sunny south florida

[turbo70s30]

hello everyone, johnny here from SF and merry X-mas to everyone here.

this is an awsome forum and hope to meet some of you locally when meets or car shows are conducted. I own two s30's a 74 260Z with a V8 conversion and a 70 240Z with an 83 L28 turbo.

Shot at 2008-12-21

Shot with 1.3 Megapixel at 2007-10-08

[Z CAR 77]

Welcome to the forum Johnny. I just joined last month ... it's a nice place to hang out! Can you post a few more photos of your great looking rides?

Happy Motoring, Stan

[turbo70s30]

Welcome to the forum Johnny. I just joined last month ... it's a nice place to hang out! Can you post a few more photos of your great looking rides?

Happy Motoring, Stan

My pleasure Stan.

By speed38374, shot with KODAK DX4530 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-08-04

By speed38374, shot with KODAK DX4530 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-08-06

By speed38374, shot with DSC-W55 at 2008-06-12

By speed38374, shot with DSC-W55 at 2008-05-16

Shot with KODAK DX4530 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-12-22

Shot at 2008-04-18

This is my 74^^^ with the 383 V8 5M R200-390 gears. I just finished doing the whole suspention with new urethane bushings, rebuilt rack, new tie-rods, and lower balljoints.

Shot with KODAK DX4530 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-01-27

^this is when I bought her with a tired/hurting turbo l28^

[turbo70s30]

dont have too many of the gold 70 I just bought the car but what I can tell you is that the interior is a 8.5 out of 10 and its got a good bit of money thrown into the fuel system. its got a stock T3 turbo but in the pics below you'll see a T04e that I will be replacing it with and when I mount the turbo I will be locating an external 38mm gate anf then retuning it through the Haltech.

Shot with KODAK DX4530 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-12-22

Shot with KODAK DX4530 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-12-21

[Z CAR 77]

Great looking Z-Cars ... looks like you've got the Z-Bug bad :laugh: You've found the right forum to hang out at ... we all got the bug bad!

Have a Happy Holiday, Stan

[MEZZZ]

That black paint has been growing on me lately. Yours looks nice but not quite flat black.

Is it a type of semi-gloss?

Welcome to the forum

[turbo70s30]

That black paint has been growing on me lately. Yours looks nice but not quite flat black.

Is it a type of semi-gloss?

Welcome to the forum

youll laugh if I told you that the previous owner painted the car with several cans of the .96 cent flat black in the blue cans @ walmart and though that paint lays quite well, it still has a very narrow spray pattern. so I re-did some with the same paint but in small areas and then lightly sanded it with a 320 sponge then got a trusy rag and a can of WD40 and wiped the whole car down until its not greasy to the touch. funny thing is this chunky chick at the local get togethers here in south florida found out the hard way that you can not sit on a fender dowsed and polished in wd40 , she slid off that fender like six flags atlantis.

[Z CAR 77]

youll laugh if I told you that the previous owner painted the car with several cans of the .96 cent flat black in the blue cans @ walmart and though that paint lays quite well, it still has a very narrow spray pattern. so I re-did some with the same paint but in small areas and then lightly sanded it with a 320 sponge then got a trusy rag and a can of WD40 and wiped the whole car down until its not greasy to the touch. funny thing is this chunky chick at the local get togethers here in south florida found out the hard way that you can not sit on a fender dowsed and polished in wd40 , she slid off that fender like six flags atlantis.

Not to be MEAN ... butt it serves her right for sitting on a Z CAR fender

[MEZZZ]

youll laugh if I told you that the previous owner painted the car with several cans of the .96 cent flat black in the blue cans @ walmart and though that paint lays quite well, it still has a very narrow spray pattern. so I re-did some with the same paint but in small areas and then lightly sanded it with a 320 sponge then got a trusy rag and a can of WD40 and wiped the whole car down until its not greasy to the touch. funny thing is this chunky chick at the local get togethers here in south florida found out the hard way that you can not sit on a fender dowsed and polished in wd40 , she slid off that fender like six flags atlantis.

Actually, I wouldnt laugh! About 15 years ago, I bought a 4 yr old Supra from a dealership, the salesman was a good friend of my brother-in-laws. He told me it was the stereotypical little ole lady car, Targa, red, looked perfect. I plopped down $10,500 and proudly drove it home. About a week later, pulled in a car wash, washed it, pulled out to dry it off and the entire top of the car was flat, dull as he!!.

I called the number for assistance at the car wash and the owner drove right over. I said "look at what your car wash did to my car! Was it squirting out engine clean instead of soap?" He looked at it, said it was oxidized! Told me of the WD-40 trick a dealer uses. Then he pulled a bottle out of his truck, sprayed, wiped and it looked nice and shiny again!

Needless to say, I drove back to the dealer, bitched up a storm to the guy to on avail. The 5 day rule had passed and basically I was stuck with the car. They "claimed" they didnt do it, the "little ole lady" did! I drove it 7 months and hated that car the whole time! I ended up trading it for $7,000, $500 a month for a used car..not one of my better deals

Regardless, I like the look of it..and I agree, serves the girl right