Josh_240
Forum User
Hi all,
Initially thanks to Jon Billings for validating my account while i scratched my head trying to figure out why i wasnt receiving my validation email!
So short story long, i recently purchased a 1972 UK RHD 240z on ebay after being goaded into it by friends, my dream car, ive always wanted one and i accidentally ended up owning it, but a bid is a bid so off we went to essex to collect it. The car in question had been dismantled in 1997 and dry stored seemingly after a small crash involving the front NS resulted in the front of the chassis rail dissintegrating.
Got the car home, check oil pressure, check powers, clean up points, add carb cleaner and fuel - SHE RUNS! However, this is now a matching numbers UK car in need of full resto, and i want to build a resto mod, it would have been rude. So i kept all the panels and RHD bits, measuring a few to reproduce along the way, and i purchased a fully welded shell that was ready for paint (which after a complete chance chat with a current zclub member is already known on here?) so that i can build up my own RHD car the way i want it.
So price agreed on buying the shell, and price agreed with a chap called George to sell the matching numbers shell for restoration, it looks like everyone wins.
So here i am, on the advise of Philip Alty (who was the chance meeting member) after collecing an mx5 bootlid and him offering me a beer and 2 hours of chatting to a stranger later about MX5's and 240z's i made a point of joining today so that i can start being more involved in the community (he spoke highly of you, dont worry).
Plans are to document my build, ill be fitting a brand new MR18DDT engine (Nissan/renault engine fitted to the RS300 megane) with direct injection, twin scroll turbo etc. and hopefully remanufacturing a number of parts where i can. The first of which is the RHD wiper motor linkages to see if i can make something a bit more accessible than original parts!
Initially thanks to Jon Billings for validating my account while i scratched my head trying to figure out why i wasnt receiving my validation email!
So short story long, i recently purchased a 1972 UK RHD 240z on ebay after being goaded into it by friends, my dream car, ive always wanted one and i accidentally ended up owning it, but a bid is a bid so off we went to essex to collect it. The car in question had been dismantled in 1997 and dry stored seemingly after a small crash involving the front NS resulted in the front of the chassis rail dissintegrating.
Got the car home, check oil pressure, check powers, clean up points, add carb cleaner and fuel - SHE RUNS! However, this is now a matching numbers UK car in need of full resto, and i want to build a resto mod, it would have been rude. So i kept all the panels and RHD bits, measuring a few to reproduce along the way, and i purchased a fully welded shell that was ready for paint (which after a complete chance chat with a current zclub member is already known on here?) so that i can build up my own RHD car the way i want it.
So price agreed on buying the shell, and price agreed with a chap called George to sell the matching numbers shell for restoration, it looks like everyone wins.
So here i am, on the advise of Philip Alty (who was the chance meeting member) after collecing an mx5 bootlid and him offering me a beer and 2 hours of chatting to a stranger later about MX5's and 240z's i made a point of joining today so that i can start being more involved in the community (he spoke highly of you, dont worry).
Plans are to document my build, ill be fitting a brand new MR18DDT engine (Nissan/renault engine fitted to the RS300 megane) with direct injection, twin scroll turbo etc. and hopefully remanufacturing a number of parts where i can. The first of which is the RHD wiper motor linkages to see if i can make something a bit more accessible than original parts!
