Dingo Dave Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 g'day. I'm Angelus from Tuggeranong. just bort a 280zx t top for my colection of cars. figured id join up and catch up to you all. not sure what the plans are for my car yet but needs a big of work. catch ya all in the future i guess. Quote
stevo_gj Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 Hey Angelus, Welcome to the forums, and congratulations on buying a 280zx! Throw up some pics of your new Z if you can Quote
Dingo Dave Posted May 21, 2008 Author Posted May 21, 2008 yeah i will when i get a chance nothing special atm but the story is not yet over Quote
sco_aus Posted May 21, 2008 Posted May 21, 2008 Hey mate, good stuff, we are up to 5 people form Canberra, I also live in Tuggeranong (Monash). Welcome. Quote
Toecutter Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 Chris, buidling up to few members in Canberra. Your next cruise should be a good one! Sulio Quote
chris240 Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 welcome to a T-top ! I dare you to cruise Tuggeranong tomorrow morning with the Top off...minus 3 degrees !!! Quote
Dingo Dave Posted May 27, 2008 Author Posted May 27, 2008 i would but still gotta get some rego on her. hmm i think i need new wheels first Quote
Lynton Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Welcome! I reckon one of those 280ZX's would look good with some fat old school wannabes wheels ..........go on try them! Lynton Quote
Dingo Dave Posted June 17, 2008 Author Posted June 17, 2008 ah nothing flash on her yet gotta get her running and making some power first then maybe a brake upgrade and mags. Quote
Dingo Dave Posted July 9, 2008 Author Posted July 9, 2008 oops forgot to add them. more on their way Quote
Dingo Dave Posted August 11, 2008 Author Posted August 11, 2008 Things Have been put on hold to get my daily driver back on the road as a daily before i get my licence back that i lost. Quote
Dingo Dave Posted September 3, 2008 Author Posted September 3, 2008 Hot from the design board. Ok this is the first time i have used the pens that alot of the designers use. they are realy nice to use but still getting use to them. so the pic isnt as good as it could be. Quote
Dingo Dave Posted October 2, 2008 Author Posted October 2, 2008 G'day all. Opps i just bort a 260z 2+2. hmm gotta stop buying cars faster then I can get them through the workshop. meh oh well. Yes looks a little worse for wear but thats what i like to come into my shop. we shall see what will happen with it. Quote
chris240 Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 well done Angelus.. where on earth did you find her ? looks like the back of Industrial Queanbeyan to me. does this mean a shift of attention from the 280 to the 260 now ? Quote
Moderators Zedman240® Posted October 2, 2008 Moderators Posted October 2, 2008 Good score! looks like a late model....76-77? Is it too rusty or avg? Another zed saved...Wish I had a large property to set up a kind of "half way house" for lost or forgotten zeds..... Quote
Dingo Dave Posted October 2, 2008 Author Posted October 2, 2008 Actually yes its in queanbyan. The guy had it in a shed but he is selling up. I noticed it in the grass a couple of weeks back while at a mates place. Actually i think i was with sco_aus at the time. The guys nuts he has grills for 120y and 200b still in the original datsun boxes. But he is shipping them up to queensland with him. Apparently he ran a shop at one time and yeah sells all the left over bits on ebay. not much z stuff from what i can see though. But he has been trying to sell this and no buyers untill i walked in. Yeah she is a late model with 2.6L looks like e80 head which does excist I have seen 2 of them and no one seems to know anything about them. Except that they are australian only. Maybe needs a new carb manifold setup. Pulled carpet up throughout the car a little surface rust on the floor under the drivers seat the spare wheel well in good nick no rust in the boot didnt look like any bad rust in the rest of the car. Apparently an r300 diff (i think thats what he said) and a box worth $350 (will find out what it is). Paint has some form of dust all over it rubbed it with my finger and seemed to still be alright under it all but its baiked on. had a small front bingle. got told he ran into the shelves at the workshop so all panel. He said he use to start it all the time but took the carbs off for another engine. Be interesting to see what we find when we get it back to my workshop. As for the 280 I'm not sure what im doing atm. Im Gonna assess the situation of both cars when i get it back into the workshop. The 280 has a lot of things to fix. Plus some modifications. This 260 may be more a stocker and may be quicker. So far the pulsar ended up back in the workshop about 3 weeks ago. The pic at the bottom was as of a week ago. Now there is lights and bumpers and everything back on and the engine is assembled and ready to go back in so should see it running early next week. first start up may actually be tomorrow. so In 3 weeks the pulsar went from being stock painted, rubbed back painted and assembled with no badges and door locks. Quote
sco_aus Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 That would be a R200 diff, not 300. Thats a good thing. I do remember it, we could see it form Mark's workshop over the fence. You kow that 2.8L sitting in your 280 will bolt in with more potential than the 2.6 and you dont strike me as the concourse type I'll come have a look if ya like. Quote
Dingo Dave Posted October 3, 2008 Author Posted October 3, 2008 Its all cool. i had another go today and gave him the money for it because i was getting some parts from around the corner. Mark was keen to tell me what was wrong with it. so he came down to have a look too. well about an hour later he turns to me and says how much you paying. I said 350 with a machined l28 crank and a 280 head light bucket and anything else he finds in his shop. Mark goes the damage to the front is the worst part. i think its original paint on most of it and its f&*^ing strait. The worst rust i can see is behind the drivers seat and thats nothing. So we tapped some rust spots under the doors and we recon its just from stone chips. Quote
Dingo Dave Posted November 27, 2008 Author Posted November 27, 2008 Well no pics at the moment. Been playing around a bit though. Appart from some major moving around in the workshop causing problems there has been some work on the 260z. passanger door was never touched and has almost no damage. little rust around where the mirror mounted up but its been looked after. so its all in primer. But it seems there maybe a ute in the workshop getting some repairs if everything goes to plan. the ute was damaged when the engine let got and put it into a wall. mostly front guards and bonnet. Quote
Dingo Dave Posted January 27, 2009 Author Posted January 27, 2009 small work still progressing. after dislikating my knee 3 weeks ago it has been hard to get anything done. In the plans for this year are a few cars that we will try to get through. 1: 260z 2: n15 pulsar hill climber. 3: 1966 valiant vc ute. 4: vs commodore ute 5: 280zx. So much work to be done. hopefully I wont be dislicating my knee again. Need to start a blog somewhere. Quote
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