Samfa12

Hey there! Over the past few weeks and next few months my father, my mother and I have and will be working on restoring our latest toy (bare with me). For the past 8 months we have had our eye on a 73 model 240z that has had a ding and is a dirty pink. This Z has been owned by a family friend for the past 20 years and has had a wonderful life (until said ding occurred). The family friends who were the previous owners (As it is now ours) bought the car with a dead engine, the old straight six had run its course and blown up, figuratively, so they had a choice.. refurbish the engine, or drop a different engine in. So the best decision at the time was to put in a Holden 308 that had been worked and tuned for a jet boat (cam, piston, intake etc) and attach this to a supra 5 speed manual gearbox and the diff out of what looks like a small truck.. then he crashed it. So now we have this beautiful machine, with its lumpy idle and its dirty pink coat of paint (we will be changing it, i promise) and the rarity to match, and we will be restoring her, painting her, and registering her to create the ultimate sleeper/ cruiser and enjoy life in general.

Hello fellow Z lovers. My name is Sam, and I am from Bathurst, NSW. Recently my father and I have purchased a 72' model 240z that has had a slight shunt at the front, is a sickly pink (not for long) and has a (done up) Holden 308 dropped in the front, and mated to a Supra 5 speed . This purchase cost me my beloved Mr2 :'(, though in the end I believe will be more than worth it. The reason that I have signed up to this forum is to a) find help with the restoration of my 240z and to b) document the ongoing restoration, recolouring and registration of this beautiful beast. If people are interested in reading about and seeing pictures of the work then it will be floating around on this forum shortly all the best. Sam.