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HasMilk
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Location: Wellington

New kid on the block

Post by HasMilk » Sun Nov 17, 2013 2:14 am

Hi everyone!

My name is Ben, I am a student in Nelson and have recently purchased my first project. It's a 1980 S130 and I plan to give her lots of TLC. Luckily I have friends with valuable knowledge and in the right jobs, which will really help as my income is a bit shy.

Plans for this car are to repair paint/panel, interior and tune engine. I would really like to swap the gearbox but will need the parts first ;) I know I will learn a bunch during this project and look forward to making some friends here :D
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nustad
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Post by nustad » Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:10 am

Welcome to the forum - your 280 looks pretty tidy and great to see one in red for a change. Look forward to seeing more as you progress. Good 280zx,s are only going to get more saught after IMHO.....
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BRONZEE
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Post by BRONZEE » Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:47 am

Really exciting to see another older Zed coming to the club. Happy restoration project Ben.
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djz
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Location: Christchurch

Post by djz » Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:48 am

So that's Christos' old one? I sold him that replacement rear control arm. Glad to see it went to someone with eagerness to keep it on the road.
Nissan 280ZX 2 seater RB26 powered.
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hairy1121
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Location: whangarei

Post by hairy1121 » Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:27 pm

How did you get it so low? I want to sit mine right down just dont know what shocks to use
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HasMilk
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Post by HasMilk » Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:47 pm

Thanks guys :)
hairy1121 wrote:How did you get it so low? I want to sit mine right down just dont know what shocks to use
It's on super lows but not sure what shocks, also came with factory wheels which look 10x better than those 18s.
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ZMAD
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Location: Tauranga

Post by ZMAD » Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:09 am

Agree, those rims look shocking!
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kiwi303
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Location: SalmonTown

Post by kiwi303 » Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:41 pm

Nelson? That is actually quite close to me :D I was wandering around Nelson CBD today :P

Swap the Gearbox eh? You have an Auto then?

I have a manual ZX 5 speed box FS5W71B with good gears to a visual inspection but the bell cut and welded to put the starter different for a PO's custom conversion, the little detent balls and spring also went Ping into the corer of the shed somewhere. I'm going Ford V8 with Ford Gbox, so the Gbox is surplus for me, it came with the '79 280ZX project I have.

I'm due into Nelson the 5th Dec, so for a Crate/Slab of Waikato you can have it if you can find the right beer in Nelson.

The gears are good, so if you scrounge a cheap bell, shifter fork, detent balls & springs, plus shifter off one of the racers on here who munch gears and scrap the broken box then you can combine the two for a cheap Gbox.
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rb30det_280zx
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Location: Dunedin

Post by rb30det_280zx » Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:49 pm

Welcome to the club mate. Nice 280zx, they look so much better with fender mirrors.
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