New member and 240z owner

Rushingphil

Club Member
Welcome and all the best with the restoration - look forward to reading your thread .

Looks like you brought it over on the Channel Tunnel - from Holland?
 

kris broughton

Club Member
Yeah I did a 29hr round trip from Devon to the Netherlands to collect it,

Im wanting to get it running before I strip it down and start the full restoration
 

MCBladeRun

Club Member
Is that the one from Hoffman leek? I had my eye on it before I got my cali import. Love the louvres on the back. Welcome to our humble club, what part of the world are you from?

Martin
 

kris broughton

Club Member
Yeah Martin that's the one, it came without any carbs or radatior/thermostat housing, I'm trying to source parts to get it started and running before I properly strip it down.

Im from North Devon near barnstaple/Tiverton
 

kris broughton

Club Member
It would be good to meet new people in the z world, I'm used to building comp spec skylines but I've sold mine to fund this project which has been a dream of mine to own,
 

kris broughton

Club Member
I'm wanting to restore it to original outside and inside with a few modern upgrades and a few performance upgrades to make it a nice road car which I can use, maby even the odd track day
 

Farmer42

Club Member
When you come to source your carbs and if you are considering reinstating twin SUs, just be wary of the condition of them. Most are over 40 years old and are more than likely worn out. Some are advertised as restored but again this could be misleading as most have had things like needles and gaskets but not the throttle shaft bushes or butterfly valves. These are the bits that wear out and they won't run properly if they are sucking in air. Getting bits for Datsun Hitachi carbs is difficult and expensive so you may wish to consider British HS6 SU carbs where all the parts are available. They are fairly simple things to rebuild and tune up. I did a write up on another thread on this forum.
 

kris broughton

Club Member
When you come to source your carbs and if you are considering reinstating twin SUs, just be wary of the condition of them. Most are over 40 years old and are more than likely worn out. Some are advertised as restored but again this could be misleading as most have had things like needles and gaskets but not the throttle shaft bushes or butterfly valves. These are the bits that wear out and they won't run properly if they are sucking in air. Getting bits for Datsun Hitachi carbs is difficult and expensive so you may wish to consider British HS6 SU carbs where all the parts are available. They are fairly simple things to rebuild and tune up. I did a write up on another thread on this forum.
Thankyou for this I will have a read up when I get to the point where I have to start purchasing parts
 
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