Melkor

Hello All, The car is sold. cheers Tony

no ID plate. i do not think that it is an ex rally or race car, i've had the car for the last 10 years, and before that it was owned by a mate who just had it sitting in his backyard, and before that it was his dads. certainly no log books, nor homologation papers, or cams approved roll cage. i do have some rally tyres on Holden commodore rims i'll throw in for free if you buy it dat2kman.

i know, which is why the cars is up for sale, i do not have that kind of money currently. in another 5-10 years i should be able to put that amount in. but unfortunately by that time, this car would most likely be beyond repair. It makes me feel sick to sell it as i am genuinely scared that in 5-10 years time that what is currently worth $60K will be well above $100K I do not beleive this car was a rally or race car. i bought it about 10 years ago, and it has sat in a carport under a cover and then a garage since. It was his father's car who i believe had it from new.

If you are not interested in buy this car, i would request please do not posting in the thread. If you wish pass judgment on me, the car i am selling or talk about the weather, please PM me instead.

it can do, but the roadworthy will be for a different car that expired several years ago...

Sad day, I listed the 240Z for sale

SOLD Model: 240Z Location: North East Regional Victoria - 4 -5 hours north of Melbourne Price and Payment Conditions: Cash or Bank Cheque Item Condition: in need of full restoration Body: body has rust, floor pans need replacing, boot sill needs replacing Mechanical: very close to running, but definitely not driveable. Will turn over and run for a few seconds on aerostart. Registration: no. Engineers Certificate: na RWC: no Contact Details: text message only please on 0408 551 307 or email to melkor@brooksweb.id.au Price: $8,000 If you want to know why i am seeing thins car read this thread. more images in my photobucket

I should know better than to trust rego stickers, I imported a 89 model 300zx which Vic roads registered as 88, and no end of arguing and showing them the original application, import papers, recipes from Japan could fix, I sold it about 10 years ago but have since bought it back again from a guy in NSW and NSW rego sticker says it's a 96. But apparently when it was registered in the ACT it was registered as a 90 model...

The chassis number is hs30-01427

There is a serial number on the rego sticker, which is 5530975 but guessing that doesn't help? i'll check the firewall tonight when i get home. Only 30 mins till home time. (i love working in schools!)

It does, that is what the rego sticker says, but from reading other post today did the 72's have the tool boxes in the boot? maybe a 71 first registered in 72?

Not sure about the chassis number, will check tonight. Not sure about front end damage, the rad support is just bent up, it's very rusted so moves quite easily, caught the little feller playing with it while i was taking the photos. From what i can tell i have most if not all of the trim, and most of it is reasonable, i have most/all of the carpet, but it is all rubbish, but keeping it for templates if needed. the dash is there, and the heater /fan could not see the original radio unfortunately. not sure if all the gauges are there and complete, i remember seeing a shoe box with the speedo in it when i first got the car, but the needles where not attached so could even speculate as to what has been going on there... while i would LOVE to keep it and spend the money on it, unfortunately it's the initial outlay of dollars to clean up the rust i just cannot get together. So i think i will be making post in the sale section soon.

and what made it worse, while I was emptying the car and looking at it, thinking this i to far gone for me to look at my 3 year old came outside and asked "What are you doing to my car daddy?" Nearly broke my heart, it was going to be a project for the two of us to work on.

Ok, so here are some pics I emptied the car out totally over the weekend, and was disappointed at the amount of rust, so it will be probably going for sale very soon, i cannot afford to stop the rust where it is now, and love the car far to much to hold onto it and let it get worse. Both floorpans are totally gone, as is the passenger side firewall. The boot looks ok, and there is a little rust on the hatch panel but the hatch itself looks ok. The doors are not aweful, and may not need a full reskin. Better it go to someone else that can fix it. Any suggestions on price? Link to the full photobucket album

No not mine..., mine is a lot rougher than that one. Or at least it looks to be...

Well i'm getting some boxes from a mate tonight, then its empty the car of all the spare parts, panels, dash, disc brake conversion and other bits and pieces i have accumulated over the years. Then i'll get all snap happy and take some photos... I know i will need a hatch panel, for instance, but i will post photos soon... Has anyone had experience with the rust repair panels from Rare spares? for example http://www.rarespares.net.au/rarespares/SearchPage.aspx?type=partsfinder&pno=0&brand=NISSAN&model=DATSUN+240Z+260Z&car=34A&productgroup=PANELS+%26+RUST+PANELS They really at not as expensive as i would thought which worries me... Although i am probably getting ahead of myself again

dunno, he used to work for Lindsay at ZShop years and years ago, that's how i met him, and have a feeling he actually put me onto this site, i brought the motor from him, just after, just before the site got launched. He told me back then that he built it the same as the one in his car, and with a p90 head... blah blah blah, 280HP blah blah blah... I have a e88 head waiting for it, but like most of my part/projects, it need a rebuild. Want to get it done properly hi-flowed and what not, but again, not important at the moment, stopping the rust on the 240 is my main concern...

really? $60k? I was thinking 20-25K for body work and paint, then 5K in missing parts and wot not. The car is supposedly complete. But i'm not looking for concourse, just a good looking clean car when i'm done, so if have to use some aftermarket or reproduction, or even home made parts (inner door skins for example) then i'm not worried. Ultimately i would love to put a RB26 twin turbo from a GTR (with a modified 2wd sump of course) in it, (keep it a kinda datsun motor...) but that may be a project for one of my sons to take on. I do have an L28 i bought from Costa... (cannot remember his surname) that will need a bit of work as it has also been sitting for 10, maybe even 15 years , but when i bought it he assured me it was an really good powerful motor. It gets some engine oil on it when it looks dry and the crank gets turned every 3-6 months (when i remember)

Correct, it is currently out in the open, but it is moving to a mates farm shed this weekend and will have a permanate spot in the garage once my house is built (due to be finished in the next 6-8 months) so it will be undercover again, soo. one of my concerns was if i get it blasted and does need alot of repair, can i still get it undercoated first? or will that just mean having strip the paint again? but then again i guess if rust is getting cut out then a bit of paint stripping with a wire wheel before welding is not an issue. So does anyone know a good sand blaster in Melbourne, i spoke to two yesterday, one was saying $1200-$1500, the other was saying closer to $2500 but he said he does a better job cause the plastic blast first then another type of blasting that removes the removes any left over rust but the only do that on the thicker body sections...

Hello All, I have a '72 240z in pretty rough shape. It desperatly needs to be restored. I have had the car for over 10 years, and have kept it undercover untill very recently. But unfortunalty before i got the car it was left out in the weather and has some rust which is getting worse and worse. I would really like to get it media blasted, body work fixed and then undecoated, so stop the rust for progressing. i know this is a very open question but does anyone have any idea what that would cost? (in Melbourne) Obviously it is dependant on how much rust needs to be cut and repaired. While I desperately want to keep and build this car and hand it onto my kids (my 3 year old has already claimed it as his car) I don't want to let it get beyond the point of repair. So I am considering selling it so someone else who can afford it fix it. But i am worried that if I do let this car go, I will not be able to get one ever again as the prices just keep going up and up. I'm guessing I am looking at over $30K for the full restore, but considering I already have the car that means 'eventually' I will be done for $30K and at the moment a decent 240Z is what, $40K+? I think what I need to weigh up is... What it will cost to get the car to point of stopping the rust from getting worse? What the car will bring in if I sell it in its current state? How much rust is too much to repair? How much would it cost to buy a 240Z in 5, 10,15 years time, if I am even able to find one? I guess I am just putting my thoughts out there in a community that understands my love of Zeds (I've had a 260Z, and 300zx). Cheers Tony