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Well if I was him I would have jumped at the $8,500- offer. Pretty hard to move a car in pieces. You never know how many parts are missing. I would be surprised if he was fairdinkum given there was no engine or gear box plus a crap 180 diff.

As usual Fuzzy everyone talks about getting a car. But when it comes to handing over the cash for a bargain they are silent. Only when the car is sold do they say, damn I was going to get that. It is only when it is sold that people realise that the car must have been worth the money. Memories - I sold a V8 Zed for 15K about 7 years ago and only when it sold did all the tyre kickers come out of the woods saying they would have paid 20K for it. It had 35-40K spent on it and the body was better than new.

I went home that way last year and found the road had a lot of tight corners. Alright in the summer but I think it will be damp in July. Just on from there (marked in dotted red) I got done by the cops last year, same trip. Long straight stretches of road on from there and temptation got the better of me. :-\ I guess we can decide on the day.

Yeah Rev I don't actually have a contact for Radiators. My Car has kept good temperature the same as Dales. It's always comforting to see the guage at a quarter sitting in traffic on a hot day or on the race track. I figure you can almost never go too big. I'd rather be on the cool side than the hot side. Do you have a thermo fan set up or just a straight fan on the motor? Mind you I would love to go Alloy one day. But I figure if mine ain't broke I won't mess with it, yet. Search around I am sure you will find something. Or ask around at our meeting next week. I know heaps of people will be able to steer you in the right direction. My brother will have some answers I am sure.

I will be there, my brother Gordon will be coming to his first meeting as will Matt Freeman. I hope to drive my Zed if it's fine.

Well done Dave can't wait to see and hear it. I hope you can make the Apollo Bay run. In regards to the over heating issue. Make sure it stays relatively cool for the first 1,000 klms or so. On a fresh engine you don't want to be glazing those fresh cyclinders. Got to bed in those rings properly before any extreme temperatures. So if the radiator flush doesn't fix the problem then I wouldn't drive it till you put in a bigger one before it does much work. You don't want to undo your good work.

Yes good cheap buy. You can't have chrome on the rear and not the front. If the rear bar was to go it would need to be replaced with something blue. I wonder if the nice paint was done behind the skirts. That would limit your options. Remember some people like the US look. :-)

Hi Ben, I see you are still trying to off load this. Infortunately most Aussies are not to fond of the US Body kit. You might do better to turn up at some Zed meets with them on board and try to get a cheap Sale. I would have thought someone would snap it up for $300-. I didn't think they were that bad. I guess someone will take it eventually. Patience. :-\

I'd love to take my Turbo Territory around that track and see what it would do. 1.35 for a Landcruiser is pretty good if that time is correct. Plenty of Zeds going slower than that around Sandown.

Nice one Andrew. That certainly is a unique front spoiler. Never seen one like that before. Would have been a lot of work to get that sorted. Nice looking paint job. Where are you based?

Sounds like he is getting desperate now. Make him an offer and you might score it.

Very resourceful Rev. I think we all agree that the old Zed can be spruced up nicely on a tight budget. New wheels as well. If not for the stripes I wouldn't recognise it at the nest drive.

Rev you have done a lot of upgrades on your car lately. A man on a mission! Well a couple of missions. Your car is coming along nicely. Your not getting light fingers when that bowl goes around on Sunday are you Rev. Just kidding. Let's hope it is all done ready for Apollo Bay.

Good idea Gavin.

You could be dicing with death messing around with the crank weight to gain minimal power. I would be focussing more on the flywheel and balancer (But make sure you know what you are doing). Even if you are racing your car and trying for that extra half a second on the track I would be looking in different areas to make your car faster. There is no way you could go .5 of a second faster around a track by lightening the crank. I guess it all depends what you want to use your car for as well.

Thanks Nato for clearing up what I was trying to say as a lay person. Yeah I was talking about the crank area. My block went to the point of lining up the crank main bearing shaft area to the piston bores. He said some people call that "Blue Printing" the motor. Apparently people have different ideas on what that means. Obviously by making everything true or with closer tolerences than the standard cast block then it will enhance the engines performance and minimise wear and possible destruction.

Otherwise throw it on the trailer Ash. Been done before for meetings at this place. Good luck.

Don't be to harsh Lurch. I don't do too much work on mine either. I'd rather be driving it than working on it. Mind you I just don't have the know how either.

I tend to agree with Nato. I reckon it's something not lining up exactly and eventually wearing and breaking. I would be pulling the whole engine out and get the block completely checked for alignment around the crank etc. (Presuming you didn't want to get a new block for which I would still do the same anyway). As my engine builder says everything must be exact (With in 1-2 thou) to get the most power and avoid terminal problems. My block went of to the (Block) engine grinders 3 different times for checking different things for alignment before it was assembled. And this was for no apparent problem. My bloke said that the standard cast blocks were OK for standard cars etc but once you get up into the higher end of performanse you need better tolerences than what come off the production line. This (New) engine builder of mine was extremely fussy and was well aware of getting tolerences and measurements exact for a race engine you want to extract maximum power and rev to extremes. Todate never had a problem and it rev's to 7500rpm no problem which is not bad for a V8. Was your crank forged? My 2cents worth from a layman.

Looks like a great car to me. We need a few more Zeds with V8's in them. Ha Very unassuming car.

I agree with Lurch I was thinking the same. Check your rear Toe set up on a 4 Wheel alignment.

Well guys this looks like a great car and great value. So for those who visit this site and crap on about wanting to buy a Zed I say you have no excuss's on this one. Stop talking, grab your 5K and do it. By the sounds a rust free or there abouts, near perfect body/panels etc would give anyone the ideal intro duction to their first Zed in original condition. It looks like it could even be a daily driver.

Sulio maybe you wouldn't get such sweaty hands if you tucked your balls away driving on those twisty roads. I love the gloves I think they make you look really cool.

Yeah not good news RBZ. But Mayhem is right look on the bright side, at least they didn't get the car. Then you would really be peaved. I had the same thing happen to my car about 5-6 years ago outside a Pub. They got in but the alarm would have gone off and it wouldn't have started anyway. I was just so glad it was still there.

Looks like we will have two more people for this meeting. Matt Freeman and my brother Gordon have confirmed they will be coming along to this meeting. Ash will your car be ready in time? I might be able to get a couple of other Z owners along.