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ahhhhh that sucks, i had a suspicion this car had rust, freshly painted zeds for sale tend to be covering something up. Correctly removing rust and painting the car is the hardest/worst work in my opinion (but also the most rewarding). Alfa Motorsport do fiberglass parts, you probably know of them http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php?topic=2285.0 If that fails maybe get into contact with paul at zbitz near ipswich and see if he has any "rust free" gaurds No he bought a freshly painted car that said it had a bare metal respray...

i sent this to you in a pm but it might benefit others so... http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?p=1024639

I got my 240z insured for $24000 through suncorp for $570 per year (this is when I was 22 as well) with choice of repairer and salvage rights etc. The lack of trubo really helps out for young drivers...

+1 for making him pay for driving off, get him to pay for some body work... what a douche

Very exciting Post some pics asap

Norm the 12 second su dude's cheap velocity stack. If you look half way down the page he says... http://www.zcar.com/forums/read/4/2050673/page=1 http://www.zcar.com/forums/read/4/2051341

you can ditch it in my garage greg and no that's not a pickup line

I have noticed prices have gone up a bit in the last year, i don't know if they are actually selling for that much more. I just get the feeling a few people are selling their stuff lying around hoping to get a bit more money coming in in these "tough times". I wouldn't expect a drivable 240z for less than $5000, even the wrecks have been $2500-$4000 lately. Very tidy 240z's will go for $15000+. There have been a few for sale over the $30k mark over the years but these are usually race prepped cars. 2 seater 260z's are harder to value. They are less common than the 240z's in Australia but the 240z's are more desirable. The good thing about the 2 seater 260z's is that you can modify it without the purists complaining about ruining a good 240z (not that this is a bad thing, i think early 240's should be left original too, unless they are so far gone...) You can tend to get a pretty tidy (not show quality) 2 seater 260z for $8000-$12000 You should be able to manage a registrable or close to registrable 260z 2+2 for $4000-$6000 although you may be lucky and pick one up cheaper if you have time on your hands. A very nice 2+2 will set you back $10000-$16000 and an average rig with little bits that need work anywhere in between

damn thats awesome

yep no worries, I'll meet you at your place here is a pic It's basically a screw with a whole in the other end to thread the cable through

yep thats the one Some say that his first son was born with an l28 and that he is scared of pressurised red paint... question for greg the north side datsun wreckers... do you happen to have the screw that attaches the choke cable to su carbs? My daily only has a single cable atm, I have a dual cable to put on but don't have the screws to attach it

Ok so do you want to meet around 11am at that Servo out on Gympie Road? actually maybe if we leave by 11 so maybe get there a lil before hand (we should be alright though cause steve isn't coming ) So Greg looks like it's you, me, my cousin and Craig if he isn't working...

ahhh we ended up moving to west end cause there were no parks. we should grab everyones mobile mines 0400 %*) *@*

so we are doing a top gear challenge 2nite then?

how about here... http://www.whereis.com/qld/kangaroo-point?id=7C13B2835926D0 Lower river terrace. where all those cars are lined up....

You'll be sorely disappointed... Some say he looks like Kid Rock's goatie and that he is actually affraid of algebra...

i can get there earlier if everyone else can? wat about 630 mtop?

ps steve you're shit. where's my money?

So who is in for this Saturday? A couple of my cousins might come with me... I was thinking about midday or afternoon? I think I need to catch up on my beauty sleep after last weekend :S

So who is in for Wednesday night meet? Kangaroo point sounds great

Thanks guys, sorry I was away for the weekend. So after your comments I'm still undecided on the black/white haha. I suppose the point is either way it should still look good. I actually have a folder of 2+2 pics from hybrid z (that thread something about 2+2 owners, I saw you had posted a bit on there garvice). I chose to photoshop my 2 seater cause styling wise it's the closest to what I want to do (wheels, spoiler after some photoshopping and those taillights). The majority of the nice 2+2's have the flares, which I love, but I'm not going with them on this car (I'll save them for my third car ). But yeah, now that your seats are in I'd be happy to take some photos. Maybe after go karts on the weekend? The engine is going to be the l26 from my 240z. It is a really tidy engine but I'm putting a 3.1litre stroker in it and there's no point wasting such a good engine.

Dash Had the dash recovered at dashboard restorations in Brisbane. Was $600 at the time <a href="http://www.shaun-maluga.com/ProjectZ/Pictures/MyProjectZ/Dash_01.jpg"><img src="http://www.shaun-maluga.com/ProjectZ/Pictures/MyProjectZ/Dash_01_Small.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.shaun-maluga.com/ProjectZ/Pictures/MyProjectZ/Dash_01.jpg"><img src="http://www.shaun-maluga.com/ProjectZ/Pictures/MyProjectZ/Dash_02_Small.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.shaun-maluga.com/ProjectZ/Pictures/MyProjectZ/Dash_01.jpg"><img src="http://www.shaun-maluga.com/ProjectZ/Pictures/MyProjectZ/Dash_03_Small.jpg"></a>

Suspension We purchased the suspension parts locally and ended up with King Springs and KYB Shocks with all new suspension rubbers. <a href="http://www.shaun-maluga.com/ProjectZ/Pictures/MyProjectZ/Suspension_Painted.jpg"><img src="http://www.shaun-maluga.com/ProjectZ/Pictures/MyProjectZ/Suspension_Painted_Small.jpg"></a>

Hi all, thought I would finally start a build thread. This thread will be for my first Z car, a 77 260z 2+2. I purchased the car around the end of 2002 for $1500. The car was 99% complete and came with a 60% complete parts car. The car was driveable at the time, I drove it for about 4klms and then parked it and it hasn't been driven since. As you can see in the picture the car was painted flat black. It looks like it was done with just pressure packs and the black was all over the chrome work. Luckily this pretty much wiped off. <a href="http://www.shaun-maluga.com/ProjectZ/Pictures/MyProjectZ/My_Z.jpg"><img src="http://www.shaun-maluga.com/ProjectZ/Pictures/MyProjectZ/My_Z_Small.jpg"></a> Originally this car was meant to be a quick refresh with a quick coat of paint and a little bit of engine work to make a tidy daily driver. We missed our 3 month deadline and I ended up heading back to uni which meant the car didn't progress very much. In the meantime, I had a look around the Show & Shine at the 2003 Z Car Nationals. My quick resto quickly turned into a $30000 show car. Every job we did we started saying 'well if we are going to do this, we might as well do this', and the project started to blow out of proportion a fair bit. As a result, 6.5 years later the car is still sitting in the shed in primer. I was later looking at borrowing the money to finish the car when Nigels Yellow 240z came up for sale. It was everything I was planning on doing to my z but it was a 2 seater and more importantly I could drive it now. So the project car got put on hold again however in my mind it was definitely worth it. I was always a bit disappointed that this flashy car I was building was the 2+2 version. Now I will have the best of both worlds, a pretty 2 seater for cruising and what will be a damn nice 2+2 for daily driving and ferrying drunks home I can't remember the number exactly but we are up to 140+ patches of rust cut out and replaced. There are 2 patches to go and then we will put the car on the rotisserie to clean up underneath. Everything has been stripped from the car, all thats left is the brake lines which will be coming out eventually as well. From here it's down to the panel beaters to put a new roof on (minus the sunroof). I'll post some pics of the body work at a later date. The car has changed colours many times. Originally it was to be red but this soon changed to yellow. After buying Nigels car this has now changed to orange. Below are photoshops of my styling plans for the car atm. I'm undecided on the white or black version... I think the white looks more fresh but the black looks mean (in a good way) I've really been getting back into the design of the car so hopefully I can figure out my finances and get this car finished. I'll post some more pics of parts etc in the coming weeks.

Cancel that, the diner is next Thursday. So Wednesday for the meet is fine