Mr Camouflage

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.

your probably better off asking the same question here: http://forums.hybridz.org/

nope, somehow I don't think so.

The Wachowski's (They did The Matrix movies) are making a feature film version of Speed Racer IMDB has Matthew Fox as Racer X (The guy from Lost if you dont know - heres a little visual aid ) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0811080/

your not the only one... http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25890

I thought they started building the 280zx in late 1978? Of course in Marketing speak they would have called them 1979 models, but I though they actually started rolling off the production line in '78. Am I wrong?

I see he's dropped his asking price. Still too though I reckon.

Yeah i vote ugly too. This one was better looking http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25401 And this older one too http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16225

Hey Lachlan. Is your old car going overseas, or staying in Australia?

www.z31performance.com I have an 86 turbo. ran ok for the one day I drove it. Had an exhaust leak at the head, so its in pieces at the moment waiting for me to fix it. They are a b!tch to work on :mad: no room under the hood to swing a wrench.

Yeah I saw that, but too expensive for me. I just need to fix my lower dogleg areas, but theres some complex curves going on there with the wave line thingo spliting into 2 lines there. I was going to tackle it myself, but thought if there were sections available it would save me the effort of trying to fab one up.

Ah the Spirit Garage car.

Its a pretty low vin, and they started making the S130 in 78, so i'd have to say yes it is. Does it have a compliance plate?

Neither/sort of... We never got the 280Z here in Aus, thats a 260z, with a 260z hood (same as your 280z hood - or bonnet as we call them), and 260z turn signals (all our z's 240/260 had that sort of 240z style turn signals). As for the grill, I read a good how to about extending the stock grill with bits from a spare grill - cant remember where i saw it though. Ah, search is your friend found it here: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25155 Theres also one on hybrid, but Daves one looks better. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=120102

I think all SU carbie turbos use a draw through type arrangement for that very reason.

Ok, your distinguishing between rs30 and grs30. In that case. Australia didn't get the rs30 in 77 (or so i'm led to believe) only the grs30 in 77. Nissan put the figures at 77 grs30's sold in 1977. The 2 seater was dropped from the line up in 77. The 2+2 far outsold the 2 seater here, apart from in 1974, when the split was fairly even between the 2 seater and the 2+2 (2+2 sold 157 more in 74, 554 more in 75, and 1230 more in 76). Here in Australia the cars don't get registration dates. They get compliance plate dates, which are fitted fairly soon after the cars are imported into Australia, not when the cars are registered. So it would be impossible to know when a car was first registered, unless you had the original paperwork from the car being registered. For example one of the guys here in WA has a 1976 GRS30 (unless thats a typo) that was one of the last 260Z 2+2 sold in WA in 1978. I'm not sure when Nissan started to wind down production of the S30, maybe one Alan T would know more about that.