General Chat
Q:
I scrapped an 82 ZXT body today? This thing was a donor for my project but it was still really sad watching it get hauled away.
This is the second time I have had to have one of my Z's hauled away. The first time, my son totaled my first project ZX. I restored that 280 ZX 2+2 all by myself. That was the Z that gave me the bug and started this whole thing 10 years ago.
What is my problem? Is there therapy for this? I must be really sick!
The first pic is the one that left today, the second, third and forth are of my first ZX.
My first ZX before restoration.
My first ZX after restoration.
When junior totalled it, I was sick.
My wife thinks I'm nuts. Yeh, Z-nuts.
Al from the Great Lakes State
80 ZX project, soon to be Turbo and custom
76 Z Future project
Past Zs
81 ZX 2+2
78 Z
83 ZX
82 ZXT
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once you've been bitten it's hard to come back to reality.remember budget and moderation.probably one of the most expensive addictions.considering each hit costs a couple of hundred here a couple of hundred there.good luck hope you have an understanding wife.
Z's are like woman maintenance,maintenance,maintenance!
1971 240Z gunmetal metalic 5sp 4:11 gears in the rear
illuminas and purchased from the original owner w/136k original miles
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Have your car break down on your at 11:00pm on a saturday night, when its freezing cold outside, forget your mobile, and be just short on money to get your car fixed on the spot (because you were only going to get some donuts). Also make sure your Girlfriend is with you and was already hesitating to come along for the trip, and make sure she cracks it with your car, and walks off on you.
This really helps eliminate some of that love for your Z car...
Promise!
Mines still sitting on the side of the road
82 (RHD - Aust) 280zx 2+2 T-Top, 17inch GeWalt Wheels 235/45's, MSD 6-BTM, Intake and Exhaust work, Lovells Springs, Koni Shocks, Noltec Bushes - stereo got stolen :(
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Lvcien's first tag quote in his signature line!
LOL
People Are Idiots, Just look around here and you will see!
Tony D: "Knowledgeable but Caustic"... rationull
My brother from another mother calls himself "Willie D"
Post Edited (Aug 26, 5:06pm)
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no cure.....
73' 240z: F54 4.2L, OS Giken LY DOHC Crossflow head, 17:3comp.ratio, N33, Tripple SU's, T10 Hybrid Draw-Through TT @ 47pds, Roots&Centrifugal Type supercharger, 3-2-1 headers, Centerforce 4 clutch, 6oz flywheel, R300 differential, Super-Hicas
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That is really sad about your first ZX being totalled by your son. I hope your sone wasnt too banged up in the crash.
The only cure is more Z's and more Z parts. Wait, is that the cure or the disease?
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1978 280Z - I wish I had this much money in my 401K.
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He was OK
He spun out on a wet newly capped road and hit a tree right door hinge area.
Al from the Great Lakes State
80 ZX project, soon to be Turbo and custom
76 Z Future project
Past Zs
81 ZX 2+2
78 Z
83 ZX
82 ZXT
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:) It's strange, I'm working all this overtime at work... yet I still have no extra cash for the Z.. argh...stupid hospital bills...
Soon though, Soon! Just bought a 350ci engine freshly rebiult (about 300 miles on it) and a th400 tranny for 500$ .. just needs a carb.
See Sig below.. --v
"The Z's disease won't make anything turn black, wither, and fall off, nor turn cancerous." - Tony D
"Take it to a track where BOTH drivers mean business or it's just one sided mechanical masterbation." - Hybrid77z
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The best thing you can do is find another Z and restore it.
You know it's the right thing to do.
Ed and Jeanne's
ZXelda 1981 280 ZXT: ZXena 1990 300 ZX
1941 Buick Special Sedanette (Betty)
1956 Dodge Royal (Dorothy)
1971 Buick Riviera (Rita)
1975 Ford F-150 Stepside (Fiona)
1992 Firebird (Frieda)