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L24-051431 is on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/740335446098903/permalink/2307813796017719/?sale_post_id=2307813796017719

He will be reading it, aren't you @doudous? Haha.

When it was first listed I saw it for sale and suspected it was an Edward Lees listing. There are certain attributes that often lead me to believe it's him. Let's just say.. But he also has a red Fairlady Z listed at $120k odd. He never seems in a hurry to sell them. So they are usually at a higher price and he moves them up with the market. So yes he's upped the price but it seems to coincide with market movement. Part of the reason it may take him a while to sell these cars is that people in the community are likely wary of dealing with him.

Mark has 15x8 +0 Watanabe's on his S30z. He originally had 16" wheels but decided they look too big and went to 15" instead. Basically the best size / spec for a stock body S30z IMHO.

Even dodgy dealers sometimes have nice cars on the lot. Use a high degree of caution and don't believe anything he promises you. Any kind of warranty is unlikely to be honoured. I actually asked the bloke with the Stagea what happened in the end. Since I also own a Stagea and it's a small community I managed to get in touch. He told me Phil wiggled out of paying anything but he was compensated via some dealer / motor authority org. And now that values have gone up it's kind of water under the bridge now. Since the 260rs have increased in value a lot since then. So in effect once he got compensated the car only cost him $10k odd. Now they are selling for high $30k low $40k range.

John Roxborough interview at 1:50 seconds in. Apparently around the launch of the 240z in Australia. Footage was outside his South Melbourne dealership.

Hi Folks. Nils from https://jdmjunkies.ch/ pinged me a link to this document this morning which was the press release at the time of the 240z launch in Australia. The user which uploaded it (https://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiefordadverts/), hasn't made it downloadable for now. Are you on here? Note the launch date was October 1970 in Australia. Compliance date on HS30 00150 is 11/70 for comparison. I thought it would be of interest to folks here.

The Celica (RA28) appears to have sold. https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/toyota-celica-1975/sse-ad-5441827/ Asking price was $79k if I recall correctly. Not sure what it actually sold for though!

It's a massive can of worms. There was a diagram floating around on many S30Z based forums that shows mirror positioning etc.. and many poor souls have perhaps followed it incorrectly and drilled in the wrong spot as a result. My car HS30 00051 still has the original factory guards and fender mirror holes in it. Which I've been meaning to measure up for some time now, but don't have direct access to the car atm. But I believe and @HS30-H will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong, that they were offset from factory in terms of position from driver/passenger and ultimately where you put them is really up to you and where you think they look best. More so than strictly following a diagram to the exact mm. Also measuring from a rounded edge of a guard (outer guard) to an exact location is difficult at best. I'd offer to measure up my guards on HS30-00051 but the car is not stored with me at the moment. So will be some time before I could do so.

Since we're making wishes. I would like affordable housing. A date with Denise Richards before she married Charlie Sheen and my current wife to be fine with it. An R34 GTR that doesn't exceed $50k World peace.

Yellow 1 is 71+ 240z wheel. No idea who thought yellow and woodgrain was a thing?

It's now de-listed. So you may be correct.

S30z still massively under appreciated IMHO.

Thanks Jeff, updated my records with your cars details.

Brown, nice. Can't see why you'd want to change that colour.. ...kidding.. I like original but I still don't love the brown.

And I think that was the cheapest car out of the entire auction lot wasn't it?

And thanks @Bobby for back on the 31st of January 2021. I forgot to mention you. Sorry.

Thanks! @Scootytooty for your recent contribution.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/184666114657?ul_noapp=true 4x Topy Wheels to suit an S30Z. 2- 12/72 2- 2-74

I should mention I would be interested in a couple.

Beautiful, I've always wanted to do this! I too get frustrated with lack of batteries that fit without modifying the brackets.

Ahhh Chabuduo https://aeon.co/essays/what-chinese-corner-cutting-reveals-about-modernity

Made the Australian today. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/bidding-for-a-pristine-ford-gtho-phase-iii-was-nearing-the-australian-record-price-when-the-unthinkable-happened/news-story/3b74f7c7b4c7cacb615cefec574412ab

I just think all the auction sites are crap. Could be done a lot better.