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Derk, I am in an opposite situation. I bought my car in the Indiana and brought it here to California. There is still some rust that needs to be controlled, but overall it is not too bad since it sat in a garage for so many years. Thus, I bought it with only 62,000 original miles. I am no expert at restorations because I have not done one yet, but I plan to in the future. My friend is restoring a 61' Fiat and he started removing everything from the car and then he sent the rolling shell to the autobody shop while he rebuilt the motor. When the car got back from the shop he dropped in his motor, rewired the car and drove it around the block with a bucket as a chair. The rest of the project for him was to rechrome, find parts that needed replaced, and find more parts. If I were to restore a car that is how I would do it. But what do I know. good luck on your project. Have fun with it. -Ben

I didn't look at the site that hard, but my pc does not have Japanese installed on it so I cannot translate the words. My Mac has it for some reason, so I just look at everything in Babblefish. Eeesh, 500 hundred for those eh. They are nice. Don't know how good it would look on my blue Z. Plus, if I want that Japanese look the first thing I would do is change rims. -Ben

Sounds cool 240zdragon. 26th-Z, if you find a source for 432 model kits in 1/24 I would love to know as I am looking for one too. I saw one about a year ago. Now I kick myself for not getting it. Since then I have not seen one. Fujimi is the only company that I know of that makes the 432. Oh well. -Ben

This is a pic of a Konigsegg CC s8 that you were talking about. I saw it at the start of the Gumball 3000 in San Francisco earlier this year.

I wonder if this stuff is for sale. It looks like ther is a compe handle and the Nissan light covers with the chrome trim. Jeeze, if they are for sale I am sure they are top dollar. I will have to find out with babblefish when I get on my mac next week. Nice find. -Ben

Hey 240zdragon. When you are done with your model I would love to see pics of it. I am building a Fujimi Fairlady 240z. When I am done I will post some pics. Take care. As far as dicast goes kyosho is good for Z's. I know there is a green one that Ebbro offers but it is 1/43 scale and it has a black interior. Good luck finding it. As Zdragon said, build one. Revell makes a nice 240. Fujimi has a lot of different Z's to choose from, but the quality is not too good. -Ben

Don't get me wrong, I love the Zcar. There is always going to be a place in my heart for them and I plan to buy another in the future, but I do have interests in other cars. I have been reading a lot of car mags Lately and it has sparked my interest about many cars. Not all of them are that similar either. I was just curious what cars you guys are interested in or own. Here are some of my fav classic and new cars just to name a few: I love the idea of a four wheeled motorcycle, so the Lotus( or Caterham) super 7 it is. The Jaguar XKE is the most popular of the Jags, but I fancy the Xk120. Hey I even sound like one. HehHEhehe. The Bentley's of the late 20's and early 30's were great. In my opinion the most sporting car of their day. Too bad they cost upwards of 200-400,000 USD. As far as the new goes I would someday like a Subaru WRX Sti. The Lan Evo is awsome too. Every now and then I get to drive my Moms Jetta VR6 when I am home. I am the one behind her getting it. She was thinking about a cabrio, but I intervened and suggested(begged) for the Jetta VR6. She loves the Jetta, as I do too. I could go on and on, but I wont. I am curious to hear what you Zcar enthusiasts would like to place next to your Z. List them off. -Ben :classic: P.S. I sound like I am 15, but I am 20 and I live away from home in college.

Before I was a old Z purest. Even more was the fact that I only was really interested in the Fairlady Z's. Now I have come to appreciate the home cars and the exports. (I sound like I am confessing or something..)The more interested I am in the first generation z cars the more I am interested in other Datsun cars of the day. I love the lines of the 510 even if they are not there. As far as this not being a Z site. I think it is 85% Zcar and 15% other stuff. Other stuff is not all Nissan/Datsun either. But as far as a forum goes this one is my favorite. The people are helpful and the cool thing is that we are all enthusiasts. If I were ever to own a non-Zcar by Nissan/Datsun I would like to own a Nissan Skyine(kpgc10). Yeah me and million other people on this forum. hehehhe. They are beautiful. Keep this non-Zcar forum going. If it wasn't for that I may have not learned about the skylines, 510's, etc.. -Ben

Nice car. Are the side mirrors that you have on your Zed the sebring style? I love the flares. What width wheels are you running front and back? Take care and don't do too many burn outs. -Ben

The suggested retail price is 115USD per wheel. I would love to see a picture of a Z with these wheels. They seem like they would fit perfect. They look great on an AE86. -Ben http://ggtyler.com/TechnoToyTuning/konigrewind2

Thanks guys. I feel a little dumb because I am interested in purchasing a set of wheels in the near future, but all I know is that the pcd has to be 114.3 by 4. Here is a newbie question. To get that dish look, what width, diameter, offset, and backspacing should I look for? I do not want to flare or install spacers. Thanks again. Sorry, I know I have been bugging everyone about wats. :stupid: Here is a pic of the deep dish look that I am going for. I would like those wheels too. http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/users_photo/z_gin.jpg

I know. I am looking at them and the more I look at them the more I don't like them. I would like that dish look too. Thanks for reafirming that.

I believe they still make these wheels. I went to the konig website a while back and it seemed like they were easy to come by. Have you checked your local konig distributer? I really like those wheels too. They look more Japanese than the panasports. -Ben

I have been looking for some natural finished Watanabe's for my 260z. I wanted 15 by 7j. How would these fit on my car? Would the tires stick out of the wheel wells? Do I have to get special lugnuts for them? If so, how hard are the lugs to find. Thank you. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=43955&item=2426679735 -Ben