Markyb300

That t-shirt went missing off my washing line last year !!! I didn't realise my missus has shrunk it that much though !!

Thanks guys, At the moment it's a toss up between Florida, Canada and the Balearics......in fact I'm off to the Med in a couple of weeks to do some serious research. The internet is great but no substitute for being on the ground. Then Florida after that. I was in Canada at the end of last year on the same exercise. An odd mix I grant you but we've had it with this place. I think the US and Canada would be a real problem but with the Balearic Islands keeping it might be a possibility. Of course I'm NOT basing the choice on whether I could keep the Z or not !! :D :D :D It would break my heart to sell her ! Mark

It looks like we will be emigrating this year so my baby will probably have to go !!! If I get a sensible offer I'll throw in her mother too !! No seriously - THE CAR !!! Any thoughts on value ? I know you never get back what you put in but it's got loads of goodies on it - including the paint !! £5k ? Maybe ? Mark

I had mine done by Luke at Zcentre but supplied all the bits myself from a scrapped car I found in a yard. When I told my insurance company (Admiral) they told me it would raise the insurance group from 20 to 39 !! I told them they could stick that and I would be cancelling immediately - the response "Let me have another look at that for you sir........ok on this occassion we'll keep the rating where it is" They tried the same thing when I changed the colour ! I told them that on both occassions the new colour / manual gearbox were all Nissan parts and if I'd looked hard enough could have found a car already done and that wouldn't have been quoted as a group 39 - which they couldn't deny !! But haveing said all that I love it as a manual !! Except when I'm stuck in traffic - which is a lot around here !! Mark

Trust me it's like a steel girder ! I doubt there's another on the market as strong - although I've not done any comparison tests obviously :D I've attached some other pics....... I got mine in the US but I think they are available over here too - I'm sure someone else on here got the same one of UK eBay.

Perfect fit........

Chris Are the trims along the doors chrome ? Are they the stock trim stripped to reveal the chrome ? Just wondering........ Mark PS Nice car !

I know of two kids locally that are PAID to go to school FFS !!!!! What is this place coming too ???? It's indicative of a complete loss of any idea of what is right and wrong ! I'm not saying that the Tories and right wing policies are neccessarily perfect but New Labour socialism is a joke ! In the news today it has cost us £1billion to part privatise the London Underground ! WHAT ????? HOW ?????? It doesn't make any sense these days no matter how you look at it all. Just my tw'penneth worth...... Mark

He's a very nice man ! Joking aside Luke's a top bloke IMHO. Mark

hmph while I just get up on my soap box........ Right.........the problem with the housing market today is that it no longer bears any relation to earnings. It used to be that you could get 3 x income or 2 & 1/2 x joint, or something like that. What that meant was house prices roughly related to a household income. But greedy lenders saw an opportunity to make ever more profits out of their customers by kind of looking the other way on income multiples, upping the multiples or simply offering non-status loans. Either way this meant that with more funds available the price of houses was inevitably going to rise far faster than the rise in incomes. In reality it doesn't really matter to most people what their house is worth. It's not cash in your pocket. You can only really realise any cash by either selling up and going in to rented or trading down. Neither very attractive really. The price of housing is dictated by what you can borrow to buy it - by breaking the 3 x multiple (or thereabouts) principle the lenders have facilitated such ridiculous values. Where I live houses cost f**king fortunes. All my family think I'm rich but it's bo**ox ! I just pay higher council taxes because the house is 'worth' more. what the f**k that has to do with my ability to pay more is a mystery to me ! Like I said, it's not cash in my pocket. I don't know if I speak for anyone else but I certainly feel a slave to my house and mortgage ! It would seem a good idea to move to a more affordable area but this is where I grew up, all my friends are, my kids schools and their friends. I'm stuck because a few rich bankers decided to milk the rest of us even more than they already were. I think the authorities need to step in and introduce the concept of prudent and sensible lending. Otherwise where will it end. IIRC 'mortgage' is derived from the French language meaning something like 'death pact' - I fully expect to die still paying for my house !! Great !! :headvswal Monster Raving Loony Party Sorry about that - this is probably utter rubbish and in the wrong place anyway. Mark Right what's next on my Victor Meldrew list of hates ?

I got one when I had the car converted to manual by Luke years ago so haven't tried without - but I like the positive nature of the shift. Well worth it IMHO Mark

Definitely replace the A-piller and Oil Pressure, Boost and Water Temp for the guages. Just be careful when you first drive the car with them in ! I spent the whole time oggling the guages instead of looking where I was going !! Mark

Steve No knocking at all thank goodness. I went for it as it looked the most substantial available and I thought it would eliminate any flex there might be at the front of the car. Ya5een IIRC I tried it that way round by mistake and it wouldn't fit :confused: I seem to remember it did rub on the plenum - maybe I just have a terrible memory and I'm a crap mechanic :D !! Any recommendation for a rear bar ? Any pics anyone ?

Yep it's fine. Although I can only imagine how tight it must be under there !!

Mine came from the States $130 IIRC. It's lovely but scarily close to the plenum :confused:

Same as mine !! FLAMIN' GORGEOUS !!

See Topless (among others) for a manual and TT conversion ! £1k for a good TT engine and ancilliaries £750(?) for all the manual bits Fitting (?) Maybe £6-7k including the cost of the car ? Worth considering ? Would be a hell of a car !!

There's one on Autotrader right now ! £3,950 SWB N/A in Silver.......

Saw this..... http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/cars_search.asp?modelexact=1&lid=search_used_cars_full&make=NISSAN&model=300+ZX&variant=&keywords=swb&min_pr=75&max_pr=&mileage=&agerange=&postcode=kt5+8hq&miles=200&max_records=200&source=0&sort=5&ukcarsearch_full=SEARCH I realise it's a NA but still too cheap if you ask me ! Mark

WOW !! What a soundtrack !!!! :bow: :bow: :bow: I wish London was that quiet first thing in the morning ! I reckon the Met would probably chuck a stinger across the road if you tried it nowadays - and of course TFL would want their £5 !! Thank God I was driving my son's 1.0 Peugeot 206 that night or I would have been in serious trouble !! Mark

All the parts for my manual conversion came out of a swb tt slick top in a scrap yard in Hants - looking back it wasn't badly damaged at all - a front wing and drivers door the only obvious damage. Maybe I should have bought the whole car and put it back on the road.........although it was silver so it would have been a bit slow ! Feeling a bit guilty now :( Mark

Just looking at this picture from an ad on ebay for a dash kit........ Am I going mad or is the centre console (handbrake, ash tray etc) the wrong way round ? My J-spec car is opposite to this and yet both are right hand drive :confused: :confused: :confused: Is this a photo-shop effort and will the kit therefore be wrong for a right hand drive car ? Mark

Sorry to waver from the subject but...... Sgt C - where did you get the leather interior ? Is it a kit (Z Centre etc) or a one-off re-trim ? Cheers Mark

Danny that's more than I used to get out of my boss ! He just used to look at me vacantly - you know 'the lights are on but no-ones home' But all valid points. Mark

PS these are currently on Yahoo in Japan (eBay) and the bidding is at JPY17,000 (£90 ish). Mark