85 300ZX resto thread

[Gwb]

Hey all, in June this year I decided to get into the older Japanese car scene by buying an 85 300ZX n/a for 500.00 from this guy on Craigslist. It was not running at the time and the main priority is getting to be a reliable car. She is running now but still has few problems before I can start driving her. I will try to keep this thread updated but keep in mind that I'm only 18 and my only source of income for the time being is eBay.

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[Gwb]

Sorry if the pictures are too big. I am not home and can not resize them.

The things that I have done to the car so far:
-New plugs
-New dist. cap and rotor
-New ign. coil
-Stripped most of the interior to take care of a few rust issues
-Bled brake lines (Thanks to Mike Reed)
-New Clutch Master Cyl. (Thanks to Mike Reed)

Things I need to do:
-Bypass heater core
-New thermostat
-New rear struts
-Rig up some kind of intake

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[Glides]

Welcome, hard to believe that 300ZX's are actually old school now. Good luck on the resto.

[DVSRX-7]

your doing good, keep it up, just remember, slam it, and put some wheels on it lol

[.gauge.]

Welcome to the boards and goodluck with the Z, I almost bought one a few years ago....

You should find a digital dash:goodjob:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/86/235990262_5ead785bfb.jpg?v=0

[Gwb]

Thanks for the warm regards guys. Eventually I will do some tasteful mods to the car but for now I just need to get it running correctly. At the moment the car needs a thermostat I believe and we'll see how that goes. I removed the carpet as well yesterday.

[Arm&hammer]

Nice progress, bro. Good luck with this!

[Glides]

Welcome to the boards and goodluck with the Z, I almost bought one a few years ago....

You should find a digital dash:goodjob:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/86/235990262_5ead785bfb.jpg?v=0

Cool dash.....bad about screwing up on you.

[Gwb]

11/5/09

Went to Conley Pull a Part this evening and got a very nice black dashboard. This is the last piece I needed to have a complete black interior (I'm swapping interiors btw). Pics will come later

[Me86Rob]

YAY 300zx!!!
I had an widebody. LOVED IT. Amazing cars. lower it ASAP. It will rip your face off in turns. PM me if you have questions. I like to think of myself as a Z31 connisseur.
I also have left over parts and know where to find parts.
http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww231/LexiZ31/My%20Z%20car%20addiction/IMG_1940.jpg
check out that oil pressure after 180k :D haha
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sleepy eye mod. Its free and bad ass!
http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww231/LexiZ31/My%20Z%20car%20addiction/Photo_092808_001.jpg

[DirtyDB]

nice, good luck with the build and don't give up when shit gets tough....old skools are fun

[BeyondaGrave]

Z31 favorite Z of all time. Stick with the analog cluster :D Not sure which motor you like, but I loved the vg30et.

[Gwb]

Thanks for the kind regards guys. That's a clean z31, Te72Rob. I love the color. I plan on changing the thermostat tomorrow hopefully. I will resize the pics QD in a bit- thanks for letting me know

edit: pics resized

[Me86Rob]

Thanks man. I miss that car so much. Get a digi cluster. they are so bad ass! I know where to find a nice one too :goodjob: Where do you live? I'd love to help you out with this project. Anything to play with another Z car hahaa

[Gwb]

I'll probably get a digt. cluster eventually. Every I go to Pull a Part they're all taken though haha. I live in Snellville btw

[Me86Rob]

I'll probably get a digt. cluster eventually. Every I go to Pull a Part they're all taken though haha. I live in Snellville btw
oh fuck! im on the gwinnett side of loganville. I know where there is a perfect digi cluster man. haha. just waiting to be used

[Gwb]

oh fuck! im on the gwinnett side of loganville. I know where there is a perfect digi cluster man. haha. just waiting to be used

hahaha. where might that cluster be located? :D

[Me86Rob]

hahaha. where might that cluster be located? :D
ill call about it. u will have a price tomorrow.

[Glides]

I have a set of late model 300 seats if you need em. Let me know. Grey tweed, they arein pretty decent shape, one rip on the left side bolster.

[Gwb]

I may be interested in those. Do you have any pics? How much are you looking to get for them?

[Me86Rob]

lol g/l getting a seat from Glides :lmao:
:ninja:

[Glides]

lol g/l getting a seat from Glides :lmao:
:ninja:

I somehow knew you were going to pop in here on that one. Yours is sitting oh so nice and pretty at the entrance to my storage bin. Safe and sound. :goodjob:

[Glides]

I may be interested in those. Do you have any pics? How much are you looking to get for them?

I can shoot you pics on em. I don't want much at all. just looking to offload em. PM me and i'll try to take photos in the morning. I don't get home until after dark every day.

[Me86Rob]

lol im just messin with you glides