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Sorry to see this. I'd imagine gutted would only go halfway to describe how you'd be feeling.

One of my Datsuns is due to arrive in Sydney this week, so it makes sense that I should head over east to take it along for the day. It's far from being a show piece, but I imagine Z's will be heavily outnumbered by other models so I may as well bolster the numbers. Fingers crossed it gets there in one piece!

Huge transformation! And in such a short time frame in terms of the average Z restoration. If only I had half the commitment of George, and a quarter of the skills of Paul...........

Not quite halfway yet so still a lot of tough terrain to cover. Great to see 3 X 240Z's in the top 10 of their class. Particularly when 2 of them are crewed by Aussies. There's some great pics if you have time to browse through the official gallery. Link below is from the homepage. http://gerardbrown.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Peking-to-Paris-2016/C0000ihFK0ADq8ds

Yeh, it would be scary to see the total. It does suck that everything in general is going through the roof. Hopefully we get to see the benefits of this in the future. For a while I've been thinking I should hold off and not do anything much to my car being that it's an earlier build number, to possibly protect any percieved additional value in the car. Maybe even look at selling and buying another that has been modded/upgraded a bit already. But given that they are all thin on the ground now, I think I will have to just stick with what I've got and go from there. Not that I'm planning on doing anything major like an engine conversion. But it's not within my means or budget to do any sort of full on original restoration either. I'd certainly prefer to spend $3200 on some suspension or engine bits rather than a set of hub caps personally. But if money was no object, a nice original stocker would get a place in my 10 car garage.

I had a feeling particularly you or maybe others may be watching so thought I'd wait until after it finished before commenting. I saw it end and not surprisingly someone sniped it as it went from $1700 US to $2377 US just as it ended.

There's a US seller that had some NOS stuff listed on eBay. The wheel covers ended up fetching a tidy sum. But I suppose if you are doing a full original restoration, you're not likely to come across another brand new set of these anytime soon so you'll probably pay whatever you need to. The $3,200 AUD that they sold for would pale into insignificance of what will be spent all up doing the full restoration. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NOS-Datsun-240Z-D-Wheel-Covers-1970-1971-Series-1-Set-of-4-Hubcaps-/252419840578?nma=true&si=VKg3KnCxZvGzbYyMQTrkjUIKft0%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Haha....that's twice in two days I've jumped the gun. Not sure what happened with the car in the OP. The post on FB by the driver doesn't explain any possible cause. He just talks about now having to sell his two Roadsters so he can build a new car. Good to see he's getting back on the horse so to speak! He's posted on of them on the same FB page already at $17,500 US.

The roll over was due to the Corvette smacking into the side of the Porsche while it spun. Watching the video, you can see the Corvette is obviously spewing out oil from somewhere for several corners before the incident which is obviously what made him spin. The Porsche and Jason were just the unlucky ones to be caught up in it. Jason comments between 3.10 and 3.20 in the video pretty well sums it up.

Yeh, that one probably won't buff out.

Just came across these pics. Driver apparently walked away sore but ok. Unfortunately the same can't be said for the car. Supposedly rolled 6 times, the first of which was at 90mph. Ouch! R.I.P Pics courtesy of Datsun Vintage Road Racing on the book of faces. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1733068733587157/

Just on this topic, has anyone been able to find a rubber extrusion with the right profile from a supplier in Aus? And if so, where from? I had a look in Clark Rubber a while ago and didn't find anything close. I ended up getting some complete aftermarket chrome trims and seals from O/S. As mentioned on some other forums, they don't have the right curvature on them to follow the line of the door neatly. I'll probably just try and transfer over the rubbers from these to the original trims, but it would be nice to be able to get some more rubber in case I stuff it up.

Ah....I totally misunderstood. Never seen just those trims for sale by themselves either. I ended up buying a good complete used set of tail light surrounds from the US which had the stainless trim on them.

The angled 240Z badge isn't a "series 1" thing, it's a previous owner thing. I'm not going to bother changing it until I do some paint and panel work on the hatch. The hatch vents were in the car when I got it. There is various sellers on eBay that have them for sale. e.g http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Datsun-240Z-1970-71-Rear-Hatch-Grille-Vent-Set-NEW-OEM-428-/322109877344 Warren from All Z Parts in Hornsby had a set on eBay a couple of months ago. Could try contacting him to see if he has any more, although he has apparently had some health issues and has not been on the job in recent times, so some patience may be required here. http://www.ebay.com.au/usr/nissandatsun_parts

They were black originally. Then I painted them with a metallic grey, which was actually a Toyota colour from the Duplicolor range, but that ended up looking blue rather than grey. Looks much better now I reckon. They are actually different surrounds than the ones in that earlier photo. Those ones were pretty rough and didn't have the trim around the tail light holes, so that also helps with them looking better now.

I gave my tail light surrounds a hit with some of the Duplicolor HWP102 yesterday. See pics below. It looks good to me, but I'm not as anal as some in regards to originality and I don't have anything to compare it with. I haven't used any sort of clear over the top. My car is also a darker shade than the original 907 green, it's not low light, so this should be a fairly good representation of the colour.

To be honest, I'm not sure. I didn't get a price on a genuine one after I was told they didn't have any. But like most purchases direct from bearing suppliers, I'd say they would most likely be cheaper. These cost me $20 each so pretty reasonable for a quality brand bearing. Just looking online, genuine they're listed at about $40US each. There's various types on eBay from O/S ranging from $15 for no name versions and up to $75 for brand name versions.

Talk about dedication. Seems like there's nothing that's going to stop you progressing at a rapid rate. I'd be interested to see how your suspension bits turn out. I plan to do strut inserts and springs on mine soon and have been contemplating wether to go the whole hog and paint/powder coat the bits while I'm at it.

While doing some front end repairs I decided to have a look at the bearings in the strut tops to see how they were. One side was almost seized so thought I'd better replace them while the struts were out. I believe the genuine part is still available as the same bearing was used in some Nissan models into the early 2000's. Nissan didn't have any in stock locally, so I tracked down some aftermarket alternatives. Thought I'd post the aftermarket part number here for reference. And while I'm not 100% sure, I'd say the bearing is most likely the same across all S30's. Nissan part number - 54325-21000 NSK - TAG28Z-1B

Looks great all round. I can only hope to get my car to a similar standard one day. Hopefully I get to see it in the flesh on the streets of Perth.

Yes, just for "reasons" I was thinking. Its as good an excuse as any for a new cam and some head work. Hmmmm......this could get expensive......

Thanks for the tips. I was thinking that I may need to look at repairing the one I have. It has a fair bit of movement where one of the other pipes comes out of the mounting block at the front end too. After looking around online, it seems they may have changed the design slightly on ater versions, and I came across various forum posts suggesting to find one of the later types rather than trying to fix an early type. Thought I'd just throw it out there on the off chance someone had one spare. I found this mob in the US that make their own which looks ok, but at $195US plus shipping, it might be worth trying to fix my own first. http://www.yoesheadporting.com/#!product-page/fuhi2/687b6dfd-1bc5-8b50-6674-2e4f8b055f90 And to add more pain, I've just been having a closer look at it, and the No. 4 exhaust cam lobe is stuffed, no doubt due to lack of oil. This lobe Is the furthest from where the oiler bar had come apart so that makes sense. What to do now? Tempted to pull the head off and send it over to James for a new cam and a more substantial going over.

Has anyone got a cam oiler bar that they would like to sell? I decided to do a valve clearance adjustment as things were starting to get a bit tappy up top. I pulled the rocker cover off to find the rear part of the oiler bar had come off and was sitting in the back off the head. Certainly not ideal when the cam isn't internally oiled! I don't think it makes any difference but it's for an E88 head on an L26. In Perth would be helpful but willing pay for postage from wherever needed. Thanks, Graham

Interested in these items below. Any chance you can send or post some pics to give me an idea of condition? - series 1 centre console - 240z indicator and wiper assembly with black plastic shroud and new key barrel ( can seperate if price is right) Thanks.

Just spotted this on gumtree. Was only listed about 45 minutes ago. http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/adelaide-cbd/wheels-tyres-rims/datsun-240z-hup-cap/1095634906