Mat Big Hat

hey dat510guy, your car was a shasta a few years ago, right?

maybe, but the asir region of saudi arabia is also green and wooded

are you saying you and your brothers are planning to import any and all aussie 240K (RHD) you can get your hands on? if so, i don't think that'd be such a bad thing, if, as you say, you treasure and value these cars so much aside from those belonging to a few aussie enthusiasts, the rest of the 240k population languish in bone yards or (worse) end up as p-plate trolley beaters

i've got one of these kits in my car, and the fit & finish isn't so hot if you haven't already bid, i'd suggest having the carpet done by a upholstery shop

it'd be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than to get something like that from oz besides what alfadog mentioned, ozdat, etc. are not international forums like this, and sellers have no interest dealing with other countries (some don't even ship domestically) btw, stephen will you be at the doheny bbq?

assuming he wishes to purchase a lhd 240k to import? finding any lhd 240k fs in europe is the proverbial needle in a haystack (as if we didn't know that already) and if by chance there was one fs, enthusiasts would be loathe to see it shipped out of there country

i reply despite the wise adage that states that winning an argument on the internet is like being in the special olympics: even if you win, you're still retarded your ridicule of my statement about a change in intake manifold vendor reveals your willfull or congenital ignorance of anything that challenges your agenda that your gt badge car is something more than it is: a misbadged aussie gl it's badge engineering plain and simple, and if the same scenario happened today, nissan australia would've already recalled the early cars to install the correct badging seriously, we're not talking about a kiwi 1200 sss where nissan nz decided to badge a few homologated cars as sss when nissan never badged any sunny chassis sss, only bluebird and violet models you're not selling your findings to a few teens at a car meet, you're publishing them on a world forum, so unless you want to come off sounding like a madman, you'd better know and respect the basic guidelines in the jdm and other export markets, that gl = 4cyl and gt = 6cyl :stupid:

i was told by errol smith (aka datrats) that gt was a loaded acronym in the day and that's why the cars were rebadged gl whether it was the insurance commission or the government itself who insisted the cars be badged gl, the fact remains that apparently no other export market felt the need to make the car appear less sporty whatever the case, the 6cyl is not a gl in any way, shape or form except for the badges

i've heard similar stories why the badging was changed to gl. they make sense in that a gl in the jdm and other export market denotes swb. except for badging, the aussie gl is a gt, if in limited trim. even if the aussie gt intake was different, wouldn't it be due to a change in vendor or design rather than the difference between performance and luxury? or are you saying the early gt badged cars came with dual hitachi's? that in itself doesn't make it more of a gt than the single carb version. in fact, nissan labled all the 6cyl c110's and 610's gt.

you probably already know this, but be mindful about how much the mirrors are worth, because i've seen them go for reasonable price one week and then for an astronomical price the very next week and then back again. this is capricious bidding at its finest!

slightly off-topic, but my car's got a bit of a power drain situation: whenever the brake lights or turnsignals go on, the headlights dim accordingly. troubleshooting ideas?

i doubt somebody has an extra set of black mirrors laying around, but they do show up in auction from time to time new and used. you just need to be patient. as for rear gt-r badge, i assume you'll be wanting a kpgc110 rear gt-r badge and not one from a later model skyline. i've seen some listed as such but am not expert enough to tell the difference. didn't lachlan post comparison pics?

need a visual to match it up. is it small, med. or large in diameter. and does it use a spacer and have long studs to mount, etc.

i bet a few guys who'd cannibalized 240k's for parts for their 1600's were suprised to see dale's car: "dude!? i never knew you could fix these up like this!"

i didn't write any of the info down, so try asking wayne or errol smith (if you can get ahold of him). might be clive who owns the bathurst car. this is one of his cars, but i can't tell you if it be the original bathurst:

there are a few 240k enthusiasts in melbourne, and i've also heard that the bathurst car is around and with a loving owner (guy who owns nispares or a customer of his ???)

everybody should have an aunt sylvia or an uncle ed i just got notice from the JCCS that there will be a dedicated "SKYLINE" zone so it looks like we'll be able to feast our eyes on some hakosukas as well as an r32 or two (i know, godzillas don't really qualify as a classic nissan/datsun, but they're not too common here, so people like seeing them.)

thx deesz! lachlan also emailed me a pic, and it looks like his car doesn't have an "E" wire either i guess they figured the alternator could ground on the engine bracket

can somebody take a quick digital pic of the back of their alternator? mine needs replacing, and i want to use the proper external regulator type (cheap) problem is that somebody rewired things so that they could use a lucas (internal regulator?) so i'd really like to get a visual tia!

yes this subforum has an international feeling about it, but the owner of this site is still an american z enthusiast and the majority of members seem to be as well i've spent quite a few years on datsun1200.com, which although based in portugal (the owner at least) has an overwhelming aussie atmosphere, aussies members being in the majority i think the datsun 240k label works very well here (despite the fact that it fails to mention other skylines), but if early z owners are more willing to acknowledge and accept the the term as akin to their own cars, perhaps that's not such a terrible sacrifice btw, remember that the the datsun vs. nissan debate is emotional, not logical

on cardomain there's a few hakosukas, but i've only known of 4 of your c210 in the states. 3 coupes and 1 4dr

sure, but this is a usa based site and nissan equates to post '82? models, often with a bit of disdain

so, "skyline japan" is the nickname for the c210? what about the dr30? also, i know where the term kenmeri comes from, but what does hakosuka mean?

well, only we who live on the fringe of datsundom are willing to put in the extra effort (we get off on it) check out this butaketsu on ebay. after investing all that time and money to get it, then losing interest. sad. laurel sgx

i never thought of that ... seriously, i'm no longer shocked when i hear of another jap import changing hands guys seem to think they're the greatest thing initially, then reality dawns on them and they're like "what?! i've got to get rid of this thing"