Z Kid

The hole for the lock has more or less been hacksawed out of bog.

Well here is the door, sorry for losing the original thread topic. Its got a few rust holes, and has obviously had a bit of a sshunt at some stage the big bare metal patch is where a big sheet of bog fell off when using the pressure washer. The whole of the door has a coat of bog about .7-1.2cms thick, and has been belted in and the odd hole punched to make the bog stick when you look from the back.

The colour of fuel is an interesting thing, our LRP fuel varies much in colour, ranging from a light yellow throught to a brown colour. But in order for a fuel filter to clog up to that point, you would expect more and more gradual poor running. Could it be something like the new fuel pump being faulty?

The only Z in the u-pull it on womma roaid is a 260Z 2+2, and you guessed it, the old guy beat me to it and took all the nice bits. Speaking to adelaide Z cars, he wanted from memory 300, might have been a bit more for a door with in his words (rust holes along the bottom), when i asked the exact condition, he said come up and have a look, well the idea of driving from gawler to him for the possibility of a high priced door was just more than i could bear. I want to get this soon, as i want to get the doors, bonnet and guards stripped by minus paint to see how it all works and comes out.

Ben, I jokingly suggested this, and next time i went to harass him about it, all of a sudden, he has rotties wandering his yard and shed ( They breed them) It wouldn't $^!# me off so much if he said no, but he said he had a spare, showed it to me, then said its not for sale. So this is my appeal, I now need a reasonably priced second hand door (a little rust is ok) just no major holes and or dents. I have chased doors around the country, from WA to Sydney, and people just don't pull through. Ie, yes i have one, send me pics, i email back as my folks are there on business that weekend, and he just disappears off the face of the earth, won't reply to emails etc etc. PLEASE HELP ME FIND A SECOND HAND LHS DOOR, i will buy the new one if need be, but its just soo much money that could be better spent elsewhere on the car.

I know of two sets sitting in a guys shed, and he's doing the whole, won't sell them to you now, they're an investment. People buying car parts as an investment shits me right off He buys up everything, and makes it impossible for me to get bits. PS This is just me venting cos he won't sell me the spare door her has just lying around (you never know when you will need it, he's only got 6 other spares:stupid: )

I have no objections to them protesting, as long as they know what they are protesting about. However the vast majority of them are nothing more than sereal protestors in it for the cheap thrill, you see them week in week out protesting about one thing or another. On a lighter note, at the first big anti war protest they had in adelaide i got punched, merely for stating my opinion, and on pointing out the irony of a violent peace protest they swung again, i swear to god, if it hadn't been a 15 year old schoolgirl i would have fought back, assuming i could stop laughing for long enough. PS I Don't think lachlan would try it, becuase from memory, hes a little chap who might just get pounded into the ground

Come on ozzie guy, before the targa you need a good shakedown rally, make it the classic adelaide, then its at least got a fair bit of fellow Z competition.

Hell at 6'7, I'll give it a try. Might be useful to get rid of that damn rent a crowd of arts students who have parked themselves on the uni lawns, striking from school and uni in a protest against war. Its amazing the lengths some people will go to to get a free saussage sizzle, I can see no other reason why they would be there. :stupid:

Just thinking, its probably one of two things, the gauge and or sender is cactus, or the motor is low on oil, not sure about the Z's (never had one on the road) but with my landrover, the gauge going down on braking was an indication that the oil was surging forwards, starving the oil pump, and decreasing oil pressure. Its probably not anything too major, when i had the Z motor runnin just to check it out, i had an eppileptic tacho, all over the shop. Good Luck

You can pick many of the profiles up from your local shop (here its fitch the rubber man) now if someone can confirm my suspicion that the 2+2 hatch seal is shorter than the 2 seater, raven i have a new/near new seal you can have cheap. Cheers Chris

Mine is complianced 7/73, and is number HS30 102365, Yellow with an auto from factory.

Just stumbled across a set of three z hubcaps, do any of you aussie guys have a single or pair that you could be persuaded to part with to make my set complete? Cheers Chris They are the later Z type ones.

Well for the wheels, I have seen many sets, and don't reckon they're that hard to find, but good luck finding the wheel centres. Polished up with black paint in the right places, they look awesome. I recently had a surplus of these wheels, and i reckon RogerZ did pretty well out of them. I would personally never pay more than 50 dollars for a set, but thats just my opinon. The last set cost me 250 bucks, but they came attached to a parts car, the wheels have no gutter rash, and is a set of 5, so i say his price is a bit high. If you're that desperate for them, I'll swap you a great set of 5, and an average set of 5 for the wheels on your car

I beg to differ, My 73 has a mph speedo, as do all aus spec 240's (to my knowledge), I would say that the car with the km/h speedo has had it changed cos the driver found doing long division in his head too hard whilst trying to drive.

Wex, you are and you aren't right, first week in it was listed as 432,022 kms ( I copied and pasted that add straight from the trading post website), this add did not appear in the ad for the second week, and a new add was posted stating 43.000kms. It's like many sheilas, they look awesome from twenty feet, or after a six pack, but in daylight, its as roung as guts, paint patches can be seen, big spider cracks in lower guards (bog). And the fact that its been in the yard for more than a week means its not a bargin.

I have several you can choose from for free, but being in australia, that doesn't help.

Rick, If they are in good nick, I will take them (IN SA) Cheers Chris Sent you an email, but if you're here first, contact me at thorci00@hotmail.com to work out the details.

Thats just it, it looks too immaculate for those miles, it must have had some serious work done on it, I didn't see the add when I first posted, but thats a lot of KM"s if i were a dealer, i wouldn't be boasting about that.

The Z is one of the red and black East Africa Safari ones I think, and is a very limited production according to the model shop(hell for that price i want a Z i can drive) Its a kit from the 70's that they have re-released for a short production run, the model shop got 2, a stockie which was gone by the time i got there, and this, the rally car. I might revisit on monday, but 160bucks is a lot of money for a plastic model, even though if done properly it has working suspension, steering, semi-pneumatic tyres, realistic drivers etc etc. Its tempting, but not sure if its tempting enough.

Well I was in the local model shop today near uni, trying to kill some time between uni finishing, and the drinking starting, as usual on the prowl for a nice and ok priced 240z model. Well having just about given up, finding only a 432R model, I looked up on the shelf to see a limited edition re-released model by (can't remember, could be koyosho? some japanese company). However here is the problem, it costs a mint, and the guy wont open the box unless i buy it, in which case i can open the box anyhow. Well its a re-released model kit for one of the EAS cars, its a good scale 1:12, I'd rather have a stock looking car, does anyones local model shop have one of the 240Z kits in it before i spent a large sum of money on this kit. Cheers Chris

Datsun 260Z 1976 coupe, 2 + 2, T-bar, air, 1 owner, genuine 432022kms, books, immaculate, $5999, HYE-625, DL-3342. Paul Alexander Car Sales, opposite Scotty's Motel PROSPECT 08-8269 7477

You mean to say all those accidents, and they've only got 650hp? Nah just kidding, don't kill me yet, I'm too young to die.

Come on, calm down all. Or soon the aussies will be taking the wizz from your car racing, what was it foot down and turn left?, or was it right?, either way you still manage to collect the wall. I reckon a trained monkey could do it. However it has been proved a trained monkey can play baseball

While this has turned into a discussion about carbs, if they do not have the fuel bowl on the side, is it possible they are still british SU carbs, all the mini/jag stuff lying around has a fuel bowl type thing on the side, but this lot seems to just be chunkier underneath, any ideas?