Mr Camouflage

Well they weren't designed to be driven sideways into Telegraph poles. Gotta hope that was a left hand drive car. Maybe the driver was distracted by the Fluffy Dice that used to hang from the rear view mirror.

Just curious. Why are you selling it?

I went to the WA Datsun 240Z & 260Z Register Show Day today. The WA Z guys were pleased by the turn out from what I hear, and you couldnt have asked for better weather. There were about 20 240/260z's there (mostly 260z's), and 7 fairlady roadsters. Met a few guys from this site also. I'm Uploading some photos to my gallery.

You are my hero! You and Auxilary. Why wasn't black a standard colour on the 240z. THey look so good black.

Looks like an overweight RX4.

Yep very un-cool.

All datsuns are pretty cool...... .....maybe not the big ugly ones (eg 280c).

Hey Alfa. Though i'd make you jealous by telling you about a friend of mine who used to own a Skyline 2000 GT (82 i think). 2 litre L series 6 cylinder. Big TURBO lettering on the cylinder head. Turbo. Digital Dash. Painted White of course. Was a very fun car to go riding in. You found a manual box yet? Craig

....another word for coupe. Marketing people invent these terms (like fastback) to sell cars.

Technically if it's got a hatch it's not a coupe. The Definition of Coupe is a 2 door car. (no mention of a hatch) generally with a fixed rear window (not as part of the boot hatch). Usually a 2 door version of a 4 dorr desan. All Z/ZX were 2 door hatch cars (sometimes called 3 doors which is just silly) except the convertibles. They didnt make ZX coupes. (toyota made celica hatches and coupes by the way). They did make 2 and 4 seater versions however. People just tend to call cars with 2 doors coupes, even if they have a hatch, and especially if they are sporty.

I thnk they all did. My 72 has a light. I left my lid in the back of the car on a hot day and it melted. :disappoin :mad: So i'm gonna have to heat it up and melt it flat again or find another one.

If its a turbo motor with turbo head and pistons and no turbo i imagine it's not very quick. You should stick a turbo, efi and computer back on it. Maybe the turbo died and he couldnt afford to rebuild it. Do a compression test and see how much compression its making. Carburetted L28's had flat top pistons, didnt they? and turbos had dished pistons to reduce compression.

Put you car in 1st gear and bump the car untill the points are on a lump of the cam of the dizzy. Then check the points gap. Then rock it back to the flat part of the cam so the points are closed, turn the ignion to on, and using a long screwdriver push the points open and see if you get a spark.

Sounds like a faulty turn signal switch, if the hazards still work. Try connecting the solder points on the back of the switch of the green wire to the white wire with the black stripe with a screwdriver and see if the lights come on. Have the ignition on or nothing will happen. If it works the problem is in the switch and you'll have to fix it or replace it. If it doesn't work, then the problam is elsewhere.

A previous owner of my 240z made a bracket and attached the choke to the transmission tunnel, which datsun should probably done in the first place. There'd be a lot less cracked centre consols if they had done.

P.S. Alan Did the Z432 or Z432R ever have flares?

So how much metal surgery is involved in fitting the standard flares to the 240z? I'm starting to like the look, and the extra grip of fatter tires is always good. I'm Considering fitting flares to my car.

My Brother just bought an old celica that has a cd player with a detachable face plate, and was on the phone with the insurance company about insureing the car. This is their position about detachable faces: Brother: I have a stereo with a detachable face plate. Insurance co: You should leave the faceplate in the car, in the glovebox or under the seat. brother: wouldnt it make more sense to take it with me ? Insurance Co: If your stereo is stolen but you still have the face plate we wont pay for the stereo. Brother: Why? Insurance Co: Because all of the stereo hasnt been stolen, since you still have the face plate, we cant pay out on the stereo. Crazy huh. So if someone steals your tv (and you have house insurance), but leaves the remote controll behind, will they pay for the TV?

Thats very ugly.

Pictures please. I'd like to see what they look like.

The top part is ZG, the bottom is a standard air damn like the ones i've seen on loads of american 240z's, but without the brake cooling air intakes.

Looks like you might have a problem fitting rear bumpers to your car id thats it in the picture there. The recess for the bumpers on the side of the car have been filled in.

What about putting vents in the service flap thingos instead of the bonnet. Would have to rig up some sort of drip tray under them for winter, to stop rain soaking the battery. But they are easier to get hold of than bonnets, and cheaper too.