Other Zed Restorers?

[Alphabettispaghetti]

At 56, when importing parts for my Z from 1989 and having imported more Zs since 2004 than your family has toes - nothing left to learn buddy.

Yes, it is wrong so I won't and didn't say it.

I live in Devon. Toes are a luxury we don’t need

 

[SeanDezart]

But you're managing the advance of your WIP and the journey is part of the project - yes ? No rush - you're younger than some of us old farts.

 

[Alphabettispaghetti]

I’m fortunately

But you're managing the advance of your WIP and the journey is part of the project - yes ? No rush - you're younger than some of us old farts.

you’re about 41% ahead

 

[uk66fastback]

Touché young franky

 

[SeanDezart]

You'll always be behind mate....

 

[Alphabettispaghetti]

You'll always be behind mate....

280z? We’re all in front

 

[SeanDezart]

Says a clod-hopper from the SW....luckily my race Z is a 240Z then.

 

[Mr Tenno]

Which one are you talking about Matt, the orange one or the other more frilly one? ;O

The Orange one - the 260z is even further from being done

 

[Albrecht]

Maybe The GTR Heritage Centre? I believe they’ve had a couple of S30s through their workshop (a Z432?) and they’ve restored and are restoring other Nissans of the period.

They’ve had mine for a few small jobs and I’d use them again for the Zed.

didn't they just import the 432?

I had thought they’d done some work on it but perhaps I’m mistaken.

Personally speaking, I wouldn't put much faith in The GTR Heritage Centre's comprehension of S30-series Zs. The 432 which they apparently 'sourced', appraised and imported for a client turned out to be a real mess. They described it as "immaculate" - apparently with a straight face - and yet any fool could have seen that trouble was lurking:




It was taken elsewhere for assessment of true state, and I was asked to make a report on it. Jaw-dropping stuff. Most of the back end was made out of pieces of 280Z and looked to have been welded together by Ray Charles, the floors and seat crossmembers had a whiff of T34 tank about them and one half of the front end had been replaced too (historic evidence of crash damage?). Just as worrying was the fact that the outer ring of the S20's crank damper was missing (!) and somebody had painted timing marks (in the wrong place...) on what remained, in TippEx.

It took a long time, and a lot of money, to improve it and it now lives with a 'nice' gentleman in the USA who describes himself as a 'collector'.

So, maybe The GTR Heritage Centre and their Japan-based contact had a bad day with sourcing that one (hey, it happens...), but I didn't see much expertise or understanding of the S30-series Z after the fact in that car's case.

 

[Ian]

Doesn't Auto panel solutions also restore S30s as well as making panels?



Resto Shack would do another Z. But their waiting list may be long now.

 

[Alphabettispaghetti]

Doesn't Auto panel solutions also restore S30s as well as making panels?



Resto Shack would do another Z. But their waiting list may be long now.

Isn't APS part of the ZFarm?

 

[uk66fastback]

The Orange one - the 260z is even further from being done

i didn’t know you had two. Mr T. Did I miss a thread somewhere?

 

[Mr Tenno]

i didn’t know you had two. Mr T. Did I miss a thread somewhere?

No thread, I'm still trying to decide if it qualifies as a car or just rust held together by paint