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Allzed parts 0410549070

Not sure what you have in Melbourne, go to a largish Mitre 10 or Bunnings hardware store

I dont think you'll find a NOS, but a GSH will be available @ Allzed parts, they will have all you need for his car Warren or Miriam @ 0410549070

Right Mate It looks charcoal in the pics

Very nice Mate A clean smooth looking car, what did you have in mind as the final paint colour

Perhaps colour coded with the interior?

Perhaps colour code the vents with your tail light valance, wheel inners or new side stripes

Or these

Whats the ball park??

Fertan is the original which others have followed To quote a phrase " its simply the BEST " www.retro-uk.com/fertan.htm

I"ll drink to that!!

This was also an issue I had in the 280zx, the original lights were as weak as p-ss, so I tried a heavier capacity globe, this caused the cut out effect as mentioned, the electrical system has an inbuilt load limiter To remedy, I refurbed my spade fusebox and installed an Xenon set up with individual ballast units for each headlight, issue solved I now have lights as bright as a plane with less current draw than the original set up As also mentioned good earth sectioning is essential in older cars, the more the merrier, I run my main earth to an engine mount and of course a newer heavier output alternator is of value

Chop the top and make a convertible

Hello Mate 5 weeks Whoaaa Wipe the car down with fertan follow the directions for prep and blow it over with a good epoxy primer as youve noted Cheers

Yep 1mm will do the trick Old habits die hard Ive always been on the overkill side of things, and yes I realize FG and CF replacement bumpers etc are widely used in stead of OEM I hope you get it done, I'll be very keen to see the results, sorry to hear about the short term loan of the MIG, a pain in the ar#e when your on a mission I assumed a heavier sheet as you have removed your rear end protection so to speak as theres not a lot out back otherwise, my thoughts were you were trimming the bumper mounts back a tad to weld an anti intrusion bar behind your new plate Cheers

What are you using 2 mm - 3 mm plate? Cheers

Hello Mate and Welcome Look forward to a couple of pics of your joy Cheers

George Your the man

There will be many many varied opinions on this, some use ATF, I have seen sewing machine oil used, I have used a very light compressor oil

Hello Mate What takes you to Tom Vegas??

Agreed ( This was also a similar issue on an old Rangie 3.5 lt I had prior to dropping a 410 Chev into it )

Congrats!!! Looks good, as previous, I think theres some fruit lurking under that bonnet

Perhaps a new thread Lurch?? We could discuss this post at great length, however for those of us ( and I only speak for myself at present ) who have an interest in World and Local economics and procastinate over who may or may not be responsible for the position we are ALL in due to various factors rightly or wrongly and wonder how and when the f#*k we are going to get out of this one Normally I would ignore this type of comment and would dismiss it with the contempt it deserves, however in this instance, Im not real keen on gun toting R#dn#cks!! Even if he does own a Z car

All Good Mate Enjoy