Mr Camouflage

I'd buy that for a dollar.

Here's the link: http://users.tpg.com.au/tpot/PM_RSW_UTF8_V1_0.htm

RS Watanabe have an Australian distributor, why deal with the USA when you can deal directly with the Aussie distributor?

Its easy if you forget about the other countries and deal only with Aussie spec Zeds. 260Z (2 seater) is quicker and more powerful than the the 240z. Aussie 260Z was 162 HP and hit 60mph over a second quicker than the 240Z even with its flat top carbies and extra 165 lbs weight disadvantage.

Not true Gav, unless you live in the USA. L24 was rated at 150HP (Gross) L26 was rated at 162HP (Gross) USA 260z was de-tuned to 140HP to meet emissions requirements, then they got hobbled again with the 5mph impact bumpers (sometimes called Nixon bumpers, since he was the President when the laws were drawn up), which added heavy impact absorbing bumpers and shock absorbers to the car, front and rear (if you've seen a picture of a 280Z you'll know what I mean). The idea was that the car should survive a 5mph impact with no damage. That pretty much killed the 260Z in the USA. Nissan upped the capacity to 2.8 (L28 170HP) to compensate for the extra weight, switched to EFI to meet emissions and rebadged it as the 280Z. Here in Aus, emissions weren't an issue, and neither was surviving a 5mph collision undamaged.

Yeah if you pause the video you can make out the live axle. If it was an S30 the IRS arms would obscure the driveshafts, and the car just doesn't look right. Rear quarter windows are too large. Looks more like a mitzi Lancer.

No they didn't flip an S30. Its some live axle chassis with a S30 like shell, and some fancy editing with a real S30.

Meh, paint it yourself

J isn't an offset, its the bead type.

Should have taken them to a scrap metal place and got scrap prices for them.

I'm sure everyone's seen a magazine article of this car, or his website, if you haven't, where you been? http://autospeed.com/cms/title_240Z-to-Savour/A_2995/article.html

That's just lurch saying he's not a fan of the look, i believe. Also try hitting the return key a bit more often, it will make your posts alot more readable Welcome to the forum. ____________________ Mr C. Almost as grumpy as lurch.

The guys on aus300zx are organising a cruise. Would be nice to see some older S30 and S130 zeds, instead of the usual Z32 & Z33's link: http://www.aus300zx.com/forum/showthread.php?t=291135

I doubt it, otherwise everyone would be bolting up RB gearboxes as a replacement for L gearboxes.

I wouldn't even call it a GT-R replica. Just a C110 done up with a RB20DE, and the chassis number altered from KHGC to KPGC, a fake VIN tag, and some bs about it being a left over GT-R shell that was sold as a GT-X. A guy from the US took a chance on it being a GT-R and imported it over there, but when he stripped the paint off the chassis numbers (something the seller was unwilling to do to verify what chassis it really was) the P was just an H. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29117

Probably something like this http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/7RS/50-1470

Defiantly tow bar. My first 240z had one. You can even see the outline of the flat bar that sat ontop to stop the bolt heads pulling through the floor.

Seems like the writer of the article has been doing alot of research on US Z sites, which is weird for an Australian article. Pretty hard to find a 280ZX turbo in Aus to do the "common" engine swap.

The car has been discussed over at czc.com http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34995

LOL they turned a 2+2 into a 2 seater. That must have been some restoration I guess its tip of the hat to the manga that has Akio driving Z31 that is externally a 2 seater, but internally a 2+2.

A mate of mine had his VN commodore broken into. He had deadlocks so they couldn't open the doors, but the way they got the regular locks open was to cut the metal under the combined door handle & lock. I guess they used a screwdriver and hammer to chisel through the door metal. I removed the locks from my TX-3 after it was broken into 2 twice in 2 weeks, and fitted an alarm. Never had a problem with it after that. Deadlocks are a good idea if you want to keep the baddies out of your car.

Alot of the time those oil coolers aren't actually plumbed into the engine. Just there for the look.

My brother had one in almost exactly the same colour, way back as his first car. It was bought with minor front end damage and the panels to repair it, and we painted a Jaguar colour. I drove a few times, then got myself an RA28 which I had for years while I was rebuilding my first 240Z. Great first cars. Easy to drive.

It's a pity she wasn't driving the 2000GT in the Blues Brothers movie.

Datsun 240Z & 260Z REGISTER of WA - Annual General Meeting Sunday 26th July 1400hrs Meeting Room in club building. Belmont Sports & Recreation Club (BSRC) cnr Abernethy & Keene Sts Belmont/Cloverdale