Reaper-Zed

Im popular HAHAHA

Hey does everyone wanna stop bidding on this so i can win it ..... hahahaha I want me a Zed http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1975-Datsun-260Z-2-2-Coupe_W0QQitemZ250479556832QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Cars?hash=item3a51beb8e0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

same here think its a bit far fetched, convertible zed wouldnt apeal to many

25k is a bit out of a uni students league

I total agree I work at a servo which is great because i see a lot of cars all day every day to bad only had 2 zeds in 9 months both were 260 2+2's both i have offered to buy neither wanted to sell hahaha annoying! I use to courrier as well through mid victoria but had no luck there, A few of my mates know that im looking for one no dice at the moment finding one though. I agree mostlikely stupid to travel all that way just for a beaten up 2+2 though its in my price range sure something else will come up to. Plus in the mean time i should finnish my torana up before i start trying to cram the shed full of projects hahaha, I just really love Zeds and really would enjoy having one part of my life and also being able to be part of a club with it, my first car ever was a 180B rust bucket paddock bomb, good fun when i was 13 thrashed that car and it never died think thats what made me love datsuns, my mother recently just sold it for $50 hahaha because she was sick of it being in the back yard, I live in town with mates now so it was her call i guess hahaha. I thank you guys a hole lot about all the effort to give me advice, can't wait to have a Z on the road so i can go for a drive with you all one day soon cheers I will be a common poster on this forum im happy i stumbled across this site. Lance.

Hopefully I'll have a Zed by then and ill be there for sure

Ok just got a email from transport company $810 from depo to depo cairns to melb. bit of a rip so think it be best i went up anyways. would LOVE idea's what people thing about my 2 posts ago. Cheers

cheers

I sent him a email today asking for more pictures and what not. One of my house mates is up for a road trip, fly up drive back, figured we just buy some oil water, basic tools and gaffer tap up there and we should be right hahaha. be a adventure thats for sure, I know it could be more of a issue than what its worth but thats half the adventure isn't it? plus flight up there is about 300 bucks, hopefully only miss 2 nights of work and about 8 hours of uni all up. 2 drivers plus give the car a break at every 1000km should be sweet i think, if the car is rusted out then obviously i wont get it, little rust is fine. What im Worried about is the fact the car is unroadworthy, what permits i need to get for each state, I'm hoping the guy who is selling will just let me use the rego to drive it back but guess ill have to discuss that with him, otherwise im fair lost into what to do. Any thoughts?

thats mega lucky, Im considering going up to cairns to get it ..... honnestly i am but hmmmmmmmm maybe best i wait it seems to be beaten up in a few places bit annoying driving it back from cairns to do people think its worth it????

hence why transporting it would be about 100 times easyer/ legal, i dont care about roadworthys at this stage seeming the car will be mostlikely offroad for a good 6 months while i tinker with it plus id want to rego it to vic rego and plates.

unfortunetly my uni has a trisemister setup i dont get any holiday break nor study week, just 12 weeks of lectures then exams the follow 2 weeks fair annoying, so i wouldnt really get a chance till november :'(. I'm well aware of what restoring a car involves due to already gone through 3 torana's, I agree total with all what everyone has said but end of the day i have my budgets im constantly everyday looking for a car, also its not what you know its who you know my degree only helps me along the lines of making things for myself if need be, i want to use the car to design and make force induction i think it be interesting. My house mate is a boiler maker by trade and i do painting for a hobby "use to do work in a pannel shop part time of my uncles in summers, also one of my best friends is a mechanic and im well aware everyone has there mates also, im aware of time and the fact parts cost money but its all part of the joy in my mind, though i dont want to have a bare shell for a project im not looking towards getting a car i need to replace just about everything, i dont want a show car just a good nice clean looking car. anyone know any good shipping companys or car transport ...... i've never had to do things like this before. cheers

just looked at flights 330 bucks hmmm bit steep for 1 way hahaha i think transporting it would be the way anyone know any good companies / prices ?

I was up that way about 3-4 months ago hahaha, only problem is, A. if the car doesnt make it im stranded B.it would take a good 3-4 days by myself maybe 3 days if i was to bring someone along for the trip which then id need to pay for there flights and what not, C. Im a fulltime uni student only days off uni is tuesday saturday and sunday, both saturday and sunday i work every week hahaha, so you see my predicament i cant afford to miss more then 1 day of uni. Otherwise trust me id be on my way i don't mind a drive. Im thinking might have to wait for something a little closer maybe NSW or SA. but it was perfect for what im looking for soooooo annoying, anyone know of cheap transport to get it down here?? if so how much and other details cheers

Found one in QLD http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=7418344&__Qpb=true&Cr=0&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_Price_Decimal|1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&keywords=&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294966615&silo=1011&__No=45&seot=1&tsrc=allcarhome&__Nne=15&trecs=58&__sid=12306D70E733 that be great but 4000km is a fair drive HAHAHAHA but its perfect for what im looking at

I like the look of your car mate nice job, have done so as you asked, How much you looking to sell for ruffly in a years time do you think? and why selling in a years time?

my money situation will continue to SLOWLY rise as my budget for one will to. maybe 5k by end of the year, stupid student life style!!!!!

i agree maybe look to a ford capri 90's style or something?

Hahahaha cheers for the generosity, are you trying to colonize all Zeds to victoria? if so keep it up hahahaha. Anyways down to what I wanted to say. More than anything it is possible to find good cars cheap I found my torana unmolested besides the fool before me taking the colum shift and cutting it with a hacksaw then putting a b&M megashifter on the floor....... its color coded and everything still the original interior, i payed $1300 for it which is fair cheap in my mind, now i know Zeds a little bit more rare and expensive but same principles in my mind apply, Though id love a 2 seater its prob only in my market to get a 2+2, though im 22 years old i wanted a zed for my first car, I even started buying parts. I as my old man prefer original to modified. I stupidly got talked out of buying a Z when i was 17 by my mother main factor... my old man had one about 15 years back and dad use to waste a fair bit of cash into it from what mum told me because it use to "break down alot" which if i know my old man ment he use to drive drive it if people get what i mean, anyways back 5 years ago you could get a ok 2+2 260z for about 2k nothing crash hot in any means but little rust straight body etc. now they seem to go for about 7-8k...... bit of a joke for me, 240z were about 7-8 for same thing 260 were about 4 now they all have seemed to double in price in most cases which is annoying for me, though if i sold my torana it be fine i could aford a 2 seater 260z but if i sold that id regret it because i know some fool would got and kill its grandpa persona by doing the common thing of making it a 308 and changing the brown interior to black ..... anyways here is what im hoping to get but dont laugh at me guys 240Z ..... out of my league 260Z 2 seater "6/10 car. Mechanically ok able to drive home from where ever, decently straight body minimal rust work needed." $4k 260Z 2+2 same as for 2 seater. $2.5-3k I know guys ill really struggle to get one for that but end of the day its what i want to spend, I dont want a rust heep, mechanical work to me is ok I know how things work fair decent plus i have my hands on the machinery to make my own parts at uni , body work is something i love to do so as long as the body is not worth my time eg. have to get whole new boot made up and floors and fix the doors and window seal rust etc. then its ok. Id want to repray anyways so paint quality is No probs, interior well im not to fussed at this point, also I was looking at getting one for my partner as well. Some of you have possibly read I wish to do my final year project on the engine of a Z so if someone sold me a extra they had laying around or a project they dont see they will finnish hit me up with a email, because it be going to a great cause. Also i plan very much so to become quite active in things like cruze days or any events you guys may have going on. cheers again. Lance

My name is Lance, love Zeds, my father use to have a 240 when i was a kid sadly its gone now looking to getting a zed as soon as possible. I live in Geelong, VIC, and have a 2002 Lancer done up a little as my daily driver, a Honda cb250 as my sunday bike ride and a original LX torana as my cruze to shows car "very rarely do i take it out of the shed". Im looking for a 260 id think for they are a little cheaper then 240's, just want to restore one to its former glory, i spray paint for a hobby and also I'm a uni student doing a Bachelor of Engineering 3rd year. I was thinking of doing my final year project on the L26 engine from a 260 maybe design and make a supercharger for one from scratch, just not sure as of yet, maybe just EFI system for one. anyways I have blabed enough owe and im 22 years old. cheers guys

no joke have a L28 sitting up the back paddok use to belong to a mate wish it hadn't sat outside for the last 5 years otherwise might be some use to u

id love to buy the car if i had the coin,

I would buy it for sure but my budget is about half what your asking

Hey all just wondering if anyone is selling or looking to sell a Datsun Z for decent price, I have been a huge Z fan since i was a boy seeming my old man had a 240Z which is sadly gone, im 22 looking to buy a project car, nothing of a lemon, want something that needs a re-spray something not to drastic, i enjoy restoring cars and I spray as a hobby getting quite good at it too, I live in Geelong VIC, but am happy to travel anywhere in VIC to get one, I really want a close to original car im more into original then modified but will take what i can get, not looking to pay to much for im a uni student with low funds, also plan to do my final year project possibly on the car maybe something to do with force induction on L26 or 24 engine, seeming im doing a Bachelor of Engineering major in Mechanical, Thanks guys all advice and help into getting one would be great, i have had my eye out for ones in my area but there is next to nothing here sadly and ebay seems to be a rip off these days.