Re: 1972 Datsun 240z
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:55 pm
Sounds great. Might be the same colour as mine. Keep it coming.
leaves me wondering what will happen to the old shell.....maybe we should talk.Page 3 of 4
Re: 1972 Datsun 240z
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 7:45 pm
leaves me wondering what will happen to the old shell.....maybe we should talk.Re: 1972 Datsun 240z
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 7:56 pm
Pm me man, I can't bring myself to scrapping it.
Re: 1972 Datsun 240z
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:01 pm
So the blue 240z will be going to its new home soon, a fellow club member to hopefully be restored to its former glory.
Re: 1972 Datsun 240z
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:04 pm
Good job man. I'm fairly sure that car was for a sale about 2 years ago in maybe Wellington? It was a different colour, had no motor in it at that stage and had a big square hole cut in the bonnet. I thought I had a picture of it around somewhere but can't seem to find it.
Re: 1972 Datsun 240z
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:08 pm
I would be keen on seeing that picture, the bonnet does indeed have a big square hole.
Re: 1972 Datsun 240z
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 4:00 pm
I reckon that was good buying that car.
all the hard work is done.
and good on you for re-L series'ing it
why spend 15-20k restoring shell of your one, when you can pay less than that and get on with driving it!
Hope it comes together easily
all the hard work is done.
and good on you for re-L series'ing it
why spend 15-20k restoring shell of your one, when you can pay less than that and get on with driving it!
Hope it comes together easily
Re: 1972 Datsun 240z
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 5:09 pm
This was the listing, all the details are gone though, you could try contacting the seller on the listing and ask about it?280zx_nz wrote:I would be keen on seeing that picture, the bonnet does indeed have a big square hole.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-ca ... 632684.htm
Re: 1972 Datsun 240z
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 6:47 pm
Fantastic! looking forward to seeing those 17s off haha!
Re: 1972 Datsun 240z
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:39 pm
Last week of freedom before I start study so have been getting stuck into cleaning the L28 and other misc parts that will be going on the new 240z
Gave the carbs a bit of a clean on the outside, might give them a rebuild this week.
Ports have had a bit of a cleanup. Puilled the sparkplugs out to see what sort of pistons it has in it, looks to be standard dished pistons, the bores still show the hone marks clearly. So for this engine to have a 10+ compression ratio the head would have to be shaved correct? Took a photo of the stamps on the head to see if anyone can tell, I personally havent seen too many N42 heads so can't really tell.
Gave the carbs a bit of a clean on the outside, might give them a rebuild this week.
Ports have had a bit of a cleanup. Puilled the sparkplugs out to see what sort of pistons it has in it, looks to be standard dished pistons, the bores still show the hone marks clearly. So for this engine to have a 10+ compression ratio the head would have to be shaved correct? Took a photo of the stamps on the head to see if anyone can tell, I personally havent seen too many N42 heads so can't really tell.
