Just bought my second Z

[CerebralSponge]

Short version. Have a 83 280zxt, just bought a 82 280zx for a parts car but I'm sad cause I really like it. Bought it because it has nice interior, battery, hatch, misc swappable engine parts. Let me know if there's anything you want, I'll most likely be parting out anything I don't think I should have on hand.

 

 

I'm really sad to say but this will be a parts car for my 83 280zxt. I had gone to look at it in northern Baltimore twice cause I was really interested, and the guy was telling me he just really wanted to get rid of it. The price was set at $600 and I kept telling him I just needed to find a place to store it cause the street in front of my house is filling up. So he told me if I take it this weekend (memorial day weekend) that he'll take 300 for it. Long story short I drove it home the next day.

I'll post pictures in a bit. Now it's time to work on em.

[nbesheer]

If you like that car better why not just put the turbo in that one ?

[Guest Black_MKII]

good luck with it man, and remember its your own decision if you want to keep it or part it out...

[CerebralSponge]

OK. Pictures!

The blueish grey is the turbo, and the 2 tone (black and silver) is the NA.

Pictures are before any swapping was started although the turbo one was kinda taken apart.

 

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So it turns out the interior was really the only thing I've really needed so far. Replaced the battery terminals and the turbo is running again. Being a silly noob is went gung-ho and pulled the starter and check all kindsa whatnots, then decided to get new terminals and it started right up. But hey, it's a learning process. Learning from experience is fine, unless it costs me lots of unnecessary money.

I started pulling the hatch on the NA but the wiring on both sides at the top stopped me. I havn't tried to follow them or search yet but while I'm posting, does anybody know off hand the easiest way to pull the hatch.

Also, I still have to swap a tail light to check if it's not the housing but otherwise does anybody know why or where best to check why the running light(in the back) would stay on an all times (car on or off, lights on or off) and the brake lights/turning signals don't work? Worst case scenario it's a short somewhere in the wiring and I'll rip up the harness till i either find the short in the wire or decide to swap wiring harnesses.

 

Basically everything else has and will most likely stay in the car it's in

 

nbesheer, I like the NA car cause I had more fun in it for the short time I've had it because the exhaust sounds cool and I drove it harder than I did the turbo one cause it was just gonna be a parts car (I drove the turbo one home 250 miles going 55mph, cause I wanted it to make it home and I'm new to turbo systems so I'm still weary about not knowing the car yet) . But I'm sticking with the turbo cause I don't have the space to have 2 dead cars, both cars would need body work but the NA has 2 small rust holes on the frame rail, and I'm not too confident in my motor swapping skills yet. So for now the turbo gets the nice interior and everything else and I'll get it running smooth while the NA sits in my driveway till I decide I can use parts, or sell it.

 

That's my rant. have a good day and tell your mother I said hello.