Sirk.240 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Just checking. Will the front of a 240z 70-73 fit on my 74.5 260? I am taking the G-nose off and I am wanting to put the factory front back on it with possibly an air dam. Wanted to know if 70 through 79 would all bolt on. Kris~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnoutZ Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 70-74 Have a "fuller" front grill and lower mounted turn signals 74.5-78 Have a grill with turn signal cut outs and the turn signals are mounted in the grill I would say the gnose have a spot for lower mount turn signals. A conversion can be done, just have to remove the old turn signals and find some lower mount turn signals at a junk yard. Oh yeah, As far as body size goes, 70-78 body kits are usually interchangeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirk.240 Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 Oh good deal. Yes, The g-nose uses the 240 lower mount turn signals. Tight work! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COmputoman Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Check out this thread http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=137003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirk.240 Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 Nice, nice. One problem. My 260 has a full widebody. I don't know if the factory front end will even line up with the fenders Tampa is only an hour away, and I called Z docs. Next week i'm going to bring him pictures and look at what he has. Here are the only pictures I have of the car. Yes, i know it's sad.. but my brother is finally going to bring it down to orlando now that i have a garage setup so i can finally finish it!! If i can get it to work out, I will be selling the G-nose if anyone in the florida area is interested. Also ditching the rear vents, taking out the lexan rear window and putting tempered in.. so i can tint it as well. Let me know if you guys have seen this kit and know if the factory 240 or 260 front end will fit with these fenders. Really crappy pictures, but I will have my baby back this sunday and I will take pictures of the whole front end and post them. Kris~ Btw your grill turned out nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8dats Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 hey i think i know your car! did it have tripple webers on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8dats Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 webers or not im sure it was my friends car. i almost bought it like 8 years ago. good to see it again. what are your plans? i'll trade you my 2j for that rolling chassis!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirk.240 Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 Might be it, I bought it... near 7 or 8 years ago. Got it from somewhere in south florida, near here (orlando) i think. No... I <3 my car. lol And yes, it had triple webbers on it. Got tired of tuning them, so i'm going new age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globerunner513 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 is that Gnose blended into the fenders? Might be tough to even seperate it in the first place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrumpetRhapsody Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Might be better off to sell the car like it is and start with a different car. Shame to disassemble a g-nose like that. They're usually highly sought after, especially one that looks good like yours seems to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirk.240 Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 is that Gnose blended into the fenders? Might be tough to even separate it in the first place... Not really. All they did was just use Bondo to blend the bottom edge in. The whole nose is bolted on. I'm glad you like the g-nose, but i don't. I absolutely love the wide-body, but not the g-nose. Which is why I'm asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montezuma Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Get that G-nose off clean and you will be able to sell it well here on this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I'm glad you like the g-nose, but i don't. I absolutely love the wide-body, but not the g-nose. More of a cosmetics kinda guy than functional, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyfriend Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 that is one hot looking z! i know it doesn't matter, but if it were my car i would leave the body alone, throw on some nice deep dished wheels, some nice pearly paint, and an rb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COmputoman Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Im pretty sure everyone on this forum will agree when I say to leave it alone. The time and effort taken to make that car look the way it does is far to much to go disassembling it in hopes to make it look ordinary. There are lots of people that like the Gnose and a lot of people who dont. The problem is there are far more z cars that look normal then there are with a great looking version of the gnose. My personal opinion is if you found one of those people who lives for the Gnose look you could sell them this car and most likely make enough money to buy 2 Z cars that look normal. Normal Z cars are a dime a dozen... Gnoses are not. just my .02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirk.240 Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 I guess when it comes to body styling. I would take a wild guess and say the g-nose is more aerodynamic than the original front bumper, but. The g-nose to me makes the front of the car SO much longer, that it starts to get goofy looking. The front end is already super long, adding 4 or 5 inches to the total length only in the front, it just does not do it for me. But yes, I plan on taking it off super clean. And once I decide that I wouldn't miss it anymore then I'll post it. Because I still can't imagine what it looks like without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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