andy james

Lovely looking car! Welcome along to the forum.

Happy Birthday young man! Have a good weekend mate

Thanks guys! Been at work this morning and have fitted a new drive shaft to the Z this afternoon! Off for a few beers now. Hunter alignment on Saturday eeeek! Fingers crossed. Looking forward to seeing you guys this season.

If I was you I'd see if Its not too late to buy your car back mate! Loads more mods you could do and way under your budget!! Fastest and nicest chariot I've ever seen for 15k! Lol Good luck with your search.

Looks like we may have 4 already! Lol

Japfest has moved to Siverstone so this fills the void at Castle Combe/jap scene for the south west. Only good can come from this as its another show for us all to attend and it has the backing of Banzia. I know It's only 3 weeks after Japfest but If there is enough interest I would be interested in going.

Got mine today thanks! Nice pics and quality of the calender much improved.

Like your thinking Olly. Could reinvent the rear canard/ diffuser/upper ground effects thing. Not sure if could match all those strategically positioned dents again! Lol

Thanks for all the kind comments guys. Hoping to get her into the body shop by the end of Feb so looking at getting the car home,interior boot trim refitted and them some shakedown miles done by Easter. In answer to Jetpilots question re roll cage I already struggle with headroom and I know it's a risk not having one but I still want to keep the car as an all rounder so I can still tour round Europe without my head banging on a 2" tube when I go over a speed hump! Lol As the rear quarter is the only panel I can't mend myself i had the torturous task of taking a 2kg lump hammer and some g cramps to bend it out so that I could fit the rear wheel!!!! Drove her out into the light today for the first time.

Thanks Graham. After nearly 4 months it will seem weird/ exciting to get her back on the road with the new mods. It's cost a few bob and the progress has at times been bloody depressing but one thing I do know is I've missed driving the old girl. There is no cure for Zeditis....

I had a bit of a set back last weekend as I discovered that the rear wheel bearing got crushed in the accident so I had to strip down the the drive shaft/carrier/hub unit! Many thanks to Ewan at Clark Motorsport for shipping super fast a new bearing on Thursday so I could re assemble today. During the week I had a sneaky few hours due to the rain(builders don't work in the rain) to fit the Z speed under tray courtesy of Tarmacsportz which IMO looks amazing,but what a shame it's hidden under the car and will be covered in crud within minutes of driving the car! Lol. Spent all afternoon in the garage today and fitted the new bearing and with the help of the ever patient Katrina we bolted the bonnet back on. Bearing in mind the car has Been on Axle stands since September it was quite a shock seeing how low the car sits when I put the wheels back on an lowered her down! Took this pic in the garage tonite but will take another in the daylight tomorrow. Finnish post in sight!

Just fitted mine and it looks sweet!

So sorry to see this. Hope you get her back on the road soon

A bargain IMO! One of the best wheels ever to grace a 350z

What is it with you guys that when you modify your car to perfection you immediately decide to scratch another itch! Lol Sorry to see you go chap and I have to say that the two best sleeper cars on this forum happen to be midnight blue, (Olly the other one. Good luck with the sale and if anyone is thinking of charging their Z? Don't bother just buy this car!

The question of track day insurance is comparable to the lotto/ Russian roulette! I have done probably a 100 + track days,motorsport events over the past 25 years without insurance/incident which if you factor in around £100'per event is a great saving of well in excess of £10,000 if you are lucky. This happened to me last year and I have £10,000 bill to put my car right! I broke even by pure luck,but it could have been her maiden voyage! Will be insuring my car at all events this year.

Not very happy about this sale as I like Grundy and his well developed car and also his enthusiasm towards the 350z community. Please don't buy his car because we will all miss him too much.......

Managed to get an afternoon in the garage today for the first time for a few weeks. Properly bolted on the front wings which will need a final fettling by the body shop. Also drilled the holes ad trial fitted the 370 side repeaters. Also bolted the extension plate,clear reflectors,mesh grill in the front trout mouth onto the V3 bumper before fitting to the front end. Starting to look like a car again!

Merry Christmas to you Zedders!

Couple of hundred pounds!!! You having a larf Andy hehe! I think you've missed a couple of noughts off somewhere!!! I'm glad its progressing well, and look forward to its resurrection spring 2016 Thanks mate! Not sure what you mean but I did tell the Mrs that the rebuild could be as much as £1000 as I had to wait ages for a silly plastic front bumper which Tarmac ordered from America! Lol.....

Bought her new in 2007. Caught Zeditus and after a couple of hundred pounds and she looked like this! Unfortunately after a nasty roll in the bushes she looked like this a few months ago... Rebuild well under way with an even better look/performance ready in the spring.

Happy birthday mate!

How PC can you get! Del Boys new three wheeler with Uncle Alberts Zimmer stuffed in the front window gets centre stage over the sleek black menacing sports car in the back ground!

Happy Birthday my friend!

Since the session Bob and I had I've been busy sorting out the forced induction piping and the various oil coolers so I could fire up the engine to check for any leaks. The biggest problem I've faced is trying to work out where a lot of the bespoke GTM parts go as when she crashed the ancillary parts were all hanging down in a right mess! Thanks to OllyB for sending me some pics of his GTM install to show the position of the oil cooler. Fired up the engine yesterday for the first time and the oil pressure zoomed to 120 which I've never seen before so shut her down. Lots of reading on forums and talk of don't worry high pressure is good,catastrophic engine failure eminent.eeek I've been extremely careful to photograph the position of all the oil piping so I'm now doubting my plumbing skills as my £8,000 engine is at stake! Buster popped over and said"you done good dude,fire it up and let the oil pump do its stuff!" Started her up,oil went up 120+ with choke on and slowly after 2/3mins she dropped down to 60 psi. No air leaks in the forced induction system so all the the Silver Pheonix needs now is some new clothes! More to come.