acf321 Posted September 29, 2013 Posted September 29, 2013 Today I flew to the Gold Coast to pick up and drive home my new Prado, some 800kms. Coming off the F3 freeway at the Wahroonga exit I very nearly ran over a gold 280Z. Car was on my left side, in the blind spot, was LOW to the ground and it was on dusk. I genuinely did not see the car as I merged left (I was in a Prado, he was in a roller-skate!) and had it not been for the bloke's fist in the air, I might have literally turned that car into a pan-cake, ie. ACME Road Runner style! (you know the scene where they peel the road runner off the road as though he was a piece or paper, or floppy pancake!). If it was you, sorry... I could not see you at all!! Then I thought to myself ... ummm .. I'd better be careful, as soon enough i'll be a car lower and much smaller than that one, ie a 71 240Z !! Ok, so i've fessed up and apologised, who was it? Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted September 30, 2013 Administrators Posted September 30, 2013 Yeah it's pretty bad in the 240z, those big vehicles never see you. So be extra vigilant. Quote
Moderators PB260Z Posted September 30, 2013 Moderators Posted September 30, 2013 I live less than 5 mins from that corner, not a week goes by when there isn't a "squash" or some other coming together. Quote
C.A.R. Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 A 280Zx? Meh... Wouldn't have been a great loss... Quote
dat2kman Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 I really really really wish, people would get the description right!!! A 280ZX the later LuxoBarge, and the older S30 shell 280Z are very different on the skin, Mechanically, exactly the same. The 280Z is the rare one,! Quote
luvemfast Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 A 280Zx? Meh... Wouldn't have been a great loss... My end bulbs are clenched! I really really really wish, people would get the description right!!! A 280ZX the later LuxoBarge, and the older S30 shell 280Z are very different on the skin, Mechanically, exactly the same. The 280Z is the rare one,! Even though mine is a ZX, it's badged as a 280Z Quote
dat2kman Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 the s130 model two seat LHD badged as ZX in USA, In Japan it was a Fairlady Z badbing? Ihave here badging for both, and badging for S30 bodied 280Z ( Canadian car) The S30 script badge is same as older 260Z but with an 8 The S130 badging is slimmer but longer What is the backstory on the badging on your car Simon? Car would be a JDM jobbie. Did it have a low KMH max speedo, and some interior advice stickers in Japanese language? I parted one out some time ago, there were oddities about it, it was RHD, but no Japanese stickers, it had the USA spec intake system, and a USA Turbo twin pcb ECU The badging was all Fairlady ZX it was a hardtop, 180 kmh speedo, rack and pinion steering, non power, on a unique cross member. I had a bit of a play with the intake system, the throttle body, a twin butterfly, was useless to me, but the plenum was superior to the Aus delivered intake plenums. The exhaust runner passage under is non existant, not like the USA ones! ( this was for use on a Group S injected 280Z race car, hunting for improvements) Quote
NZeder Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 JDM badging is interesting The S130 = Fairlady Z (2 seater) HS130 = Fairlady 280Z (2 seater) so badged as a 280Z yet a S130 chassis. As we have a lot of JDM import GHS130, GS130, HS130 and S130 it can confuse people which is why we should always go by S30 or S130 as the base chassis code not by the badge on the rear. Also all of the JDM S130 I have seen all have 180km/h speedo's it was the NZ new ones (badged as Nissan 280zx or Nissan/Datsun 280zx depending on the year) that had the 240km/h items. Other things that ID the 2000cc (L20E) cars vs the 2800cc (L28) or the 2000cc Turbo (L20ET) S130 is the bumpers. If the car does not have little over riders built into the bumpers = 2000cc non turbo car. If it does have the over riders = 2000cc turbo or 2800cc powered car well that is how they should be - does not mean someone has not change the bumper over their 30+ year life. Quote
acf321 Posted October 1, 2013 Author Posted October 1, 2013 to be clear, it was as Lurch properly described... the fat and relatively ugly 280ZX, i'm thinking about 81 or thereabouts, in GOLD, and no it did not have a black hood, and I could not see a disco ball hanging from the interior mirror for that matter either! No where as pretty, lithe or as small as the US version, or the early cars for that matter! Quote
Moderators Zedman240® Posted October 1, 2013 Moderators Posted October 1, 2013 to be clear, it was as Lurch properly described... the fat and relatively ugly 280ZX, i'm thinking about 81 or thereabouts, in GOLD, and no it did not have a black hood, and I could not see a disco ball hanging from the interior mirror for that matter either! No where as pretty, lithe or as small as the US version, or the early cars for that matter! Hope you have your flame suit on... Quote
MaygZ Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 Even though mine is a ZX, it's badged as a 280Z Fricken' pretender! Wannabe!! Like everything else made in the late 70's and the 80's (and yes Simon I mean EVERYTHING) the ZX is loud, tacky and an abomination of all that came before it! Quote
RB30X Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 A 280Zx? Meh... Wouldn't have been a great loss... RB30X likes this Quote
Cozza Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 IMO, that's not a bad looking trophy truck Maygz. Quote
C.A.R. Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 Fricken' pretender! Wannabe!! Like everything else made in the late 70's and the 80's (and yes Simon I mean EVERYTHING) the ZX is loud, tacky and an abomination of all that came before it! I didn't know you could stack sh|t that high... Quote
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