1976 280Z
1976 280Z
Well with special thanks to cam (///Fiveoneoh) I now have a new project car. It needs a bit of work, but it should come up really well. So far all i have done is clean off 3 years of mold and dirt from the body, and strip out the interior (it looked like a rats nest!).
Future plans:
For now, get it running, put a 5 speed from the parts car that came with it in, and lowering springs with new shocks.
I will probibly end up going with a LT1 or Ford 5.0 V8 with full coilovers and 4 wheel disc brakes once the budget and time allows for it though...
Future plans:
For now, get it running, put a 5 speed from the parts car that came with it in, and lowering springs with new shocks.
I will probibly end up going with a LT1 or Ford 5.0 V8 with full coilovers and 4 wheel disc brakes once the budget and time allows for it though...
Re: 1976 280Z
Ahhhhhhhhhh...........a V-8 ! You Bastard !.................just kidding Ray, should be a lot of fun with a 8.Blk68510 wrote:Well with special thanks to cam (///Fiveoneoh) I now have a new project car. It needs a bit of work, but it should come up really well. So far all i have done is clean off 3 years of mold and dirt from the body, and strip out the interior (it looked like a rats nest!).
Future plans:
For now, get it running, put a 5 speed from the parts car that came with it in, and lowering springs with new shocks.
I will probibly end up going with a LT1 or Ford 5.0 V8 with full coilovers and 4 wheel disc brakes once the budget and time allows for it though...
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I did some work to it today and with a new starter from the parts car that came with it, a battery that was borrowed from the 510, and some fresh 94 octain fuel, it fired right up. I installed the new seats and took it up and down the street. It needs some tuneing, has a problem with a high idle, and the turn signals dont work, but other then that, it perfomed alot better then what i had expected it to do... will post more pics soon.
Nobody in the trailer, nobody else there, no address, but you could tell somebody had been there since the tire-marks were in the grass.
I am going to try to contact them tuesday after my exuast gets done, see if I can't pick it up.
I need parts off of it for my 510, and the rest would go onto eBay, UNLESS somebody can offer me something I can't refuse, for the entire thing. If that's the case, it may turn into my side-project car.
I am going to try to contact them tuesday after my exuast gets done, see if I can't pick it up.
I need parts off of it for my 510, and the rest would go onto eBay, UNLESS somebody can offer me something I can't refuse, for the entire thing. If that's the case, it may turn into my side-project car.
Steve Boatman
Grants Pass, OR
1971 510 2DR | KA24DE
Grants Pass, OR
1971 510 2DR | KA24DE
**UPDATE**
Ok the car now:
Is registerd in my name.
Has passed aircare with nothing more then 94 octain fuel.
Has the bumpers removed.
Has no more air conditioning.
And has a verry nice set of suede 240Z seats.
What's left to do:
Install my ZX 5 speed, and 3.90:1 R200, 240Z struts with tokicco shocks, balljoints/tierods, new usethain bushings, install MSA lowering springs, big swaybars front and rear, and toyota 4piston calipers, carpet, and a new dash.
I still have alot of work ahead. I havent tried to see how fast it will go because of the super soft suspension, but it seems pretty quick the way it is.
Ok the car now:
Is registerd in my name.
Has passed aircare with nothing more then 94 octain fuel.
Has the bumpers removed.
Has no more air conditioning.
And has a verry nice set of suede 240Z seats.
What's left to do:
Install my ZX 5 speed, and 3.90:1 R200, 240Z struts with tokicco shocks, balljoints/tierods, new usethain bushings, install MSA lowering springs, big swaybars front and rear, and toyota 4piston calipers, carpet, and a new dash.
I still have alot of work ahead. I havent tried to see how fast it will go because of the super soft suspension, but it seems pretty quick the way it is.