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    240Z front on a Late 260Z?

    in S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z

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    That's a great looking 260. If it were me, I wouldn't hesitate to buy that car.

     

    I've converted a few 260's and 280's to having 240 air dams and turn signals. It's not difficult at all to do, but depends on which air dam you're trying to mount. If you use the air dam like on Austin's car, it's very easy and may not require any modifications. I put that same type of air dam on a 280 several years ago and don't recall having to cut anything. I've also installed Kaminari air dams (like the one in my sig below) on 260's and 280's and that required trimming some metal here and there.

     

    Looking at the pics of the 260 you're interested in, I don't think you'll have to do much to get the look you desire. Get the air dam you want and try to mount it up. If anything looks like it'll prevent you from mounting it easily, break out the grinder, but only trim what you have to trim. It looks like the lower valence on that car already has indentions where 240 lights would mount if you were willing to cut the proper openings.

     

    It already has the skinny bumpers, so you're most of the way there with the look you want..

    front air dam holes broken

    in Body Kits & Paint

    Posted

    Take the bumper off, so that you have access to the existing holes on the bottom of the headlight buckets/extensions. Position the airdam where you expect it to be when mounted, with the lip at the top of the airdam behind the headlight bucket. Mark and drill two holes, using the existing holes in the bottom of the headlight bucket as reference. You'll need to drill one more hole at the back of the airdam, where it lines up with the bottom of fender. Get some good nuts, bolts, flat washers, and lock washers and mount it back up. Don't overtighten the bolts. Once you get it mounted back up, reinstall the bumper and you'll be good to go.

     

    Below is a pic for reference. The position of the bolt locations I used are noted in red (you cant see the back bolt, since it's on the back side sandwiching the fender and airdam together).

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    Need info on this cowl hood...zwolf or primadonna Z?

    in Body Kits & Paint

    Posted

    Every number I tried calling for Legendary Cars Inc was disconnected. nullbound - Would you be able to take measurements of the actual cowl portion of the hood, then that way I can search through summit, jegs, etc for a universal one to be bonded? I'm guessing all I need is length, width, and height. I would really appreciate it.

     

    It looks like Legendary Cars changed names to Fiber Concepts.

     

    Reference: http://www.nicholsservices.com/vega/my-vega3.htm

     

    I googled them and found they have a website (and different address and contact details than the vega link above) which lists the Datsun hoods:

     

    http://www.fiberpartsconcepts.com/1289556.html

     

    I can still take measurements if you want, but the pic on that page looks right to me.

     

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    in S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z

    Posted

    What fun is a dead end street? Gotta start somewhere. :lol:

     

    True story. B)

     

    What is going on with your rides?

    I'd like to get together again sometime and check out other Z cars.

     

    I haven't worked on them much since May (too hot and too busy with work). I have several small items to take care of on my black 260 and then start on the wagon. I'm trying not to think about the other three cars I need to do something to after the 260 and wagon. :unsure:

    1971 Datsun 510 Goon

    in Other vehicles

    Posted

    Any updates?

     

    I love this goon!

     

    Thanks, man. No real updates, unfortunately. One of my hold-ups has been to get my driveway extended, which just got done on the 8th of this month:

     

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    I had to do this so I'd have somewhere to park the wagon so that the neighbors/HOA wouldn't/couldn't complain. Otherwise, I would only be able to park it in the grass next to my driveway (where that new paved area is in the pic above). The neighborhood fashion police didn't like it whenever I parked my 280Z on the grass.

     

    I'm not part of the covenants in my neighborhood and have politely given them the finger for their past complaints, so they've turned me into the county code enforcement for any complaints they've had since then. The county code person came and saw my 280z in the grass and said I had to park on a hard, treated surface or get fined if they came back to find it still sitting there in the grass. They also verified they only come out if someone complains. Otherwise, they have better things to do. So it's now paved and I can park there and continue giving our HOA reps the finger(s).

     

    Other than that, it's been too hot until recent weeks and work has been keeping me too busy. I've got a few small projects to wrap up on my 260z. Once those are done (hopefully in the next few weeks) I can then get the goon in the garage and get started on the upgrades. I've got almost everything I need for what I plan to do (brakes, suspension, motor and transmission swap, some interior work).

     

    I'll take plenty of pics B)

    Part Storage and Orginization ???

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    I have about 6 freestanding, heavy-duty plastic shelving kits that I store most of the lighter things on, some in boxes labelled with their contents. I also have a large wooden shelf setup that I built for some of the heavier things (differentials, suspension parts, etc). I have most of my engines on engine stands that I can roll around.

     

    No matter how much I try to organize, though, there always seems to be something that I waste a few hours trying to find when needed.

     

    And my garage is slowly running out of space, so some things are bleeding into a spare bedroom.

    1971 Datsun 510 Goon

    in Other vehicles

    Posted

    The wagon is ready to be worked on, but it's been too hot to think about.

     

    I did, however, manage to get another set of rear leaf springs off a parts car that qwik240 has at his place. It was so hot that day... but sawzall, some shade, some cold bottled water, and I got the springs I'll need later for when I get around to the suspension work on my car.

     

    Dave's Rusty Turd:

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    Any shade was good shade:

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    Spoils:

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    I plan to combine one flipped leaf from these springs into the pack that's currently on the car. This was covered in a Dime Quarterly article for lowering wagons.

     

    Another future consideration came from jmortenson in using a set of leaf spring sliders: leaf spring sliders

     

    I want to lower the wagon without using lowering blocks in the rear. I'm just not a fan of that method. If necessary, I'll have the springs re-arched.

    240Z Valance on a 280Z

    in Body Kits & Paint

    Posted

    Cutoff wheel, either on the spoiler or on the metal parts that are blocking it.

     

    Here's a 280 I used to have that I installed a 240 Kaminari spoiler on:

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    And the red circles below show what I had cut on the car so I could mount that spoiler on that car:

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