Mr Camouflage

Yep I did this also. Took the guts from a 260Z Kmh speedo and bolted them straight into the housing of a 240z speedo.

How about repainting the needles white and sticking an ultra bright blue led in the back of the gauge?

Nissan pop riveted them on, so I don't see the problem with using pop rivets, apart from making it difficult to remove them.

Yeah its Scottie Chapman's 280Z.

I never said it was unrepairable. If you had a spare front end you could salvage it. You could straighten what left of the front end, but you would need a donor car or a very good sheet metal worker to replace the parts of the car that have been cut off. What you are buying here is a parts car that the owner has finished stripping all the parts he wanted off it.

That chassis is F%#%&d http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=539517&image=147542406&images=147537045,147536982,147537063,147537132,147537022,147537150,147536998,147537707,147541511,147541260,147541915,147542406&formats=0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0&format=0 Look at the passenger side strut tower, compared to the driver side. Fixable with alot of $$$ and a donor car, if you cut off everything forward of the firewall. Looks like someone has already cut out the battery tray area. You can see right through it to the ground in one of the photos.

Same locations as the export spec 240z. Datsun was an Export brand, so they were all Nissan in Japan The side "datsun" guard badges were "Fairlady Z". So was the rear hatch badge if it was the 2 liter. If it was the 2.4 variant the rear hatch had the Fairlady and a 240Z emblem (same as the export 240Z emblem) Side emblems behind the quarter windows were Z emblems. Bonnet badge was a Z instead of the Export "Datsun" badge

I agree. How are you supposed to change the oil filter on that thing?

I always park far away from other cars in carparks. I dont mind walking a little further if it means my car wont get people hitting it with their doors. Here's the view from the front door webcam.

I did the same thing to my TX-3 4WD turbo when I had it. It was a popular car for thieves. Stolen one night outside of work, and recovered the next day undamaged. A week later the locks got popped again, but they couldn't get it started after making a mess of the (brand new) ignition switch. Next weekend I shaved the locks off, and never had a problem for the rest of the time I owned the car. If you can see the car out your office window, and have a computer, you could set up a webcam to take a photo every second or 2. You could even put a little sign in the window of the car that says this car is under video surveillance from a nearby office. Should be enough to deter the casual thief. Or you could set up a dedicated system. I have a zoneminder system running at home that watches the house and the driveway, using old computer parts (Pentium 3 800mhz), and a couple of webcams I picked up at a swap meet for $1. Zoneminder is free: www.zoneminder.com I can login from work and keep an eye on the house when no one is home. Easiest way to get it up and running is to download the "ZoneMinder LiveCD v1.22.2" half way down the page in the Other Downloads section here: http://www.zoneminder.com/downloads.html

Nothing secret about it. They even have a website for most of the cars at Zama and a bit of history to go with them. http://press.nissan-global.com/COMMON/HERITAGE/database/en_result.html

^ Well, you are paying for shipping from Japan too.

Spent $58K and he didn't even put a R200 LSD in it?

Dunno what those photos are from, I've seen them on ClassicZcars, but there is little information to go along. Looks like a photoshoot, not a movie shoot. Anyway, yes there are Wangan Midnight movies. First one was made in the 90's. Its the only one I have seen. No subtitles though. There were some more sequels made after. I think 4? PM me for more info

Yeah they are a vent for the fresh air system. There were diagrams in the sales literature of the air coming in the fresh air vents in the dash and exiting out the side air vents. For the air to come in, there has to be somewhere for it to exit. All cars these day have them. They are usually hidden under a bumper.

They've been making cars for years. I guess safety isn't much of a requirement in China.

there is a picture, you have to be logged in to see it though. Looks like an old pre digital style photo that has been scanned, so car may not be exactly as pictured.

I've never heard of any S30 assembly lines outside of Japan, especially not in Australia. If they were going to make them outside of Japan then the USA or Mexico would have been the obvious choice ( No shipping delays to the USA - their biggest market). I know they assembled bluebirds locally in the 60's and opened the Clayton Datsun factory in 1972, but I've never heard of any of the z series being built anywhere other than Japan. Anyone know any different? Nice "Fully Imported" 260z he has for sale though. http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12179

Better remove those hack dealer installed footrests too then.

Actually I believe the part number is D4160-00003. Another attachment of a JDM Factory options brochure, including the "Leather Top", "Racing Strip", passenger side foot rest, and rally clock.

Don't listen to these chumps. except Scando, He's almost right. The vinyl roof is a factory option, but I believe they were locally made and installed in overseas markets. eg: USA got vinly roofs made by US companies, Aus got ones made by an Australian company. I guess it worked out cheaper for Nissan that way, and also, not many people wanted the option, so it would be silly to fit them in Japan and hope that the buyer wanted one. They are listed in the Nissan Parts Book/microfiche as "Leather Top" (page J4 180-1) along with the "racing strip" which is the side strip that went along the bottom of the doors and fender, also a factory option installed by the dealer if asked for by the purchaser. Like the reproduction ones Sulio has on his car. They have a Nissan parts number (04160-00003 / 00016 for black), which makes it a factory option in my opinion, unlike generic dealer add ons like non nissan mags, pinstriping (not the racing strip), sunroofs etc, which were just done so the dealer could make an extra buck, though that mostly was in the US, as the demand for the Z here wasn't as big as it was there. Saying these were dealer options, is like saying over fenders and the grande aero nose was a dealer option. Learn something every day eh Sulio? So that probably makes a Z with a vinyl roof rarer than other garden variety zeds that didn't get the vinyl roof (and uglier ). More valuable? who knows, I think they look better without them. A few pics: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14049&d=1157537533 http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14036&d=1157488622 http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14033&d=1157485535

This cars road registered, but it's built for racing. Would be good for someone that wants to get right into racing but doesn't want to spend the time and money building a car to do it. http://wazregister.com/zindex.php?action=classifieds&id=8 It's not my car. Thought some of you guys over there might be interested, is all.

http://www.pitstop.net.au/view/products/page/query/plu/3473/ I think its the one with the red cover that had the wrong settings. I used to have the hard cover edition with white paper pages that I bought back in the 80's when I had my first 240z, but gave it to the guy that bought my 240Z when I sold it. The new ones are soft cover, and the pages have a brownish tint to them. I guess they are printed on non-bleached environmentally friendly recycled paper. Other random 240z books: http://www.pitstop.net.au/view/search/products/?type=title&q=240z&search_type=

Yeah those Canadians are a funny bunch.

lol, no Why not?