So then. After a 380 mile round trip with a car transporter (which inconveniently blew its turbo 200 miles from home) I finally made it back home with todays purchase. 

Just about everyone knows this car, even the Rozzers in Lithuania probably know it. So I'll not do much waffling about the cars history. Other than to say it's a 99 spec NA and I envisage some pain in my future. 

Now where to start.... Well it'll have to be with rust. So first on my list is to get the interior trim out and see what is to be seen. And then see if I can get a boroscope into the sills and see how bad they are. 

Other things to investigate/sort (if anyone has anything to check for each item please comment. 

1. Oil pressure gauge barely shows any movement no matter temp of engine or engine load. Can't remember if that's normal. 

2. Temp gauge flickers into the cold end of the scale if accelerating hard

3. Dash lights (back lights) inoperative

4. Driver window goes down fine but then takes an age to go up whilst clicking as it does. Passenger window is marked and needs replacing. 

5. Intermittently whining from a wheel (suspect a caliper is sticky) 

6. Did I mention rust? Rear of rear wheel arches need some attention. 

7. Strip out all suspension. Media blast, paint, replace bushes. Install new drop links. 

8. Whilst all that's off remove the manky underseal from the chassis. Clean up everything. Paint with POR15. 

8.5. Pull radiator and see what the condition of the lower support is like. Weld as required same time as 9 below. 

9. Get the replacement sill panels from Luke, take to a welder, get the sills made good and anything else that needs metalwork. 

10. Full spray - bonnet doesn't currently match. Various scratches and stone chips to sort. 

11. New dipped headlight bulbs. Current ones seem at the 6000k end of the spectrum and much too blue for my liking. Will try and get some 4600k to replace. 

This list is going to grow as I've only done 20 miles on the car so far. 

Oh. And replace the short shifter with an OEM unit. Will do a trade if any member wants a straight swap. 

Other than that, it looks a tidy purchase Alex...…!

Welcome back mate - and good luck with your new toy

Did this one belong to Baz at one point. I very seriously considered purchasing that car myself some 5-7 years back. 

18 minutes ago, Stephen said:

Did this one belong to Baz at one point. I very seriously considered purchasing that car myself some 5-7 years back. 

Yep. Been through a couple of owners since Baz

Best of luck, it’s good to see it still kicking about. Some of these cars refuse to die. 

Great to have you back in a z32 Alex and good luck with your new project mate. ?

Welcome to the "Hotel California" Alex - great to see you back onboard! Look forward to reading your very own Journal on the car.

Things I've added to the to do list today - 

12. Remove rear subframe and remove the locking collars, and replace bushes. Hate those collars. Make the ride so harsh. 

13. Replace the Japspeed exhaust for something less drainpipe like. I want a B&B, but will likely end up getting custom as cheaper. 

14. New gaitors needed, and steering wheel needs recovering. 

15. Find out why the key won't open the boot. Fix the central locking. Might have to replace the full set of locks and ignition barrel as the key comes out at position 1.

16. New boot struts. Got hit twice today whilst trying to see in the wheel well - which is covered in cheap ass dynomat so can't see what condition it's in. Something else to do. 

I'm back off to the boat soon, so will be a while before I get chance to look into any of this. Once I start I'll create one of those member journals. 

3 hours ago, AndrewG said:

Welcome to the "Hotel California" Alex - great to see you back onboard! Look forward to reading your very own Journal on the car.

 

Welcome back dude. Look forward to following the progress, it sounds like this Z is in the right hands. [emoji41]