diksta
Club Member
Hello all,
Have finally, after a long chase and a lot of waiting, got my hands on an August ’74 UK registered 260Z. My first classic (unless you count the ’77 mark II escort I had as my first car 30 years ago!).
In the Milton Keynes area, so I’ve just booked myself on to the Silverstone Classic in July and I’m considering the Bicester Petrolicious thing in May.
I’m a novice when it comes to Z cars and not much of a mechanic, so no idea what I’ve bought if I’m honest!
Fingers crossed that I hopefully I have a car that I can learn on without too much needing doing from the off. It’s already paying back it’s price tag in smiles
Engine rebuild is currently `running in`, although I got little to no guidance on this. Going to take it easy for a few hundred and then do an oil and filter change.
Job number one, I think, is to sort out the front splitter/spoiler and indicators that are looking very sorry for themselves. Would be nice to keep the originals but I'm not sure if it's even viable. Both the splitter and indicators are currently off the car and all the screws have had it on both.
Anybody have any advice on reconditioning the rubber spoiler? I’ve been googling and come up with this: http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?t=109898, leatherique and plasti-dip, sound like it’s got potential? Or perhaps there’s a specialist out there that would do a much better job than me? Or, of course, you could just tell me a fibreglass replica is going to save me a lot of pain and suffering!
On the indicator front, I'm expecting I'll have to source some modern substitutes as the current ones look beyond repair. Would rather try to stick close to original rather than cut in corner ones.
Thx, and look forward to being part of the club and meeting some of you at Silverstone in July, if not before!
Have finally, after a long chase and a lot of waiting, got my hands on an August ’74 UK registered 260Z. My first classic (unless you count the ’77 mark II escort I had as my first car 30 years ago!).
In the Milton Keynes area, so I’ve just booked myself on to the Silverstone Classic in July and I’m considering the Bicester Petrolicious thing in May.
I’m a novice when it comes to Z cars and not much of a mechanic, so no idea what I’ve bought if I’m honest!
Fingers crossed that I hopefully I have a car that I can learn on without too much needing doing from the off. It’s already paying back it’s price tag in smiles
Engine rebuild is currently `running in`, although I got little to no guidance on this. Going to take it easy for a few hundred and then do an oil and filter change.
Job number one, I think, is to sort out the front splitter/spoiler and indicators that are looking very sorry for themselves. Would be nice to keep the originals but I'm not sure if it's even viable. Both the splitter and indicators are currently off the car and all the screws have had it on both.
Anybody have any advice on reconditioning the rubber spoiler? I’ve been googling and come up with this: http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?t=109898, leatherique and plasti-dip, sound like it’s got potential? Or perhaps there’s a specialist out there that would do a much better job than me? Or, of course, you could just tell me a fibreglass replica is going to save me a lot of pain and suffering!
On the indicator front, I'm expecting I'll have to source some modern substitutes as the current ones look beyond repair. Would rather try to stick close to original rather than cut in corner ones.
Thx, and look forward to being part of the club and meeting some of you at Silverstone in July, if not before!