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Will, In Hornsby at the end of Quarry road is an abandoned industrial building there also a few in the Leighton Place industrial estate Cheers PB

Agree 100%, I also made sure that my baby sister had the ability to drive a manual for exactly the same reason. My little girl (6) is already helping me drive by changing gears in the farm ute .

Gareth. Is there a difference in the length of the Dipstick tube between L24, L26 & L28 ? just a guess. I recall from my Toyota days the K series motors had different tube lengths over the years Cheers

Gidday I don't know what the Cams rules are but thought the following may be worth a mention? Most Toyota passenger cars have a massive eye bolt fitted through through the front bar for transport, it screws out and is removed before the customer picks up the car. The eye bolt is about 200mm long with 25mm thread. Possibly a solution is to fit a "receiving" tube then screw this in when needed, if it needs to be permanently attached just weld in place? I can get my hands on a few of these. If you want to look at one I could drop one in the post, just PM me. Cheers PB PS: would have posted a image but technology is not my friend tonight.

Peter, We have a 6 year old girl and she too loves helping daddy in the workshop, so long as the compressor is not on. I really enjoy those times with her. Cheers PB

Didn't work for me either but found via search http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/hyde-park/wheels-tyres-rims/14-inch-jelly-bean-wheels-for-sale/1003831802

Love it, not sure how it would go over a few bumbs though.

That colour looks amazing with the deep black rims. Can't wait to more photo's Top work. Cheers

Congrats, good to see another early one saved.

Gidday, Flyspray will remove the gum that remainswhen you take a pricetag off plastic. Cheers

Gidday, Another just came onto ebay. 110898782286 Starting at $2,500 what is it worth ?? This is what I will be looking for when I know what to look to for in used Z. 1975 260z 2+2 L26 Six cylinder engine, Twin Carb, 5 Speed, Good general conditional, No Rego has had full mechanical check over and repair. and the list goes on http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/datsun-260z-/110898782286?pt=AU_Cars&hash=item19d215204e#ht_1346wt_1344

Gidday, Just popped up on ebay. Item No: 150838623735 1970 240z HLS30-00001076 ? No engine or Gearbox, starting at $4,000 No Reserve. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Datsun-240z-Sports-1970-2D-Coupe-5-SP-Manual-2-4L-Twin-Carb-/150838623735?pt=AU_Cars&hash=item231eaebdf7#ht_711wt_1344

Thanks for the tip, I have just ordered a copy. Cheers PB

Chris, Allzparts - could almost walk there, about 2K's. Won't be seriously looking until I know what to look for, the only thing I know is I will be looking for a 260 2+2. Cheers PB

The big challenge car companies face in Australia with sports cars and all low volume offerings is that our market is very small by comparison to the US etc. Add to that we have VERY stringent ADR's and are RHD, so it can be very hard to prove a return on investment for something that may be limited volume, highly desirable, but limited volume. Think about it this way, whilst SS & HSV Commodores are worshiped by huge numbers of race fans, most never buy one, they buy the cheaper and high volume V6 versions (the huge success of the SV6 points to this) GMH don't need to prove the return on SS & HSV as they are both based on same Comodore platform. If only things could be simple Cheers PB

Don't have much experience with the different Z models but can offer some comments on the evolution of particular models. They tend to start out light and simple and slowly gain feature and thus weight and more weight often equals less performance. The reason for adding more features to each successive model is to entice owners to "Trade Up" to new better featured model. Have a look at the Celia, in the earlier 70's it was a light, agile and fast sports coupe, then it progressively gained weight and lost its sporting until the 82-83 "Wedge" model and that was a poor car. Then in 1985 the ST162 Celia was again Light, Agile & Fast (albeit front wheel drive) and slowly gained weight etc until it dropped from the line in mid 2000's. All cars in 70's - 80's also had the added burden of trying to cope with increasing pollution controls and it wasn't until the mid 80's and mainstream availability of EFI that things really lept forward at the affordable end of the market. I see some similarities in the Z range 240 - 260 - 280 - 300 then start again with 350 ? Car, and buyer, evolution is Just my opinion

Gidday All, Toyota certainly considered what is happening in the used sports car market when deciding on price for the 86. By getting the entry price under 30K the hope is to attract buyers who would normally only consider a used vehicle and yes the 350z is in that price range. It would also be true to say that the launch of the 86 will generate interest in that segment and should result in increased demand for both new and used Japanese sports coupe's. Wether this will flow down to the 240 & 260's hard to say but the market is certainly going through a "retro" demand cycle. No one can be sure what will result, but initial reaction from the dealer training sessions last week was fantastic and that combined with strong the media will result in Japanese sports cars being the topic of discussion in car circles for some time. Whenever an interesting new car is launched people look for comparisons to previous market changing cars and the 240z was certainly that back at launch Just my opinion Cheers PB

Thanks, I am sure there will be questions and lots of them, but I will try and find the answers on the site first Cheers PB

Gidday All, New to this forum idea, but after a quick look this seems to great source of imformation and inspitation from people who have a passion for all things Z car related Not sure what to say as introduction other than located on Sydney's north shore and almost purchased a Z in 1984 (260 2+2 Manual), dad talked me out of it - said not a good idea for an 18 year old. I should have ignored him, Oh well. I am now in the postion to buy one as a toy better late than never he won't stop me this time. I will be looking for a very tidy example(if that is possible). Not sure if I want to stay original or not, will just see where the road takes me I suppose. For now I will dig through the posts to get my knowledge up to date. Before venturing into the market in few months in search of the car I should have purchased in 1984, back then a tidy rust free manual was about $6,500. No idea what I will need spend in todays market. Time will tell. Cheers Peter (PB)