NEW Datsun Owner, Old Nissan Enthusiast From America...Boooooo!

[Ducer]

Hey Mates,

 

My name is Duce and I recently purchased at 1974 Datsun 260 Z (zed), Had a few extra bucks from selling one of my many (S13) 240sx, so I bought the Z for $700 USD.  The car is complete with an L26, has a decent engine, New fuel pump, EDM/Aussie Amber Red Tail lights with the deal, a pair of 240z tail lights, new tires and RUST but I POR 15 most of it already.

 

Carburetors give me a headache. Turbos, ECU, Injectors, Gauges, Tuning on my S13 I had an easy time with, but some how Carburetors make me angry and im so impatient.

 

Oh, I threw those Flat Top carbs that came with the car in the trash. =)

 

So im here, and you'll be seeing lots of post from me, being that in this Z is a 1974, the notion of my existence wasn't even in my parents heads until 10 years after that.

 

Duce.

 

[Sirpent]

Welcome Buddy

 

Cheers

 

John

[Zedman240®]

Welcome Duce,

 

Sounds like you are having heaps of fun with your zee already! I hope we can help you get her running sweet so you can enjoy. Are those amber tail lights sought after in the U.S.? I have some that are multiplying like rabbits in my shed!

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G'day Mate, Hope ya has a bonza beauty time on our forum down unda.

 

Seriously though, welcome and make sure to post some pics. My wife will be making a trip back home to the USA in a few weeks. Not me though I'll stick here and tinker with the zed.

[lightmaster240z]

Welcome to the fun house from the other end of the world.

Bruce

[Ducer]

Hey guys, thanks for the welcome.

 

The Ausie/Euro Tail lights are somewhat rare over here, fetching $150-200 for the set.

 

I had the car for about 2 months now and i've put some time into it. 

 

$700 for the car and I spend $400 for used carburetor set up and header, $100 on paint, and used a lot of hose and tubing and anything I could find from left over projects.  Im about $1300 or all together.

 

I did everything myself because that's the whole reason of working on your car.

 

Before: Stripped the paint. Roof. Chiseled off the OEM sound deadening material.

 

Failed! Stock engine and engine bay. Flat top anchors.

 

Chipping off the sound deadening material: 6 HOURS at least.  FREE

 

Better but rusty:

 

Por 15: 1 quart: $43 bucks

 

Engine OUT: Free

 

 

Paint engine:

$11 for 2 cans of Engine spray paint

$21 for 3 cans of "truck bed" coating

$ free for left over Dupoint Clear from painting my 240sx

$20 for 3 cans of "Rubberized undercoating"

 

$380 for the used Clifford manifold, Holley 390cfm, and header.

Made hardline fuel line: $15 for the tubing bender, Tubes are Free from S13 left over. Made

hardline for Booster vacuum line, free.

 

Here is how she sits now. My cheap budget 260z.

[chris240]

welcome...

hehe Ive got the exact same block & rocker cover colour....ford blue (edit ) 

keep up the great work.

[Gyra]

Hey, be careful - you've put the steering wheel back on the wrong side!

 

On a serious note, nice work! It takes me 2 months just to do an oil change...

 

Is that a fairlady roadster in the background?

 

G

[Zedman240®]

Looks like an MG with that bonnet..

 

Nice work on the zed..shows with just a few licks of paint in transforms the car.

[Ducer]

Yeah, the color is an Old Ford Blue, I believe Duplicolor makes it. I also like the oem Datsun blue/green, but I wasn't going out of the way to get it.  2 spray cans for dirt cheap.I like it, it's old school.

 

Good eye, that is a 1971 MG MGB GT,  I got the Zed because of the MG. My step dad has a 1970 Camaro RS SS, and my friend picked up that MG for $1,100 and $800 for a Mazda Turbo II 13b engine, so all this "old schoolness" kinda got me roused up.

 

We have an American (Camaro), MG (British) and I was thinking, heck, Z (Japanese) and let's see which would be the nicest and fastest. We are at a competition with each other and thus I have to put a lot of work, and I am ahead of both of them so far.

 

 

IF ANY OF YOU NEED PARTS FROM U.S.A. LET ME KNOW, I'LL SHIP IT TO YA.  I GO TO THE JUNK YARDS OFTEN HERE. THERE'S TONS OF USELESS AMERICAN CARS, and weaksauce japanese imported cars that have less HP and smog crap. =)

 

In America, we LOVE E.D.M,  JDM, Canada DM parts, and Ausie parts.  I think in Japan they love American Muscle?  I guess people want what they can't have.

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Yeah, the color is an Old Ford Blue, I believe Duplicolor makes it. I also like the oem Datsun blue/green, but I wasn't going out of the way to get it.  2 spray cans for dirt cheap.I like it, it's old school.

 

Good eye, that is a 1971 MG MGB GT,  I got the Zed because of the MG. My step dad has a 1970 Camaro RS SS, and my friend picked up that MG for $1,100 and $800 for a Mazda Turbo II 13b engine, so all this "old schoolness" kinda got me roused up.

 

We have an American (Camaro), MG (British) and I was thinking, heck, Z (Japanese) and let's see which would be the nicest and fastest. We are at a competition with each other and thus I have to put a lot of work, and I am ahead of both of them so far.

 

 

IF ANY OF YOU NEED PARTS FROM U.S.A. LET ME KNOW, I'LL SHIP IT TO YA.  I GO TO THE JUNK YARDS OFTEN HERE. THERE'S TONS OF USELESS AMERICAN CARS, and weaksauce japanese imported cars that have less HP and smog crap. =)

 

In America, we LOVE E.D.M,  JDM, Canada DM parts, and Ausie parts.  I think in Japan they love American Muscle?  I guess people want what they can't have.

 

Now all you need is an aussie car....just make sure its a GTO not a Mercury Capri     (They are the only two aussie cars I know of that we sent over there)

 

If you spot a tacho from an L28 with an optical sensor please let me know.

[Ducer]

Oh yeah, the GTO is a BEAST of a machine here. Probably one of the most talked and loved Car.