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Quite a stable you have there! ( some people seem to have all the cars while the rest of us are left to scour the papers and build our networks - I'm becoming convinced that the Z I buy will be a word of mouth job and not one that is advertised to the public...) Does your son's car still have its original engine? If so and he ever changes his mind and wants to sell, let me know :classic:

whoops, sorry for miss-spelling your name, Graeme

Graham, I just finished flipping throught your pictures. I thought the colour of the roadster was nice... and then I saw that the interior of one of the doorsand it was red. Was red the original colour of the car.. or was it the green? Depending on your plans for the restoration (ie, putting it back to original cond. vs customised ), I hope it was green! I like that colour. Also, you seem to be running drastically short on garage space! What is the red Z in the background? Is it a 240 or 260 (or a 2+2?).. can't tell from the pics. Have fun with those cars!

If they are seperate pieces of paper you could have them laminated (not sure what the term is in the U.S.) Basically, most photo shops can take a paper print, run them through a machine which ads a clear plastic coat - rather like a driver license card. I think that would certainly lock in the remaining ink and prevent the volatile components from fading off the paper.

I have friends who are Ford/Holden nuts who always get excited every time a 'new' release comes out. Usually the new release is just a styling update on the same old platform. Early in its history, Holden was bought out by GM to become GM-H...supposedley a local builder but with a bit of backing from a big parent in the U.S. Ford also construct locally and try to give a 'home grown' feel to their product. In the Late '60s there was a horsepower war between GM-H and Ford which spawed a series of muscle cars which are now collectors pieces in Australia. These are namley the Holden Monaro and the Ford Falcon. The top spec Monaro in 1968 was the GTS powered by a (guess what) Chev 327 with a Saginaw 4-speed. Three were also a lot of cooking models with smaller 6 cylinder engines, auto transmissions and also a smaller V8, the 307. 1969 saw the introduction of the 350 GTS Monaro and this engine was continued into the subsequent 1970, 71 and 72 (?) models (I think the HQ had a 350 option??). Interestingly in 1969-70, Holden introduced a locally designed V8, the 308 which stayed in production until recently (the late '90s) when our GM overlords canned it in favour of a GM-designed 5 litre V8. The 308 was locally designed, that is, with the blessing of GM who made sure the engine didn't evolve into anything that sported too much modern technology - fuel injection was about as far as it went I'm less clear on the Ford story although their top car was the Falcon GT-HO with a 351 V8 and 4 speed. That engine and a smaller 302 were availble at least into the '80s when the 351 was dropped. Now all of these motors were basically the same: pushrod OHV jobs and still are! With the exception of Ford who has had OHC 6 cylinder engines in recent times, both GM-H and Ford have largely been lagging a long way behind the automative mainstrem in engine technology. Where are the twin cams? Only 2 valves per cylinder? (how does the exhaust get out?!?). Ford have recently taken a few paces ahead with the release of twin cam sixes, variable cam timing and (shock!) turbo charging... now we're getting somewhere. The reintroduction of the 'Monaro' by Holden has ben largely welcomed in Australia. However if you look closely you will find a few familliar U.S. inspired features... namely high displacement engines with OHV technology. So, when my Holden/Ford afficionado mates say "gee whiz, look at the latest Falcodore (thanks for the term Alfadog), my reply for the last 15 years or so has been, has it got overhead cams yet? How about 4 valves per cylinder? The answer until recently has been a grumpy silence. Yes the new Monaro will be sold in the US as a Pontiac GTO. But don't complain about the crappy engine/driveline it might have, you guys gave us that a long time ago!

Aaaargh! Sorry, this question was just answered by HS30-H in another post (earlier this week). The S20, as I understand it, is a 2.0 litre six, predominantly a Japanese home market issue only. I remember reading about the Jap Govt's very prohibitive tax regime on cars with over 2.0 litre capacities. As with most short sighted policies, this spawned the ineviteable evolution of high performance engines in the upto 2.0 class...hence the 432 series (?Alan?).

Smoke on startup sounds like worn valve guides to me. This is job for machine shop so while the head is off you should consider anything else you might want to do to it... port and polish, skim, cc'ing etc.

write The Book, Alan, write THE book!

Yeh, still managing to depress myself! I made an offer on a 240 in Sydney but the cost of transporting it to the west plus the work required to fix a broken diff mount and dodgy rust repairs meant that the offer was borderline insulting! I'll try again in a month or two and see if he's sold it. There was another one for sale in Dianella a few months ago...not sure if it ot sold - it was certainly overpriced at $12.5K. What papers do you look in for 240/260s apart from the Quokka, the West and the Sunday times?

Lee, you mentioned that you have several 240Zs. Where did you find them? I've been after one for ages but they're very thin on the ground in W.A. Any clues greatly appreciated... You can email me at hayden.long@bhpbilliton.com

Lee240zperth, I've just sent you a personal email...

Rule of thumb: ALL spiders are poisonous untill stepped on.

Uughh ack gaarggghh! twitch, flinch... I'm appalled, yet I can't look away - I'll just have to pray that Mike's disks crash again to break this awful spell..!

Probably more widely known outside Australia is our Redback spider. These are quite small, about 2cm max, and the red stripe can vary from Red, Orange, Grey, White or be absent altogether. In Western Autralia is you see spider and guess "Redback" you will be right 90% of the time. They are not fatal (except perhaps to small children) but all the same, don't go getting bitten!

Eek!

It gave me the shivers just surfing the n!et for these

Ivan, I'm sure you're trying to make a valid point but I can't understand what you mean in your post..?

Well lets face it, he's got taste and determination... sounds like a Z driver!

You did well to catch those spiders. I caught a 'Huntsman' in my daughter's bedroom the other night (the other Aussies will know what they are). This one was about 5" in 'diameter'... you know, from leg tip to leg tip and is had a nice heavy body. Now... They can give a nasty bite but not fatal, however that doesn't stop them from looking deadly. My first thought was was to give it the old Blundstone boot treatment but (a) that would have left a large spidery mess to clean up and ( my daughter, age 4, had just been given a 'bug catcher' toy that day and insisted that I use that to catch it :tapemouth .I did mange to get the spider into the bug catcher but he was not happy. It's quite 'challenging to have a large angry spider in front of your face with only a thin peice of perspex in between! I gingerly released him outside where he can do his worst to the local insects etc. ... Or creep back inside again :paranoid:

How about we ask HS30H where 240Z were delivered to and then base the poll on that. I'm sure they will turn up in all sorts of odd places (Malaysia, UAE, Macau...?) Of course, we may not have members in those exotic climes but you never know...:paranoid:

Yeh, I guessed thats what you meant. I hope one of the other guys can help you...

Fuel rod? As in 'spent fuel rod'. Gentlemen, I believe we have the 1st nuclear powered Z!

Whoops, shame on me! Saint, I would have thought that a Pom would have better geograhpy:finger:

Also what about the many parts of asia that are in the Southern Hemisphere...? Lets all chip in and donate the Americans and atlas:classic:

Actually I WOULD BOTHER with autotrader.com.au. There were only a limited number of Z brought into Australia and if you're serious about owning one you should get serious about searching for them. Australia is your marketplace - search it.