MicksZ

Gav's car shows how good removing the rear bar altogether can look I personally like the rear bar on with the overiders taken off (See my car). Gav's does look cool though. I must say I want to know what drugs the guys who designed the 280Z bumpers were on cos they are rediculously huge (Safety issues aside). Oh well, I will stick to my 240Z....

god my grammer is bloody useless...

mate, I had a similar experience that is equally as stupid. It was about 11.30pm on a saturday night, my 73' 240Z is immaculately cleaned, it is bloody cold as hell, and as we all now the old engines love the crisp air so I am out racing around have a bit of a hoon. Pull up in a service station where a few onlookers have agnder at the beast, and as i return i have a chat and they wanna here it take off. So i get in.... and click.... click... nothing. after getting out, looking everywhere (or so i thought). I had given up (as i wipe the ice off my nose) and about to ring my old man when i look over that the positive terminal hanging off the battery due to the battery clamp having come off.... lovely.. I did give it a big rev on the way out... but the damage had been done.. :stupid: oh well.... keep smiling dudes...

On the topic of lighting up dull instrument clusters I have come across a small roughly 2mm dia. neon 'string' which is powered by a small transformer that would easily run 12V. I think I am going to run the wire around the face of the gauges thus light up the instrument's a whole lot better! and in any colour you want! I am still lookin into it, keep ya all posted..

Thanks for your help boys! i will be making a call tomorrow!

Dudes, Lookin to get my hands on some good quality clear light covers. I am in AUS so local supply would be nice. any help is appreciated! Cheers Mick.

Sounds like some good stuff. I use Meguires but i havent got the bottle here to tell ya what it is - OI have crappy paint and the poilish brought the paint up to a great finish. It is in a black squeeze tube... This stuff you linked to looks like it did wonders to the bonnet on the 350. :classic:

What a pissa! There is some things that are just hard to believe when you hear about them, and this would be one! I believe the story, but if someone told me about it, i wouldn't believe em'! What a poor thing to do to the zed? Do gun-weilding gangsters have no respect??? :classic:

I live in AUS so i cant help you out But i wouldnt get the standard springs re-tempered - I know that here is AUS you can get affordable aftermarket springs so surely in the states you can get your hands on some? :classic:

Isnt it great to see guys getting emotional about cars - fantastic!

Its no use buying old springs - get new springs made to the same OEM rate & height. But if i was you i would get it dropped an inch or 2 and get it riding a little firmer.

Ian, I would check the dizzy to make sure the rotor button and everything is ok - i had an ignition problem with my 73 240Z and it all looked good except the allegedly new rotor button was cracked. Also, check the fuel pump & filter (which you said were ok so that is all right). Other than that it could well be the gas. Here is AUS the gas is crap - they water it down with ethanol to as much as 30%. Bastards. It makes havoc with the engine and i get my car pinging when i get dodgy fuel. I havent really helped much but just double check everything.

Those tyres need to be a bit wider to fit the rims - the car looks very straight though. I wouldnt ever own a dark coloured car after my deep purple 1200 coupe - too much maintenance to keep it looking good.