Z Kid

That attitude shits me to tears amongst car restorers. Its your car, and you are the one who has to look at it everytime you drive it, don't let other people influence your decisions. If its the flares etc that you want, go and do it if it makes you happy (I would rather see a nice Z with flares and G-nose, than some uncared for hack of a daily driver), sure you are always going to have some clown come up and tell you how you ruined a good car, and you can always politely tell them where to shove their opinion (in your opinion of course). I have had to put up with this rubbish when I tried to classic register my last car and it nearly made me sell the thing, in the end I persevered, got it registered then put my 2inch tacho and oil pressure gauge back in the car . In short do what you want (In case you haven't guessed, I am a big fan of the ZG). I also have to say that I am in favour of most mods which make any car safer or better to drive ie better modern tyres, better brakes, improved shockers. In the end, the decision is that of the owners, not the clown giving him hell. Cheers Chris

6UL DV8 anyone

They can be stripped at the dipping places which use a basic solution not the acid bath. Totally non damaging and easy

That plate used to be one a kermit green exa in SA (I think) driven by a nice young lady (well looked good anyway) Haven't seen it in a while maybe someone took it too literally and consumed her

Its fibreglass, and that is not busted up too bad, grind back from the top, chuck on a few layers, grind from the bottom, few layers, fill fair and she will be as good as new, that damage is really very minor.

R U 3 L8R Are you Free Later? I think george is trying to pick up using his car again.

Hello, Just wondering if anyone here has had experience with carbomastic 15 as a rust prevention substance. The guy who is removing the paint from my parts swears by it "it shits all over por products, designed for immersed oil rigs, wont find better" So has anyone used it, it can be applied up to 5mm thick (for underbody etc) is a metal flake modified epoxy substance, it sounds great, so any feedback? Cheers Chris

Hatch glass is no good, basically its anything forward of the windscreen and thats it (the windscreen is good though)

Hello, I can't believe I haven't put in my 2c before this. My name is Chris, and I live in South Australia, in a little pimple on the map, called Gawler, great country town, everytime you do something stupid, everyone knows about it before you do . I have always been into cars, and rebuilt my first car a 1959 landrover from the age of 12-16, bit rough and damn slow. I fell in love with the Z's a couple of years ago when I saw one rotting in a shed on a farm belonging to one of my little brothers friends, a few months and $900 later I pulled it home and started pulling it apart. I hope that one day it will be a lovely replica ZG, but given my funds and spare time it may take a while. I am a student studying dentistry, so I am owned by study for the next few years at least. I also own a hot little 1600 (510) sedan, which was going to be a rapid project and a daily hack, but between uni and my welder dying, its still in the shed looking lonely (When I say looking lonely i mean as lonely as a car can get when it has a Z a landrover and a mini and a half to play with). Cheers Chris

Nice photo, it just bumped the nice orange 1600 and Z side by side picture off my background. Might be a stupid question, but what is the person in the RHS of the car grabbing at with his right hand, or is that a victory wave etc?

My computer is chockers full of Z car pics, those were as a result of me finding my spare landrover chassis had a similar wheelbase to the Z . God I'm glad I sobered up.

Alan, I think the term or phrase you were looking for was it looks like an elephant riding a mouse?

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George, you sick sad .... (1Bravo said not to swear, so use your imagination, I dont want to wear mine out) If you are going to do something, do it properly.

2+2, simply means two people in the front and two in the back ie its a four seater, for two normal people and two midgets. They are longer and in some peoples opinons not as pretty as the 2 seaters, but they are generally cheaper and less thrashed out.

Ross, its been off for a couple of months now, but was not totally dry till I turned it upside down to look at the bottom this morning, and poured brake fluid all over myself. Email me and I will happily tell you where to go . Cheers Chris If you lost mine like I lost yours its (remove the goawayspam) thorci00goawayspam@hotmail.com

I paid 88 bucks for the 240 one from memory, I have the one of my parts car which did work(looks rough though, could have something to do with my removal method), you can have it, and I can send it to town with mum if you want to pick it up?? PS Andrew it the guy at restorers hotline to speak to.

Ross, The cheapest master cylinder I found was from restorers hotline.

If you find someone who has all of them and they are in good condition, I would be inclined to think that they could ask basically any price and get it. Rear Hatch 150-200 (depending on whether it has the chrome insert in the seal, or how rusty it is) Centre console, crack free 50-100 bucks (remembering getting yours plastic welded is only 50-60 bucks) Window Surrounds 20-30 bucks a pop? Chrome along drip rail 20 bucks a side LH and RH Rear window 30-50 bucks each Maybe 150-200 per side for the glass frames etc (rememberign there is a difference between the 240 and 260 stainless steel frame) SO anywhere up to seven or 800 would probably not be overly unreasonable, its a lot, but then you are talking about lots of hard to find little bits.

I guess I have been desensitized from swearing growing up in the backwaters surrounded by yokels maybe? I think that the harshness of most swear words has gone, and they are taken in a much lighter sense now, however there are still some words maybe one or two, which I will not use, or reserve for when a car falls on me (its happened too often, maybe thats why I swear?) Oh well here is a clean joke; (not mine but funny and clean) Stupid people should have to wear signs that just say, "I'm Stupid." That way you wouldn't rely on them, would you? You wouldn't ask them anything. It would be like, "Excuse me... oops, never mind. Didn't see your sign." It's like before my wife and I moved. Our house was full of boxes and there was a Ridgeways truck in our driveway. My neighbor comes over and says "Hey, you moving?" "Nope. We just pack our stuff up once or twice a year to see how many boxes it takes. Here's your sign." A couple of months ago I went fishing with a mate of mine, we pulled his boat into the ramp, I lifted up this big whiting and this idiot on the ramp goes, "Hey, you catch all them fish?" "Nope. Talked 'em into giving up. Here's your sign." I was watching one of those animal shows on the Discovery Channel. There was a guy inventing a shark bite suit. And there's only one way to test it. "Alright Jimmy, you got that shark suit on, it looks good... They want you to jump into this pool of sharks, and you tell us if it hurts when they bite you." "Well, all right, but hold my sign. I don't wanna lose it". Last time I had a flat tire, I pulled my car into a gas station. The attendant walks out, looks at my car, looks at me, and I SWEAR he said, "Tire go flat?" I couldn't resist. I said, "Nope. I was driving around and those other three just swelled up on me. Here's your sign." We were trying to sell our car about a year ago. A guy came over to the house and drove the car around for about 45 minutes. We get back to the house, he gets out of the car, reaches down and grabs the exhaust pipe, then says, "Damn, that's hot!" See? If he'd been wearing his sign, I could have stopped him. I learned to drive an 18 wheeler in my days of adventure. Wouldn't you know I misjudged the height of a bridge. The truck got stuck and I couldn't get it out no matter how I tried. I radioed in for help and eventually a local cop shows up to take the report. He went through his basic questioning... ok.. no problem. I thought sure he was clear of needing a sign...until he asked "So..is your truck stuck?" I couldn't help myself! I looked at him, looked back at the rig and then back to him and said "no I'm delivering' a bridge... here's your sign." I stayed late at work one night and a co-worker looked at me and said "Are you still here?" I replied, "No. I left about 10 minutes ago. Here's your sign." Anybody you know need a sign today? Send this to all your friends. The next time someone says something stupid ask them were their sign is. Almost clean Cheers Chris

Point taken Rick, and I can even see where you are coming from however I have a few issues to take up with it. You were warned before you looked at it therefore it was totally your choice to look at it if you genuinely were offended by foul language or a group of stars, then you wouldn't have looked? I also fail to see in how me swearing is disrespecting myself, but in future I will try and substitute all swearing something a little more imaginative. Sorry for any offence caused by my post. Chris