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https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/restart-au-falcon-production-event-massive-attention Seems to be gaining traction. Share it boys and girls. Time to make it happen. What else are you gonna tow your Z's with?

Made some minor changes this evening, which appear to have sped things up a little. Interested to see if others feel there is a difference?

This is why we're weary of your 300ZX owners. Strange bunch.. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7325563/South-Australian-man-poses-seductively-shirtless-Nissan-online-post.html

I kind of wish I went now.. GTR Festival in Sydney. Would love to see more Z's restored to the level some of these Skylines get done to!

Sounds like a lot of hassle. My Mikuni's are currently running K+N Filters on each carb body. Looks ugly, but functional I suppose. I'd prefer an airbox really, maybe with a nice panel pod filter at the snout. Shame nobody makes a really suitable product that bolts on nicely.

KPGC10 for sale. https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n359127858 Current Price 22,000,000 yen (AU$318,560.00)

I've been meaning to do this for a while, each time an anniversary passes. But truth be told I don't know exactly when we started the site. Web archives seem to suggest early 2004 (Feb/March/April). I used Internet Archives (http://oldweb.today/) to pull these pages to life, none of these pages have functioned in years. Some backups may exist on old CDs I burned or in my Cloud storage but it would take some time to restore and run them on a local web-server and really what's the point? Sadly no matter how hard I tried to see exactly how the first version looked, I could not find 1 without broken images. Version 1 - Early 2004 When web counters were still the rage (or sort of), it had a basic blurb and ability to sign up to a free forum, which we migrated away from. The forums were hosted "off" the main domain at: http://viczcar.conforums.com/ - now long gone. The forums lasted about a year or 2, before I realised I needed to take control over the forum and manage the database etc.. Version 2 - Introducing PHPBB software. Open source forum software. I was quite proud of the redesign at the time, but as nice the shinny buttons were, they were flawed as they depended on Adobe flash. Also the 3rd column got pushed below on some browsers, instead of being on the right hand side as is shown in this render. I would learn a lot more about proper web-design soon enough. Todd Kaneko's 240z L28 Turbo Z would grace the homepage banner. Version 3 - I learn to use photoshop. I'm still quite proud of this design, I had been going through a lot of Photoshop tutorials online and figured out how to design a bit better by this stage. Only problem was copious use of HTML tables. The site was not easy to update like this. We were running on PHPBB for the forum, and Coppermine for the photogallery. Both open source, free software. Version 4 - Joomla was all the rage back in 2005. It was the CMS to have for some reason. The design had to change to accommodate this new software which allowed me to create more of a web-portal for the site. But we now had 3 different bits of software running the site. I had also started to learn more about Search Engine Optimization and Joomla had some severe limitations. Version 5 - 2007ish Drupal is the new CMS of choice for Open Source web-developers. Building a site in Drupal is like using Lego, you gotta use the building blocks to get what you want. It takes time to learn the new software and design template files etc.. This design remained with the site for years. Upgrading the software and patching it where required. At this point we're still using 3 different bits of software. Coppermine Gallery, SMF forums (which was a big upgrade from PHPBB which had spammers always posting) and Drupal for the homepage. You probably remember look.. Version 6 - The next version is less visual, more backend changes. I migrate to the current software. Invision Power Suite. I decide as good as free software is, you make up for the lack of purchase costs with time developed to getting it to run right or deal with spam etc.. This is a big migration as it takes all the historical forums and photo gallery and merges into 1 bit of software. A work colleague who is better at SQL than I helps me on a Saturday write some SQL to migrate the tables and set the right owners of the gallery. The new software is meant to replace the whole site, but due to limited time on my side I don't get around to replacing the whole site and retiring old software for a couple of years. Version 7 - I finally retire Drupal, the new design is far less custom and visually sexy, but the backend systems are not all integrated. The new software works better and has far better support. I now only have 1 database to backup and although the site looked like 1 bit of software in the past, it was always driven by different bits of software. The plan has always been to migrate the site to www.auszcar.com but moving 3 bits of software was always going to be a challenge. The new software is also much more mobile device friendly which is increasingly important and is far more search optimized. Old URLs are easier to redirect to new locations and the site responds much faster on the new engine. Version 8 - Or Future plans are to create a new logo (modernise it) with a view to making it more T-shirt friendly or printed media friendly. Update the colour scheme. Potentially add blogging abilities to give the homepage more of a visual (images) feel and open up access to publish to it to other members on the site to help promote events and get people to attend drive days etc.. From a backend perspective I may look to migrate to AWS storage to open up more storage space, speed up site response and make backup even easier. It's been a long nearly 15 years of running this site, I find myself as time poor as ever, so making the site easier to run and maintain is my priority. I want to thank everyone who's helped build the site over the years, all the donations and support. I'll admit there are times I've thought, why do I bother doing it. The big challenges I see ahead are Facebook / Social media, a lot of people seem happy to use that to discuss their favorite topics, but the biggest flaw Facebook is that the information is ephemeral and we have years of good technical information that Facebook just can't easily serve up. I've noticed a lot of forums have died off in recent years, but the good ones are still going strong. Let's hope we can keep going for another 10 years and who knows how the site will change in that time? Thanks and I hope you found this interesting!

Are you sure it's the same car? I didn't have it in my list of cars and I usually try to diligently record them when they come up for sale. Unless of course I cannot determine chassis # then I am not usually able to record them. This wasn't on my known cars list, looking at others around the same chassis no. they were all auto's. Shame about the sunroof on this 1. It's down Semaphore way so I wonder how close to the beach?

I've merged these threads, even though it was mentioned it was about accommodation having this information scattered throughout multiple posts is confusing. I got a club email today asking about this and I couldn't find the accommodation discussion until now. I am cleaning up the events section in general to make it easier to manage and see what's happening.

Yeah I messaged them about rear valance sections and 1/4 panels and they said their supplier is working on it. It seems everyone is a reseller, but I wonder who is actually making them?

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I like the 4AGE AE86 :D. The FD was ok, shame about the V8.. ;). Then again I'm speaking to heathen who put a BMW engine in a Z so... ;).

I would probably speak to an auto electrician about potential for repair. I just wouldn't want you to have larger issues later. A lot of power runs through that gauge and any kind of unnecessary resistance could cause bigger problems.

Although the website appears to be responding faster, I noticed caching was no longer correctly configured (post server updates). I'm hoping to resolve this soon and hope to have improved performance. I have noticed certain actions take longer to respond (unread content links) and posting new posts/replies. But general page navigation seems quick. I will also look into Amazon (AWS) as a CDN which may allow me to free up space allocation for uploads etc..

New contender. https://showmeclassicparts.com Has 1600 rear 1/4 panels etc.. Maybe they will do S30Z rear 1/4 panels and similar stuff in future? Current list of available sections here: https://showmeclassicparts.com/catalog/Datsun-240z-260z-280z-1970-1978.php

Hey Guys, I know Hung quite well and have spoken to him about the viability of this venture, the challenge is that RHD cars are considerably more rare than LHD cars. Whilst a number of you have indicated interest, you'll have to remember the shipping costs and conversion to USD$ that will push the prices up. I have to ask why folks would opt for a reproduction dashboard when a completely acceptable (IMHO) option exists via the Dashboard Doctor in Coburg that vacuum skins your existing dashboards? https://www.dashboarddoctor.com.au/ I have a spare 240z dashboard (rough shape) that I was going to send off to The Dashboard Doctor for restoration and then put up for sale on an exchange (core basis). You send me your old dash and I send out a restored dashboard. This way your car isn't off the road, you can receive a good dash and then when you remove your old 1 send it back and I can repeat the process.

Lol... Nice.

Not S30Z stuff, but Mazda rotary coupe stuff. A nice find indeed.. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/254315747518 AU $18,000.00 Mazda R100 rear 1/4 and beaver/valance section. and MAZDA CAPELLA COUPE SUIT RX2 REAR QUARTER 1/4 GUARD PANELS NEW OLD STOCK GENUINE https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MAZDA-CAPELLA-COUPE-SUIT-RX2-REAR-QUARTER-1-4-GUARD-PANELS-NEW-OLD-STOCK-GENUINE/264415012323 AU $12,500.00 www.ebay.com.au/itm/MAZDA-RX2-CAPELLA-COUPE-REAR-QUARTER-1-4-GUARD-PANELS-NEW-OLD-STOCK-GENUINE/264415011809

Yes, I set up an RSS feed to post any new cars listed on eBay. Unfortunately gumtree, carsales don't have RSS feeds I can tap into. Would be nice to have the same for all the auction sites too. Then I wouldn't need to manually search them!

No I didn't, it looked pretty well cooked and I figured trying to repair and re-use may result in more troubles later. Considering you can get another AMP gauge on eBay for relatively little money I'd look at that as opposed to repairing what you have. I may even have another spare in my collection somewhere if you get desperate enough. But probably from a 260z.

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Well, I'm not sure why you keep posting in the NSW events section random stuff? There is an off topic section if you really must express yourself. But also why attach a word document? When you can copy / paste text into the forum post directly? It's a bit like using a Fax Machine to send an email?

Been there, done that and got the T-shirt.. Apparently this damage was caused by someone getting the battery polarity wrong on my car. Which blew up the AMP gauge.

I think attaching .docx files to a post is definitely a form of trolling