Hi All,
I purchased a 280Z black pearl (1978) in red....back in January from VegaClassics i think some of you may now or have seen the car in Southampton when imported.
I figured it was about time i joined up as i start to embark on the process of restoring.
The car has a few quirks for example i have to go through the boot to open the doors but overall its in pretty good shape with the exception of one rust hole in the rear drivers area.
It has a few issues which I have been slowly sorting out mainly brake related and have already managed to source a new booster and master cylinder (280ZX combined with a wilwood MC) which seems to have fixed the problem. I have kept the original booster and MC on the hope of repairing but not sure how easy it is to find the kits etc.
The car is now registered after a pretty straight forward inspection (also tax exempt) so the plan is to get the brakes finished and then get some basic running to find other issues before taking it off the road and starting the restoration process.
I have not fully decided what to do in terms of finish and look of the car and although I like the idea of returning it to a Black Pearl' edition i'm not embarking on this to keep the purists happy and i'm not a fan of black cars or the massive bumpers which just have to go!!
I've attached a couple of pics of the car back in Jan from the original advert surprisingly i have not taken any of my own!! (Hopefully i have uploaded these correctly!)
I purchased a 280Z black pearl (1978) in red....back in January from VegaClassics i think some of you may now or have seen the car in Southampton when imported.
I figured it was about time i joined up as i start to embark on the process of restoring.
The car has a few quirks for example i have to go through the boot to open the doors but overall its in pretty good shape with the exception of one rust hole in the rear drivers area.
It has a few issues which I have been slowly sorting out mainly brake related and have already managed to source a new booster and master cylinder (280ZX combined with a wilwood MC) which seems to have fixed the problem. I have kept the original booster and MC on the hope of repairing but not sure how easy it is to find the kits etc.
The car is now registered after a pretty straight forward inspection (also tax exempt) so the plan is to get the brakes finished and then get some basic running to find other issues before taking it off the road and starting the restoration process.
I have not fully decided what to do in terms of finish and look of the car and although I like the idea of returning it to a Black Pearl' edition i'm not embarking on this to keep the purists happy and i'm not a fan of black cars or the massive bumpers which just have to go!!
I've attached a couple of pics of the car back in Jan from the original advert surprisingly i have not taken any of my own!! (Hopefully i have uploaded these correctly!)