C.A.R. Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 (edited) I was waiting for Gav to post pictures up, but the cat is out of the bag now... Huge congratulations to Maria & Gavin on their special day I felt privileged to be apart of it (and I found out that Greek is the most complicated language ever...) Edited October 28, 2018 by Léon OdinZ, RAP260, Enzo and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Congratulations to you both. In the words of Mr Spock. "LIVE LONG AND PROSPER". gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmd Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 39 minutes ago, Léon said: I was waiting for Gav to post pictures up, but the cat is out of the bag now... Sorry Gav, if the cat was meant to be in the bag. gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted October 29, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted October 29, 2018 Thanks guys, the topic had me confused. But funny to see this thread today. I am still finding rice everywhere, we got pelted for what felt like 10 mins. The car was great and I had fun driving it on the wedding day. Big thanks to @Léon who helped with some last minute fettling on the Thursday before and taking time out from working on customers cars to help get everything ready. I will have to post a bigger recommendation for your business in the appropriate section. I was also impressed by his ability to dance like a true African with those big jumps in the air. I'm glad we got an 80s band too! hmd, OdinZ, CBR Jeff and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.A.R. Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Pity I missed the rice pelting, as I was moving the Z 80's band was epic! And so was the food and the Mornington Pale Ale.......................................................... gav240z and OdinZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my_mad_z Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Congratulations Gav! gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBR Jeff Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 (edited) Big congrats you two. May the years ahead bring happiness prosperity and a need to own a "bus". The three of you look stunning. Jeff Edited October 29, 2018 by CBR Jeff gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Was the rice pelting to do with the Datsun? Think about it? OdinZ, CBR Jeff and gav240z 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted October 29, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted October 29, 2018 39 minutes ago, 260DET said: Was the rice pelting to do with the Datsun? Think about it? Think it's a Greek / Italian thing. I'm lucky there was no sugar coated almonds. I hear they really hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokin Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Congratulations on the big day! gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatoKid Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Congrats Gav on the big day! gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM-TOY Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Wow congrats Gavin, what a blessing. Wishing you guys the most success and happiness in life. Happy wife happy life lol. gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted October 30, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted October 30, 2018 A few more photos, we still haven't got the professional photos from the wedding photographer yet. Evie has been the third wheel in this relationship since the beginning. So the missus and Evie and I have been together for nearly 16 years now (since 2002). It was fitting that it featured heavily on our big day. Even my sister and her husband tried to up stage us with a pose with the car. I was tempted to give the 240z a Scandinavian flick as we arrived in the church (see all that gravel) but decided probably best not to, didn't want to upset the natives (locals). JDM-TOY, OdinZ, hmd and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEW260 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Congratulations Gav and Maria. Which aniversary can we expect to see you both posing beside 51 Best wishes Vince. gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted October 30, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted October 30, 2018 48 minutes ago, NEW260 said: Congratulations Gav and Maria. Which aniversary can we expect to see you both posing beside 51 Best wishes Vince. Let's hope it's not too many years from now! Still collecting NOS panels for her. I think the body work won't take too long, but to get it truly OEM in finish and parts etc.. is going to take years! So to be technically finished (possibly never) but to have it assembled, driving and looking good hopefully much sooner! Oh and I still need to collect that L24 engine and 71A gearbox off you. I'm sure you'd like it out of your way. OdinZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
600Z Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Congratulations guys looks like it was a great day, you both look good together. gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted November 12, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 12, 2018 Now that the wedding hype has died down a bit. 1 thing we discovered on the car that explains why I had so much trouble getting the window crank back on with the new door trims was the fact that my passenger door, is not a 240z door! We have managed to make it work for now, but it's less than ideal.. I've found quite a few questionable changes like this on my 72 240z. To think I originally was too scared to do the rust repair on it as I was worried I'd mess it up.. In hindsight I would have likely done a good job compared to some of the work that was done in previous years. Then again these cars were pretty cheap and nobody wanted to really invest proper money to do things right. So this must be an early 260z 2 seater door. Which was "modified" to suit my 240z. See if you can spot the "hack" jobs. Lucky I have a spare 240z door (driver door from an HLS30), which is relatively solid, has a few minor issues that I need to tackle, but shouldn't require too much love to make right. Tricky part will be painting it (since I put that 240z decal on the sides.. Oh and we finally fitted an undertray..although a couple of bolts had snapped off years ago and getting them out and re-tapping was just not gonna happen (at least not now). theremm and OdinZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilltech Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 The spring is on the opposite side of a 260Z winder to a 240Z. And early and late 260Z winders differ too. Which affects the pressings and hole layout on the inner door skin. gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted November 12, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 12, 2018 (edited) 17 hours ago, gilltech said: The spring is on the opposite side of a 260Z winder to a 240Z. And early and late 260Z winders differ too. Which affects the pressings and hole layout on the inner door skin. Bingo - In my case the modified door had some nuts acting as spacers on the other side which meant the winder assembly sat too short for the winder mechanism to grab onto. You can also see someone has cut into the door frame to allow for the 240z assembly to be fitted into a 260z door. Coupled with incorrect fasteners which means the whole assembly "floats" when you turn the crank (not fixed in place) and has play, you get a less than ideal window winding experience. It worked ok with the custom door trims the previous owner had in the car as they sort of sunk inwards as there was more give in the card backings. But once I put proper OEM trims in I couldn't get the winder back on! We have removed the nuts acting as spacers as a temp fix - which brought the winder forward (sticking out from the door trim), but the window is difficult to wind up and down, because of the reasons mentioned above. I always wondered why that was and what could be done to improve it, but now that we've determined then doors are wrong it's obvious why the planetary gears are not aligned ideally. I'll be putting a 240z door back in at some point, since I couldn't live with a hack job like that on 1 of my cars. Ok on a race car, not so good on a good street car. What I'll do with a hacked 260z door later, I don't know? Might put it on the wall as wall art. Edited November 13, 2018 by gav240z Include quote. OdinZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilltech Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) If the 260Z door shell is a really good one then an option would be to retrieve the inner panel from a discarded rusted-out 240Z door and graft that in so you can fit your 240Z winder, trim panel, pull handle etc. No different to bodywork repairs on any other part of the car. Edited November 13, 2018 by gilltech gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted November 13, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 13, 2018 37 minutes ago, gilltech said: If the 260Z door shell is a really good one then an option would be to retrieve the inner panel from a discarded rusted-out 240Z door and graft that in so you can fit your 240Z winder, trim panel, pull handle etc. No different to bodywork repairs on any other part of the car. True, but I already have a 240z door ready to go. So far less work to use and repaint that, than fix this 1. Plus the 240z door looks much more rust free than the current 260z door which has some rust at the bottom. Funny 1 of the reasons I never twigged onto the fact that the door was a 260z door and not original to the car was the fact that it was silver inside (the 72 was originally 901 silver so the floor pans are still silver etc..) so it never seemed out of place. I will keep the 260z door as a spare as we never know when things become useful again or someone else might need it for their 260z 2 seater at some point. I've learnt to never throw anything out (if it can be avoided). Example: just the other day I was going through some spares and found a grub screw for the rear mirror day/night button on the rear view mirror. Exactly what I needed for my 71 240z, since for some reason its gone missing and I didn't find it amongst all the interiors screws that were left lying around in the car (unlabelled *sigh*). The kind of part that is almost impossible to ask someone for - since it's so small and hardly worth the effort. I wish I kept far more parts off my deceased 260z 2+2. I left so much meat on the bone when that went to the scrap yard years ago! lightmaster240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.A.R. Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Have you repaired the replacement door and sent it down to me yet?????? lightmaster240z and OdinZ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted November 13, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Léon said: Have you repaired the replacement door and sent it down to me yet?????? Don't worry, I could take a few months and it will still be there before you get that bonnet painted lol.. OdinZ, lightmaster240z and C.A.R. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.A.R. Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Oi, don't get me started, fella... And I'm not painting it twice - do you want it Red or Satin Black along with the tops of the guards? OdinZ and RAP260 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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