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Some things were better than expected and some things were not but all in all as I was expecting.
Was going to jet wash the engine bay .......before I start the strip down.
Let me know your thoughts.
Hi Chez, another Z owner with a LHD car in the UK - there's quite a group of you now.
First of all you'll soon learn to keep water away from these cars - Jet Wash
It looks like a car that has been left alone so what you see is what you get i.e. the rust areas are making themselves known. What occurs to me and it's really general advice for future buyers (from anywhere in the world) is to request good quality pictures of these cars and especially the rust-prone areas. It's always best to see these cars 'in the flesh' but a holiday to the US is probably a bit much (but not for a 'top-end' car). However we can see from your pictures quite a lot of work and I'm suspecting if some of it was more than you were expecting then you may not have been supplied with a good set of pictures.
I have learn't now to ask specific questions and 'prod' a bit for answers. Even when my wife buys household or antique stuff off ebay we don't settle for the 'used but in good condition for age' description. We ask, has it got any chips, cracks, marks etc etc.
Also people who have owned a car for a long time sometimes say 'as far as I know it's rust-free' well I'm always suspicious of that too - they usually know exactly where the problems are but don't want to divulge them.
Anyway I look forward to your adventure - I bought a rusty 240Z in 1996 and these cars take over your mind! Great cars, great constructive hobby.