dustbuster358

thanks and yes my first post was about half a case of beer into working on the the REDTECH teams skyline.... so i own up to my stupidity on it haha. as far as the sonic decal i may do that, but i had a suggestion of throwing tails in that fender area with my original sonic from the rear wheels idea and i kinda like it. see what happpens with money and all that fun stuff. I did just come acrossed some almost new KYB struts and shocks in my storage unit that we pulled off a 240z that never got the title work finsished so we parted it off, i'm going to test and check them if they're ok i'll throw them on and use the new actual springs i ordered. i think coil over upgrades are in the near future the more i look at this old girl though...

pics from the original owner, car is currently enroute to my storage unit.

So thanks again to ADMIN RTZ for setting me straight. had a post int he wrong spot asking for stupid advice, props on the sites search engine? So the build i have a 1973 Datsun 240z i just bought for a little under 800 dollars. Pics to follow. The Good: complete car (mostly) Decent interior (ginger) All glass there except drivers window (had a spare) 4 wheels with almost new tires The Bad. paint, ITS BROWN LIKE A STEAMING PILE > rust, wheel arches are bubling and in front of drivers door are rusted through. spare wheel looks like surface rust. wheels, missing wires on one, and would like alloy's anyways Engine, runs, but ROUGH and definatly needs carb rebuilds and possibly valve work (have a great machinest thank god) The Plan: Basicly fix or replace engine with a RB swap. 351 c swap. 4.3l vortec v6 swap, or SBC. replace ginger interior with black (later on of course, seat covers for split seats for now) Paint. touch on in next section wheels preferably red or red/white, possibly custom paint some. Add a conservative spoiler for a little down force while maintaining the look i love on a z Halogen or xenon HID light upgrades. Covers for Headlight assemblies. (areo dynamics again, and style) Update shocks for better handling, and possibly a more comfortable ride, reading forums on that still. -general goal is to be at least semi competative with my grandmas 1969 porsche 912, long shot but a small personal goal none the less- Ok this one is a little odd to most the car club, but they love it for originality. but here comes the paint and decal idea. The Paint Job Midnight blue or blue/black chromed paint. Flat Black accents on wheel arches and spoiler, possibly hood hump. Now i listed red or red white wheels, i'd love to have those be the running feet for a sonic the hedgehog decal running down one side and tails on the other side. i'm talking original characters style. If i can't make the sonic thing work, then just the paint.