Mr Camouflage

Gavin has a set he is wanting to sell. Head on down to www.viczcar.com and give Gav240z a pm.

Maybe the rating system is different in the US, but our premium is either 98 or 95 RON depending on which brand servo you go to.

I dont even own an xbox

If you have a green beard and like pink flloyd, these things do not concern you.

91 is premium? You Americans really get a raw deal on fuel.

Like Skyc110 says, I suspect there LHD firewall and identity (chassis number) will be transferred into an imported RHD car, since its illegal to convert a RHD car and use it on the road, but if it had a LHD cars identity (chassis number), the authorities would be none the wiser.

Those photos are from 2 years ago, when the guy who is now selling it did an off ebay deal with original owner who has listed it on ebay. It was originally listed, and the buyer convinved the seller to cancel the auction and bought the car for $3000 Since then he's tried to resell it on ebay a number of times, and always annoys potential buyers by yanking it off ebay in the last day because he wants $10,000 for the car, and the bidding hasn't reached that much. He even canceled the auction and re-listed is as a buy it now for $12,000 once. You can read all about it here: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21279

They look like everything useful has already been stripped off them.

Bought my first 240z for $2500. Spent around $1000 restoring it (I did the panel and paint myself, only paid to get the seats re-trimmed). Sold it a few years later for $4200. Not a great profit, but I wasn't doing it to make money. Bought a car for $15 once, restored that, and sold it a few years later. Cant remember how much for, but I didn't loose money on it. Again I wasn't trying to make money, I just wanted that particular type of car at the time, and am handy with bodywork. So if you are careful, and you just want to tidy up the car, as opposed to a full concourse restoration, you might not loose money. Though its probably easier and quicker to spend the money and buy a car that someone else has spent the time and money restoring. Then you could enjoy driving it, but then you may as well just buy a brand new car. I enjoy fixing up old cars, though I don't really have any time to be doing it lately

And why would you check inside the carbies if the car was only in to get some rust cut out and metal welded in? I'm sure its something most people wouldn't even think to do before driving it home. When I got my Skyline back from the panel beaters after fixing some damage from someone running a red light and hitting me, I didn't examine the engine at all. I just trusted that they had done their job correctly, and replaced all the damaged parts, and I haven't had a problem with it since. It all looked fine. I wasn't going to start pulling air cleaners apart to check for metal dust. It not something that you would expect to have to do. If you take you car for service, do you check the oil and water before driving it home? do you open up the air cleaner to see if they put a new one in there? do you open the timing belt cover to make sure its a new belt? If you get new tyres, do you whip out an air pressure gauge and measure the air pressure? take a torque wrench to the wheel nuts? Who do you trust these days? They sound dodgey though. They should have covered the engine to prevent that sort of thing happening. If you have an angle grinder shooting sparks at those foam ramflo air filters, I reckon it wouldn't take long to burn a hole through them I don't think it costs much to start a small claims case against them. If not for the engine problems, as that would be hard to prove with no photo evidence, then for the dent they put in you car. If you cant be bothered with legal action, or filing a complaint with whatever association they are a member of, or a government department (consumer affairs or whatever), then a campaign of negative publicity should be your revenge. Just tell everyone who asks about your car how they ruined your engine. I had to file a complaint with consumer affairs once, against a car dealer to get the rear shocks replaced on a car I had just bought, after they refused to do so, and stopped answering my phone calls. The shocks were the mega expensive height adjustable ones for a mazda/laser tx3/323 turbo that cost about $700 each I think. They replaced them - they had no choice after they were ordered to.

Well heres pics of mine. See what you reckon. I think in the pics of the car above the boot lid just needs better aligning. Basically you have a rectangle being held on a 3 points, both the hinges, and the boot catch in the center. If theres any uneven force on one corner, it will make the boot lid twist slightly making one side lower than the other. I pulled up on the left side of the boot lid a little, and the right side dropped like the one in the photo. It went back to normal after I let go. I don think the curves are any different. I guess you could try seeing how it looks with the boot springs off (there a pain to get back on though), and/or the boot seal removed.

I just noticed that Kyosho released a new version of the 240ZG in February 2007. It's a Kanagawa Prefecture Police car.

Well that was your first mistake. Never get a Smash Repair shop to do restoration work. Take it to someone that specialises in Restoration work, or do it yourself.

I'll try and get a few photos for you later in the week. I tried this morning, but camera batteries were flat, and was late for work.

In Australia (As far as I know - and i'm not an expert on Z31's, though I do have an 86 turbo) we only got the 2+2 which stayed the same style from 84, until it was replaced with the revised later model one (in 87 or 88 i think). The early version had a turbo model which had 5 stud hubs, and the NA had 4 stud hubs. The guards had the early style wheel arches until the rounder model with the revised look (smaller tail lights, rounder front end, different bonnet) replaced it. whereas your 86 model got the rounder smoothed out wheel arches. I couldn't say whether the later model Z31 had 4 stud hubs or not.

Yes it is.

Not sure what I'm supposed to be looking at. The one in the picture just doesn't look aligned properly. Mine sits higher than it should as I think it has a new boot seal in it. I'll take a pic sunday and post it.

Well, I was under the impression that the Turbo models got 5 stud hubs, and the NA got 4 stud hubs, but maybe that was only in Australia.

Petrol and a pot scourer pad will dissolve the stuff too, after you've scraped most of it off. With the rust converter. I use that, wait a day or 2 for it to do its thing, then hit it with a wire brush attachment in an angle grinder, then repeat the process until there is no rust left.

I though Aussie Zed's had there original seatbelts replaced with ones that met Aussie standards regulations when they were complianced - or was that just 240z's?

You'd probably have to PM Katz to find out.

Unless its a SSS coupe, I don't think it would be very collectible. If you like them then by all means buy it, fix it up and enjoy it, but don't expect to sell it for more than it cost you (true for most cars). I think the 180b coupe is better looking.

The Gray 300ZX is a turbo.

I think a Nardi wheel is too old school to match those seats. Maybe a Momo wheel would look better. I have one in my 240K, doesn't suit the car at all.

I expect you can still buy them from Nissan in Japan. I'd try them first and see how much they are. You can still buy Z panels new from Nissan.