Darren-B Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 (edited) Hi all. As most of you may know, I've been without a zed since May & it's been so boring. I bought my first zed a 2004 350z GT in 2007 & over the years modified it to suit my requirements Suspension, Meister-R coilovers, fully adjustable arms, ARB's, Drop Linkks, Brakes, uprated disc's & pads, POWER! Vortech V3 SC with supporting mods, Exedy stage 2 clutch & flywheel, Miltek SS exhaust, I then sold the car in 2013 & lasted two days until I bought another 2011 370z GT modified it to suit my POWER addiction with a GTM stage 1.5 SC & supporting mods, Stillen exhaust But now I've decided to go back to basics with a 1971 240z, I have always loved the 240's. I've bought the car as a project to restore it back to it's original glory. It took me quite some time to find this car, I wanted a good base car to start with, one with most of the original parts & no major floor or chassis rust (which is nigh on impossible) So the car is a late 1971 240z with the 1972 spec. The good points: It's an almost unmolested 240z 1 owner from new Has spent it's life in California virtually rust free Nearly everything works It has AC It has the 5-speed Manual All new brakes & lines All the interior trim & vinyl is in good condition Engine is good It drifts! The bad points: It's had a yank style blow over, & is sun damaged Theres a small patch of rust on the passenger floor Window washer doesn't work It has the L28 engine from a 280z Steering rack/track rod end is knocking Bonnet has a bit of damage rear quarter has a bit of damage chrome bumpers have a few dents small scrape on cill The seats have been re-covered in black (not-white) exhaust hanger broken The wheels! The plan is to get the steering sorted, washers, lights re-wired & converted to UK spec, get the car MOT'd & registered. Then drive the car for a bit before the weather goes to find any underlying issues. Then it's going to be a complete strip back to metal full restoration of the entire car. Loaded on the transporter On my way home selfie Back home after a 700mile round trip Interior Engine bay Light cill damage Bonnet damage, only aesthetic, so not to bothered rear quarter damage Had to see if I could bring the paint up to be a bit more presentable. Just need to do the rest of it now Edited May 12, 2015 by Darren-B 6 Quote
Humpy Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 This is going to be sweeeeeeet, cannot wait to se this project get under way Quote
LRF4N Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 Proper project. Looking forward to seeing it develop Quote
MITZ@CougarStore Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 Looking forward to seeing this project unfold... Quote
Roscoe Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 This is cool! Will be following this project Darren! 😃 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
Keyser Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 Nice one Darren You going to move the steering wheel over? 1 Quote
Vlad Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 Looks awesome! Looking forward to the build thread! Quote
Leosille Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 What's your addiction with power going to mean with this baby rb26 Quote
Wasso Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 This will be an interesting project to see, as I know Darren is likely to either keep it simple or go all guns blazing. I'll be staying tuned! Quote
LRF4N Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 Make it all guns blazing. That's a more interesting read Quote
350zedd Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 Wishing you all the best for a tear-free strip down and restoration. Hope all goes to plan Quote
Lyndzzz Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 Very cool Darren! Looking forward to seeing this develop and then in the flesh Quote
GMballistic Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 Should be an interesting build ~ quite like that colour btw. As Buster mentioned any plans to change the steering wheel over to the correct side or are you going to leave it as a lefty? Quote
coldel Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 It will look completely standard, with a SC under the hood, if past experience is anything to go by! Quote
Darren-B Posted July 20, 2014 Author Posted July 20, 2014 Well when Wasso gives up with the ls3 conversion I'll happily take it off his hands & make use of it. As per stock or modified look you will have to wait & see. Lefty or righty I'm not sure yet, I know someone who can reverse engineer the bulk head if need be 1 Quote
evilscorp Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 Lovely =) if only I had less sense. Think you are becoming like Ian. Lol 1 Quote
glrnet Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 Whatever Darren decides, you know it will perfect. Congrats mate, really looking forward to seeing this develop. Quote
Bockaaarck Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 (edited) Terrific 240Z Darren, what a find! I will be very interested in watching the progress you make. Based on your previous effort, I'm sure it will be amazing. Edited July 21, 2014 by Bockaaarck 1 Quote
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