Something for the older fart - Sir?

slaphead · Post by **slaphead** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:43 pm

As some of may know I have a huge soft spot for the 240/260z due mainly to a rather tatty 74 example being my last bachelor motor (fond memories - rose coloured glasses and misty eyed - moment over) :roll: - whilst trawling the net I just happened to find this on a US site

- all I can say is that I am now considering turning my GTR into a donor car

http://web.mac.com/markrolston/iWeb/Site/Z-car.html

Post by **Stuart** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:01 pm

Great find Mark.

I have a magazine article on this car and it does have to be one of the best cars out there in my opinion with stunning looks and a hell of a punch from the tuned RB. Dan, Joe and I were perving at the 240 and 260z's at Silverstone at the weekend. They just improve with age like an Escort mk1.

A worthy sacrifice if you go down that route :thumb:

Nik · Post by **Nik** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:33 am

:notworthy: =P~ :smt060 That is as sexy as fuck. If only I had the time, space and money to do something like that I would probably do exactly that

Post by **Ben** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:32 am

Meowwww, that is very very nice. Such an awesome shape ....

Safety_James · Post by **Safety_James** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:57 am

wow that is absolutely stunning!!

BrianGT4 · Post by **BrianGT4** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:39 pm

Good find indeed!

That is one gorgeous car,superb

There were several old 'Z's going round Castle combe at the Japfest,looked and sounded fantastic

BenTaylor · Post by **BenTaylor** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:17 pm

Nice, but this one is still my favourite:

http://www.zparts.com/showcase/engines/ ... stfit.html

slaphead · Post by **slaphead** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:02 pm

BenTaylor wrote:Nice, but this one is still my favourite:

http://www.zparts.com/showcase/engines/ ... stfit.html

Nice find Ben -

If I remember rightly there were a number of 240/260z fitted with the Rover V8 in the early days -

I must confess to having a bias toward a zed with a straight 6 in it - the original engine had a truly awesome exhaust note when the silencer boxes were replaced with cherry bombs, the rasp as it came on the cam at about 3000rpm was pure audio sex, problem was that stength wasn't its forte - the mixture of the ally head and iron block causing blown gaskets being the main area of contention :x .

~Mark

Post by **Ben** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:38 pm

now that is also rather fine ...