markz312+2turbo
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HI, I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE MY PROJECT WITH OTHER Z31 LOVERS
BASICLY THIS PERTICULAR Z31 HAS ALOT OF SENTIMENTAL VALUE TO ME,I WAS 15 AND I WAS IN FOSTER CARE FOR 2 YEARS (1998-2000 ) AT A PERTICULAR HOUSEHOLD AND IN HIS GARAGE HE HAD A DATSUN Z31. IT WAS NOT IN USE AT THE TIME, HE SAID IT HAD BEEN PUT INTO HIBERNATION FOR THE LAST YEAR.. I LOVED IT FROM THE VERY FIRST SECOND I SAW IT. MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS, WOW! I FREEKING LOVE THIS CAR!! . ON THAT DAY WE TOOK HER OUT THE GARAGE AND I CLEANED HER UP, POLISHED HER AND FOR MY REWARD HE TOOK ME UP HIS MILE LONG DRIVE, AND IT WAS WELL WORTH ALL THE EFFORT
I LOVED THE SOUND OF THAT OLD V6 FIRING UP AND PURRING LIKE A FAT CAT.LOL
AFTER THAT DAY I TOOK HER OUT THE GARAGE EVERY MONTH, CLEANED HER UP, POLISHED IT,CHECKED THE OIL, PLUGS AND HAD A GOOD LOOK AROUND HER, JUST TO LISTEN TO THE ENGINE AND FOR THE RIDE
I LEFT THAT FOSTER HOME IN 2000 AND THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER RIDE IN HER AGAIN..............HOW WRONG WAS I!!!!
IN FEBUARY THIS YEAR I WENT TO PAY MY OLD FOSTER PARENT A VIST AND SOON STARTED ASKING ABOUT THE Z31, TO MY COMPLETE AND UTTER AMAZMENT, HE STILL HAD HER WE WENT TO THE GARAGE AND I WAS SHOCKED, AND I MEAN SHOCKED
SHE HAD BEEN SAT FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS, NEVER BEING TAKEN OUT, NEVER CLEANED, NEVER CHECKED OVER I MEAN THE CAR WAS A BLOODY MESS AND I WASENT IMPRESSED. I SPENT MY TEEN YEARS THINKING AND WISHING I HAD THAT CAR.
I SAID NOTHING EXECPT HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR HER? HIS REPLY WAS, '' I HADENT THOUGHT ABOUT IT '' SO I SAID START THINKING.LOL WE CAME TO A PRICE, WHICH MIGHT SOUND ALOT TO YOU ALL BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER ITS VALUE TO ME.........WE AGREED ON £500. NOW I THINK THATS FAIR, SEEMING AS IT IS A Z31, 2+2 TARGRA TURBO
THE INSIDE IS LIKE BRAND NEW, SMELLS FUNKY BUT IN REALLY GOOD CONDITION . NOW, THE EXTERIOR...............
WHAT CAN I SAY EXCEPT HOLY SH*T !! THERE WAS IVY GROWING ON THE PASSENGER WING AND ACROSS THE BONNET, A FAIR FEW MM OF DUST ALL OVER, RUST ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND AT SOME POINT, A FAMILY OF SQUIRELLS HAD BEEN LIVING IN THE ENGINE BAY, STASHED NUTS EVERYWHERE.LOL, THERE WERE NUT CASINGS ALL OVER THE ENGINE BAY, IN THE AIR FILTER BOX, UNDER THE INLET MANIFOLD, IT TOOK 6 HOURS TO GET THEM ALL OUT FROM THE SPARK PLUGS.LMAO. THEY HAD MUNCHED THRU THE HT LEADS, BATTERY CELL LIDS, VARIOUS WIRES ( LITTLE BAST***S LOL, I CHECKED HER ALL OVER, FLUIDS SEEMED OK, FUEL WAS STALE, OIL WAS CHANGED PRIOR TO HIBERNATION. I CHANGED THE FUEL AND PRIMED HER UP. I CHECKED THE TIMING BELT, AUXILLIRY BELTS AND THEY WERE OK, ALTHOUGH DUE TO THE LENGHT OF TIME BEING STOOD, I WOULDNT HAVE TRUSTED THEM UNDER LOAD IE;BEING DRIVEN.ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED AS IT WERE, AND ON WENT THE JUMP LEADS.
SHE TOOK A BIT OF STARTING DUE TO ME KINDA FLOODING HER A BIT. I DISSCONNECTED THE COIL LEAD SO IT WOULDNT START AT FIRST. I WANTED TO TURN HER OVER TO MAKE SURE NOTHING INTERNAL WAS WRONG, AND TO GET SOME OIL UP AROUND THE ENGINE. WHEN SHE DID START, SHE SEEMED OK, THE EXHAUST HAD BASICLY ROTTED WAY SO IT WAS LOUD
I LEFT IT RUNNING FOR 30 MINS AND ALL SEEMED OK. IT WAS MISSING A LITTLE, AND THERE WAS NO SMOKE. I GAVE HER A REV AND THE TURBO SPOOLED UP NICLEY,BUT I DIDNT GO MAD WITH THE REVS .
OUT CAME THE HOSE PIPE, THE CAR SHAMPOO AND A FLOOD OF MEMORIES SHE CAME UP AMAZINGLY WELL. SOME PAINT WORK CRACKED OFF WHISLT THE CLEAN UP BUT SHE WAS LOOKING 110% BETTER. ON THAT DAY I ARRANGED FOR A LOW LOADER TO PICK HER UP AND TAKE IT TO MY PLACE.
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, THE STORY OF HOW I GOT MY FIRST Z31.
THE ONLY DISSAPOINTING THING IS I DIDNT TAKE PICS OF HER WHEN SHE CAME OUT OF THE GARAGE AFTER STANDING 10 YEARS BUT HEY, I WAS EXCITED
NOW I AIM TO HAVE MY PROJECT HERE ON THIS THREAD.I JUST HAVE TO WORK OUT HOW TO UPLOAD MY PICS HERE
IM SURE I WILL FIGURE IT OUT. SO YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO CHECK BACK AND SEE THE PROGRESS
CAN I JUST SAY I WELCOME ALL COMMENTS, ADVICE WOULD BE GREAT BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE ROASTING OTHER FELLOW OWNERS, PLEASE BEAR IN MIND IM NOT A QUALIFIED MACHANIC, PANEL BEATER, SPRAYER ETC. IM SELF TAUGHT AND I GET BY BUT ID STILL LIKE TO HEAR YOUR OPINIONS !
THANKS FOR READING AND TAKING AN INTEREST
BASICLY THIS PERTICULAR Z31 HAS ALOT OF SENTIMENTAL VALUE TO ME,I WAS 15 AND I WAS IN FOSTER CARE FOR 2 YEARS (1998-2000 ) AT A PERTICULAR HOUSEHOLD AND IN HIS GARAGE HE HAD A DATSUN Z31. IT WAS NOT IN USE AT THE TIME, HE SAID IT HAD BEEN PUT INTO HIBERNATION FOR THE LAST YEAR.. I LOVED IT FROM THE VERY FIRST SECOND I SAW IT. MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS, WOW! I FREEKING LOVE THIS CAR!! . ON THAT DAY WE TOOK HER OUT THE GARAGE AND I CLEANED HER UP, POLISHED HER AND FOR MY REWARD HE TOOK ME UP HIS MILE LONG DRIVE, AND IT WAS WELL WORTH ALL THE EFFORT
I LOVED THE SOUND OF THAT OLD V6 FIRING UP AND PURRING LIKE A FAT CAT.LOLAFTER THAT DAY I TOOK HER OUT THE GARAGE EVERY MONTH, CLEANED HER UP, POLISHED IT,CHECKED THE OIL, PLUGS AND HAD A GOOD LOOK AROUND HER, JUST TO LISTEN TO THE ENGINE AND FOR THE RIDE
I LEFT THAT FOSTER HOME IN 2000 AND THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER RIDE IN HER AGAIN..............HOW WRONG WAS I!!!!
IN FEBUARY THIS YEAR I WENT TO PAY MY OLD FOSTER PARENT A VIST AND SOON STARTED ASKING ABOUT THE Z31, TO MY COMPLETE AND UTTER AMAZMENT, HE STILL HAD HER
WE WENT TO THE GARAGE AND I WAS SHOCKED, AND I MEAN SHOCKED SHE HAD BEEN SAT FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS, NEVER BEING TAKEN OUT, NEVER CLEANED, NEVER CHECKED OVER
I MEAN THE CAR WAS A BLOODY MESS AND I WASENT IMPRESSED. I SPENT MY TEEN YEARS THINKING AND WISHING I HAD THAT CAR. I SAID NOTHING EXECPT HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR HER? HIS REPLY WAS, '' I HADENT THOUGHT ABOUT IT '' SO I SAID START THINKING.LOL WE CAME TO A PRICE, WHICH MIGHT SOUND ALOT TO YOU ALL BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER ITS VALUE TO ME.........WE AGREED ON £500. NOW I THINK THATS FAIR, SEEMING AS IT IS A Z31, 2+2 TARGRA TURBO
THE INSIDE IS LIKE BRAND NEW, SMELLS FUNKY BUT IN REALLY GOOD CONDITION . NOW, THE EXTERIOR...............WHAT CAN I SAY EXCEPT HOLY SH*T !! THERE WAS IVY GROWING ON THE PASSENGER WING AND ACROSS THE BONNET, A FAIR FEW MM OF DUST ALL OVER, RUST ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND AT SOME POINT, A FAMILY OF SQUIRELLS HAD BEEN LIVING IN THE ENGINE BAY, STASHED NUTS EVERYWHERE.LOL, THERE WERE NUT CASINGS ALL OVER THE ENGINE BAY, IN THE AIR FILTER BOX, UNDER THE INLET MANIFOLD, IT TOOK 6 HOURS TO GET THEM ALL OUT FROM THE SPARK PLUGS.LMAO. THEY HAD MUNCHED THRU THE HT LEADS, BATTERY CELL LIDS, VARIOUS WIRES ( LITTLE BAST***S LOL, I CHECKED HER ALL OVER, FLUIDS SEEMED OK, FUEL WAS STALE, OIL WAS CHANGED PRIOR TO HIBERNATION. I CHANGED THE FUEL AND PRIMED HER UP. I CHECKED THE TIMING BELT, AUXILLIRY BELTS AND THEY WERE OK, ALTHOUGH DUE TO THE LENGHT OF TIME BEING STOOD, I WOULDNT HAVE TRUSTED THEM UNDER LOAD IE;BEING DRIVEN.ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED AS IT WERE, AND ON WENT THE JUMP LEADS.
SHE TOOK A BIT OF STARTING DUE TO ME KINDA FLOODING HER A BIT. I DISSCONNECTED THE COIL LEAD SO IT WOULDNT START AT FIRST. I WANTED TO TURN HER OVER TO MAKE SURE NOTHING INTERNAL WAS WRONG, AND TO GET SOME OIL UP AROUND THE ENGINE. WHEN SHE DID START, SHE SEEMED OK, THE EXHAUST HAD BASICLY ROTTED WAY SO IT WAS LOUD
I LEFT IT RUNNING FOR 30 MINS AND ALL SEEMED OK. IT WAS MISSING A LITTLE, AND THERE WAS NO SMOKE. I GAVE HER A REV AND THE TURBO SPOOLED UP NICLEY
,BUT I DIDNT GO MAD WITH THE REVS . OUT CAME THE HOSE PIPE, THE CAR SHAMPOO AND A FLOOD OF MEMORIES
SHE CAME UP AMAZINGLY WELL. SOME PAINT WORK CRACKED OFF WHISLT THE CLEAN UP BUT SHE WAS LOOKING 110% BETTER. ON THAT DAY I ARRANGED FOR A LOW LOADER TO PICK HER UP AND TAKE IT TO MY PLACE. SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, THE STORY OF HOW I GOT MY FIRST Z31.
THE ONLY DISSAPOINTING THING IS I DIDNT TAKE PICS OF HER WHEN SHE CAME OUT OF THE GARAGE AFTER STANDING 10 YEARS
BUT HEY, I WAS EXCITED NOW I AIM TO HAVE MY PROJECT HERE ON THIS THREAD.I JUST HAVE TO WORK OUT HOW TO UPLOAD MY PICS HERE
IM SURE I WILL FIGURE IT OUT. SO YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO CHECK BACK AND SEE THE PROGRESSCAN I JUST SAY I WELCOME ALL COMMENTS, ADVICE WOULD BE GREAT BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE ROASTING OTHER FELLOW OWNERS, PLEASE BEAR IN MIND IM NOT A QUALIFIED MACHANIC, PANEL BEATER, SPRAYER ETC. IM SELF TAUGHT AND I GET BY
BUT ID STILL LIKE TO HEAR YOUR OPINIONS ! THANKS FOR READING AND TAKING AN INTEREST
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