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how much would you want for the vin plates and title? I know its not completely legal, but im sure that would be the fastest way.

i went and took a look at it today and it is a nice shell. definitely one of the nicest i've seen for sale at a price like that. the title work is my main concern. any thoughts on what to do about that? and since we're in talk about trips and z cars, here's a 280zx 2+2 in MT you might be interested in, blackice280zxt http://montana.craigslist.org/cto/1445839385.html, and whats this talk of titles you say?

alrighty then will do! just that it has no title is kind of the only thing thats keeping me from it. the guy also said he would haul it. now... to come up with the 200$. a whole lot harder than it might seem, being as im in high school and jobless.

http://montana.craigslist.org/pts/1442685741.html Called the guy today, maybe go take a look tomorrow. 30 miles out of town though. Is it worth the trip?

wow that's pretty cool. i've never really looked into that stuff before but that sure is interesting. thanks for that info.

i've thought about that too. maybe the car could even charge itself while propelling itself. i'm not really smart enough to figure it all out, nor do i want to try, but i've always wondered as well.

Hey its the bozeman kid from the autocross. cool to see a montanan on hybridz. the 280's lookin good

speaking of titles, what would i do about my 240 if i ever did get it up and running? i bought it from a guy who just had a bunch of cars sitting around and he didnt have the title. i got a bill of sale from him and everything, but no title. just wondering what the processes involved in getting one and the costs as well if anyone knows. thanks!

If i make it to the autocross this weekend i'll ask this guy who has a ls1 280. but im not sure if i'll be in town. i'll let you know

I might be interested in the dash. PM me when you get your price figured out then i'll know for sure.

hahahahah well i think im going to try to fix anything i can. right now im just trying to strip everything off the car down to the chassis like you said. The dash is being a major pain in the arse to get off though. the frame rails in the front are rusted only in the floor pan area. I'm going to get the MSA floor pan kit. My dads pretty good at welding so he'll be able to teach me. But at the moment im just trying to strip it down, and then i'll hopefully find someone to blast it. Then after that i'll get a good assessment on everything and figure out where to start on the welds. I'm going to focus on just getting everything to stock before i do anything else. I've got a 327 sitting in my garage. Its been there for about 30 years at least. Almost a brand new engine. Maybe it will find its way into this z... maybe.... but yes. tearing it down is annoying. too many bolts rusted in having to be drilled out. but thats just part of it i guess. and the dash! are there some secret screws i dont know about? i've looked over ever inch of the thing and took out everything i've found but it still wont come off! well anyways, just keep the comments coming. its awesome to have such good input. thanks everyone!

Well the dude with the other z sold it so getting that one is out of the picture. I'm going to stick with this one. My dad told me he'll cover everything (he was also drunk though) so if that's the case, i should be good to go. I'll definitely be getting the floor pans from MSA. I'm going to put flairs on so hopefully that will get that rust out of the picture. The bondo on the car didnt have any primer on it prior to me getting the car. I just put it on there to make it look a little better. To say the least, there is a lot of things to be done. I just don't really know where to start. Any suggestions?

Well here are a bunch of pictures for you all. Rust on drivers side.(bad) Under seat. Under feet. Passenger Side Under seat. Under Feet. Passenger Seat(I'm going to look around for some seats out of a later gen camaro to replace them.) And Drivers The battery mount. Not as rusty as it looks. There is a piece of cloth on it. Looked closely and its some old hanes underwear. I'm kind of scared to move it though. The headlight area is pretty rusty, doesn't seem too bad though. Here is the fiberglass one for the passenger side too. I have no idea what they were thinking when they were fixing this. The left and right tail lights. Door panels, definitely salvageable. Window trim and wipers. Radiator Fan from a wrecked sable, may come in handy later on. Original bumper part thing in Nissan wrapper. Found it in the car. Tail light housing, broken. As is most of the plastic back there. Spare tire area looks brand new! Broken cooling fluid hose. Needs to be replaced. Theres the carbs. I'm not sure if the left one is working. Worst rust is right here on the rear drivers quarter panel. Alright thats it for now. You asked for pictures, I gave you PICTURES. Thats about a summary of the car as it is. If you have ANY offers on any parts give me a PM. If the total I could make is over 600 then i'll tear it apart and start selling parts. If not, then i guess I'm stuck with it. I found a decient 73 I would like to buy if i can make enough with this one.

Well, so far nothing cosmetic has been done. I took the seats out today. I need to get new floor panels if anyone has any. I'm looking into getting this http://www.thezstore.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD& Product_Code=50-1500 body kit if anyone knows about MSA or the quality of their parts. I don't want to do flairs, but if i use this body kit i think i'll need some new rear quarter panels as well if anyone has any available. But mostly i need to know where to get the floor panels. Thanks for all the posts everyone! Hybridz is definitely the best z community around.

wow that's pretty nice. I've been reading around and it seems that JTR is the way to go with the V8 swap. Just wondering what you did and if you know much about JTR or what you're preferences would be in doing the swap, because you're looks great.

Ah! Thanks everyone for the posts! Yes, the car is going to be getting wire and wheel. A whole lot of wire and wheel. The rust on the drivers side front quarter panel is luckily not all the way through and i sanded some down and got some primer on it. On the passengers side the dumbass who worked on it before was smart enough to put some primer on it so no rust there. The only place where it has rusted out seems to be the drivers side rear fender, which will be covered by a flair hopefully. That bondo job is terrible as well, and i sanded some of it down and it looks a little better. It's going to be a long project, maybe not a V8 project, but that will be decided when i take it all apart and get a good look at the frame. If i do decide to do the V8 I'll get a cage or something in there as well so it wont snap in half. I also have the bumpers which i will probably be selling if anyone is interested.

Today I purchased not only my first Zcar, but my first car ever. I thought $180 seemed a fair price for a 71, but am not entirely sure now. I would like to do a V8 swap, but I don't know if it would be worth it with this car. It's pretty rusty, haven't really gotten a good look at the frame though. Just wondering what all of you with experience in Z's have to say. Regardless, I'm definately going to work a lot on it though. Hopefully something nice will come out of it.