FuzzyDropbear

Congratulations Gav, hope mum and the young lad are doing well. My 1.5 year old loves car parts. A spare carby is a hit cause you can open the throttle and make brap brap noises, which is apparently hilarious.

Thanks Gav. I was wondering whether it was just how they were, given that the headlight bolt closest to the radiator support was spot on where it was supposed to be... But perhaps not. We chopped both sides off (both were damaged). Both do have the same amount of drop though, which is why I thought it could be somewhat correct. Looks like I'm messing about some more then It used to look like this: The other side wasn't much better

Hi guys, Finally got stuck into the front end of my Z today. It had previously been in a bit of a bingle and was left a mess. Scoota, Dale and I replaced the front section of the body forward of the radiator support with bits in better condition. The only thing we didn't do, was measure twice, have a beer, and then measure a couple of more times. We ended up welding in the new sections but they weren't 100% straight. So today's job was to straighten them. My query is; when I fit the front guard and headlight bucket, I have to push down on the front of the headlight cone in order for the hole in the bucket to line up with the correct bolt hole, this causes the guard to flex. As we used the front sections from my other Z, I can't be sure of how well they're supposed to fit. Would I be correct in assuming that the bolt hole should line up pretty well without having to be pushed down too much? Photo below shows the hole that I'm taking about. It's a bit more out than the photo suggests as I haven't finished realigning it to be straight. Cheers, Rob

I can't help you with a supplier, but in Ballarat I give the local engineering place a call and they'd sell me some decent sized offcuts or just cut me half a sheet for the equivalent price from the local sheetmetal place. Was easier to fit into the boot of my old car that way.

Hi all, Wondering if anyone has a spare collection of rear suspension bits for a 2+2 and would be willing to part with the rear link assembly. I thought I had a spare in the shed but I was wrong so I'm chasing the full setup as per below image Happy to pay for post or pickup in Vic. Cheers, Rob

Nice work Gav, it's come up a treat. You could've bought a better panel, but theres always that moment when you finish a panel and stand back and admire your work that you would miss. Plus you've probably already learnt enough to make the next panel even better!

Hi Jeff, Do these help? http://s206.photobucket.com/user/FuzzyDropbear/library/Zed%20door%20pics I forgot to grab a pic of the entire bottom section, let me know if you need more. Cheers

Hi Jeff, Looking at your photos, are you looking for this piece that's missing from the inside bottom of your guard? If so, this is the original piece, bar the dodgey welding I was doing. That's all I have on me, but can get better ones if you need it. Cheers, Rob

Cool, I'll see if I can get a hold of him, thanks for the heads up! Yeah, my original bar went to help another sick Z stay on the road I'm looking for one more because I have all my suspension bits and pieces now so interested in getting some wheels on it finally.​​

Yup, my bad, forgot the important info hey! Its for an r200 Thanks Phil :-)

Hi guys, Anyone happen to have a spare moustache bar for a 260z 2+2 sitting around that they may wish to part with? Or wrecking a 260z and happy to part with it? Hoping to get the wheels back on my Z sometime soon and it's one of the few parts I'm missing. Hopefully there's one in Vic or close-ish to Ballarat, but happy to pay postage if anyone is further afield. I'm also hunting for a 260z gearbox for a mate as well if anyone also has a line on one of those. Cheers, Rob

I had a dent pulled out of my old U12 back in the day. The local guys didn't do a bad job of it, the problem for them was that the dent had squashed one of the creases in the doorskin so they were only able to get it about 80% right, which was ok for the old banger, but I'd do a proper repair on the Z if it had the same dent. But they will be able to tell you how well the end result should come up.

Nice one, I hope you're keeping those rad pin-stripes!

Sounds like an adventure and a half just getting it home! Looks like a great example of a 2+2 though! Those wheels take me back, my mum had a set of them on her 1982 Nissan Prairie P.S. Your mate is bloody awesome, wish I got a (working) Z for my 30th!

I bought a set from MSA as linked by Lurch as part of a larger order and they arrived in 4 - 5 days with reasonable postage. Look exactly like the single factory one I had left.

Well, the upside is that you've just about broken and upgraded everything now, so there shouldn't be much upgrading left to do? Sounds good mate, can't wait to hear it back on the street.

Nice work on the repairs Dave, love the seats and that steering wheel is pretty mad bro! I bought it from www.waxit.com.au as I couldn't find a bricks and mortar store in Ballarat that stocked anything other than Meguiars. The one I use is the 100% Carnauba wax, some of their product is marketing though as it's not really 100% Carnauba wax, it's just 100% compared to their other wax which is a mix of beeswax and carnauba. But it's not too pricey and not hard to work with. I would like some of that Autoglym HD wax, it's awesome and I believe it's on my birthday wish list

Love your work Dave, that finish is awesome. I recently bought some P21s and was amazed at the difference when I waxed the Pulsie compared to the Meguiars stuff I used to use.

Hmm, lucky that mine's already 100% theft proof... That's right, protected by an original 80's Dick Smith anti theft system, job done... *please note that this alarm system is a black plastic block with about 10 wires running out of it so probably does nothing apart from make the red light on the dash blink because it doesn't even have anything to make a noise if it detects that it's being stolen...

Awesome find, the turbo setup looks very similar to the one that came on mine, bar the fact that mine is only a single draw through setup. Good luck with it, would be cool to see it fire up

*cough* 2+2 *cough* Nah, only kidding, those back 2 seats aren't really seats at all. Best of luck with the sale Dave and let us know what you end up with!! Are we going to see you rolling in a Caddy?

I'll be getting back to work mid Friday afternoon at the earliest so I may not make it, I'll let you know on Thursday Mark.

Found a tub full of different sized ones mate, I'll drop them around tomorrow, if you're not around then I can drop them around on the weekend. I'm being sent away again to the Gramps early next week so if you're not around then I'll drop them at your door?

Sounds good mate, if you need floor plugs, remember that I have some in the garage that we picked up when you guys helped pick up that parts lot from Melbourne a while ago. They're yours if you want them, just give me a yell and I'll drop them in. Cheers man.

Looks great man, congrats on the purchase. My original 2+2 was that blue and I rekon it looks alright, if I wasn't painting mine orange, I'd be looking at either the original blue, original lime green colour or maybe a yellow. Best of luck with all your troubleshooting!