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[gav240z]

3 hours ago, George said:

As the year ticked over I made my way up the coast to meet with a dear friend for the first time. We had been in contact for a few years talking cars and finally got to share a drink. We also exchanged these.

I have a feeling that was an old friend of Jim Irvine? Who is now the custodian of a lot of his spares? I think we spoke on the phone about the Topy's and Cap's a while ago, but got the impression he wasn't in a rush to offload them just yet. Good to see they went to a good home however!

[George]

1 hour ago, gav240z said:

It just seems they deserve this level of attention after all these years of service.

I certainly think so.  They're special cars so why not give them special attention.

1 hour ago, gav240z said:

I have a feeling that was an old friend of Jim Irvine? Who is now the custodian of a lot of his spares? I think we spoke on the phone about the Topy's and Cap's a while ago, but got the impression he wasn't in a rush to offload them just yet. Good to see they went to a good home however!

You're referring to Mark who purchased the lot of spares. I do recall him mentioning your name in our dealings. I'm referring to a Peter who facilitated pickup from Mark and then drove them down to Central Coast where we met.

You're not wrong about him not being in a rush. I first started dealing with him in Dec 2016.

[PZG302]

Pfft, you're not really CDO unless you get the letters in the correct alphabetical order......

[Groundhog]

There's always someone out there with the obsession.

[George]

1 hour ago, Groundhog said:

There's always someone out there with the obsession.

 

Someone did suggest that to me. I stared at the crossmember for a few minutes with drill in hand contemplating where my life went wrong and all the decisions that led to that point...

I walked away. 

[gav240z]

But why? LOL..

15 hours ago, Groundhog said:

There's always someone out there with the obsession.

 

[KatoKid]

That's nuts!

[Sirpent]

On 3/16/2019 at 8:06 PM, KatoKid said:

That's nuts!

Not nuts just a slight case of OCD

Well done

[George]

Felt great to tick off this milestone. 5 years off the ground!

 

[jeff43]

Coming along nicely George. Fantastic attention to detail. Awesome job.

[KatoKid]

Spectacular! 

[WA240Z]

Oh very nice. I have so enjoyed this thread of quality workmanship.

[NickF]

Just wondering how's the build coming along?

[C.A.R.]

16 hours ago, NickF said:

Just wondering how's the build coming along?

Slowly! 

[gav240z]

2 kids will do that.

[240ZBUILTBYME]

15 hours ago, gav240z said:

2 kids will do that.

Amen

[JDM-TOY]

3 hours ago, 240ZBUILTBYME said:

Amen

Triple Amen.com

[C.A.R.]

Bank in September 2024 we moved premises into a larger, more modern factory.
Upon finding out about this, George sends me a message:
"Now that you have all this space, where do I send #19 to you so you can finish it?"

My jaw hit the floor...
"If you are serious, I'm flattered and it would be an honor to assemble it.
But why can't you do it?"

"Life man..."

Fortuitously, ZedFest'24 was in November, so George & I hatched a plan: George would put new tyres on the Topy's and pack #19 full of it's parts, and I would come up to Sydney with Rick's enclosed trailer to attend ZedFest and collect #19



On the Saturday before the ZedFest we carefully loaded #19 - which wasn't running at this point - into the trailer. 



And after enjoying ZedFest on the Sunday, I carefully drove back to Victoria to continue the reassembly...

Edited October 21, 2025 by C.A.R.

[C.A.R.]

George had done a lot of the big jobs like fitting the suspension, drivetrain and dash.
But once #19 was unloaded we took stock of all the parts: Some parts needed replacing, some needs refurbishing and some needed painting.



The doors needed to be assembled with their glass and mechanisms, door cards installed, the tail light panels needed repairs and painting, the fiberglass centre console need repairing and painting, it needed carpets, a front bumper, bonnet hinge torsion rods straightened and installed, interior plastics installed... Basically we were going to be undertaking the last 50% of reassembly.
So on with the photos in no particular order: 

The window tinder mechs were seized & in terrible condition, so we bought new T3 items.




Checking 1/4 glass frame fitment:


Plumbing the fuel tank:
























TBC...

 

Edited October 21, 2025 by C.A.R.

[joe71_240z]

Good to see this one progressing again back to life. Also good to see the factory style blackout on the radiator support panel. Are you going to put it onto the seat mounting points?

Curious to ask what you did with the gear shift knob. Did you restore the original or replace it? Did you come up with a fix for the "mandatory" cracked plastic/chrome lower trim ring?

[C.A.R.]

11 minutes ago, joe71_240z said:

Good to see this one progressing again back to life. Also good to see the factory style blackout on the radiator support panel. Are you going to put it onto the seat mounting points?

No, and in hindsight we should have painted them.

11 minutes ago, joe71_240z said:

Curious to ask what you did with the gear shift knob. Did you restore the original or replace it? Did you come up with a fix for the "mandatory" cracked plastic/chrome lower trim ring?

We restored the original and I don't remember the lower trim ring being cracked.

[joe71_240z]

3 hours ago, C.A.R. said:

We restored the original and I don't remember the lower trim ring being cracked.

Thank you. Either George lucked out or I un-lucked out!