Reaper-Zed

I had a good one from a ebay experience for a Val Charger I was looking at, Apparently the guy was selling a replica R/T for 8k buy now, I shot him a email asking if I could see the car, as the address on ebay was for melb. He said he was originally from melb and was in Africa and had taken his charger over there, blah blah blah, the guy was asking for down payments from the first email hahha also through paypal i think, I give him this, he told a good story. Should of been a Author instead of a scam artist.

The problem I have with soda blasting as it can get into places where it was once painted but then when its all down and cleaned out its bare metal but these hard to get places are impossible to paint unless you dip the car in a vat of primer, so it might look all good but it might be eating itself inside out. I have used a sandblaster of my friends he had a 10ltr pressure pot and lets just say WAY WAY WAY to messy. used a stupid amount sand and was SUPER slow got hand cramps. I paint stripped my house mates ZC fairlane only 2 weekends ago just the doors and engine bay, took about 8-12 hours I think "was up till 4:30am Sunday morning". I also had just got plastic sheets from bunnings but just to lay on the shed ground because it makes a mess of blotches on the ground that dries after about a hour then its real annoying getting off these color spots off the ground.paint stripper is great for the price its annoying in hard places that has alot of curves such as a engine bay but I find it great on outside panel stuff like doors, I only used about 2 liters for all doors and engine bay but that was stretching It I thought, but yeah Sandblasting is messy I'm talking my car was about 50 meters away and it got caked in dust, and you go through a stupid amount of sand to do little work. also can warp panels. Just get some cheap paint stipper from super cheap auto its what I did worked a treat end of the day its just stipping paint doesnt need to be anything fancy in my mind. Personally if it was me I would paint strip as much as I can then hand sand the rest. I have heard the shocking stories of blasting with sand and just that soda removes paint in places you dont want to take off. Sorry for the big post

Awsome, Maybe early to mid next year depending what happens around here with work and what not I'll keep in touch for sure wanting to know the decent areas to rent and what not and what places to avoid if you know what i mean

If I had a z on the road I would have for sure, seeming its just down the road from me.

Big fan of 250GTO ferrari's have a little match box one, to bad only 39 were ever made one went for 15.6 million pounds last year I think, Yonks ago I thought of doing the same thing to a 260 but have long since changed my mind, would be cool to own all the looks you would get, 40k is a bit off what id pay maybe 20-25k. All round still a cool car. would of been a pain to make all that chopping and roof mods.

I'm keen for both together PM sent

Ruffly, How much would it cost to do a 5 speed manual conversion??? we talking about 1k? I understand it depends what parts you get and all that, but im thinking a decent 5 speeed nothing to trashed maybe re-cond. with all the rest being new parts as you recommend??? From what I can tell you can pick up a box for about 400ish in good cond. 300 if your lucky. how much does the other parts cost ruffly?

I'm all for the original style Z also as mine is, but seems this guy wants a muscle type car hence why i said maybe look to LS1, I also agree it seems to be more popular with doing skyline engine converging rather than V8. i still think if you want a muscle car, get a torana or camaro or falcon? all look good in the 70's to me, nice v8's sound great with the right set ups. and some wont set you back anymore than 10k, just what I would personally do, also Quandary I love the sound of my straight 6 to, turns heads most people think its a v8 "if they have no clue about 240z"

How much it set you back from Nissan I presume it was cheap as minimum chips at a fish n chips shop?

I agree put a V8 in it if your after the muscle car sound/thing LS1 are a good option in my mind if I was going to V8 mine its what I would consider they are cheapish and still newish, saw a LS1 for sale for 800 bucks not to long ago, though a lot of mods would need to be done for it all if its what your after do it. Your options are endless but if your after the muscle car thing than "Never late in a V8".

nice one indy, any pics of the inside? seems you got a good find, I just brought a 240z that needs a bit of work and might be moving to perth soon so might come pay you a visit.

Welcome

Sad times, hopefully the money can bring you some happy times like the zed did. all the best

HAHA REALLY thats awesome id consider one for humor factor sure would get some looks, nice gt stripes, some nice 10 inch mags and a bonnet scoop *dreams* look up mighty boy ute there is a new bad boy in town! P.S. I got told by someone not sure if its true but the mighty boy ute is the most prone car/ute to cause fatality in a crash. I know its a useless fact but hey what else do I do on this forum.

I did know this! Also told to me on my course, the crazy thing that threw me at the time was of people in accidents 1 out 50 accidents in a car resulted in death and like 1 out of five on a bike .... thats fair scary. I just remember its 15 times more likely to be in a crash I think its in the manual you can download from the vicroad site. Has those kind of stats. vicroads also sends out a fair bit of stuff about how they are trying to improve roads and what not, which i think is nice to know they are doing something with are tax moneys. I agree Mr240z subject closed Just I personally took a bit of offence to the comment even if not intended I still think it was poor words to me a little dark seeming most bikers know people who have been killed by riding and what not. Little more consideration is all I ask. No more from me will be said on this, cheers

I remember a 60 something old lady "nothing against older people" tryed to get her scooter licence same time as I went for my bike one, she failed to drive in a stright line " its about a 1 meter box wide" so the instructor let her sit again stright after she failed, she then failed again same thing not staying in the lines, I'd be amazed/ hope to hell she didnt get her licence I know its a little harsh but NO balance she was unaware of anything around her and she drove at extremely slow speeds, end of the day in my mind she would be a danger for herself and others who would get road rage at her speeds, everyone in my course had never driven a bike but myself and I was amazed 3 of the girls who started 2 passed when really neither of them should have I'm not being sexist but there skills were VERY poor. Then again im not one to judge to harshly vicroads has made that test but I think its to easy to get your L's on a bike really doesnt set you up for anything and end of the day even on your L's your by yourself on a bike on the road if you have no experience.... well you get what im saying. Motorbikes are 15 times morelikely to be in a crash but I would confidently say 90% of the time it wouldnt be the motorbiker at fault. We understand the risks mostlikely ALOT more than what people who dont have there motorbike licence. But like everything evan driving a car the chances of dieing or being injured are still apparent. My mind you live life once live it up enjoy life and have fun be happy Its sad it can come to a end because someone in a car is on there phone or changing cd tracks and dont see you.

HAHAHA thats one imagination i dont really see it myself

be fair keen to see these photo's if you can manage to dig them up, how long ago did you see it?

+1 I ride bikes also and end of the day they are great fun, great rush. Bad side to them no matter how safe you want to be all it takes is 1 KNOB in a car to not look at his mirrors and change lanes in front of you, BMW X5 did this to me only 2 weeks ago very scary stuff No idicating ended having to slam my brakes on "in the rain" locked them up was lucky to not be killed. Another great time, knob in a trady van on his mobile phone didnt stop at a Stop sign at a T intersection LUCKY no one was on the otherside of the road so i just had to move to the otherside of the road, I beeped my little horn and he smile and waved.......

HAHAHA I like it I think it could be pimp'n as.

I commend you for selling the Z for those 2 reasons to get the land and more so to sell it to someone who can appreciate the number and restore it to its originality. I'm sure you have saved yourself copping some abuse from some people who are into that kind of thing. Smart move on those sides. End of the day think we all regret in a small or large way selling cars and passing them onto others, end of the day its usually for the best.

Yeah same here I'm just stoked I have a zed i dont care in the slightest how low the number is.

care to share this wise mans wisdom? I'm keen on the door mech.

Sure was I named my zed got any links on this info? I'm fair lazy

2 questions some of you might know, how many 240z all up were made? and whats the number HS30 goes up to?