andyk_79

I haven't been but I know the Sydney Datsun Club has tended to run an annual Datsun Day - I think around September or October. A number of the guys on here have been.

I'm just down the road at Quakers Hill - definitely a few cars in the northwest now. Yours looks awesome !

Welcome aboard - the above quote sums up myself as well so don't feel alone !!

Nice pics - looks like a good day was had. Love the new look Mike - funny how changing the wheels completely changes the look of the car !! What have you done with the Wats ?

ANOTHER antenna switch Gav !!! You creating a cottage industry for yourself by drying up supply of radio parts ?

260 is a good price !! Go with that. I paid 390 for mine to be done

I hear you there!!

Awesome news Pete. Looking forward to seeing it on the road.

Now I admit I don't know Z history particularly well, but the use of the word "original" here seems misplaced ? Possibly to counterbalance the spelling of tyres.........

That'll buff out

The car is unfortunately not much closer than it was in March - lack of motivation and some very sick relatives have dominated recently. Also still struggling with the idea of replacing door rubbers etc without getting the little bits of rust underneath properly fixed (mentally wrestling the cost vs conscience) and still considering abandoning the partial resto for roadworthy only and going the whole hog.

I'm gonna sit this one out with a bunch of other stuff going on at the moment.

I look at this more than I look at porn.............. Which is my standard benchmark..........

It's funny I used to really dislike hate Jellybean mags, probably from seeing them on every second clapped out Torana with P plates on it when I was younger, but seeing them on a few Z photos lately I have come to appreciate their retro/period correct look. It's amazing how good a Z can make things look ha ha ha.

Slightly off topic, but I work in banking and can't help myself Lending is a bit different in Australia to the USA - the USA sub prime issue was because the loan agreements were "limited recourse" meaning that if the bank couldn't recover all their money by selling the house, it was the bank's problem. This meant that when property prices tanked in the USA people with mortgages that were now much much higher than the value of their houses were walking into the bank with their house keys and saying "it's your problem now" and the banks could do nothing about it if they didn't get all their money back. Australian loans are "full recourse". If the bank has to sell your house and can't recover the full amount of the loan outstanding, you still owe the bank the balance and could go through legal processes and end up bankrupt if you can't pay back the residual balance. So there is no option for a borrower in Australia to just walk away from a loan by handing in the mortgaged item. That said PB's point is exactly right - Australian banks would be very reluctant to offer a "secured" personal loan where the security is a classic car. Most personal loans that are issued by the banks are unsecured and the credit assessment is based purely on your ability to repay the loan. The bulk of secured car finance in Australia is the dealer aligned finance on brand new cars, and structurally with those deals you are generally entering into a finance lease as opposed to a "loan" (although they're essentially the same thing).

Pretty much any time you are updating to a value that comes from a different table (or another row in the same table) you need to use a select statement. The issue is that if you simply reference the other table in your update statement you are creating a join.

UPDATE ips_gallery_images SET image_member_id = (SELECT album_owner_id FROM ips_gallery_albums WHERE ips_gallery_albums.album_id = ips_gallery_images.image_album_id) WHERE image_member_id = 0

Maybe those of us with some tech know how can help through a "working bee" type of get together - tie it in with a drive day/bbq or something ? ditto to the appreciation for all of your efforts Gav!

I know a lot of people on here get some pleasure out of the restoration process, and whilst I do feel a sense of achievement when I get something sorted I definitely bought it to drive, not to fix. I would be a happy man if I could jump in the car early in the morning on a weekend and go for a drive cruise up to Wisemans Ferry with some of the nice roads between my place and there. Being mechanically inept I constantly underestimate how longs things will take me to get the car sorted though.

Technotoy tuning do a complete bolt in kit

Is it that or just that the engine bay needs a clean ?

Yep colour code 113 - same as mine. I have (should say had - still haven't put it back together) a black interior though

I've also had CSC recommended to me as the duck's nuts when it comes to tuning/servicing carbies.

Interesting this person has done exactly that: http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/st-james/engine-engine-parts-transmission/datsun-l26-w-l28head-original-close-ration-5speed/1078751181?utm_source=criteo&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=LF-automotive&mpch=ads

Gav I might be willing to part with mine if you want something local. It has been attached to the side of the trans tunnel when a past owner put in a more modern stereo and stands out like dogs you know what so I have been thinking about what I'll do with it. Thinking that ultinately I'll go for one of the Retrosound head units and stick with a manual aerial so let me know.