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Always wondered how such a specialist car with such low mileage gets into such a state.

Good work! Are you cutting out that rust under the filler cap? You'll need to as it will come straight back though.

That's Znut's old car.

Indeed. It was more of an open question rather than a scientific one. From what we see in the press, pedophilia and / or molestation is rife, it can manifest itself in a number of ways through many years and often remain hidden either out of shame or out of fear. I don't believe or know of a way that you could identify a person's cravings if their daily behavior is normal. I have had first-hand experience with this as I was molested as a child - I wouldn't' have normally brought this up, but since we're on the topic.... Thankfully the offender passed away about 10 years ago. It wasn't particularly horrendous in action, but it was unpleasant as it happened a number of times and it freaked me out, you wouldn't even have suspected though. My parents were utterly mortified as it was a close family friend, an Oxford Scholar, a lay preacher and a person you'd never suspect. I had the full support of my family when I did tell them, but it took me about 18 years. I did not take this person to court. Part of me wishes I had, part of me wonders how many other young boys/girls were affected.

But how would you 'cure' or 'prevent' pedophilia?

Maybe - but this is probably because people would rather not look up the definitions.

They have the choice to act on their impulses whether it be above the law or not. 2 consenting homosexuals is a huge difference between non-consensual with a minor. It is a choice if they act on it and pedos act on it in some horrifying ways.

Every time I read the term 'barn find', I ignore what I see. It's a term coined to mean something that's been parked in a corner, probably open to the elements that's been left to rot rather than the term it was originally employed for and that was as a desert car found dry stored in a forgotten garage. 'Drift' and 'barn find'. Buggery.

Hi Dave, would like to pop over this weekend and see what you have. :)

That will need cutting out - they rust from the inside out.

The whole rear end ruins it for me. You'd want it to be original for that price. Those cheapo eBay rear lights really let it down. It's clearly a good example though, but considering its an auto and has had some of the key original features removed, the price is not likely to be achieved.

* Both my trays are still very much intact and have never failed in nearly 13 years of ownership. * Z32s with no trays always look a little weathered / incomplete * It protects the sump from road debris and chipping. * Channels airflow I see absolutely no reason not to have these fitted.

Good spot, however the specs are rather woeful.

The trouble with LED bulbs is they don't diffuse the light very well in lenses that were designed for incandescent bulbs. You can get strong SMD ones, but you don't to be able to see them as a dot through the lens. Weaker ones...are just that. I'm not a big fan of aftermarket exterior LEDs in older cars for that reason; they just don't look right. I've tried them a number of times and have always ended up going back to incandescent bulbs.

Old thread sorry - no, these won't fit, they're too wide. Bulb aperture is 13.5mm and the bulb diameter is around 13.2mm, they are the specialty bulb as sold by Nissan @ £5 a pop. I don't often say things are too expensive for these cars, but £5 for a shitty incandescent bulb is nonsense. The correct bulb is the one Andrew posted, it's a 912 bulb and seemingly very little else uses this which is why it's so expensive.

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To support the front bumper at speed, Nissan fitted a support bracket which is screwed into the bumper support, it is then secured to the centre of the metal cross bar at the lower aperture of the bumper. It stops air pressure tugging the bumper aperture open at speed. That leads to airline cracks in the paint. It's flexible so that if you scuff a curb, it just bends out of the way and returns to the normal position. It's a crude fix that Nissan had, but it's very discrete. Hardly any Z32s have these anymore and the one I found needs a refurb (can't buy these new). So it'll be stripped, new stainless steel clevis pins to be fitted with stainless r-clip and the brackets will be blasted and powder coated black along with the number plate bracket. All super anal.

Yeah, this is the 'last push' to get the outside as factory-fresh as I can. Once the paint and spoiler are sorted, I'll be able to rebuild with the last of the new OEM exterior trim bits. Amazing how much stuff is now no longer available and that will only continue to increase. Rear brake light is now NLS, I'd imagine it won't be long until the roof bar goes. Many nuts and bolts are now gone, rear screen top trim will be gone soon I expect. Very pricey for what it is, but had to get a new replacement before that goes obsolete. One part that I've been trying to get hold of for ages in the bumper support cable. Hardly see them on Z32s now, AndrewG's is the last one I remember. This is NLS, but managed to find one, just need to do a full refurb on it with new stainless fasteners. All the anal stuff to do now!

£500 order placed with Courtesy - mostly trim stuff like targa top bar, new rear wiper arm, rear wiper seal, top trim. Also ordered a red 'Z' logo.

I'm going!

1. Craig (3x Food) 2. (adl) phoenix (sat+sun) 3. Alic + 1 (sat+sun w/food) 4. Gaz+1 (Sat+Sun w/food and Guinness) 5. AndrewG (Sunday) 6. Zed-Racer (Sunday - if the car makes it back on the road this year) 7. RichardSmith + Julia (Sat & Sun, room and dinner) 8. 182stevecup +1 (Sat & Sun) 9. BedZee Man (Sunday) 10. Funkysi (Sunday) - possibly Saturday.

Are you missing a link Alan?

http://page12.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/p535669229