240zoom Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Hi all I posted a long time ago when I joined about a little S30 fairlady I bought in Japan. According to the owner it was used in Tokyo as a weekend track car. It wasn't fancy but I liked it. It wasn't even for sale. We saw it parked on the side of the road and stopped and chatted to the owner and he sold it along with a Datsun 1600 coupe racecar (fully done) and a 1800SSS Coupe stock standard that belonged to a Datsun test driver. I have attached a photo of the car in Japan and also when it arrived in fremantle. I managed to land it in Fremantle for around $8000.00 Quote
240zoom Posted June 19, 2009 Author Posted June 19, 2009 OK next was the engine and gearbox. the gearbox is fine. Happy for me it has been rebuilt and somebody chose to write the ratios on the box as follows: 3.321, 2.027, 1.308, 1.000, 0.864. this will do fine The motor is a L28. It's on a N42 block, has been bored/stroked to 3.1 litres (in round figures) and is fuel injected. took the rocker cover off and basically it was spot on. Even the oil in it was brand new so it had obviously been well maintained. the only thing I did was change out the valve springs from standard to Crow Cam heavy duty springs. the throttle body and rocker cover were stripped and polished and ceramic coated along with the extractors which were pretty much brand new. Cleaned and serviced the starter motor and Alternator to give it a nice look and was pretty happy with the results Quote
240zoom Posted June 19, 2009 Author Posted June 19, 2009 Engine sorted I started looking at the body which to me was the scariest. Car was sent of for soda blasting and 5 colours of paint removed. It had been every colour of the rainbow in its life. The soda blaster had a hell of a time. Damage on completion of soda blasting - 2 new door skins (got from rare parts) - new sill under drivers side door (fabricated ourselves) - lotsa tiny dents on roof and bonnet (popped out old school style) - a bit of rust under windscreen - bits of surface rust around I was pretty happy with the result. nothing too scary and more importantly nothing too expensive to fix. Quote
240zoom Posted June 19, 2009 Author Posted June 19, 2009 Started thinking about the interior whilst the painter (currently) is painting the baby Firstly I wanted to get the gauges calibrated, tested, repaired. Sent them off and they came back with a clean bill of health. All working and all perfect. So I got the faces painted and am pretty happy with the results. All up .... calibration, testing and painting was about 480.00 from Aisat Instruments in Perth. Quote
240zoom Posted June 19, 2009 Author Posted June 19, 2009 The centre consol and dash are still out being repaired in Perth due back this week. the door trims and hood lining are the same. I got the Watanabes painted and polished ready for boots. Came out ok Quote
S30Mike Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Nice looking Zed here, Im suprised you actually got it in japan, i thought they were heaps rare over there and as a result much more expensive! will be watching this thread -Mike Quote
240zoom Posted June 19, 2009 Author Posted June 19, 2009 My day just got brighter Just had the centre consol and dash delivered Quote
NZeder Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 What's the difference? a bit - they work for one thing. They have the date and second hand. Not as good as the rally clock (know as the 2 button clock, but these require an oscillator which is very rare these days). These clock are not that common outside of Japan. Love the dash and console what was done to them? The finish on the console is excellent. Quote
240zoom Posted June 19, 2009 Author Posted June 19, 2009 a bit - they work for one thing. They have the date and second hand. Not as good as the rally clock (know as the 2 button clock, but these require an oscillator which is very rare these days). These clock are not that common outside of Japan. Love the dash and console what was done to them? The finish on the console is excellent. And it does work too! I was quite chuffed about that. The dash was repaired (standard nasty cracks) and reskinned totally. the console was plastic welded as there were a few cracks and it has been painted with some kind of plastic treatment. the photos don't really do it justice Quote
240zoom Posted June 20, 2009 Author Posted June 20, 2009 going away from traditional colours. Have found a nice platinum which is a chrysler colour. Looks the goods Will most likely leave the rest for vinyl artwork (to be decided) Quote
240zoom Posted June 22, 2009 Author Posted June 22, 2009 Body work going along nicely. Rear indicator and aerial panels are being blocked up, dents from roof and bonnet have been removed and only 2 light skim coats of bog to smooth it over after filing. Door skins are on and just need to start fitting everything right. Have cut the rust out of the drivers sill. Waiting on a replacement panel to be made. rust around the petrol filler is all fixed as well Quote
acf321 Posted August 1, 2009 Posted August 1, 2009 Car looks absolutely fantastic 240Zoom.. Do you have a name of that colour and code? You mentioned Platinum & Chrysler is it off a 300c? Really going to look awsome with those Wats as well. Cheers acf321 Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted August 1, 2009 Administrators Posted August 1, 2009 Amazing, +1 for Colour Code I'm considering painting my 240z Silver as that's the original colour it left the factory in and I think Silver looks amazing on S30's. Quote
RB30X Posted August 1, 2009 Posted August 1, 2009 wow I love that colour. reminds me of Elenor the Stang. Quote
chris240 Posted August 1, 2009 Posted August 1, 2009 hot dang ..... please remove those pics immediately. Im getting too much drool on my keyboard. Quote
RBZ 260 Posted August 3, 2009 Posted August 3, 2009 that looks very nice +1 for the code too. ive been searching to find something like that colour for the mustang. was looking at ford mercury or EGO. but one is bit too light the other too dark and that look perfect. post some more pics when available. cant wait to see the finished car. it will be stunning. Quote
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