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I did some sprints behind one in MG ireon man last year. You get a glimpse of it here:

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I have a front grill. I'm in Brissy. How does $30 sound?

Steve helped me get that hatch out from behind all the bonnets. He was after the chrome strips. I have attached some photos of the condition of the hatch. It does have some rust but might clean up ok. I have tried to include pics of the worse areas. How does $40 sound?

Alloy flywheel yes, $600 maybe not. Maybe if I was flush.

Ok heres the plan. We will meet at the Caltex between carseldine and baldhills at 9am. We will travel from there to Dayboro then over Mt Mee to Woodford. We can stop there at a nice bakery or something...lots of choices. Then we'll drive through Kilcoy. After Kilcoy anyone wishing to take the shorter route can head staight to Brissy over Mt Glorious. Anyone wanting a bit more of a drive will follow us to Esk. Then back to Brissy over My Glorious. Not sure what the attaraction of Esk is...maybe we'll all skip it...anyway we can decide when we stop for our snack. On a side note maybe someone should start a diner at Carseldine where you can park your car, have potential buyers look at it while you dine....Car sell dine??? Yeah yeah I know I have a sick sense of humor.

it could also be a 240z or 260z with an L28 conversion being pased off as a 280z

There is a guy who parks a 260z convertable in the parking lot near my work. I think it was shipped up from Victoria

Yup I have them

Mate, I'd suggest keeping the carbs. Mainly because tripples are quite expensive and hard to find. SUs are pretty good if tuned properly.

Mate I think I have them. I spoke to you at the drive in I think. I will be at the drag strip at Willowbank for the Motorkhana on Sunday. I will double check tomorrow and if I have them I will bring them on Sunday. $5 should about do it. Let me know if it suits you

OK lets get all responses in before noon Saturday. Then we can make an executive decision and post the final details Saturday Arvo so everyone knows with 24 hours notice. Any requests/ suggestions after noon Sat may not be considered.

I'd suggest an 8am start. That way we should be back with half the day to spare. Is that ok with everyone?

for all the engine parts stick to the 280zx stuff. As for oil it really depends what has been done to the engine. If its been recently rebuilt go with a performance (thinner) oil. If the engine is well worn go slightly thicker so it doesn't blow smoke.

be careful with car covers. If there is even a slight breeze they rub on the paint and wear it....oh hold on I guess thats not a problem for you yet

I have seen photos of the Nissan design team working on their designs and on the walls around them are the various sports cars of the day. I don't recall if I saw a GTO among them but I would be surprised if it was missed. There were certainly 911s, Triumphs, Jags, Corvettes, Mustangs. So if the GTO was missed I would not understand why. Plus there is the similarity between the 240z wheelbase and the GTO. Coincidence? I wouldn't go so far as saying the engine and gearbox specs were based on the GTO. A five speed box was the best to be had at the time so it was natural to gravitate to it. As for straight six, Nissan inherited the basis for the L series engine when they merged with Prince. Prince had been developing the inline six for a few years in the skyline. So any similarities to the GTO drive train are probably by chance.

Rear seats? aren't all seats for your rear? oh I get it. Its a 2+2 thing right.

Stevo, were you keen to stop at that cafe again? If so we will need to book and we'll need firm numbers.

just drive from the passenger seat!!

The route would start from the northside somewhere (maybe that servo at Bald hills again). Head out to Dayboro, over Mt Mee, through Woodford, through Kilcoy, then either back through Esk or even out to Crowsnest then back through Esk and over the mountains again. Its a good few hours but we can shorten it depending on the general concensus. 1. Full route (allow all day) 2. Leave out Crows nest but include Esk (allow 4 hours) 3. Dayboro, Mt Mee then back via Caboolture (allow 2.5 hours) any thoughts? To make this simple just vote on your preference and we'll go with the most popular

what is the general opinion on the 200SX?

I'm surprised there hasn't been more talk about the obvious application. Driving down the road with a loud Zed. BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! ....Oh no here comes the boys in blue.......Flick........Prrrrrrrrrrrr... Nice day officer.......Flick BAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Guys I used to be an electroplater 22 years ago (go I feel old). Anyway zinc or cadmium are best. This is because they are soft metals. The corrosion process hits the plating first before the steel. It is the typical sacrificial anode scenario. Because it is the anode principle it doesn't even have to be a complete coat of all steel in the area. What I mean is that if you take a steel area and screw a plated bolt or screw into the steel the plating will oxidise. That process will actually slow the oxidisation of the whole steel area. Not by much mind you, but the prinicple increases with the amount of anode attached. I'm not suggesting that you ignore other forms of rust protection. But I would watch your plated parts. When they are getting to the point where they nolonger have a good coat its a warning to have them plated again. If you do replace all your zinc plated parts with Stainless then I'd highly recommend attaching an actual lump of zinc somewhere. You can pick them up from a boat store for a few dollars.

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