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Hey Guys Finally car is coming together. I previously had purchased Dappa Headlights and fitted them up. They look nice on the car but the passenger side gap look smaller than the drivers side (not wired up yet). Anyone have this issue?? What is acceptable "gap wise" for the Headlights?? The tail lights were a straight fit from JDM Car Parts. Look amazing and high quality. I found a company in Penrith Old Auto Rubber that sells full rubber kits for the 240z. I purchased new door rubbers, boot rubbers, window rubbers and everything fits well no issues. Hopefully car should be out of the panel shop before Christmas hahah or New Year

I think Im going to buy a Rocky Auto sticker through Ebay and put my car up for 1million. Why not? Haaaah!

Seems like all the fun is down south of the border. Sydney is so boring

Hey Lads I headed out to the panel beaters today and the car came up pretty well . I just wish he could have done it properly the first time. But anyhow Will start putting her back together again next week. Fingers crossed

Yeah the 200sx are creeping up too 30k is just the lower end of the Grade, good examples are going higher 40k plus R33s have surprised me too

Yeah I love those twin cam Corollas, not easy to find. One of my old friends bought one back in the day when he got his full licence and back then he found out it was a cut and shut but he loved it and had it for ages. I even managed to get him pulled over by the police and the poor guy copped a fine lol Yeah CRX are creeping up too, a CI version original car sold in the US for 30k. Its people like you and me driving the prices up on these cars. As long as the S30 keeps going up im happy

So finally after some deep and meaningful discussions with the panel beater he finally painted my car again. The car was painted today with all panels on it so it will be one colour I HOPE. I haven't seen it yet but I will be going in tomorrow with my grumpy face to see the car. Hopefully the video I put up is clear. Nope video did not work. Will post up some pictures when I head out there tomorrow

The umbrellas do come up from time to time for around 1K for a decent one. Yahoo Japan best place ever

Thanks Gavin Yeah I agree. I have seen some bad examples over the past few months. Rust, roll cage, missing interior or broken, not running, needs paint, no umbrella lol

Hey Guys Been a little sidetracked with a new toy that I recently purchased. The 240z is still getting painting sorted so been on the back of my mind. Hopefully will head out to check out the progress in the next week. So many wouldn't know that im a true Nissan Pulsar fan who had the privilege of owning a 2000 N15 SSS for 14 years new off the dealership floor till a P plater rear ended me into a FWD. Only had 64000ks on the clock and was a mint example. Anyways fast forward 2020 and I managed to find a 1990 N14 Nissan Pulsar GTiR chassis number 308 in Ivory White (Umbrella Edition). Currently running 290KW at the wheels so been trying to take it easy. I have been monitoring the current JDM car market and everything seems to be going up in value. Looking at the early Honda Integra Type R models currently selling for 40k, S15 Sylvias 40k+, R32 80k for a ok one and also the crazy R33 and R34 prices. 7 months ago I paid a broker to import a GTiR from Japan but after 7 months of searching and only one coming up every 2nd month in bad condition and selling for 30k+ I decided to look local and found this unadvertised mint example. Let me know what you guys think

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@GregTas Yeah already committed but that OBDII is a good idea, Priced well too

Unfortunately. What protections are there for consumers in this situation lol

Im sick of telling someone who apparently knows how to do his job, how to do his job. So now the whole car will get rubbed back and painted again...... Is this acceptable ? Is he expecting to charge me for his time to repaint the car?

Hey Guys Small update on the build I have not been out to see the car in person but I am little annoyed as after viewing the pictures of the car on my computer I noticed that there is a colour variation in the panels as they did not look different on my phone when I received them. I spoke to the panel beater and he said he will need to paint the whole car again with every panel on the car as he had previously painted the car separately. This build has become very frustrating, Not sure if anyone else has had these same issues with restoration shops Anyways moving on.... So, in one of my previous post I had put up a picture of my dash that I had the Dash Dr repair and had all the gauges calibrated and the clock serviced. After some discussions with a few people regarding the old technology from the 70's that we would have issues getting the correct readings in the old gauges. I decided to get a Haltech IC-7 Display so that it would match up with the Haltech Elite 2000 and everything new going into the car so that I don't get caught off guard when I'm out driving the car. Since I had had my dash repaired, I could not find it in me to cut it up to install the IC-7 so I sourced another dash from Carlos at Sports Classics to have the IC-7 moulded and recessed into the centre of the original 240z dash replacing the original gauges. After the IC-7 has been moulded in I will send this dash over to the Dash Dr to do a full repair on it so that it is vacuum sealed as one piece Has anyone attempted to try this before?

Not sure if this has been posted https://www.carscoops.com/2020/10/low-mileage-fully-restored-1971-datsun-240z-goes-for-six-figures/amp/

Hey @adamo the one that I gave to @gav240z Gavin is in good nick mate. I drove the car with the auto in before I pulled it out for the restoration and I was quite happy with how the car drove. Sorry Gavin thats if you decide to sell it.

So Beautiful cant wait to put all the parts back on.

Hey Rudy Yeah tell me about it, Its about time Na still needs a few small things like pulley kit that im chasing around, alternator im looking for a 200amp and still needs wiring. I am getting a custom tank made up and going to cut out the wheel well. Going to be around 60 65L. Baby pictures are cute bro hehe

https://www.motor1.com/news/448906/nissan-z-proto-japan-showing/amp/

Finally progress on paint work. Panels should be going on to the car tomorrow so should have more pictures to come. Giddy Up

How High Will These Prices Go? https://m.drive.com.au/news/nissan-r34-skyline-gt-r-m-spec-n-r-sets-price-record-124382.html?trackLink=SMH3

Anyone know this car in Victoria?

Finally made some time to install the sound deadener in the 240z. One of the easiest jobs to do but time consuming and annoying being on your knees most of the time. Tomorrow the panels, doors amd hatch will get painted so hopefully by Monday the car will come together.