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My first car was a 1200 Coupe, great little car unfortunately it met its demise whilst trying to occupy the same space as a large power pole

I'll take these if not already sold

Sold

wasn't aware of that page, but have signed up. thanks for the heads up

Selling the diff out of my 73Z. believe its a R180, 3.9 ratio. was taken out for an R200 conversion. Has rear mounting bolts and nuts, breather is intact. In Adelaide can deliver locally if required. $150 Will Consider any reasonable offer

Jeff, did you get hold of one of these trim pieces? I think I have a spare, if so its yours

Needed a clock for the workshop. Actually just rebuilt this one so am letting it run to make sure it works. Love the mechanical ticking sound it makes

Made replacement panel for the left hand tail light. Now to make the right hand side. Made a template out of an electrical backplane to sandwich the plate whilst I folded the internal edge like the original.

not sure if these would help

Right side freed up some rust but not as bad as some I have seen. Punched all the way through but that place needs replacement so all good

Time to remove the slam panel. Thought about buying a spot weld cutter but thought why not regrind a drill bit . Seems to do the job well. Now just to find all the hidden spot welds. Have been reading through a couple others builds to locate them. At first the panel only had a small blister turned out to be full of big on each end. So I guess I will be ordering in the rare spares replacement one

Close up of the metal removed to fit the 260 lights.

To fit the tail lights the metal work was cut to fit the reversing light and the plastic surround was cut to fit the centre piece. Even the number plate had been trimmed to fit

Finally got my 73 rust bucket into the shed. Final inspiration was seeing jeff43's beauty parked at my neighbours place I figure the easiest way to get going is to start at the rear bumper and work forwards. Have been collecting parts , will need front bumper, windscreen washer bottle, air ducts from rad support panel. I'm sure more bits will be needed . And I have a working clock First task get rid of the 260 tail lights and replace with 240 ones . Because of the butchery that was done to pu in the 260 lights they didn't seal properly and the typical cancer above the tail light has taken hold. I'm wondering if the car had been hit in the rear hence the replacement lights. Rear hatch is full of big and looks like it had a rear spoiler fitted at one point. Lots of rust removal. Typical spots., dog leg floors (have replacement floors) lower guards, I'm guessing the frame rails will be shot. I guess I will be an expert welder when I'm done. Have a couple of trashed panels I have been practicing on. Anyway will post more pics as I progress

Long shot but I have. 73 240 chassis 101372, the matching motor is L24-159768 but unfortunately this was removed some time before I got it

It was great to see your car in the flesh yesterday, saw you driving on saturday then to come home yesterday and see you parked across from my house. excellent job you have done, hope mine will look just as good. Sounded awesome as you drove off. I'll have to come over and raid your leftover parts

looks like it started life as a 260z 2+2, tail light holes are definitely 260z and the shape of the rear quarter windows look like that of a 2+2, then there is the custom bodywork

The Zed is off the road, am collecting parts to give it a freshen up / resto

I have one at home I will measure it up and let you know tonight. Just measured mine up and it appears to be able to go more than one tooth each way and from measuring the sprocket it is about +- 10 degrees rotation of the cam so in term of crankshaft I guess it would be double that Here is the instruction sheet that comes with it if you can read Japanese.

Not sure if this is the right place to post happy for this to be moved. I am about to get started on a fix up of the old girl, has't been run for over 15 years, so today I ZedStart.mp4 took off the rocker cover and was pleasantly surprised how clean it was there even was a small amount of oil on the cam shaft. Using a borescope in each cylinder I couldn't see any corrosion I could even see the hone marks from when it was rebuilt previously. Anyway i poured some new oil over the cam, removed the spark plugs and gave each cylinder a small squirt of oil. spun the engine over by hand, then on the starter with no plugs installed. Re-installed the spark plugs, poured some fuel into each carb. Turned the key an she fired straight up. before i put her in storage i drained the oil and put in fresh oil and new filter, drained the radiator and i think i put a little bit of oil in each cylinder.

was originally looking for points style, but 280zx type will do also. not fussed either way

I am looking for a distributor for my 73 240z. Not worried about condition as long as it is complete, I will rebuild it before use

Hi Jeff, are any of the parts still available? I see we are practically neighbours as i am in Gawler also. Cheers Terry

hi Anyone have any details on the bulb holders used in the instruments? as i have mis-placed the light for the clock. as usual the clock was dead so i managed to get a couple of second hand units and managed to build one that works, and have all the parts except good electric motor to have a second clock functioning

Hi all, I have owned a 73 240z for many years stuck in the shed. Finally got around to turning shed into a workshop so am about to bring the old girl back to life. The car has a L28 in it, changed the diff for an R200 unit a while back, rust appearing in the usual places, so will be needing to do a bit of cancer removal. Have a set of webbers and manifold but am thinking of staying with the SU's just to keep the stock look Time frame will be dependent upon other financial commitments.