C.A.R.

This was all done so we could fit ALL the panels back onto the body shell and turn a MASSIVE corner with the project:

Price: $25,000 ono.
Early 260Z 2 seater 95% complete, solid shell with very minimal rust.
The last photo is the worst of rust in the shell, the rest is just surface rust. Comes with the following & extra parts:
Re-built L24/L28 engine ready for assembly
N42 head, 2x 5speed gearboxes
New radiator support panel
New floors & rails for spares
2 x Dashes, 2 x consoles
Extra tailgate & 2 extra doors
Set of four 15 x 7 five stud Watanabe’s & 2 x new 225/50/15 tires
300ZX Z31 5 stud front hubs & moded 5 stud rear axles
Bucket seats, tail lights etc & heaps of spares including
suspension, alternators, starters, dizzys & so on.
Please let me know if more specific photos are needed.
Car is located in Forster NSW, price is slightly negotiable for cash buyer.
Please call or msg Nick for further details.

Group Buy: Interior Plastics Max at Resurrected Classics is offering a HUGE 20% off their interior plastics for early and late 240Z. If you are interested, please let me know, however EOI until I get freight costs. Group buy ends 1st of March. Total kits available is 34 of both early and late. Early interior plastics set: AUD$1900 - Excluding freight. Late interior plastics set: AUD$1700 - Excluding freight

Thanks for the heads-up, have been thinking of something like that.
Because I now have a bumper bar on the rear new wing mounts were required, also brought the wing closer to the rear of the car, bigger new end plates to improve wing efficiency (according to everything I have read).
Here are some pics of rear wing,

Updates?

I'm glad you asked.
Have been waiting for four months for these wheels to arrive from Japan,Work Meister M1 3 piece 17x9, custom order, very happy with the result.
Currently working on the aero, new front splitter and undertray, and rear wing mounts, rear wing should be done this weekend, will post some pics.

Yes.

Yes.

I wondered where you got that from...
AUD$280 for a new reliable wiper unit is a gift.

I'll save you the trouble, Craig doesn't do it anymore and it's impossible to find the honda wiper motor at the wreckers these days.
You can buy this whole plug and play kit from the USA
https://www.godzillaraceworks.com/electrical/wiper-motor-upgrade-240z-260z-280z-lifetime-warranty
 
with the USD so strong it's be around AUD$280 landed
 

https://youtu.be/u1hvRTVJLx4?si=eC3nYMNJo2Kbppl7
 

Welcome Graham.
Firstly you actually need to determine what gearbox it actually is.
Unless you know the full history of the Z, it could have any Datsun 5 speed fitted as they are now over 50 years old.

Both brass synchro rings (about $100ea) and steel bulk rings (well over $200ea!) and are still available new from Nissan.

If you are not inclined to do the rebuild yourself, I'd send the gearbox to either:
Les Collins Racing in Vic: https://lescollinsracing.com/contact
Or
Stewart Wilkins Motorsport in NSW: https://www.swmotorsport.com.au/

HTH

Hi folks,
Just an update. I've had to cut back on the cost of hosting. It was getting up to $440 per month. Which is just not sustainable, given the site isn't as busy these days and I've had less time to post here myself.
Talking with the hosting company I've downgraded the plan, which means the site may be slower than before but the cost is about $100 AUD per month.
Much more sustainable. I'm working on some fine tuning to help improve the site and server performance.
Also some emails have been hitting spam filters. I'm doing my best to resolve this.

Time for an update.
Now that the outside looks so good it was time to spruce up the inside.
Painted the cage and hatch area satin black, not show standard but good enough for me.
New reproduction interior panels from the US of A, carbon fibre door cards form Japan.
As usual took forever to arrive and cost an arm and a leg.
Also new LED headlights, I can actually see at night now!

The current hosting cost is unsustainable mate - especially with the dwindling site traffic...
Do what you have to do.

Update on this, I'm currently contemplating moving away from our hosting company who I've been with for nearly 15 years! They put their rates up and with USD vs AUD$ exchange range hosting is now costing around $430 per month!
So I'm contemplating moving to Invision Power Hosted Solution - which means I wouldn't need to manually run periodic updates and  think will save some money on hosting with it. I'm pretty sure things like the emails not being received would also get fixed in that move. Which I haven't had a chance to dig further into yet. 

https://www.neatgearboxes.com.au/   in SA have/had new 4.1 CW&P sets available.

 

2023 Christmas BBQ!
It's on again!
Date: Sunday 10th December 2023. It's later this year due to clashes with Datsun Day, Challenge Bathurst and Classic Japan.
Time: 11am Onwards.
Location: Same as previous years, Gordon and Sharon's property in the outer East near Lilydale. 
Please prey for dry weather!
PM me for the address if you haven't been before.
Bring your Zed, food and Drink and a chair. The wood fired BBQ will be provided.
Bring your Wives , partners and kids. All welcome!







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Attending:

Gordon (durr)
Locky - CAR
Bruce - Lightmaster
Dave - KatoKid

2023 Christmas BBQ!
It's on again!
Date: Sunday 10th December 2023. It's later this year due to clashes with Datsun Day, Challenge Bathurst and Classic Japan.
Time: 11am Onwards.
Location: Same as previous years, Gordon and Sharon's property in the outer East near Lilydale. 
Please prey for dry weather!
PM me for the address if you haven't been before.
Bring your Zed, food and Drink and a chair. The wood fired BBQ will be provided.
Bring your Wives , partners and kids. All welcome!







--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Attending:

Gordon (durr)
Locky - CAR
Bruce - Lightmaster
Dave - KatoKid

Very happy to report that I got the engine compliances today. 2 days before the emission testing exemption expired. 
happy days!

With the rear quarters clamped in position, then next thing we had to do was fit the rare spares door skins.
Rare Spares has a sticker on ALL their panels stating that:
"This is panel is only a vague approximation of an OEM panel and shitloads of work will be required to make it fit correctly."

Paul clamped them onto the rebuilt door frames to check fitment and... well... there were issues.
The door handle recess was 'low' in one skin in relation to the body line.
The door handle recess in both skins was 'sucked in' when a ruler was run across the body line.
The handle holes were in the wrong spot.
The upper body line was not sharp enough or not there at all...
Paul spent 3 days rectifying these issues - we worked out it would have been quicker to make new ones from scratch!
But eventually they were fitted to the frames (after I removed the e-coating):















Before the skins were fitted I Epoxied the insides of them and applied a coat of KBS Rust Seal to (hopefully) keep them rust free forever.





We are aiming for a 5mm panel gap and it appears we will succeed in obtaining that measurement.

With the rear quarters clamped in position, then next thing we had to do was fit the rare spares door skins.
Rare Spares has a sticker on ALL their panels stating that:
"This is panel is only a vague approximation of an OEM panel and shitloads of work will be required to make it fit correctly."

Paul clamped them onto the rebuilt door frames to check fitment and... well... there were issues.
The door handle recess was 'low' in one skin in relation to the body line.
The door handle recess in both skins was 'sucked in' when a ruler was run across the body line.
The handle holes were in the wrong spot.
The upper body line was not sharp enough or not there at all...
Paul spent 3 days rectifying these issues - we worked out it would have been quicker to make new ones from scratch!
But eventually they were fitted to the frames (after I removed the e-coating):















Before the skins were fitted I Epoxied the insides of them and applied a coat of KBS Rust Seal to (hopefully) keep them rust free forever.





We are aiming for a 5mm panel gap and it appears we will succeed in obtaining that measurement.

With the rear quarters clamped in position, then next thing we had to do was fit the rare spares door skins.
Rare Spares has a sticker on ALL their panels stating that:
"This is panel is only a vague approximation of an OEM panel and shitloads of work will be required to make it fit correctly."

Paul clamped them onto the rebuilt door frames to check fitment and... well... there were issues.
The door handle recess was 'low' in one skin in relation to the body line.
The door handle recess in both skins was 'sucked in' when a ruler was run across the body line.
The handle holes were in the wrong spot.
The upper body line was not sharp enough or not there at all...
Paul spent 3 days rectifying these issues - we worked out it would have been quicker to make new ones from scratch!
But eventually they were fitted to the frames (after I removed the e-coating):















Before the skins were fitted I Epoxied the insides of them and applied a coat of KBS Rust Seal to (hopefully) keep them rust free forever.





We are aiming for a 5mm panel gap and it appears we will succeed in obtaining that measurement.

Once these manufacturing 'defects' had been identified, we started on rectifying them.
The vent hole and side repeaters were filled, the filled smooth.



The RH panel aalso had the fuel filler 'bucket'(?) fitted. This was removed from the original quarter panel, media blasted, repaired and welded into position:




 
While the Z was in storage in 2022, I was informed via socials of a company in Atlanta USA called 'Resurrected Classics' that were having other 'difficult to obtain' panels made in China.
Items they were having made were - amongst others - early vented Z hatch's, tail light panel and reproduction tail lights..

This was a HUGE bonus as this Zeds hatch was pretty bad - rust, bog and lots of damage.
The rear valance was also toast and I'd consigned myself to remaking it, but with a suitable one-piece tail light panel now available, it was going to be much easier and cheaper.

So I ordered them during this time, and fitted them up together with the rear quarter panels.
These panels also needed work to make them nice, but it was a great start.