WANTED: 240z/260z (2 seater) Maunal, minimal Rust

[Stivva]

G'day guys,

 

I am chasing a manual 240z or 260z (2 seater)

 

It must:

Run well

Have Minimal rust.

Be stock or lightly modified.

Be in any Colour.

NOT RESTORED

Have complete (or nearly complete) interior

 

I am in Melbourne and will travel interstate (but will want to drive it back, even if its on a permit)

 

I am willing to offer my own car for part trade which can be seen here

 

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2287370

[Mr240z]

Mate that's a nice commodore..

 

Very impressive..

[Sirpent]

Agreed,

 

And if thats the effort you are prepared to put into a "Z" restore Im looking forward to seeing something spectacular down the track on this forum, really wish you well with your hunt.

 

Cheers

 

John

 

P.S. Is Deke a contract painter or does he have his own premises?

[Stivva]

Cheers guys,

She is a wonderful car, but my heart lays with the early Z. I have models and Beer glasses with the Z on it (see ebay) Wangan games and movies.

I also want to play with an NA carbie (new to me).

 

Deke is a contract guy, but works in a shop full time so there is a place he can paint. Just mention my Calais if you call.

[Sirpent]

May have a word to him..........

 

Cheers

 

John

[C.A.R.]

Whats your budget?

[Stivva]

Don't have a budget, cars tend to blow out when you make budgets so whats the point. But was hoping to pick something up for around 6g or so??? Seems to be the basis for something that still has the floorpan in tact.

Correct me if I am wrong though.

[C.A.R.]

Keep your ear to the ground, but you might be waiting a while for the right car to pop up.

[Stivva]

Yeah, I know, I dont mind to wait, don't want to rush into a project like this and ruin my experience with my dream car.

[gav240z]

Don't have a budget, cars tend to blow out when you make budgets so whats the point.

 

That's a breathe of fresh air right there. While its good to have a budget, you should spend the right money for the right car in my opinion.

 

Too many people buy rust buckets expecting to fix it up for nothing, but in reality they are 20k in and still not done, when they could have spent another 5-6k on top of their original price and bought something alot more decent with a lot less work needed.

 

A warning though, finding a stock clean original Z with minimal rust is quite difficult.

 

If you want to play with NA carbs especially Z ones, I suggest buying the www.ztherapy.com videos on tuning SU carbs. I just received my copy last night, haven't finished watching it yet, but already I've seen so many little things that make a huge difference to how they can perform. It does make you realise how antique they are though. Kind of like an old watch.

 

I've personally seen how well SU's can perform on an NA stroker Z and I was surprised to say the least.

[Brabham]

There was one on here in Perth for sale in need of a resto, check that out...

[Stivva]

Can you link me?

[Stivva]

Never mind, I found it. Bit rusted out. Hmmm, can always buys sills though, but that is only the start of this Zeds issues.

[Brabham]

Also a 2 seater on ebay, both these are well below your start figure but once you factor in the bodywork...

[Stivva]

Are you talking about the shell on ebay? Or something else?

[Sirpent]

If I had the spare cash at the moment, I would snatch the shell up quicker than you could say "ZED"

 

Looks very rust free, and apart from the LH skirt damage which dosnt look to bad either, its just a matter of hunting down parts, panels are easy as anything from a 2+2 front will fit, there are bound to be doors and a hatch floating around,, and bar the dash board which there are a fair few about what more does it need, the real benefit if the pics are a true indication is the fact that for the better part its rust free in the crucial area's, hell you would spend the better part of $3G's on an average Zed rust rectification and this is a rarer 2 seater. 

[DatZed]

PM me your number, I have what you are looking for.

[Stivva]

I sent through a PM