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You're missing the prefix to "idiot".

I'm gonna keep it stock ports, bridgeport is too "Western" Sydney for my tastes lol..

This is why I like to buy the cleanest car possible to begin with... Because otherwise you're doing exactly what is being done here. Everything!

Oops. I am rebuilding my FD at the moment. If it makes you feel any better?

Applies to any vintage cars for sale of that era.

Hey Jeff, do you have a heat shield below the carbs? If so was it custom made? I know you've got a 4 cylinder so may not be applicable to an L6.

Finally got a set of new covers to match my lenses. Funny enough there are 2 different versions of rings and lens. I actually had 2 rings with a lens (minor cracks) but they were a mismatched pair.. which would have meant drilling holes in different locations for each headlight bucket on a car. Plus if I ever needed a replacement I'd need to order an odd lens and normally they would be sold as matched pairs I'd imagine. Thing is the lenses themselves are different shapes and so even if I redrilled holes in the lenses, they can't be interchanged. Refer to photos. Before I can fit these I'll need to source some rubber gasket / seals and the mounting hardware. Which I'm sure I've seen somewhere for purchase, just gotta remember where.

Up, 280zx only go up in value from this point on.

Early S30Z asking big $$$ https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/p1000003393?conversionType=search_suggest 7,800,000 yen (AU $ 101,790.00) and rough as... guts..

If you need a 260z clock, I may have a spare or 2, but assume they are also all dead! But like anything related to these cars there is several different variations of clocks fitted to these cars depending on your year/month of manufacture. I believe Ron can repair nearly all the Z clocks, but a couple of years ago he was struggling to find parts and I believe the situation has only got worse as these cars become more valuable, less are parted out, parts thin out. So you would need to send a clock across for repair. For a 260z simply replacing the capacitors and resistors would probably be all that's needed to go them going again. For the early 240z (Jeco) clocks, replacing the inner guts is probably the most sensible option because even if you can fix the old mechanism they seem to fail again relatively quickly. I suspect my test bench had a more consistent 12v than in the car and that was enough to drive the clock, as soon as I put it in the car. Nothing.. lol Hence the 280zx clocks had a Quartz movement that was fairly reliable and easy enough to swap into the 240z/Jeco housing. But I used to be able to find these cheap and now I can't find them anywhere! Ron was having a hard time finding a suitable alternative too, but maybe he's onto a better solution now? https://zclocks.com/ Honestly I can't recommend Ron enough, he's restored several rally clocks for me and always did an excellent job.

240z/260z parts manual. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/car-parts-accessories/magazines/listing/3180379840?member_hash=7c982e0bdc2fcbd8c2c27bdf1cc436f59983e2800dd44aad89&tm=email&et=46&mt=7F1F0D31-C106-4483-BC9A-C7464ADF110F&bof=ddqQRpmR

Some late looking Fairlady Z badges (guessing from a 2/2). Including late style Calendar Clock. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/car-parts-accessories/parts-other-makes/electrics/listing/3181311357?member_hash=7c982e0bdc2fcbd8c2c27bdf1cc436f59983e2800dd44aad89&tm=email&et=46&mt=7F1F0D31-C106-4483-BC9A-C7464ADF110F&bof=pvnlkmAQ

Also fyi, I have a few later style 260z clocks and I bought some capacitors and resistors from JayCar to repair them, but I never got around to it. So haven't confirmed I can repair them yet. But might be a good lockdown project for me to revive.

If you have a 75+ 260z I don't think you will have the Jeco style clock. So this guide is probably what you want. If you have a Jeco clock then there is a few options. I repaired my clock, installed it and then it failed lol.. So the best solution is to replace the guts of a Jeco with the later 280zx Quartz movement. Which I had Ron in the US at Zclocks.com do on a couple of clocks. But finding 280zx analog clocks is getting harder...

There is a fairly good article on here about replacing capacitors in them. Let me see if I can find it.

510 or Stanza? Nice seats.

Pictured in a Works 240ZG.(I'm sure Alan will correct me if I'm wrong).

I believe they were based on the 87000-U0175 Datsun bucket seat but had the shoulder bolsters added. I was speaking to someone in Europe who was trying to have some made in that style.

I've got something better, it's also German in origin (Wankel) but it gives me twice the hassles! :). But it's worth it..

For along while i've felt that 944s are undervalued in particular.

Yes it says error because I deleted the accounts and all posts / messages with it.

Old man and his Brush are back..