Villeman

The Plan: fix it, just that simple. It´s original paint, NO rust ,I mean look at that so just go for a good car to enjoy. It will be a GT car and I like it the way it looks now, just some tweaks as money allows for them. First order of the day, check if its running. Well, Now I know why it had a bad fuel pump.... somebody wanted to hide the engines condition, a lot of work had been put into the engine by the previous owner to revive it after 32 years and this is how it looks : Cylinder 6 is dead so we took out the head as first thing on the new car We found out it´s actually easier to take the head with manifolds still on and remove them later, and with trusty IKEA equipments its no big deal and tadaaa, cause of the problem is and this explains why they parked it in 83. They must have run it for quite some time before parking, judging from the oil left in the engine and the carbon everywhere. The new engine oil those folks put in in 2015 didn´t even mix with the old stuff. Thank you Dan for not trying to start it, wise man! the next step is logically to pull the engine with the old mobile engine jack and send both parts to an engine builder, Funnily the head has some ultra shiny valve seats and some rusted ones (all good though) another indicator that the mileage may be true. For now, Nissan liner in Cylinder 6, the others need nothing (we will put in new rings to be safe). Engine bearings are like new, crosshatch like new, no visible wear on starter or any other sprocket

Sooo, I am finally starting my build thread. over 2 years ago I read an article about the Z, and immediately thought I should go for one. I have a strong background with my fathers cars (Mostly Citroen DS) and have driven one of those for 2 years at a time. I guess what really got me was the statement that it´s a GT car for larger people (i´m quite tall) and thats exactly my type of car. This may also explain why I got a 2+2...I actually honestly and seriously like it more that the coupe + we have an autobahn and wheelbase is king After half a year I found a lovingly butchered 260z 2+2 euro spec with a 2.8l engine and LPG conversion virtually everything was broken but hey, only 5.5k complete with bondo, rust, ripped interior, weird parts etc. so I had to leave the high class dutch escort (looking) woman selling it and moved on (thats why I just have to buy a hardwood club, when you find that in a trunk you KNOW the owner has class). some more digging brought me here fast forward through 2 blown deals where cars were sold elsewhere even though I had already started with shipping, we come to the part with the hero of the story Daniel, here from hybridz volunteered to check out a car from me and it was instant love. A 76´ 280z 2+2 with one owner, stored since 83, 47k original miles and completely unmolested, so exactly what I was looking for and even for a good price. i will skip through some stupid stuff with my german bank and in the end Daniel took the car and kept it for me till paperwork was pushed hard enough to produce a title. Once again, I am still puzzled about the amount of favors he did for me! Enough sentimentality, THE CAR: 1976 280z 2+2 (N42/N42) from Richmond, CA still with 83 plates Edit: Remembered it wrong, is 55k (47k miles) (we took the engine apart) missing title but already over 1k invested by the owners son before selling (see later why) and here leaving america after nearly 6 month of waiting, oh what a day