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[kidzee]

Hey I'm new as a member to this site but have been browsing for a while just looking at Zed's.

 

I am currently wanting/ looking for a 260 2+2 and think I may have found one, but the problem is at the moment living in an apartment block and a student so no room to work on car myself combined with a lack of necessary skills.  The car I found seems to have the usual rust in the dog legs and floor but from photos it looks like it is in reasonable condition.

 

Was wondering rough approximates for repairs.

this is the car

 

 

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/datsun-260z-1977-14713011?base=1216&vertical=Car&cr=11&eapi=2&__N=1246%201252%201247%201282%201216&find=datsun%20260z%7cCarAll&silo=Stock&num=15&sort=default

[peter t]

I live just down the road and I must say I have never seen this car on local roads and I get out and about a fair bit. Another thing it has a sun roof. OUCH.

[Scoota G]

Welcome, you'll need more photos for an accurate estimate on the body repairs.

[peter t]

I can have a look at for you if you want. I think I know what I am talking about. Check out my build thread. Have a wee amount of experience. The price is good if the rust is not so bad. Sun roof scares me though.

[kidzee]

Hey,

thanks for the offer peter Peter, I went and had a look on the weekend and while I'm not super experienced it looks like the rust is fairly serious throughout the car. The seller said that she's had the car for four years and prior to that a father and son were working on it. It looks like both dog legs have been bogged fairly heavily and behind both front wheels is a decent amount of rust that looks like it's had some bog as well. The seller was honest about everything and showed me a hole that looked large enough to fit my hand through in the drivers floor panel. In its favour the engine didn't miss a beat so that's something but to get it road worthy it will probably require a full strip back to find out how bad the rust is. If you want to take a look Peter it would be great to see if I was anywhere near close with my judgement of the car or wether I way off mark but it did look like it had a lot of rust.

 

Scoota, I tried to get some photos but they didn't end up turning out too well but thanks for thanks for the advice.

I'll just keep looking for the moment.

Thanks for the welcome to the community

 

Cheers

Eliot

[peter t]

You can see quite a bit of rust in the Car Sales pics and I guess it also reflects in the asking price. Would be a big job I think.