OEM3.0 Litre V6 2960 cc (Code: VG30DE)original engine.
Transmission Type: Purchased with 4Speed Automatic (Code #re4r01a).Replaced in 2007 andthenreplaced again in 2017
Interior Colour:
Purchased with original Grey Tweed (Code #G), retrofitted withOEMBlue Velour (seriesII) interior2012.
Arrival modifications: NOS Sticker on interior rear view mirror, otherwise bone stock fresh import from Japan.
Bad parts on arrival: Cracked frontbumper bar,plenty ofminorscratches and marks onOEMbody paint work,badly rusted battery tray,damaged drivers seat side bolster, missing OEM scissor jack and tool kit,noOEM stereo installed and the dashboard hadthecommon lifted demister vent damage
Date of purchase: September 2006
Build Project Start Date:
January 2012 toNovember 2021
Build Budget: For Parts the budget was unlimited from 2007-2012 (estimated spend was around $60k-$70k)
For paint/bodywork the budget was strictly $5k no more.
Between 2012 to 2021 the budget for the build had diminished to almost nothing,withonlyessential repairs andgeneral maintenance allowed to be spent on the car.
My 300ZX’s Story:
The 300zx was been a car that I fell in love with back in 1997 after playing the original Gran Turismo video game on my PlayStation gaming console as a young 14 year old, with the car’s stunning futuristic aerodynamic body styling being the biggest factor of why I love the 1990 Nissan 300ZX Z32 model.
In 2006 after several years of looking, I finally found an affordable 1989 Nissan 300ZX Z32 to buy in a none turbo 2+2 automatic configuration which had recently been imported into Australia that same year from Japan. I purchased the car for $7550, and it was the biggest day in my life up to that point and I remember having the biggest smile on my face the whole trip home as I was thrilled to finally own my very own Nissan 300ZX.
Over the next 5 years of ownership, I learned a great deal about the ins and outs regarding the Nissan 300ZX and the community that supports it. I attended many community events including tech days and several victorian based car cruises to places like the Great Ocean Road and the Goldfields to name a few. Over those 5 years I have also had the pleasure of meeting a great many amazing and passionate Z32 owners who like me love this car for what it is, a great and unquie japanese sports car. I am glad to have meet them and they will always be life friends to me.
When I purchased my nissan 300ZX, I quickly developed a desire to not just restore my 300zx over time but I also wanted to upgrade it to that of the latest 300ZX model Nissan had ever produced, that being the 2000 Version R 300ZX model sold only in Japan, and are an uncommon sight to see here in Australia and still to this day.
To complish my goal I spent 10's of thousands of dollars sourcing and collecting brand new, rare and optional OEM 300ZX Z32 parts from the United States and Japan over the span of 4 years in an attempt to create the world’s first fully optional Nissan 300ZX that could have ever existed.
In 2012 I had to begin the build phase of the project ahead of sechdule as my partner and I were in the process of organising our wedding day and honeymoon events that following year and so in order for me to help out with paying for some parts of the wedding, I stopped my part sourcing efforts and began the complex task of planning out the dismantling and reassembling phase of the project.
It took me 12 months of hard work to strip down my car and then reassemble it using all of the new and used parts that I had been sourcing over the last 4 years to make it as close to a 2000 special edition model as I could. I was extremely proud of the amazing work my Dad and I had accomplished with the build and I brought the car to its first official outing on the 2012 GOR cruise and the response from the community was very positive and lots of intrigue.
After 2012, my new and improved daily driver was driven as much as possible, almost everyday. The car collected over 100,000 kms after 10 years of driving and though the car was basically finished, I still managed to find more and more rare and optional parts as the years past by and depending on finances new additions to the car we installed but the car remained as is for last 11 years or so.
Insurance payout was $8k after the accident, but the budget has since blown out to an additional $2k with more finances required to complete the rebuild.
Rebuild Project Plans:
Obliviously the main goal of the rebuild is to get the car back to a drivable state and repair the damage, so the car will look like it did before the accident occured. I also feel this is a golden opportunity for me to continue finishing off my original build project that I never really finished back in late 2012.
PARTS ACQUIRED DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY
So this month I actually recieved a couple of rare emblems or badges mainly for the new nose panel setup Im going with for the rebuild. I was not expect
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PARTS ACQUIRED DURING THE MONTH OF MAY
Finally after 2 months of no new parts coming in for the project, May has seen a number of big purchases for the project. I had a big parts order from Nissa
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PARTS ACQUIRED DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE
For this months parts acquisition, I received a very special and as far as I can tell, rare OEM part which ended up coming from all the way in Europe of al
Adam, born 1983, interests include movies, cars, computers and video games.
Model:
12/89 Japanese Domestic Model (series I) None turbo 2+2 Automatic. chassis #GZ32-003944
Build Description:
Complete 2000 model retrofit and OEM+ restoration
Mileage:
Purchased with 97,220km and when I began this build project, the car had reached 190,483km
Body Colour:
OEM Metallic Silver (Paint Code: #673). resprayed in 2012 in same Metallic Silver.
Complete OEM 2000 model body styling retrofit.
Purchased with 4 Speed Automatic (Code #re4r01a). Replaced in 2007 and then replaced again in 2017
Arrival modifications:
NOS Sticker on interior rear view mirror, otherwise bone stock fresh import from Japan.
Bad parts on arrival:
Cracked front bumper bar, plenty of minor scratches and marks on OEM body paint work, badly rusted battery tray, damaged drivers seat side bolster, missing OEM scissor jack and tool kit, no OEM stereo installed and the dashboard had the common lifted demister vent damage
Date of purchase:
September 2006
Build Budget:
For Parts the budget was unlimited from 2007-2012 (estimated spend was around $60k-$70k)