Riceburner Posted March 6, 2017 Posted March 6, 2017 You must be over the moon Andy, its looking fantastic! Quote
andyk_79 Posted March 7, 2017 Author Posted March 7, 2017 Hi mate You have been busy. If it helps I have a set of original 260Z Alloys with New factory spec Tyres (done about 200ks) you can borrow for the Blueslip. I no longer use them as I am running 15X8 Simmons, but needed standards for the Blueslip. Cheers PB Thanks for the offer Pete. I'm probably sticking with the existing rims for now but will keep it in mind if circumstances change. Quote
andyk_79 Posted October 27, 2017 Author Posted October 27, 2017 This came up on Bookface this week - couldn't believe it was 3 years ago! I've booked in 2 days of annual leave next week as car days. Goal is that by the end of day it is registerable. Just some frustrating odds and ends jobs to do. Quote
andyk_79 Posted November 1, 2017 Author Posted November 1, 2017 Dropped off the car for blue slip inspection an hour ago after fixing the lights yesterday and the horn this morning. Was the most nervous drive of my life! Waiting to see how it went now..... George and gav240z 2 Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted November 1, 2017 Administrators Posted November 1, 2017 But you got to drive it right? How did you enjoy that? Quote
andyk_79 Posted November 1, 2017 Author Posted November 1, 2017 But you got to drive it right? How did you enjoy that? I enjoyed the drive home from the rta much better! It passed and is now registered. Still plenty of jobs to do but at least I can enjoy driving it now. Wheel alignment, better tune and new taillight gaskets are up there in terms of jobs to be done given the fumes and the steering feel! Definitely loved driving though d3c0y 1 Quote
d3c0y Posted November 1, 2017 Posted November 1, 2017 This is the best part, when you can drive it and do all the fun jobs one by one! Quote
Moderators PB260Z Posted December 2, 2017 Moderators Posted December 2, 2017 Hi Andy had his Z at the Sydney drive this morning. To say it looks fantastic would be a gross understatement. A job very well done. Cheers PB gav240z and ScottyD 2 Quote
specialp3 Posted December 2, 2017 Posted December 2, 2017 Hi Andy had his Z at the Sydney drive this morning. To say it looks fantastic would be a gross understatement. A job very well done. Cheers PB How do you find out about these drive days ? Quote
Cozza Posted December 2, 2017 Posted December 2, 2017 There is normally a thread on this forum. Here’s the one for yesterday’s http://www.viczcar.com/forum/topic/15532-sydney-drive-day-saturday-dec-2/page-2?do=findComment&comment=199064 Hopefully we will have another early in the new year. It’s always good to get more people on board. Hope you can make it. ScottyD 1 Quote
Moderators PB260Z Posted December 10, 2017 Moderators Posted December 10, 2017 How do you find out about these drive days ?Hi Any proposed drive days, or NSW events, can be posted in the "Events > NSW" part of the forum. http://www.viczcar.com/forum/forum/31-nsw/ Anyone is welcome to start a thread suggesting an event, and I will make it a "sticky" so it remains at the top of the threads on that page. Cheers PB Quote
andyk_79 Posted January 8, 2019 Author Posted January 8, 2019 So an update - not anything project exciting just an update . I finally bought some Rota RBs that I have been eyeing off for ages, wanting my car to look similar to this beast: http://rxspeed.com/thelab/1972-datsun-240z-stroker. They arrived in July but I've still not fitted them to the car, because the money for tyres became money for repairs. The car has been off the road since August after an idiot moment pulling out onto a busy road after some rain. Over-corrected on the inevitable oversteer and mounted the gutter, smashing my front bar in the process. Call it a mix of thinking I was young and infallible again, and a lot going on in my head with the marriage break up I've been going through. 2018 was a big year for me! Thankful it was only the fibreglass that was wrecked. After leaving it a few weeks to get over how annoyed with myself I was (and waiting for the replacement front bar to arrive), I decided to put the car up on ramps and attempt to save myself some money and remove the old bar and fit the new one, with the plan being to keep it in the white gelcoat just to get rego renewed and worry about getting it painted at a later date. Queue idiot moment number 2, when I decided to put the car on ramps without someone spotting for me.......... I overshot the ramps.......... And did some damage to one of the fenders in the process. With the paint damaged etc this was now beyond my skills (my skills are not even limited - they are zero). I got the car back down on the ground and shut the garage door again for a couple of months, not being able to face my broken baby with everything else I had going on. Finally dropped the car off with the replacement front bar to a panel beaters in late November, with the quote for repairs being more reasonable than I imagined it would be. The problem came though when the panel beater phoned to let me know the supplier had stuffed the moulding for the front bar ad there was simply not enough FG to attach it to the car. You get what you pay for I guess, as I stuck with the same eBay cheap FG front bar design I had already. I love the way it looks on the car so I am not unhappy in that sense but it does create issues in terms of fitment and in this case quality. The eBay supplier was very good to me though - they paid for a courier to pick up my old, broken bar so that they could use it to correct the mount points in their mould. The only sucky bit was that it delayed the fix as we had to wait for a new bar to be made. The replacement arrived too close to christmas and so I am finally expecting the car to be finished this week. Once the rego is renewed I am finally going to get tyres and put the new shoes on the car to get it closer to my dream look. Also now considering (after saying I wouldn't for so long) getting a manual conversion done. Maybe a cam and triples at the same time. I have been pretty disheartened and contemplated selling the car a few times, but keep coming back to the fact that this was my dream car, that I waited 20 years from first love to actually purchasing and I would be gutted to sell it...... Now I just want it back and to get behind the steering wheel and drive till the fumes, stiff suspension and exhaust drone give me a massive headache, then sleep it off and wake up wanting to do the same again Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted January 8, 2019 Administrators Posted January 8, 2019 Ouch, chin up. We all have set backs. Hopefully you wont' have too many more in 2019. Quote
gilltech Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) Hang in there, as it's your dream car then it's important that you don't suffer any more than what has already happened to you by selling it in a down moment, and in fact you should look forward to keeping it forever. It's a great looking car in a great colour. Just fix what needs fixing as you can afford it and enjoy the ownership of something special whether it's driveable or not. Edited January 8, 2019 by gilltech Quote
Kuba Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 7 hours ago, andyk_79 said: I have been pretty disheartened and contemplated selling the car a few times, but keep coming back to the fact that this was my dream car, that I waited 20 years from first love to actually purchasing and I would be gutted to sell it...... Now I just want it back and to get behind the steering wheel and drive till the fumes, stiff suspension and exhaust drone give me a massive headache, then sleep it off and wake up wanting to do the same again I've had exactly the same thoughts a few times already, we can form a support group andyk_79 1 Quote
andyk_79 Posted January 18, 2019 Author Posted January 18, 2019 Let the picture do the talking. What have fellow z owners with Rota wheels done about centre caps with the depth of the dustcaps on the front? I've looked through the interwebs but couldn't find much. It doesn't look terrible without them but would still prefer something on there Ponyo240z and gilltech 2 Quote
andyk_79 Posted August 18, 2020 Author Posted August 18, 2020 The car is in the shop at the moment having a few bits and pieces tidied up that I didn't have the time to execute myself. The main reason I wanted to get those items sorted was because I am potentially looking to sell. Not because of the car itself, but with going through a divorce, selling my house and starting from scratch financially (which has gone well so no sympathy please ), moving twice, along with the intricacies of a new relationship when I am co-parenting a gorgeous and wonderful, but very sassy 9 year old, I lost a lot of the passion for the car. I still love Z's, which is why it still says "potentially" selling (I change my mind twice a week), but I think my time and money may be put to better use elsewhere. Hell it's that or put a modern fuel injected drivetrain in it to simplify things.............. If anyone is interested in the car have a read through this thread and drop me a PM Quote
CroS13 Posted August 19, 2020 Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) Edited August 19, 2020 by CroS13 OdinZ 1 Quote
andyk_79 Posted August 19, 2020 Author Posted August 19, 2020 @CroS13 I should trade it for a Suzuki Vitara......... OdinZ 1 Quote
CroS13 Posted August 20, 2020 Posted August 20, 2020 1 hour ago, andyk_79 said: @CroS13 I should trade it for a Suzuki Vitara......... looks like i need to quickly buy a suzuki Vitara then! gilltech, andyk_79 and OdinZ 3 Quote
andyk_79 Posted August 22, 2021 Author Posted August 22, 2021 With the carbs not at their prime I decided to take them off, clean them down and use one of the rebuild kits available online. So far have gotten them apart and cleaned the Mani. Light polish with a polishing wheel on the drill. Far from show car but a lot cleaner than it was ! Contemplating how much more time I spend on it before tackling getting the carbs apart. The gaskets between Mani and spacers had turned into cement so just getting the carbs off was a massive job in itself gav240z, Oliphips, 240ZBUILTBYME and 2 others 5 Quote
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