Brabham

Looks pretty good Gav, what color were these painted from factory?

Pics?

I like the blue anodizing:) What is the difference in length between the manifolds and does Les recommend any manifolds for triples in particular?

Does yours have a part # George?

Welcome, planning on putting it back to Safari Gold?

Me three, please pm me your account details

Hey Gav is it in Mel or Syd to assist us potentially interested folks? Cheers

Nice setup and glad to hear you are away from the flood area, smart move. Is the +2 moving as well? Keep at it.

Nice work Les and Locky What happens to all the L28 blocks that get stripped and are outside spec for large overbores-do you keep or on sell them or do they get scrapped?

Hey George, Looking good. Another option is to take those kind of gloss black parts down to Advanced blasting in Brookvale who will blast them and paint them in gloss black epoxy for reasonable prices. I highly recommend them. Keep at it and don't rush it. Cheers

Hey Locky and Gav, Finish from water jet does look good, just not to my taste I guess on the carbs which are a smoother casting. I'd happily do it on a gearbox and head but not carbs or a rocker cover. If you look at the trumpets before blasting they are a bit more glossy, same with the rocker covers. The inlet manifold is very similar before and after. The water jet makes them look a bit more matte. Just a personal preference thing I guess. I was going to get my rocker cover polished, so maybe I prefer more bling! Locky if I need a gearbox doing I will send it your way You very rarely see old cars on the road these days Gav

Nice, are they 44s or 50s Gav? I would suggest possibly glass beading them rather than water jet, looks more original. I saw a set of Mikuni's that had been water jet blasted and they had a kind of wet cast look, IMO it ruined their appearance, seems to work better on rough castings like gearboxes. Perhaps that vapour blasting you saw might be a better bet? Cheers

I'd probably weld anything up to about 10mm and make a patch for anything above that. You should be able to butt weld the patches in and grind down the welds so you can never tell there was a hole there.

How did the 100 L tank fit in Gav? I assume it drops down lower with longer straps? That would be useful for long trips, I assume they are hard to find?

If it does get written off turn it into a race car like others have said.

Classic Datsun also does a similar thing.

I'll go first for the LHS taillight. Cheers

What is a zip cutter Gav? Got a pic of it? Cheers

All this non-originality is crazy talk!

Awesome good luck with the project. Shell looks good.

Nice find Gav, look forward to seeing the progress.

Yep I am sure it's not 280ZX, the switch is unmarked, not sure what it does.

It is a Niles stalk, don't know what it is off. Cheers

I thought they might also be 240Z above bumper lights, another member gave me the measurements of theirs and they are different. These are 55 x 155mm. Cheers

Hi all, I think these may be 280ZX but am not sure. Can anyone identify them for me please. Cheers