Hi all,

 

been looking on here for a few days now as I was looking for an quick old school jap car looked at skyline’s, supra’s and came across these wow loved them as soon as saw them and looked a the insurance wow even better all the other cars were £2-3k a year and £650 for a 300zx that was me I am now hocked and love them.

 

Sorry if my spelling is really really bad i am not a English teacher i am a window cleaner :blush:

 

 

I haven’t bought a zed yet as just had to buy a new van so will be looking in next 2-3 months for one

 

 

just putting a feelers out i am looking for a twin turbo t bar targa top for a running project will be looking at about £1000 for one

 

 

if any one lives in Birmingham and fancy's taking us for a spin and a sit in that would be really nice just so I now what to expect just being cheeky lol

welcome to the site mate. For 1K you will be getting a rough one.

Welcome Matey :)

 

For 1k you will be getting a rough one that needs a lot of work doing. You would be better spending around the 3k mark and getting a good one. Great as these cars are they will quickly bleed your wallet dry.

Keep your eyes open, a bargain will come up. But be careful, as I have seen some "bargains" that would be a money pit. I just bought mine today, so not far ahead of the stage your at.

 

I know there is a few around, I will be using a company called Euro-Spec for maintaining mine, remember, a complete service belts and all can be as much as £800+ so a car for £200 more, might get from A to B - but eventually it will break down, and will be 1k down the drain.

 

Take your time, you are doing the right thing having your feelers out.

 

Welcome to the Club, I have been here 5 minutes (almost) and have already learnt so much about the car, and meeting some really great people :D

 

 

Check this out, it helped me no end on my test drive: http://www.300zx.co.uk/tech/BuyingZ.htm

Welcome to the club mate, if you clean my windows(inside and out) i will take you for a spin in my TT, lol good luck in your search for a 1k zed ;) they are out there but beware of the tin cancer

thing is i want a project but ya i dont want to have to shed out 2k on engine\ gearbox work i think i could push to 2500 for one as want 2k to spend on aswell to make in a nice car

mate you can get a good deal, I got mine for £1900 and has only done 60,000 kilometers. and one owner from new (see my tread in general section)

 

Thing is he had to sell as he is migrating back to Japan. and too much £ to take car back with him.

i think if i hold bk and wait for the right one for a good price i mite be able to get a bargin as i want a project and this isnt going to be a car for a year i will be keeping this for some time so hope to make some good friends here as will be here for some time.

good plan tim, when I was looking I said bodywork could be a dog, as long as it wasnt rusty and didnt need welding. same for interior. but the engine and gearbox had to be mint. I alwas knew I wanted to tidy one up anyway.

 

Good luck.

Good luck mate, I was same as u, saw one and soooooo wanted one ! Good luck with the 1k one though, I looked at that price range but they were right dogs !

 

I was lucky to buy one of BAZ on here, only had it 4 days, I have driven it every day though, it's the muts nuts ! Lol

 

On the insurance front ....... Yea u can get cheap classic insurance but that's only on a uk car, try quote on jap car and ur. Ack in the 2-3k again, that's what I found anyway.

 

 

Good hunting :)

Footman james insure a jap zed on a classic policy.

 

A £1000 Zed will need work, but you can get them. A £3000 zed will need work, so it depend what you want. Im near Brum too mate, but dont have a zed atthe moment.

 

I know of a nice looking UK car for £1400...

mate you can get a good deal, I got mine for £1900 and has only done 60,000 kilometers. and one owner from new (see my tread in general section)

 

Thing is he had to sell as he is migrating back to Japan. and too much £ to take car back with him.

 

Its great Ryan you got the car for the price you did but wait a couple of years before declaring it a bargain.If its trouble free then you did as you say get a good deal but these cars can hide many faults as they are so complex for the year they were made.Im not trying to rain on your parade but dont want you to expect years of trouble free motoring.The last owners hardly used it and youll want to live in it as a new owner and this is lightly to cause some problems.

Posted by Ryan........complete service belts and all can be as much as £800

 

Maybe at a Nissan dealer, not at a specialist.

 

Jeff TT

words of wisdom from the people that no

Keep your eyes open, a bargain will come up. But be careful, as I have seen some "bargains" that would be a money pit. I just bought mine today, so not far ahead of the stage your at.

 

I know there is a few around, I will be using a company called Euro-Spec for maintaining mine, remember, a complete service belts and all can be as much as £800+ so a car for £200 more, might get from A to B - but eventually it will break down, and will be 1k down the drain.

 

Take your time, you are doing the right thing having your feelers out.

 

Welcome to the Club, I have been here 5 minutes (almost) and have already learnt so much about the car, and meeting some really great people :D

 

 

Check this out, it helped me no end on my test drive: http://www.300zx.co.uk/tech/BuyingZ.htm

 

 

i can do the work my self on any car i have done 99.9% thing u can do on ever car so wud save plenty of money that way at least

Its great Ryan you got the car for the price you did but wait a couple of years before declaring it a bargain.If its trouble free then you did as you say get a good deal but these cars can hide many faults as they are so complex for the year they were made.Im not trying to rain on your parade but dont want you to expect years of trouble free motoring.The last owners hardly used it and youll want to live in it as a new owner and this is lightly to cause some problems.

 

Wise words there too :D

 

JeffTT, Where do u recommend for that type of service, I was getting price from Euro-Spec its £715 + VAT @ 20% = £858 all inc.

Man Nissan Main Dealer would never do that price that sort of service, would prob be £1200+

Scrap that Jeff, added your homepage to my tabs.

 

May use you for a manual conversion too if I cant get on with the Auto lol.

 

 

Is there a way to PM you? I wanted a cost and breakdown of the full service.

Welcome Tim - and good luck with your search for a 300zx!

 

I can only echo what everyone else has already said, so I'll say no more mate!!

 

Richard:thumbup1:

Hi Tim, welcome to the forum buddy

You have to sub to pm mate.

Well worth £20 imho.

I will do Jim, just gotta wait till paid rest of money for car first lol.

 

found leather trim, would look daft with cherry red Z though :(

 

bargain for right Zed though: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/nissan-300zx-leather-seats-and-interior-panels-/251053521866?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Model%3A300+ZX&hash=item3a73f4bbca

Not bad for a Man City Fan and i HATE!!!!!!! City :rant:

I may have a N/A that might interest you?