83zxowner

i agree with everyone. it isnt for the fact that i"m gunna make money on it. i just like the ar and want to work on it cuz its difforent and i lke the way it looks. its good to hear i'm not the only one that doesnt care in the end haha

one thing i didnt mention is that my dad comes from the world of rebuilding salvage cars and selling them. he wont buy anything if he cant make money off it. the model a is the only exception i can ever think of. big thing i'm waiting on is my tax return for buyin my house. it takes 30-90 days to get so i'm tryin to save up till then. he's giving me a 25x30 behlin steel frame building that he has layin around at the farm. he baught it 7 ish years ago for $500 and its been sitting in pieces ever since then. i just have to get the the wood for inbetween the steel framing and pour the foundation n stuff. concrete is rediculous

yeah i can read the numbers. my dad has had camaro's , chevelles, all kinds of stuff. right now we have a model a tudor sedan 2door sitting in the shop right now in pieces. its almost complete with very few rust holes. He says if it was a camaro or mustang or somethin like that he would be fine with it. i guess the only thing that makes me mad is the fact that if i was doin this much work to a camaro with 272k miles on it, it would be worth just as much as the datsun but never close to as unique. you can buy kit camaro's now. why would i want something everyone has ya know. my plans to get the garage finished first and continue the work on the datsun from there. it runs and it drives only problem is you can watch the road pass you by as you do it haha.

I recently baught my first datsun, coming from a very muscle car oriented family as you can imagine my dad isnt very happy with my decision to work on a car with some exstensive body and structural work i e rust in the floors quarters and rails, with it being 26 years old and having 272k miles i dont mind since its basically regular daily driver use over that time. He wants me to sell it or part it out and i think not. keep in mind i am on my own (21) and own my own home. but i am in the process of putting a garage up which he thinks i should be trying to get done first. I understand his point but theres no reason the car cant sit till the garage is done. MY question to everyone is. with all the money you have put into your datsun to make it the way you want it, do you feel it was worth the time and money instead of picking a difforent brand? am i waisting my time on a car with to many miles and to much rust or should i ignore him? Every car i had before that he made me sell i regret doing so to this day. your input would be greatly appreciated.

measurements arent needed i was just woundering if there where any major changes besides doors and such. but thanks for the help guys

Well atleast someone has had a run in with the missing bumpers. i dont feel quite so bad now haha

i guess my point of the whole thing was always look at the simplest things first. it would have left me with hours to spare to work on other parts of the car. hope this helps someone if they have the same issue

Just thaught i would share my resent issue i had with my 83 280zx. I was having issues with the brake lights staying lit. so after work today i decided to look into it. I checked the switch which i thaught would be a little strange to stick shut, but the car had been sitting for 3 years so who knows. The switch checked out fine on my meter. so i went back to the tail lights and worked my way from the back of the car to the front thinking it was a short some where. may i also mention i still havent baught a manual which would have helped alot. well basically after hours of wire tracing i found nothing. so i went back to the brake switch and noticed some holes where the contacter should be hitting the brake lever. so i went to my parts car and my car was missing the little brake switch bumpers. i put them in and of course they work fine. what a day.

i will be selling them. right now i'm in the middle of cleaning the car out. stripping out all the carpet and removing the factory sound insulation crap to determine how i will fix the rust damaged floors. the side skirts are in ok shape the passenger side rear corner is damaged on the bottom side and missing some of the corner. its not very noticeable until you get down and look at it. There where no rear quarter skirts there where some on it at one time but they are long gone. i can get pics if you want. just let me know. for all that may be woundering. the wing will be sold also.

this spoiler was on the car when the last owner got it along with a fiberglass fron airdam but he didnt care for the spoiler and the front airdam was shot so he took it off. i think the wings gotta go, its definetly not for me. side skirts will be taken off to. just have to work up the courage to take them off. lol the thaught of more rust damage scares me. i'm already going to have to put in new floor pans and rails but as beautiful of a car as it is. i think its worth it.

5 1/2 inch lip 9.5 inches wide on the rear 9inches wide from edge to edge 15 inches tall first wash i the drive way front valance is shot but motly surface rust on the hood.