S130 Fairlady Z 280zx 2 seater aka "BADWOG"

[Fairlady Z]

Yeah yeah i did buy the Fat Pizza car Badwog.

 

Still awaiting delivery but got a massive box of parts with it. Mostly the jap bits and pieces like interior, dash, seats, trim, as most of its been guttered and replaced with fiberglass bits. Also bits of the 350 engine it had on it like extractors tailshaft and engine mounts.

 

Previous owner Simon is a great bloke and has been very good and gave me lots of goodies to go with it. Like another complete 280zx 2+2, diffs, roll cage, bonnets, moulds of the finerglass bits they did for the car, and also thrown in a rb20det to sweeten the deal.

 

Anyway plan is to remove the fat pizza bits of it and store it "just incase" collectability (yeah right), and put nice wheels and refit the original jdm interior back in (came with the car). Replace the auto for manual and turbocharge the l28. Or just replace the l28 and fit the rb20det with 5spd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And maybe something like this as finished

[JDSM]

Nice one, Johnny, been waiting for you to pop back up with this one! So much done in bad taste, but those widened stockies are cool. Sounds like a good plan going original with an L28ET.

 

Never know regards the collectibility, eh?

[luvemfast]

Can't wait to see what you do with it.

But think it'll be worth more that way, than a fat pizza colectors item!

[d3c0y]

L28ET seems like a no brainier over an RB20DET in this one for me.

[260DET]

Yes, even considering a RB20DET is a worry. As a two seater famboi I'll be following this project with interest.

[gav240z]

I'd keep the Fat Pizza sticker on the side since it's part of it's history but 'restore' the rest. Interesting how the 260z alloys were widened like that for the rear? Didn't think you could do that with non split rims.

 

I wonder how many 2 seaters exist in Australia?

[dat2kman]

It's called "banding" a mb up here do it, can cut and weld in a band on either side of the centre.

Used to be very popular with steel rims in the 60's and 70's, when " Mags" were only for the rich boys with Euro cars.

[Fairlady Z]

Well finally it arrived.

 

About the mystery wider rear stock wheel how its done. Wasn't banded but original alloy turned down to fit a 15" steel barell.than simply bolted through it. So its a 2pce style design.

 

 

Lols cool but would have been nocer with the later version wheel.

 

 

My mates excitement when we saw the car at the depo.

 

 

Drive home

 

fat pizza boys were there to celebrate the arival ???????????? (taken from Google search and was done in controlled environment by professionals so before someone starts egging me, get off the high horse, its a joke)

 

Finally home

 

Doing some pick up at hunter depo.

 

Turns heads, makes people laugh and come up for conversation and taking pics with it. Who ever seen fat pizza (surprisingly a lot of people) recognise it. Typical question is it the actual car. Yes it is.

 

Than things that annoyed me after short drive.

 

1.Brake booster leaking and disconnected.

2.cracked dash

3.seats

4.half the grommets on firewall are missing

5. Tailgate struts not working

6. The wheels and ride heigh. This made patrols look like low rider.

7. the bonnet (was cool at begining) but got over it quite quick its a pain to take it off and put back.

8. Got sick of being asked where Habibi and Sleek are.

9. Rear shocks were gone

 

First thing first fix the brake booster. Got used to it quickly but than jumping into another car passengers were headbutting the dash or back of the front seats. Kinda funny initialy till they got possed of at me.

[Fairlady Z]

So Fat pizza 2.0 is on the go.

 

Fixing the brake booster. Thanks to Greg for getting me a 260z booster. Had to mix and match bits from 280zx but was relatively easy to do.

 

Blasting the booster before getting paint.

 

Painted readyto be installed

 

While i was at took the dash out to replace the non ac unit for ac unit that was originaly in the car. Still want comfort

 

 

Dash repaint from red back to original black and using the original black crash pad with one crack instead of 2000000.

 

Rejuvenated Tomei 300kmh cluster thanks to Jesse S and Yahoo. (Small fortune)

 

Removed the clock and fitted a nismo boost gauge.

 

Oh and a pleasant surprise under the bonnet

And has the f54 block ????

 

Booster back in place

 

Dash back in

 

Steering wheel yet to be done but need to get a boss kit for it.

[luvemfast]

And so it begins 

[Fairlady Z]

Ok now to do something about those rear shocks, ride height and wheels.

 

 

Yep put the wats that been collecting dust for the 240zg project and having no other decent 4pcd wheels no other options.Got dark quickly by the time i did it all.

 

The next morning pics

 

Painted and fitted the original bonnet

 

Oh visited U-pull-it wreckers and raided 2+2 also got a r33 turbo to go with my custom made L series manifold i bough few months back of ebay.

 

Still to change over the seats fit the ac unit, clean up the boot section, paint the console black. Than it be ok for driving.

Then when time allows fix some paint issues, fit the factory mudflaps, and detail the engine bay and fit the turbo on it. Also change the diff to lsd and do a manual conversion.

So if anyone has a 5spd collecting dust let me know.

 

 

[260DET]

Body looks good, if so you are way in front. Present engine is going to be turbocharged?

[gav240z]

Looks great, no messing about for you. I approve of the wheel change and going back to stock bonnet.

[Agno]

While I completely understand why you are doing what you are doing (and it looks great!), this would have been just as awesome with a 350, manualised auto and all the decals kept on it!

[GongZ]

I would just like to know if you saw this before you bought the car or not  -

[zzzzed]

A request has been made by the organiser of the all Datsun day to talk you in this bringing this along.

[260DET]

Yeh I don't think that car is involved in the pizza delivering business any more 

[Stivva]

I love what you are doing with this car. I really want one of these bad boys!

[Fairlady Z]

While I completely understand why you are doing what you are doing (and it looks great!), this would have been just as awesome with a 350, manualised auto and all the decals kept on it!

 

As cool as it was being fat pizza car it wore off quickly. Racing  fiberglass bonnet and drag look, just didnt do the car justice. I didnt buy the car for it movie appearance to tell you the truth, couldnt care less. All I wanted is a 2 seater 280zx at reasonable price. Previous history is cool. I still got all the bits which are returnable to be a "badwog" car. But as it is now it actualy turns more heads and people trying to figure what it is than point a finger and say oh fat pizza car and start laughing. 

[Fairlady Z]

Looks great, no messing about for you. I approve of the wheel change and going back to stock bonnet.

 

Thanks Gav, the car is lot nicer now. Keep looking at it all the time. It transformed the car in my opinion. Still few goodies are on the way from Japan but got to keep watching this for updates.

[oldmates260z]

+1 on where you are going with it, the 2 seater 280 is a nice and very collectable car.

[Fairlady Z]

I would just like to know if you saw this before you bought the car or not  -

 

 

I seen that and others related to the car ie see Fat pizza racing.

 

Regardless of any of that which i dont get your question would

I bought it if i saw it. Yes i would. Car was a street regod 10sec drag car.

 

Car is straight no chassis twist door align up perfectly

And shut. Just proves how strong the chassis is.

 

Considering most of its life as race car the previous owner didnt butcher it. Still have the bolt on roll bar, besides lipping the guards and replaced the heavy stock bars with fiberglass copies the rest of the car is original. All original parts came with the car, dash,seats and a/c unit. 3 lsd diffs in various ratios, upgraded driveshafts, tailshafts, suspension, and also offerings to speed gods blown driveshafts which were the weakest link in the setup.

Not to mention it came with another 280zx complete car and rb20det engine with custom intake.

 

Didnt think about it twice or even bothered haggling.

 

 

[Fairlady Z]

A request has been made by the organiser of the all Datsun day to talk you in this bringing this along.

 

No probs Mick just let me know when and where. She not a garage princess  but actualy a daily. Hahah

[Fairlady Z]

I love what you are doing with this car. I really want one of these bad boys!

 

Thanks mate, it is as cool as 240z but bit easier to live with. Power steer a/c and power everything. Even with non turbo , turbo engine (low comp) and tricked up auto she still moves like a bullet of the line. Lacks power at top end but soon to be rectified 

 

Got few more ideas up the sleeve for this car but just watch this space.

[Fairlady Z]

Ok cars been on the road driving for couple of days. And its a hoot to drive. Lowered suspension, replaced shocks transformed the car. Drives awesome. Still to attend the grommet and fumes issues typical Z hahah.

Need rear view mirrors as its bit annoying with lane changes. But mirrors are due any day now.

 

Car settled more and took few pics.

 

 

 

 

 

A pic with its little bit younger sister

 

Till next time..