I'm not sure if this is the correct place to start a build/project thread so let me know if I need to move it elsewhere. On the 3rd of December I picked up a really nice fresh import from the lovely people at Torque GT in Devon. If anyone is looking to import a car I'd highly recommend them but that's another discussion.

 

 

I got a toy 300ZX when I was 4 and since then I've always wanted one. Getting a PS1 with Gran Turismo only made the obsession worse so for the past few years it's always been in the back of my mind to get one but I wanted to go all out and get the best one I could afford. Zelda is completely rot free, literally not a bit. I think she must have been garaged in Japan her whole life because it's just incredible and I'm very happy about it. Here are the pictures of the car I was given at the dockyard in japan prior to shipping. I was already excited when I saw these and I hadn't even seen the car in person yet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That last one of the completely rust free underside made me especially pleased. When it arrived to the UK Torque GT took care of the registration, the MOT, changed all fluids and filters, changed the front discs and pads, two new rear tyres, full underseal protection, new speedo fascia and a HUD, a cambelt change as well as their 130 point check all within the asking price of the car! Literally all I had to do was go and sign the paperwork and get the keys to drive it home. My drive home was 180+ miles so it was a good chance to get to know the car a bit more and I was grinning from ear to ear the whole time. Took this as I parked it after driving home on the 3rd of December.

 

 

Got a few things in mind for it but it's lovely to drive as it stands so not in a rush :)

I also have a few more pictures but didn't want to overload the one post. Will put them up in a moment.

Nice one Joe, looks a lovely example, welcome buddy :-)

Welcome to the Club Joe, lovely looking car mate, plenty of help, advice and camaraderie on here:thumbup: Oh, and welcome to the TK3 club also:biggrin:

I had some fun with the car over the Christmas holidays whilst visiting my family near York. This included a trip to Whitby via the Lion Inn on Blakey Ridge on Boxing Day. Would highly recommend this for a drive, spectacular roads and scenery, a decent pub halfway there and awesome fish and chips once you get to Whitby :) Here are some pictures from that day, I was very pleased that I managed to keep up with my friends M4 because that's a flipping quick car!

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the same road used by Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear for his feature on the BMW i8, properly good road as long as you watch out for sheep!

 

After this a friend of mine who is a great photographer took some pictures of the car. I'll post a few below but the link to the full album is: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ADImagesUK/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10154865545589520

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks guys, I'm absolutely chuffed to bits with it. It's such a satisfying car to drive and they're genuinely rare and unusual these days. One guy asked me if it was a Trans Am. He thought I was driving round in KITT from Knight Rider or something haha. Got a few more pics (sorry for uploading them in stages, my mind just can't compute all of them at once) so here goes!

 

Whilst the standard wheels are actually pretty nice (especially as far as 90's cars go) I thought the car could be made to look a bit cooler if it had something a bit more meaty. A set of decent condition Volk Evolution 4, forged 18's came up for sale at a good price so last weekend I took a trip to gravesend to go get them. Gave them a wash and put them on the car and this is what she looks like now. Very happy.

 

 

 

 

As for the future? It's a lovely car and I think it would make a great GT car for road trips and going to Wales etc. things like that so that will probably what I use it for and will maybe make a few slight modifications if I see room for improvement. I say this but last time I bought a car and said I wasn't going to modify it I developed a carbon fibre addiction and this happened...

 

 

 

 

 

 

But the Mazda was a rusty old basket case with 140,000 miles on it that I got for £900 so I didn't feel bad about hacking that up. Hopefully having a minty fresh car will stop me from being tempted... :tongue_smilie::innocent:

Lovely Z and very rare to see them imported with the "Nissan" nose badge rather than the Jap "Z" badge.

Yeah, that my thoughts too. It has a black "Z" badge in the middle of the dash which has a hole underneath it so I think they used it to cover up a hole left by some extra dash mounted gauges. Bit annoying really and I think I will put a Z badge on it at somepoint just don't know what colour to go for. I saw a Blue one which looked pretty swish but I reckon I'll probably just go for black.

Yeah, that my thoughts too. It has a black "Z" badge in the middle of the dash which has a hole underneath it so I think they used it to cover up a hole left by some extra dash mounted gauges. Bit annoying really and I think I will put a Z badge on it at somepoint just don't know what colour to go for. I saw a Blue one which looked pretty swish but I reckon I'll probably just go for black.

 

A red z badge would look nice

 

Welcome to the Club Joe. Lovely looking car and in my favourite colour!

 

You can change out the dash from a breaker to get rid of that hole. I know I would.

Yeah, I thought about getting hold of another dash or perhaps getting it trimmed in black leather if that's doable? Will have to have a word with Si (Mondo) he's probably busy and I'm probably skint but would like to change some of the interior to leather and alcantara.

 

That red nose badge looks better than I expected... Might have to give it a go...

I do have one I could bring to Ace Cafe, but thats assuming no one else has dibs on it.

If nobody else has dibs on it I'll bring my wallet. :tongue_smilie:

Looks like a lovely example and a superb colour [emoji41] I had to double take when I saw the title Zelda as it was the name of quite a well known club car a few years back. Seems to be a distant memory now though so it's about time we had a new Zelda on the scene [emoji106] Welcome to the club.

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Looks like a lovely example and a superb colour [emoji41] I had to double take when I saw the title Zelda as it was the name of quite a well known club car a few years back. Seems to be a distant memory now though so it's about time we had a new Zelda on the scene [emoji106] Welcome to the club.

 

Thanks mate, I've just realised which car is yours! I was chatting to Simon about interior stuff at the NEC and was ogling over yours as well as that was before I had collected mine. Properly lovely car, perhaps there's room for a mine at the NEC this year? As long as I've had it detailed first so as not to look too bad next to yours haha.

I commented on this car on Torque GT facebook page, I hoped you would end up a member on here

I commented on this car on Torque GT facebook page, I hoped you would end up a member on here

 

Are you Dean by any chance? Just had a look at the comments on Torque GT's post and someone from Bridgend mentions having had a few of these.

Are you Dean by any chance? Just had a look at the comments on Torque GT's post and someone from Bridgend mentions having had a few of these.

 

Yes that would be Dean.:yes:

I haven't updated this in flipping ages so thought I would add some pretty pictures taken recently.

 

JDMK vs KOD meet

 

Parked in a WW2 bomb hole in the woods near Stowe school [emoji23]

 

Even made it into the reader rides section in Banzai!

 

 

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Unfortunately a rather lovely Z is being broken recently but fortunately that meant I was able to buy these tail lights. Excited for them to arrive!

 

 

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Yep poor Keith's car. A truly stunning feature with the only flaw is it's an NA and can't obtain higher prices for what it's worth. Worth more in the parts it seems.

 

That's also a fairly dated picture it seems it's got a Central20 spoiler now.

Yeah, I would love to be able to buy the whole car so it sorta could live on as a turbo with mine but I just don't have the money and he's already started breaking it. The pic was the best one I could find of the lights. Didn't bother asking how much the impul kit would be because I know I can't afford it.

 

 

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I don't have to I already have one hehe

I only really like the front bumper. Not overly fussed about the rest. For me the standard bumper needs a little extra something like a splitter or a lip to give it a bit more attitude.

 

 

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I think it has to be in the right colour. He is missing the lenses but this is what i'm going for (OEM impul, pic courtesy of a member on here)

I'm not a fan of his rear because he's missing a very important option that is the mesh.

The skirts are probably the best skirts for the Z (imo), but the spoiler is not everyones cup of tea.

I might just make my own splitter out of something.

 

 

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I might just make my own splitter out of something.

 

 

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Cardboard and sticky backed plastic. :lol: