The road to your first Z....

[Sam_C]

By the way, hope you all noticed the Z Club sticker above the rear view mirror in the black version?

 

[SeanDezart]

Is buxom Janice still around ?

 

[Sam_C]

Is buxom Janice still around ?

I would love to say that it all had a very happy ending....Janice and I got married, she learned to weld and I learned to spray-paint. Together we lovingly restored 435K over the years to pristine condition, and now just take her out on sunny Sundays. We had two kids, a girl and a boy, and named them Cedric and Silvia. Our everyday driver is of course a 260ZG 2+2, an original Samuri (according to that Spike Irons bloke). We live in a charming 17th century cottage with a white picket fence in a leafy village and we are blissfully happy, thank you for asking.

In reality, she married a Scouser called Billy who worked shifts in a tobacco factory near Liverpool, and now lives in Middlewich. Sadly, 435K is just a memory....

She was a lovely girl to be fair, and I saw her a few years ago. She has turned into a very elegant (and buxom) lady I am happy to report.

 

[Ian]

Not had many cars compared to you lot.

Pug 309 turbo diesel

91 Honda Civic i-VT, still own, instead of changing cars I just changed engines, started with original 150hp B16A1, changed to 197HP B16B and it's now running a 250HP B20.

78 Datsun 260Z GT-R


Currently trying to decide what my next project car will be, got a choice of about 8 to choose from.

Vauxhall Chevette Saloon 1.3 (gold over brown... lovely!) had a peco rear box and Knight rider alarm!
Vauxhall Chevette 2dr hatchback 1.3

Chevettes can be pretty nice. The guy that sometime does some work on my Z (the stuff you can't do without a lift) is building one, he's fitted independent rear double wishbone suspension and a 400HP 4G63 engine. Will be a beast.

 

[toopy]

Chevettes can be pretty nice. The guy that sometime does some work on my Z (the stuff you can't do without a lift) is building one, he's fitted independent rear double wishbone suspension and a 400HP 4G63 engine. Will be a beast.

Yeah, always liked the Chuvitt, as my friends called it! still do, i always hankered after one of the HSR badboys... but even then (88,89) they were expensive and rare

 

[Ped]

Here's my car history starting in 1989:

'K' Hillman Avenger (was our family car from new) (ruined in 1 year)
'M'Morris Mini 1000 (1275 Engine from an Alegro, Mk2 Cooper S brakes, Peco Exhaust, Wolfrace style alloys) utterly rusty (1990 - 1992)
'A' Opel Manta Berlinetta 1.8 Coupe (1992 – Scrapped 1995)
'D' Opel Manta 2.0 GTE Exclusive Coupe (1995 – Scrapped 1998)
'E' Opel Manta 2.0 GTE Coupe (1998 – Scrapped 2002)
'C' Nissan Stanza (2002 – Scrapped 2004)
'M' Nissan 200SX S14 (2004 – 2005)
'W' Nissan Primera Sport 4 door saloon (2005 – 2007)
'T' Nissan 200SX S14a (2007 – 2009)
'V' Datsun 280zx 2+2 (2006 to present)
'52' Volvo S60 2.0 T/SE (2009 to present)

I wasn't specifically looking for another Nissan/Datsun at the time, I just fancied something classic and Jap and the Zed came up.

 

[moor634]

Starting in 1972

1972 – ‘G’ Austin mini 850 super deluxe
1976 – ‘M’ 1986 Ford Escort 1100L 2 door
1977 - Present DATSUN 260z 2+2 (new)
1986 – ‘C’ 1992 Ford Fiesta 1.4s (new)
1992 – ‘H’ 2001 Ford Sierra 1.8lx
1997 – ‘R’ 2003 VW Passat (new)
2001 – ‘W’ 2008 Ford Fiesta wife’s car
2003 – 2008 VW passat (new)
2008 – 2011 Ford Fiesta wife’s car (new)
2011 – present Ford Fiesta wife’s car (new)
2008 – present Mercedes c180

 

[chrisvega]

So you bought your Z new in 1977 and still own it today ?
That's some achievement !
Can't be many one owner cars from new still around.

 

[RIDDLER]

So you bought your Z new in 1977 and still own it today ?
That's some achievement !
Can't be many one owner cars from new still around.

Yes that's pretty amazing - let's have some pictures of it!

 

[Red7]

My car history started in 1981 when I was 16 and bought a 1968 MG Midget that needed restoring,
DD=Daily Driver

1968 MG Midget ODG673G DD
1975 Registered 240Z GPX 13N DD
1980 Porsche 924, 7160 PJ DD
1971 TR6 YJF 565J DD
1981 Porsche 924 KSD471W DD
Bought my 240Z back
1985 XR2 DD B705KNN I think ?
1986 XR3i DD D666FAC
1989 Peugeot 205GTI 1.9 DD F258ODF
1980 Porsche 911SC GPR854V
2009 Alpina D3BT Company Car
2006 Z4MR - still have
2014 RR Evoque Company Car
1972 240Z USA import

Few other CC's on the way, Audi A4/A6.

Although the MG etc were DD they were only summer DD's as I used to buy a £100 runner for the winter months.

 

[niroshann]

Nothing like the history you guys have...

I started in 2001 in NZ and think I have this around the wrong way...

2000: Sat in a 280zx 2+2 about to be taken to the crusher. Had broken glass, no wheels and plenty of rust but loved the car. What followed was this madness...
2001: 1980 280zx 2+2 (sold in 2006) and 1981 280zx parts car.
2007: 1980 280zx 2+2 (sold late 2008 when I came to the UK)
2010: 1983 280zx 2+2 (stored in NZ thinking I was going back but shipped over to UK in 2015)
2011: 1978 and 1981 280zx 2+2s as projects (sold 1978 in 2012 and brought other to UK in 2015)
2011: 2003 Nissan Almera
2014/15: 2004 Nissan Primera x 2 (one for missis)

Currently have 2 x Primeras and 2 x 280zx 2+2s!!

 

[Sam_C]

Ok guys, we need some more pictures in this thread, the worse the better, if you follow. Now I wouldn't ask you to do anything I wouldn't do myself, so here's my "pride and joy" Reliant Regal. My first car, driven on a motorbike licence. Blue with a black stripe (looked like a bruise). Front suspension collapsed three times, fortunately at low speeds. My friend owned a Lambretta / Reliant dealership, and he crashed his sh@T brown Relio into the corner of a mil one Saturday night. (I think alcohol was involved maybe…) It split right down the middle from front to back like a ripe peach bursting open. You could stand inside and poke your head and shoulders through the roof like a tank commander. Sunday he took it into work and glassed it back together r Good as new! Here's my little beauty…

 

[RIDDLER]

Ok guys, we need some more pictures in this thread, the worse the better, if you follow. Now I wouldn't ask you to do anything I wouldn't do myself, so here's my "pride and joy" Reliant Regal. My first car, driven on a motorbike licence. Blue with a black stripe (looked like a bruise). Front suspension collapsed three times, fortunately at low speeds. My friend owned a Lambretta / Reliant dealership, and he crashed his sh@T brown Relio into the corner of a mil one Saturday night. (I think alcohol was involved maybe…) It split right down the middle from front to back like a ripe peach bursting open. You could stand inside and poke your head and shoulders through the roof like a tank commander. Sunday he took it into work and glassed it back together r Good as new! Here's my little beauty…

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Brilliant! But how did you persuade Rod Stewart to pose with it??!!!!

 

[SKiddell]

It doesnt matter how many pairs of rose tinted glasses you wear....that mullet is still bad.

 

[chrisvega]

It doesnt matter how many pairs of rose tinted glasses you wear....that mullet is still bad.

Sorry to be pedantic skiddy pants but let's get this right, that is a 70s feather cut ! The mullet came along later in the early 80s

 

[Sam_C]

It doesnt matter how many pairs of rose tinted glasses you wear....that mullet is still bad.

Oi you lot, this is a car forum not Toni and Guy's on-line hair salon...
Luckily for me the ladyeeeees of the 1970s were of exactly the opposite view, Skiddy!
If you want scary mullet I'l post one of me ELO period curly perm plus Ming the Merciless beard....

 

[moor634]

Starting in 1972

1972 – ‘G’ Austin mini 850 super deluxe
1976 – ‘M’ 1986 Ford Escort 1100L 2 door
1977 - Present DATSUN 260z 2+2 (new)
1986 – ‘C’ 1992 Ford Fiesta 1.4s (new)
1992 – ‘H’ 2001 Ford Sierra 1.8lx
1997 – ‘R’ 2003 VW Passat (new)
2001 – ‘W’ 2008 Ford Fiesta wife’s car
2003 – 2008 VW passat (new)
2008 – 2011 Ford Fiesta wife’s car (new)
2011 – present Ford Fiesta wife’s car (new)
2008 – present Mercedes c180

Can only do one picture keeps giving me this message.(Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing).

 

[RIDDLER]

That's a beauty - great colour too and love the wheels!

 

[andrew muir]

Are you saying that you bought the 77 2+2 from new and still have it?
It looks great by the way!!

Starting in 1972

1972 – ‘G’ Austin mini 850 super deluxe
1976 – ‘M’ 1986 Ford Escort 1100L 2 door
1977 - Present DATSUN 260z 2+2 (new)
1986 – ‘C’ 1992 Ford Fiesta 1.4s (new)
1992 – ‘H’ 2001 Ford Sierra 1.8lx
1997 – ‘R’ 2003 VW Passat (new)
2001 – ‘W’ 2008 Ford Fiesta wife’s car
2003 – 2008 VW passat (new)
2008 – 2011 Ford Fiesta wife’s car (new)
2011 – present Ford Fiesta wife’s car (new)
2008 – present Mercedes c180

Can only do one picture keeps giving me this message.(Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing).

 

[SKiddell]

Sorry to be pedantic skiddy pants but let's get this right, that is a 70s feather cut ! The mullet came along later in the early 80s

Semantics aside, its scary
Thank goodness I didnt flower until the late 70's when proper hairstyles were the norm