DeLorean Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 A couple of days ago a friend of mine took some photos of my Z, and I wanted to share them with you guys... see what you thought. Another friend of mine took the last 4 shots with an old medium format film camera, which I am super psyched on. Only thing that sucks is that I JUST ordered a set of RB-Rs before this, but they didn't arrive in time. Oh well, just gives me an excuse to take more pictures. http://gallery.me.com/dominic_i#100034&view=mosaic&sel=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97s14kouki Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 are those the stock 240z wheels? z looks nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mylesblaq Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Nice Z. I like the originality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Clean!! Definitely post pics with the rotas on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeLorean Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 Well, they are sort of stock. They are american racing libres and they were put on by the original owner at the dealership, sort of optional equipment. I might be selling them soon as the RB-Rs will here shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barichardson5727 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Is that a fiberglass bumper, or did you just have your original bumper painted black? I am trying to decide what I want to do about my old dinged up front bumper and that looks really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big-phil Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Man thats a sweet looking ride, I like the interior very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Those Libres on the car are worth a small fortune now. Nic pics!! Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Beck Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 A couple of days ago a friend of mine took some photos of my Z, and I wanted to share them with you guys... see what you thought. Hi DeLorean: Looks like a pretty nice 240Z, and thanks for sharing the pictures. Personally - I love White/Red 240-Z's. Although I have to say that in my opinion, the Libra's are the best looking wheel - if you like period matching stuff on a more or less stock 240-Z. I still have the original Libra's I purchased for my Blue 72 Z at the end of 1971. I bought them from BRE and still have the invoice. Are you sitting down? As I recall they were $24.95 plus shipping at that point. Today - a really fine, non curb rash set will usually sell for about $75.00 to $85.00 each. This is the Z I drive on most longer Road Trips - Pretty much stock - but with a 83 ZX 5 spd. to keep the RPM's and engine noise lower in the 80-85 mph range. I love driving this Z on the highways and by-ways of America. It's Spring - get out on the roads and see America! FWIW, Carl B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeLorean Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 Carl, your car is gorgeous, those libres sure look a lot better than mine, haha. I have the old invoice for my car from the original owner, but it doesn't list the price of the wheels. I'm glad to know both what they sold for and what a good example will fetch, thanks for that info. barichardson5727: The bumpers are the MSA fiberglass ones, which offer basically no protection, but hey, they look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promark Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Clean Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockerstar Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Small world! I have the same wheels too. I wish they were as clean as Carl's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Beck Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Hi Guys: Should we throw in another "wheel' story? I have a Blue 72 Z that I bought new at the end of 71 - and it has the original set of Libra's on it. The white Z pictured - I'm the second owner of. I wanted another set of Libra's and found a good used set...no curb rash, good round stud holes etc. Plus they were real American Racing Libra's - not the other knock-offs. They were very oxidized when received - so I needed to refresh them. Bead blasted them and they looked much better. HOWEVER... being the first set of old aluminum wheels that I attempted to "refresh"..... da.... I made the mistake of Bead Blasting what is supposed to be a polished outer lip/ rim. No problem - I just had to sand the lip/rim down first - - then again with finer grit - - and finally wet sand them with very fine grit. That had to be followed with lots of polishing... After a few days of sanding - I was down to the final very fine wet sand step. As I was sanding the wheel - rust started to appear!! Yes red rust - I'd wash it off as I was wet sanding, but it kept coming back.... hummm..... this is strange... After a few minutes - I realised that it wasn't "rust" - it was blood from my finger tips!! All that sanding had not only taken some aluminum oxide, and Bead Blasted ruffness off - it had taken layers of skin off my fingers!! Took weeks to heal, and I could hardly touch anything without pain!! Lessons learned... FWIW, Carl B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeshow Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Haha, great story Carl! I'm in the autobody trade, and I too will have smooth or rough fingertips depending what I'm working on that week! I definately feel your pain! Delorean, great looking Z! Post more pics when the new rims are on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartz Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 nice z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade_Charlie Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Those look like a set of 510 wheels that I wanted at one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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