datberger

Very nice!

Haha, I almost forgot I had a thread about this car it has been so long since my last post. Although not a huge amount has happened, I've been gradually chipping away at the little jobs that needed attention. I've had a mild cam, MSD and electronic ignition fitted to the car, as well a new 2.25" exhaust system and extractors. The car now has a little bit more performance which is appreciated and I really like the awesome metallic idle and exhaust rasp on overrun. Life's too short to drive a boring sounding car I have also detailed the car a little bit. I bought a set of second hand luggage straps - I haven't actually used them in anger yet - truth be know I just think they look cool. I've also been replacing any broken or worn interior bits. I've been cleaning up the stalks with a tip I got from this forum. Using hot crayon wax to re-whiten the markings on them. Works a treat! I would like to get the correct radio for the car at some stage but after seeing how much they go for, I think I will stick with my awesome auto reverse cassette player currently in it. Over the spring I've been getting out and about with car, mainly just weekend drives in the Perth hills. I took the car to a couple of Custom Cars and Coffee meets and someone approached me wanting to do a photo shoot of it. The shoot went well. These are a couple of my favourites: The full photo shoot is here: http://www.thegaragejournal.com.au/datsun-240z/ I also managed to pick up People's Choice at this years Datsun 240Z & 260Z Register of WA Z DAY which I was stoked about.

Wow, that is pretty irresponsible behaviour on the part of the workshop - you definitely did the right thing taking it home. Will be interesting to hear the excuses tomorrow...

Hi Shiva, Very nice 2 seater you have there. I'm pretty sure I have seen this at Tune Right a few times. There can't be too many wine red 2 seaters with those wheels in Perth...

Thanks for the offer Andy, I'll let you know. I will do some research to see if the 2+2 sway bar is the same as the 2 seater.

Thanks for the clarification gilltech, I just assumed because the rear brackets are present that some of the cars came with sway bars. Ok, so is a stock 260Z rear sway bar compatible? ie. physical dimensions, bar diameter compared to front sway bar etc.

Excellent, about time this beast had a write up Aaron - the car has come a long way.

Actually, does that mean that NO 240Zs came with a rear bar?

Hi Billy, Cracker, Yes mine has the brackets but no sway bar (it's a 71 model). As I am getting a bit seasick driving the thing, I want to try a rear bar on it.

I'm chasing a stock rear sway bar for my 240Z as my car doesn't have one at the moment. Preferably in Perth, but not essential. Thanks Stephen

Wow, that coupe is lovely. Thanks for sharing the pics. I've been thinking about trying to find one for a while, but they don' t come up for sale very often.

I tend to use importmonster.com.au and that site gives you a basic translation of the japanese auction text. You don't necessarily have to bid through them though. Once you know what you want to bid on you can also use someone like jessestreeter.com . Jesse might save you a few dollars (pounds).

They come up for sale on the Yahoo Japan auction site every so often. In fact there was a set on there yesterday but it looks like the auction has finished. Alternatively try the R31 skyline forum - http://forum.r31skylineclub.com/index.php

Me too

I was wondering whether anyone here was watching it. I heard it went for $154K. Do you know which country it is heading to?