Whats your cars theme??

[Sulla]

Just curios what theme or overall design or what ever you prefer to call it for your cars are. For example mine is going to be a 60s sports car theme generaly. Or you could go for the boy racer look with lots of vents and ducts etc, or classic stock sports car look, or drag car look etc just curios to see what people have planned.

[panchovisa]

Mine is a vintage road racer with just enough modifications to drive on the street (two seats, street tires, mufflers, lights, and carpet). No stereo (why hide the great engine noise), or frills beyond a cigarette lighter and ash tray, and no numbers or decales.

In the "old days" I always watched the races and wondered what it would be like to drive a racer on the street (verses making a street car look racey). Now I will be daily driving a C-Production 240Z racer to work. I will also be racing it (no need to trailer it to the race track).

Not real "practical", but one hell of a kick.

[Sulla]

panovisa Thats interesting I am deciding on the comfort vs weight thing now. Still trying to make up my mind on how to go. I am not sure what will make the most usefull and fun car.

[e_racer1999]

well... i'm going for the modified stock "theme".... what that entails is full interior (for now); external mods to include original color paint, black BRE style spook, black BRE style spoiler, black "240Z" stripes (under doors), and possibly headlight covers, red/orange tails, and ZG flares; 3.1 stroker w/ either SUs or triples. eventually i'm going to have a street car and a race car, but for now i'm going to have to fold them all in one..

[Bubbleguinea]

my is pumpkin....

is that a theme?

[hls30.com]

Depends on where you put the green!

My theme is 240Z, adn Mikes signature line.

Will

[v12horse]

I want my car to be as if a racing enthusiast in Japan during the mid-70's would have made it, yet keeping the body completely stock. I like the patinad look, so everything does not have to be perfect, rather perfectly worn. That doesn't mean that I don't like the shiney paint because I do. I have the Watanabe wheels that will hopefully be on the car before mid April, the Datsun Rally shift knob, and the Rally calander clock. I am hoping to replace my driver's seat with a Datsun competition bucket, and take the new seat cover off of the passenger side and replace it with one of the original faded (not torn) seat covers that I have in my room.

However, I do want to go for the completely stock look as I love the steel wheels and caps, so I would like to switch between the two.

My theme for the car is an interpretation of vintage JDM, but I really have an appreciation for many types of themes. Like I said, I want two themes; Vintage JDM and Stock.

-Ben

[Bambikiller240]

My theme is 240Z, adn Mikes signature line.

Will

Huh? Who is Mike?

[hls30.com]

Carl,

You of all people know who Mike is, Mike is his member name...

His signature line is: "When you do things right, people won't be sure whether you've done anything at all."

Will

[Bambikiller240]

Sorry, thought you were refering to someone who was partisipating in the thread. (check your email, please)

[TomoHawk]

Exactly, Will.

With all the neato sportscar stuff and handling parts already on a Z, like the great suspension & handling, quick steering, torquey engine, trans (some have standard trans) you don't really NEEED to add anything (if much) to make a Z a 'sports car.' Just go through everything and clean it up ( I removed some things I thought never belonged in there like a/c), maybe some new bushings & springs, and tune it to death and you have a really neat car- maybe even better than new?

[daddz]

Ben,

I am pretty much attempting the same thing with my Z's. Period correct mods which would have been added to the car when it was close to being new. All of my S30's have the AMCO wood shift knob (the originals are pretty difficult to come by, so on two of them I had to go shopping at Banzai Motorworks for the reproductions). The suspensions have been lowered using Tokico struts and springs and the stock exhaust systems have long since disappeared. I have also installed vintage "mesh" wheels on almost all of them. Two (one S30 and one S130) have Enkei 92's, my avatar wears a set of ARE's as does the '86 300ZX, and one of them is about to change its shoes for a set of 16x7 and 16x8 Epsilons. So far, one of the S30's has a period correct aftermarket steering wheel and one of the S30's has had its engine gone through and as such the radio is an afterthought because the engine makes such a glorious noise. If only I could track down the "rally clock" the interior(s) would be just about complete.

It's funny because all of this madness began when one of my father's work friends added the old "twice pipes" exhaust, wheels, and steering wheel to a '77 280Z while my father chose to keep his '78 280Z stock with the exception of the AMCO wooden shift knob. As an eight year old the '77 that belonged to my dad's friend was much more exciting than my dad's quiet '78. Once old enough to collect the old magazines I began looking at the old ads such as Dobi and Interpart as well as Bob Sharp's ads to see just what would spice up a Z back then. It wasn't until the past five years or so that I began collecting the Japanese vintage ads to become familiar with what would have been added to a Z in its home market.