My names Tom and I have an addiction...

 

Ive bought another one... god help me, my black one isnt even finished yet! My "new" one is a red UK Twin Turbo model. Its been well looked after until the guy I just bought it off had it. It done 80K and the cosmetically its very good, mechanically (apart from brakes from where its been sitting) its good. Structurally is a bit of another story... It does have rust, part for the passenger sill is rusty, most of the drivers sill is rusty and the offside rear arch has a hole big enough for my fist... in fact it might have been my fist that made it!

 

A friend and I went up to Yorkshire to collect it yesterday and boy was it a trip and a half. Choice took ages to get the van ready, got stuck on the M25 because two lorries decided that crashing into each other and dropping fuel over the motorway was exactly what was needed and then having to deal with rush hour traffic through Bradford and keighley. On the way back one of the straps holding the car to the beavertail decided to snap, so after taking the strap off on the hard shoulder and driving slowly to the services, we re-attached the strap to find the nearside outer rear wheel was completely flat! After spending 30 mins trying to get some air into it we were back on the road. Arrived home at 12:30am (5 hours after we expected to be home), woke everyone up offloading and parking the car in my car park and now im back up to to go drive some buses all day!

 

Ill add some more pictures later, but here are a couple to wet your appetites...

 

 

Hi tom... (imagine 10plus people saying that, lol)

 

I've done many a road trip too for a zed and the biggest one I did I travelled down near to south end on sea from Scotland and back

with a low loader, and I ended up breaking her after I bought it.

 

When you catch the zed bug you just can't help yourself.

 

I've spent thousands on my main zed but still eye up bargains I see on ebay or at local auctions.

 

Then the wife slaps me and brings me back to reality. :)

Nice one Tom and look forward to seeing your restoration pics :thumbup:

Well done Tom for saving another UK Spec! Good luck with your new project.

Nice one and good save! Once that spoiler has been removed and some nice wheels fitted, it will lift the car instantly. Good luck with the project!

 

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....liking the colour coded recovery vehicle too!

keep ther spoiler. looks ok long as you dont bolt any body kits onto it

I'll be keeping the spoiler as its the same as the one on my black one. The wheels will be going and some OEMs going on. No body kits will be added so don't worry! It will be a long term project as I've just used 4months savings to buy it and get it home, but ill start saving to get it all welded and fixed. The brakes hardly work but I'm hoping thats where its been sitting. I'm hoping to get it ready for the Monte Carlo rally next summer. Fingers crossed!

I'm hoping to get it ready for the Monte Carlo rally next summer. Fingers crossed!

 

Sounds interesting, any further info?

I made a post about it last month I think. Just an idea I had and would love to make it work for everyone.

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?182621-The-Inaugural-Monte-Carlo-Z-Rally&highlight=monte+carlo

Nice one Tom and look forward to seeing your restoration pics :thumbup:

 

Well done Tom for saving another UK Spec! Good luck with your new project.

 

Yup - what they said....:thumbup1:

Here are a few more pictures for you. As you can see, there is a bit of rust to sort out and then get sprayed, but it looks like a good clean car... Inside its in good condition and the outside except for the rust seems straight and very red still! The only issue is that my neighbours rang my landlord and complained that I had two cars in the garage and was doing car maintenance down there (apparently we are not allow to fix cars in the garage?!) so Ive had to park my black one on the road outside as this one isnt taxed and MOT'ed. oh and for you keen eyed out there, yes the tax disc in the window does say 10/07...

 

Hi tom... (imagine 10plus people saying that, lol)

 

I've done many a road trip too for a zed and the biggest one I did I travelled down near to south end on sea from Scotland and back

with a low loader, and I ended up breaking her after I bought it.

 

When you catch the zed bug you just can't help yourself.

 

I've spent thousands on my main zed but still eye up bargains I see on ebay or at local auctions.

 

Then the wife slaps me and brings me back to reality. :)

 

OH.... you come down to my area and don't pop in for a coffee and bacon sarnie....... You take our Z's without even a hello........ :ph34r:

OH.... you come down to my area and don't pop in for a coffee and bacon sarnie....... You take our Z's without even a hello........ :ph34r:

 

Whats worse taking Zs or women without a hello?!

 

It was a rushed mission, but next time ill pop in for a coffee and bacon sarnie, cant say no to bacon....ever.... :lol:

OH.... you come down to my area and don't pop in for a coffee and bacon sarnie....... You take our Z's without even a hello........ :ph34r:

 

Whats worse taking Zs or women without a hello?!

 

he'd have taken your lass lol

So today a friend and I had a good play with the new red nissan. We have found a few problems and I need some advice.

 

1) It has white smoke at idle. Once its gets any type of revs (1000+) seems to be less smoke.

2) Idle seems rough, It feels like a big american V8 and moves the car around.

3) It seems to idle on 4 or 5 or 6 cylinders and seems to constantly switch between 4 or 5 or 6. However seems to run smoothly on 6 once under power.

4) Its got a stuck near side front caliper that got very hot!

5) Rust. Alot of rust. Driver side sill front to back gone. drivers side wheel arch gone. Passenger side sill going, both foot wells gone. Rear bumper supports gone.

6) The offside front indicator doesnt work, We changed the bulbs over and its not a broken bulb.

7) Rusty suspension.

8) Drivers side window switch doesnt work

9) passenger side front seat doesnt tilt forward/backwards.

10) Clutch is very heavy

11) brakes dont work.

12) Rear bumper not really attached

13) The upper radiator pipe is half snapped. The short pipe that attaches to that is barely being held on, but not leaking yet!

14) The last time it was taxed and on the road was June 2007

 

So the good points:

 

1) The interior is lovely

2) 80K mileage that is genuine

3) New Stainless exhaust that looks like it was more than the cars worth!

4) Paint is red and hasnt faded

5) Personal number plate

6) Doesnt leak

7) No cracked rear lights

8) Someone has installed dump valves and they do sound kinda funky. I may get bored of them later though. we will see!

9) seems to be the top of the range model and has heated leather seats and front light washers

10) targa roof blinds and targa bags, tool kit etc all there in great condition

 

So this will slowly be fixed and hopefully on the road. The plan is to get it going for the monte carlo trip. Ill drive the red one and my wife will take the black one!

 

Im putting it in for an MOT this week just for fun too! wish me luck! :lol:

So This is the problem with the radiator:

 

 

Ive managed to jam the hose on so the car can be moved around and wont leak, but im guessing ill need a new radiator?

 

Ive managed to jam the hose on so the car can be moved around and wont leak, but im guessing ill need a new radiator?

 

Quite a common problem - the plastic fracturing from stress fatigue and/or overtightening the clamp. Replacement required.

if you break it I would be interested in the manual gearbox conversion,

 

thanks

if you break it I would be interested in the manual gearbox conversion,

 

thanks

 

sorry, I wont be breaking it, This is a long term project to save it