Guest low-budget Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Just wanted to say hi, and that I'm happy I found a decent place to hang out with other Z enthusiasts . I used to haunt the usenet groups, but just don't like usenet so much for information archival. I do like large forums. I have a '78 280 that has been sitting for a couple years, and plan to dig into it for a spring project in a few months, so I'm trying to get a plan of attack together. I am also a SAHM with no real income of my own, therefore it will be a low budget project, hence my nick . Sometimes I'm chatty, sometimes not, so thought now would be a good time for introductions . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 SAHM=Stay At Home Mom? Welcome!! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest low-budget Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 That would be correct . Thanks . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 OK guys clean up the languge Watch your Ps and Qs!! Nice to have you aboard. What are your plans and where are you, geographically, that is? Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest low-budget Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 I just updated my profile, I'm about an hour northeast of Atlanta GA. The car is in pretty poor condition right now, but I think I need to start with rebuilding the suspension. I can get the motor running with little trouble (hopefully hehe) but the reason I parked it mainly was the suspenension. I want to start a checklist of things I need to start aquiring so I can go to my buddies house where it's sitting, drag it out of the weeds and start wrenching. Probably would be best for me to start a thread in the suspension area to do some brainstorming . Actually I would like to eventually end up with an IMSA style body kit, with the performance to match the looks . But then that is way past low budget, unless I luck up something fierce (there was a guy with a kit on a z that I saw, and probably could have traded cars with him, and I kick myself every time I think of that ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Your husband must be the luckiest guy I've never met. What are you going to be building it for? Get it out of the weeds asap! I hope you don't have too many problems with rust. Nice to meet you and good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David K Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 I love it! My lady actually has her own tool bag, and we split off when we go to the junkyard, and meet up 2 hours later to compare finds! She changes her own oil, crawls under the car with me, etc. Welcome! 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 watch the p's and q's my a$$! Women strive for equal opportunity, no sense in cutting back by being all gentleman-y! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aaron Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 watch the p's and q's my a$$! Women strive for equal opportunity, no sense in cutting back by being all gentleman-y! Remember, we still do things a little differently down here in the south. Southern Gentlemen are still alive. Welcome LB, I think that makes two women on these forums. Since you are in GA, be sure to check out our South East Zcar Shootout in this thread. I think the first thing you will want to do is assess the rust and structural integrity of the car. Then figure out how you want the car to perform. From that you can decide what size brakes you need, spring rates, etc. Then check with our members Mike Gibson (goes by SCCA on here) at http://www.fonebooth.com/auto.html, Juan (he changes his name every few weeks) at JSK Innovations, and Ross Corrigan (goes by RossC and I probably butchered his last name) at Modern Motorsports for your parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8ZRACER260Z Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Welcome aboard! We have another event in March at Reynolds Ga on March 14th. Go to the motorsports forum and look for Next SEZ event or use this link http://www.hybridz.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=26691 It will be a good chance to meet alot of us and put faces & car to the names. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie-GNZ Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Welcome L-B. Just spent a week in Gainesville recently. I come up every year for the PLM at Road Atlanta and prefer to stay in Gainesville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 welcome, you sure will have a blast on this forum.. very cool ppl and even cooler cars. Aaron who is the other lady on this board? mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Donna, D83ZXT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarp Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Don't forget about Vicki-aka The280Gal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 how come i never seen these gal's around on this forum? and im on here for like 24-7.......... mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeK280z Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 You'll have to feed us some details. 5 speed? How's the body? etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aaron Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 how come i never seen these gal's around on this forum?and im on here for like 24-7.......... mike Donna doesn't post much. I did not know about Vicki. BTW Mike, I like the mounting system for your flairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest low-budget Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Nice to meet you all . The body, well, yeah, it needs work but a friend of mine is taking bodyshop classes and we're gonna "play" . It is a 5 speed. The car is a major project, but with little more than suspension work would be a driver, albeit a bit of a beater . At the moment I'm just looking to have some fun with it like I used to. I trashed the front bumper, so I'm just gonna take the bumper struts off, do a bit of clean up work to the body and throw a quickie paint job on it to hold until I'm ready to get serious with the cosmetics. Anybody in the Gainesville/Atlanta area know if there are spray booths to rent around here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest amieC Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Make that 4 women on the board including me. While I don't have the car yet (looking for a good one right now), I've got the ambition! And a block in the garage waiting to get built. Just got the JTR book in the mail yesterday. Nice to see I'm not the only girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Make that 4 women on the board including me. Nice to see I'm not the only girl. Oh no...we're being over-run!! Estrogen epidemic! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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