rturbo 930

Except for the little problem of that being a RHD dash, and most cars here are LHD.

Honestly, I think it would be best if we just allowed members to edit as long as they want. It was just one person who got upset and left, and ruined it for everyone.

As far as I know, a certain member here decided to leave, and take his posts with him, so now you are only able to edit for 1 month.

He wants a vented hatch, only available on 70-early 71 240Zs.

Yup. That's a parts car. Hope you didn't pay much.

I hope you like the body work, or that Z will be a massive headache... Personally, I wouldn't touch it.

It's pretty straight forward. IIRC, you pretty much just unbolt the shocks (easy), brake lines (easy), and then there's 3 huge bolts. One behind the diff, two towards the front. After that it should pretty much drop out.

Are you planning on using any part of the original Z shell?

Agreed. Although my first Z was actually running, it needed work, and I tore it apart. What a stupid move. Then I bought a 240z to have something to drive... scrapped that, bought another last June, this one actually drivable, but still way rusty. I'm gonna play with it for a bit, but as soon as I can afford to, I'm buying a nice rust free Z.

Or worse, rip through the tires.

Sounds like you've got a nice car to start with, and a good game plan. I just turned 20 BTW, really cool to see more people around my age into Z cars.

Some of your welds on that scrap piece look like they're only on one of the pieces. Take a look at the weld right before the one you circled.

It's in the rules. Use the search function and don't hijack people's threads because that's rude. Not to mention, he answered your question, and then you go and call him an ******* because he politely tried to point you in the right direction.

It is not the fault of the person in the office, there is no need to bring them into it by paying in pennies.

Personally, just because I'm a little OCD, I don't like how the LS, SR, KA, etc. engines don't fill up the engine bay. The RB does, and looks right at home. Also, personally, I prefer the sound of the RB over the SR. I think I6s are some of the best sounding engines, period. I understand these are both about form, but I prefer form AND function. BTW, have you weighed your car? I am curious as to how much it weighs, and the F/R percents/bias.

Don't cross post please, and make an effort to capitalize.

You should reconsider. You will spend a lot more money fixing it than just getting a new one.

I was with you up until here... On here, no they aren't. They're here for a reason, every single one of them. Follow them if you want to enjoy your stay, because if you don't, you will find your time here anything but pleasant. They are all pretty simple rules BTW, so you should have no problem following them.

I thought all 280Zs had the bulge? Mine does.

Lol. My neighbors have like 2 goats, 4 chickens, 4 dogs, and 4 kids, and they had some petition thing go around to let them have the goats... not sure what happened with that though. Their lawn has gotta be over a foot high now though. It looks horrible. Fortunately, I got word they are moving. So soon? So sorry to see you go... Not. And for the record, again, I am not saying I want to pay HOA fees or live in an HOA. I just understand why others do.

Chances are someone who buys that is going to be a Z enthusiast, and will know what it is.

I can see it going for more than $15k. It's a very unique car. I wouldn't be surprised if it went for 20k-25k, or maybe even 30k for someone who really wanted it.

At $100k, I don't see it selling.

You can't lump all HOA presidents into one type of personality/stereotype/whatever. Just like there are good cops and bad cops, there are good, reasonable HOAs, and ridiculous ones as well.

Oh no. Like I said, there is not a chance I would live in an HOA neighborhood. However, I get why they are there, and if you (or anyone else) don't want to follow their rules, why live there? You would just be causing unnecessary stress, on both your end, and their end. I have never seen the point of making life harder for other people. If you're just going to cause problems for people who WANT to live that way, just move and leave them alone. However, that doesn't mean I don't want to live in a nice neighborhood. I don't want to look at other people's trash, because it looks like crap. I don't enjoy eye sores, so as you might expect, I would like to avoid them. Generally trash = bad neighborhood, and nice, up kept houses = good neighborhood. Or option C) Live in the in country where neighbors aren't a problem No HOA fees either, no neighbors to complain, etc. Sounds good to me. Example though: My two friend's parent's houses. They are neighbors. One of them has a nice house, most of it is renovated, all of it is kept nice and pretty, freshly painted, lawn cut, gardens in order, cars parked where they should be, trash cans taken in, etc, etc. The other is the opposite. Ugly fence, front of house is sort of, kind of maintained, but not really, because it's brick and there's not much to maintain. There is still trash that the trash people wouldn't take LITERALLY from last summer (2009). Cars parked on the lawn, making ruts, stained driveway (sorry, but it does look really bad), garage doors broken/halfway open/crooked, with junk pouring out of it, vines going wild wherever they please, etc. That's a brief description. And those are the kind of people that I cannot stand, and probably why HOAs exist. It's extremely inconsiderate to have your property looking like that when you have neighbors that DO care.