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Time to go to spec savers Scooter, it is not a 2+2

You can put them in 260z just have to swap the rails, 260 has a fold down at the front of rail, the rest of the seat is the same and all parts can be swamped between them, I swamped my 240 seats frame body's in my 260 2+2 using all the 2+2 rails and hinges.

They seem to look like they fit well, here is a picture of them.

What are those seats out of.

Not sure if you have seen this mustard spread. It came up on my news feed this morning. http://www.petrolicious.com/datsun-240z-owner-left-no-bolt-unsnapped

That is old school way Gav, mine is done like that and most of the bog that was done 20 years ago has fallen off with rust behind it, can show photos if needed, supposedly the heat reaction causes the bare steel to sweat, that is why new school do it on top or etch primer.

I rung and left a message and text a message, when this was first posted, I just got a message back from him saying Is sold. seems his he got cold feet.

If you want something rare, nothing rarer than this one, only car raced by a famous Australian zed racer for 15 years, you can have this for 2.5k only one in the world. he will be still racing in another car but not a zed. http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,14774.0.html it has the dash.

reminder on this, only 2 hrs to go, $5550.00

I could let this go for $2500, it has a very little bit of rust in top left corner of roof on the windscreen joint. it has a dash http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,14774.0.htm I can give you a almost complete front cut or whole car minus motor off a 1975 260z 2+2 for $1800. it has factory air, dash, steering etc the back is rotten. or a 71 roller shell that needs a roof for 2k, ongoing project most rust repaired years ago, can give the complete matching engine and body parts for a complete car for 3.5k A roof here is worth 1k.

Interesting bid activity going on here, 3 bids have been retracted the highest of $9010.00 and now down to $5100.00 with 2 days to go.

Just to help this car come back to life I do have 2 other zed cars that can be sold separately and used to rebuild this shell, one is a project rebuild 1971 240z complete car with matching number motor which needs a roof and a 1975 260z 2+2 complete car which is very rusting but the front is fine to rebuild this race shell. there is also a complete L28 motor needing rebuild out of a 280c. I have decided at the moment to not sell these cars until this race shell is sorted, so the buyer can have first choice on the other cars either it gets rebuilt or cut up.

Condition is crashed, the front left corner needs to be cut off and the front right will have to be checked. Both top and bottom radiator supports had to be cut to get motor out. The roof is in good condition, as is the left rear quarter. The right rear quarter is useable, but has had a hit that was repaired. The inner guards are also modified for extra clearence. The rear panel is good as is the rear floor from the step back. The front of the floor around the footwells and transmission tunnel isn't great, it got tweaked in the hit. The firewall is also ordinary. The front....well the right inner and rail maybe useable. The cage is six point and is also useable. Price to get this highly collectable shell is $3000.00. Shell is located on the Gold Coast Qld.

Here we have the opportunity to buy a highly collectible race car for a rock bottom price of $3000.00, purely based as it is only the smashed shell for sale, a chance to save another 240z from being cut up. Matt (PZG302) still a member of this forum and still in the racing game owned this NSW road registered car for over 15 years, first racing in the NSW state series, where the car took out out the 1997 NSW Marque Sports driver's Championship and was a consistent top 5 car. It had a ten year brake from racing from 1999 to 2009 with sporadic outings at hill climbs and selected race meetings. In 2011 for his first full season in a long time the car was a consistent top 5 car around lakeside in the PSCRAQ championship, and after 3 rounds in the 2011 series was sitting in 2nd place for the 2B championship. If this car was restored to it's former gory the car would be fully compliant with 2B prodsports by fitting the headlights You could then run anywhere, such as sprints, hill climbs in championship classes as well as door to door when you want to step up. Door to door includes CAMS championship sprint races in QLD, NSW and Vic, as well as the one hour series that is run at Bathurst at Easter, Wakefield, QR or Warwick and finishes at Phillip Island in November each year. PLus can be run various AASA events that are either prod sports rounds or run to prod sports rules in Qld, Vic and NSW plus the 300km races at Wakefiled and Winton. Here is a video of the Zed at it's shakedown run last August at QR, before we went to Morgan Park for the one hour enduro. Apparently he jagged fastest time of the day, not bad for making sure everything was working right. If this car was restored Matt still has the log books and is willing to to release these to the person upon his approval of the car when it is ready for Cams inspection, any racing information and detail you will need to get from him, the log books have nothing to do with this sale and only an arrangement between Matt and the buyer after the car is finished. I am sure he would even sign the dash board for you. This car is not on any register as a right off so should be no real problems getting back on the road. For best investment potential I would suggest the car would be better to be restored to former race days. Matt is building another race car so his racing history days will only get better. Sadly after his efforts at the lakeside 50th Anniversary meeting 2011 the car was smashed as shown.

There is one on e-bay now. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/240Z-240K-1600-200B-180B-Stanza-NOS-7-brake-booster-diaphragm-Datsun-SSS-Nissan-/281415367711?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4185a9bc1f

Hot rod done a good test and write up in 2009, here is their report. http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/engine/hrdp_1001_muscle_car_engine_shootout/viewall.html

Fords are great cars if you like fixing cars, if you like driving cars you stay away from anything ford.

I spotted a FG 240z GTO over the weekend on either e-bay or Gumtree. There was a whole car but here the guy is selling the kit set. http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wantirna/other-parts-accessories/datsun-240z-260z-ferrari-250-gto-conversion-complete-kit/1047070316 Here it is here, $37k in WA http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/dudley-park/cars-vans-utes/1963-gto250-replica-ferrari-coupe/1036571494

There have been a few on e-bay, here is a sold listing that didn't sell them all. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Datsun-260z-Rims-zed-wheels-/181413865918?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2a3d1be9be

I thought I read you wanted a FUN car, how are you going to get that out of a stock L28, save your money get the L24 block put on the triples and have some FUN first before you sink all your money building that L28 that won't give you the same enjoyment.

No, said he only had room for 1 car, no idea why you would take 1 smashed car and a rust bucket 2+2 with you. surely you would take the car you want and the rest in parts.. He got one local.

Well how about 3 zeds for $3500. From this thread I have decided to put my package back up for sale details all in this thread. http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,13093.msg153525/topicseen.html#msg153525 First in with a deposit get them.

I have got what you want, A complete 100% 71 240z, project car with matching # motor, with spares but it is 23 hours drive one way on the Gold Coast Take the lot for $3500., I drove that far for a free dog, how far would you drive for your dream car.

(Unless you're limited and have to run an L24 or you want to run one for the sake of purity the L28 wins hands down everytime.) We must read different books, Lets compare the 2 in my book by James Morris (Super Profile) These are standard motors a UK 240Z motor 9.0 compression at has 151/6000 hp and 146/4400 for Torque 280z US 8.3 compression has 170/5600rpm and torque 177/4400 so clear winner for 280z Yet the uk 240 z )-60mph is 8.0 sec 280z is 9.4 sec 0-100 mph 240z is 24.sec 280z is 30.2 sec 1/4 mile 240z is 15.8 280z is 17.3 so is it fair to say even though the 280z has fuel injection and 19 more hp it is a pig in the performance stakes, so clearly if you spend 5k on both motors very likely the 280 will be higher hp, but is it as good performance wise, fun wise and reliability wise, first thing I learn in my 10 years racings was to win first, first you have to finish, I didn't start winning until I stopped making hand grenades.

(If you put in a 240 crank and rods you can make a 280 block become a 2575cc motor that will rev easy and be fun motor cheap.(fact) - If you arent spending lots of money it, it will rev to 7500rpm like the rest, be limited by cast pistons and make no torque so it will be slow (fact)) Really, tell me what is the bore and stoke of the king of the Nissan motor, RB26Dett has a bore of 86mm and a stoke of 73.7mm L28 bore standard is 86mm L24 crank is 73.7mm, it is not about max revs it is how quick it gets there, shorter stoke gets there quicker with less repercussion forces placed on the motor, Less of a hand grenade. (Can you confirm how much $ you have spent to make your 280 stoker fun so we can confirm if that part is fact. - As i said with cam and carbs you can have an L28 that revs and is fun and makes more power for less money than an equivalent L24 (fact) AND i have actually built the engine. My L28 build is hardly relevant here. I assure my dog L28 is pretty fun to drive though, although you would probably find it boring since it's got an even bigger stroke than an L28.) Clearly you have built a 280 motor spent all that money and yet not happy, can you tell us how much you have to spend on a stoker as you have just done to make you happy now. I believe this is important and needs an answer. so if others go the same road as you, they will need to know what price is happiness, using my idea gets you there for 5k easy