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  1. Gio

    Ave atque vale to my 300ZX. What next? Oh, look.

    I always said it would be hard to find a better car than the Z32. And when I put my Silver 1999 S6 up for sale, look what I fell over. I was going to stop, really I was. Say hello to my new S2 1992 Cocoa Bronze Metallic. Z#4 aka "The Drophead". Only 36,000m on the clock. Spent a lot of time...
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    20 years of Zedding - and it's all your fault :)

    It's been a year of Z milestones for the breed, and, by pleasing coincidence for my Z history. Earlier this year I completed 250,000 miles spread across my 3 Z32s and today is 20 years since I bought my first one. A manual TT 2+2. It was this very car that was officially faster than Clarkson...
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    Stock 300ZX NA Auto 1999 Series 6 Version S 2+2 Targa

    Here is my nice, clean, stock April 1999 Series 6 Version S NA Auto. First registered in UK by me in 2011. It’s a genuine Series 6, not just a 1999 bumper and red Z. Series 6 also had other stuff, better brakes, stiffer construction, gold-faced clocks and more – see here. (and JeffTT found a...
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    250,000 miles in Zs

    Bit of a milestone on Monday - the odometer on my Series 6 hit 174,045km. So that's 89,205 miles in this car: With a previous 59,336 miles in the blue Series 3 on the right and 101,459 in the Series 1 on the left: That racks up 250,000 miles in 20 years since Aug '99 - and some regular...
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    NIce 260Z in Freshwater - one of ours?

    Spotted this earlier this week. Still there as I ambled to the pub this lunchtime. Very nice.
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    IoW Classic Car Show 15 - 16 Sept 2018

    This would be a good excuse to have an outing to the Isle of Wight in September. https://www.facebook.com/iowclassiccarshow/ and more info https://www.grantford.co.uk/the-isle-of-wight-classic-car-show There are still spaces for show cars - and also discounts on ferry travel. contact show...
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    Go to the beach or wash the Zed?

    Just to freshen up the Z32 section a small tad or, what to do on a sunny Bank Holiday Monday? a) beach: or b) wash the Zed? Well, since I'd found the cleaning stuff, discovered the hose worked and had a couple of cold beers in the fridge, I did both :)
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    Austin Nissan

    I was looking for something else and fell across this: Apparently Nissan used to make Austins http://www.austinmemories.com/page117/page117.html "What if" - we could have had Nissan-Leyland and the MGCZ-TT arf arf instead of Nissan-Renault :lol...
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    Nissan Le Mans and racing history

    Having seen 2 Nissans on the ITV4 Silverstone Classic prog (an RC30 and a yellow IMSA), an idle bit of googling led to this http://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/-nissan-at-le-mans-the-unfinished-story_2_2_1746_9923.html Lots of nice Datsuns / Nissans. I'm biased, so my favourite is this one:
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    15 years, 3 Zeds, 208,000 miles

    So where can I send the bill for replacing my sanity so cruelly taken from me by Zs? Is it MJP's fault for all the tech advice and parts? Is it Steve Burn's fault for taking my club subs all these years? Is it down to Mr Katayama? Thanks to everyone who helped me keep the faith (and my Zeds on...
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    WTF do MJP (Eastern Auto) do anyway - customers' response

    It's for sure I wouldn't now be on my 3rd 300ZX over 14 years if it hadn't been for Mike@MJP. So it seems only fair to chuck in my £0.02-worth and hope others prove I've put the apostrophe in the right place. Just some of what I remember: take panic-stricken phone calls when the radiator lets...
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    Tyre Offer

    Might as well blow own trumpet as no-one else is going to. Check out Sniff Petrol small ads today Sniff Petrol
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    Unsticky: solvent to remove d/s sticky without melting the rubber?

    Well, someone's got to be first. I've acquired a set of JDM mudflaps for my 300ZX but they've still got a load of double-sided sticky stuff on them which I want to remove before sticking them (somehow) on my Zed. I tried elbow-grease and a scalpel and lighter-fluid but with limited results which...
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    Any Status Quo fans? Fri 15th Mar tickets on eBay

    Sorry Status, I mean the real Frantic Four. And to me it will always be the Hammy Odeon none of this Apollo nonsense. I digress. I have a pair of tickets seated in the circle for the Friday night which I can't use anymore. So I bunged them on eBay Status Quo Frantic Four Reunion Hammersmith Fri...
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    The "Bands to See Before One of Us Dies" Tour

    This is something me and the better half have been on since we got to *cough* a certain age and realised that some of our fave bands were even older. Been to some great gigs, mostly sitting down these days arf arf. Still, I once fell asleep in a bass bin at a Hawkwind concert so there you go...
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    Morning Steve

    :driving:
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    More crazy than owning a Zed - Live on Sun pm - jumping out at 120,000 feet eek

    Accidentally stumbled on this on Sun pm instead of feeding the kitties. Now this is compulsive viewing - he's at 71,000 feet and only (only?!) 50,000 to go. :flyingpig: Stunning video feed Live Broadcast | Red Bull Stratos MrIxH6DToXQ
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    Great service from MJP Auto - as usual

    So thought it was about time to say "thanks" in public - although I suspect the benefits of MJP Auto are not unknown to fellow forum members. LED Tyres a bit of a find and refreshingly bull-free compared to the lot I use (used to use, I should say) over here. Ditto your mobile mechanic although...
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    NW2 Job might be coming up, might suit Z Club member

    Well, It's actually got nothing to do with Zs per se but for some unknown reason, over the years, the people who have done work for my company whether project, part time or full-time have been better value and done a better job than "normal" recruitment. No idea why but there you go. So now...
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    Customer support emergency

    One of my dealer/installers has been having a nightmare with what should be a 30 minute install. It's bloody miles away down on the south coast. I'm really really busy in the North London office and would be really guilty about leaving my colleagues in the brown/smelly. I have to get there at...
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