AndrewG

Damn , knew I should have gone to Costco's yesterday...

Great news Nick - fingers crossed for you!

Nice tool, thanks Alex.

For car parts you will be charged duty (4.5%) on the declared value of the goods and then VAT (20%) on the goods, the shipping and duty combined. Plus a courier handing admin fee for customs clearance (usually £12 to £20 depending on the courier). You can appeal if you don't feel the amount charged is correct.

Missing our Club get togethers, I came across these three videos from the FUJI Speedway in Japan taken last December when a large number of 300ZXs turned up together for a meet with (for me) the star of the day the IMSA "75" 300ZX all under a lovely clear blue sky with Mount Fuji in the backgound! The first video shows off the cars whilst the second video (skip to 10:36 if you like) and third video shows "75" opened up to see inside the rear section of the car and then started up (turn up the volume for those). Great to see the iconic car close up - what a great day that must have been!

These have served me well for many years.

I've kept mine over winter in a dry garage and on a battery conditioner at all times (the type you don't need to disconnect the battery). If the car isn't driven for a few weeks then I will move the car by hand (half a revolution of the wheels) to stop any flat spots developing on the tyres. Some brands seen to be more prone to getting them. If you have mild steel in your exhaust system, then a major cause of failure is internal corrosion from acid moisture produced by the combustion process. You need to drive the car after starting it to get rid of it, otherwise it just sits in the system and does its worst.

AFAIK new OEM '89 spec spoilers are NLA (at least in Europe). I was lucky enought to get a new one from Nissan's European stock and at least two other members managed to do the same shortly afterwards. They may still be available from Japan (try jp-carparts.com). Don't give up on getting a s/h spoiler in undamaged condition as I have seen OEM '89 specs spoilers off old wrecks that are in A1 condition. How or why they have remained that way I have no idea, but they do survive. It all depends on how long you are prepared to wait. If you do manage to get one then I can show you how to mount it on the tailgate with the maximum protection to avoid the water damage which kills them. Part# J6030-42P25

Best wishes on your Birthday Jonce!

I'll be up for that.

For the 34139P-30P00 bushings http://www.ttzd.com/tech/bushingstech.html As you had a manual conversion, on reassembly make sure that the upper and lower rubber dust boots (pictures 6 and 7 in the guide) are present and correctly fitted to stop road and transmission noise getting into the cabin. I see that Z1 do a kit for the pivot rebuild which is nice. https://www.z1motorsports.com/z1-products/z1-motorsports/z1-300zx-z32-speed-shifter-rebuild-kit-p-3519.html

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Best wishes to you all and looking forward to seeing you and your cars in person in 2021.

Could be, it can be hard to tell what Nissan got up to when the bean counters got involved. A bit more info on this particular car: http://www.twinturbo.net/nissan/300zx/forums/general/view/2644586/Re-1995-300zx-TT-5-Spd-35600-miles-BAT-Auction.html

The other thing to note that the accent stripe along the bottom of the car is missing, which could suggest new paint.

Writing on behalf of Arthur: http://www.twinturbo.net/ttnettech/autodiag/autodiag.html

Go on then...

Currently up for auction with bidding now at $31,580 with 7 days to run. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1995-nissan-300zx-twin-turbo-13/

Sold for $23,500.

Part# 78822-46P00 (78520M) CABLE ASSEMBLY,GAS FILLER OPENER (showing as NLA in Japan) https://jp-carparts.com/nissan/partlist.php?maker=nissan&type=132&cartype=31&fig=844 (CV is Convertible model in Note column)

If you post the VIN I will look up the parts used in your car. ***Update see further post below****

Meanwhile on this side of the pond... However... https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2020/12/20/strong-support-tier-4-introduction-and-christmas-r

1996 300ZX Twin Turbo Commemorative Edition https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1996-nissan-300zx-twin-turbo-12/ One of the final 300 Z32s produced for the US Market in '96. They were given Commemoration certificates from Nissan along with VINs ending with 960XXX (001 to 300). This particular car has been OEM+'d. The video below is from Winding Road magazine showing 960300 coming off the line.

Looks like it could do this on a bad hair day. Enjoy your new ride!

Links for you Russ. How many blue pots are on your Speedo PCB?