seater offcourse and driveable(registered). I would pick it up and drive back home:) small adventure...It depends on timing ie wether or not I have the money at the time that suitable car comes around?! Itäs all about the money..damdida .... I know that these cars are somewhat cheap in the states and on ebay...But it is the Finnish tax laws and customs. I have to pay vat twice when I bring a used car to country. I have to pay 30% tax of the full purchasing price and wreight added together for over 25 yeras old cars. So if a car costs about 800€ in L.A (where my cousin lives and works with classics) It would cost over1000€ to ship it to Finland. With customs, tax and vats the total would be around 5000€!! I is a bit difficult to explain!! I made a calculator to exel one day...Then I decided that the timing was not right! Well there are some cases in EU-court about Finnish taxation on cars both used and new.

I dont understand all of the cars description..Even though there is not so much of it. Can you tell if it is registered and in driving condition? Doehring: What is the average price for solid runnig z that needs some work there?

I spotted this car from mobile.de price 800€ By my standards that is a bargain... I dont know what the price range in deutchland is. In Finland you would be lucky to get engine with that money!! If it just would be situated in northern deutchland....Kiel or Wismar would be nice...

They seem to be worthless time to time here too. Some good examples can cost over 2000€ which is aprox the same in usd. About Mazda then. I have this 1200 -69 deluxe. 4-door saloon. I have a dream to build it as the r100 familia. Which was the same as r100 coupe but just like mine 4-door saloon. These cars had rotary engines a bit different grille, round tail lamps and some differencies in dash /interior. My project has some major difficulties. First: We dont have any such ratary cars here. Some never models of course but not this 69-77. Familia/Presto. second: There are only few examples in europe. Maybe I could get all parts from australia? I will be needing grille,badging,centreconsole and dashboard, tailgate with lamps and offcourse engine, tranny and such.

Yeha baby!! I was about to buy this car as my daiky driver!! I need a bigger winter car. My Z is sleeping every winter. It could have also donate some parts..I am pretty sure that all of those in Finland have 5 speed transmission. In a twisted way I do like the funny muscle lookalikeness that it has got!

Yes it is and it can be hard to find interesting cars sometimes. Allthough we do have some of the raresta ones for example mercedes-benz waxenberger 300 sel 6.3 liter. There are only on car out of three that has survived racing.... http://www.m-100.org/6point3/magazines/classicandsportscar_jan1999/waxenberger.html I dont know the number of kgt's imported. There must be few of them because those are occasionally for sale. But I think that there are even more z's for sale... Is it correct that this car was 1.6, 1.8 or 2.0 liter skyline in japan nad that 2.4 liter version was skyline gt-r? Thats what I have been reading on the internet.

I have just missed my chance to get company to my 260Z....There was a 240 kgt for sale here in Finland for 600€!!!! Daily driven car!!! I was too slow... If you dont know what I am talking abou look here> http://skyline-gtx.hp.infoseek.co.jp/cm.htm Well I guess I have to settle to buying a 260c -73 for 500€ (series 230) But it is not nearly the same..

I don know if there are any of these Cobra replicas here in Finland. I doubt because there are only so few Z's here. But when it comes to taunus Cobra's it is a bit different scenario!! We have one firm that actually produces those replicas out of old Ford Taunus. There are 2,3 litre v6 and some versions are available with turbo. They do also make v8 replicas....That is a big question mark to me because it is veryvery hard to get a car with so big modifications registerd here. And if you want to make all the way with new chassis and engine and so on you have to pay new cars taxes! That is if you dont register the car as Taunus. According to our laws this kind of kitcar must have atlesa 50% of parts out of a registered donator car... You can find the firm here www.sporttiauto.com

The old bionic woman has been running on one channel here in finland. Atleast in one episode the lady drove a 260 or a 280 z with big bumpers....

I had my bonnet stuck with my former z too. Those old worn cables. Fortunately I had disassembled the lock mechanism once so I knew what i had to do. I made a tool which helped me to reach the lock arm that the end of the cable is attached to. It doesn't really help if you can reach the cable because it is screwed into the cars body. I will attach a picture of my tool. I used to open my bonnet with this tool for a while. (naturally I forgot some times that the cable was stuck and closed the bonnet too hard!!) Normally i drove around with my bonnet open... The red line in the picture is the tool. I used 8mm steel axel to make my "bonnet opener". It was pretty soft steel because I was able to bend it by hands. It is actually easy to use this opener when you find the right place to poke the tool. The tip of the tool should be placed behind the lock arm.

Here is the web address to minilite unitedkingdom they claim to be the makers of original minilites. www.minilite.co.uk

That is just one good example how to spoil a beautiful car! What a hotrod custom kind of ugly monster!! I sure prefer more original looking Z!

What should the accurate operating temperature be when the engine reaches its normal temp? The scale starts at 120 f and my car is running over half way of the meter.