Happy Birthday Smithy

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December 12, 200916 yr

have a goodun bud :happybday::happybday::happybday:

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Happy Birthday Paul - hope you had a good one

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December 12, 200916 yr

:happybday::happybday:

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December 12, 200916 yr

Hope you had a great day bud - many happy returns! :duffer: :duffer: :duffer:

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Steve :)

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December 12, 200916 yr

Happy Birthday!

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December 13, 200916 yr

Hope you had a good one Smithy! :duffer:

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Sorry to hear the potentially bad news Rob. Worst case I’d opt for the rebuild if budget permits. Be a real shame to see her go but I fully appreciate the practicalities. Good luck and I’m hoping for a less drastic outcome.
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Steve 🙂

By cybernet · 6 hours ago6 hr
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So was all of mine 😎

By JaiKai · 6 hours ago6 hr
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I’m trying not to feel too despondent right now.
Car felt a bit down on power, seemed to be smoking quite a bit, so booked it in for a compression test.
Ran the car out on Saturday to a Cafe and the smoke did seem to clear up so that was a positive.
Then it went in to the garage and 5 cylinders seemed fine at 145-152, but one cylinder was down 20%. It’s at about 120.
Spoke to Jimmer and he said it definitely is in trouble, the smoke suggesting piston rings and so therefore the engine needs replacing or a rebuild. Both expensive.
So I’ve got a bit of a decision to make, not immediately (hopefully) but wondered what people thought.
Sell it now - I’ll be totally honest about it, wouldn’t want to stitch anyone up. If so, what would it be worth? Difficult to guess I know.
New engine - cheaper but would be a shame to lose the original engine. Am I just being sentimental and I shouldn’t worry about that?
Rebuild - the most expensive option. But would be a nicely built, basically all new engine that should last for a long time and would hopefully retain some value being the original with the car.
I might be clutching at straws but could it potentially be something less expensive? (Valves or something)
Photo of it with my dads 968 on Saturday

By RobHowl · 7 hours ago7 hr
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It was AI! I take no credit at all 😂

By RobHowl · 8 hours ago8 hr
FOR SALE — 1990 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo | 67,975 miles | Spares or Repair

Further to my earlier post about my car, I've decided to sell my 300ZX TT and wanted to give the community first refusal before I list it more widely.
I'm sad to have to sell it as I only got it 4 months ago and it was a dream car for me. When I got it, I knew that at £8,000 it would have some issues. It has been serving me well. I've spent some time and money on it, trying to ensure that it ran well - putting new tyres on it, dealing with some leaks, and a variety of other jobs. So long as it kept running and I wasn't having to spend thousands on it, I was happy. Very happy. (You will see from the photos that I have used some black Gorilla tape to deal with a couple of scrapes, and also to do with a gap between lights and the bodywork which I figured would have been causing some unnecessary drag).
Then it overheated and stopped on a journey and had to be taken to a garage. The garage carried out a compression test and found cylinders running 30–40% below expected limits. They said that they checked the timing belt, and that it's fine, and that the problem is likely to be the head gasket. The amount they were quoting to do work on the car was far above what I was prepared to spend on it, especially as I'm not currently employed. So I got the car brought back to my house in Cardiff.
I decided to do one final check of the car myself. I checked the oil, etc, and there were no problems. But the radiator, as expected, was empty. In fact, it accepted around 10-12 litres when refilled, which was a surprise since I thought the capacity was 10 litres. Anyway, when I attempted to start the engine, coolant came out of the right exhaust — confirming a head gasket failure.
I don't know whether someone will want to try to repair this car, or use it to take parts from to fix a 300ZX they already have, but I would rather it's being used positively in either way.
I'm asking for £6,500. Collection only from Cardiff.
Due to site limitations, I can't post images here, but you can find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10162868096443365&set=pcb.3119198181601332

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Happy Birthday Smithy

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