New (old) hotness in the driveway!

spipedong

spipedong

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My girlfriend was ready for a change and settled on this baby. The weather's too crappy to take new photos, but here's one from a few months back when the body work was done. The tape is for the new windshield while the sealant was drying.

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The previous owner spent about 2 years working on it and kept all receipts (about 4K worth). We picked it up for $3500. Needs some interior love and some tuneup work, but it's still a sweet car.

He provided us with some photos of the work in progress so I scanned them and put them here: http://ghettomods.net/gallery/zee

I think I still like the supra better, but you can't hate any car endorsed by the Woz.
 
Tanya

Tanya

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Oh damn, I think I have to change my panties.


I fuckin LOVE 280ZXs! (only the 2 seaters though, ehehe)

That's a hot bitch, take good care of her! They rust worse than Supras!
 
Tanya

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foreverpsycotic said:
get rid of the l series and pick up a RB series. but that thing is FUCKING HAWT.
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Nothing wrong with that L engine besides the head being a shit design. They've been able to pull 250whp n/a out of the damn thing. And there's the turbo version as well.Doesn't take too many ponies to get a 280zx going, as they're light as all hell.

Here's some awesome Z forums..

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/index.php
http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php
 
spipedong

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Luckily it doesn't have much rust on it and hopefully it'll stay like that. The lack of salt on roads helps a lot too.

This one was a special edition of some sort and has power windows, power mirrors, A/C, cruise, and power assist steering (and it all still works).

I need to get in there and set some valve lash and a few other things but it's pretty fun and my girlfriend is in love with the thing.

Just in case nobody noticed the link in the first post, here's what it looked like before/during:
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I just wish I could say it was my car :nono:
 
Poodles

Poodles

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fuck that's nice... I can't find a clean one around here...

only thing I don't like is the shitty head design (non-crossflow heads suck, period), but nothing an engine swap can't fix...
 
Tanya

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spipedong said:
This one was a special edition of some sort and has power windows, power mirrors, A/C, cruise, and power assist steering (and it all still works).
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My '79 280zx had all the same options... I don't think that means it's an SE or anything. AFAIK the only special editions were the black/gold anniversary editions (think there were other anniversary 2 tones also)
 
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Tanya said:
Nothing wrong with that L engine besides the head being a shit design. They've been able to pull 250whp n/a out of the damn thing. And there's the turbo version as well.Doesn't take too many ponies to get a 280zx going, as they're light as all hell.

Here's some awesome Z forums..

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/index.php
http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php
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nothing wrong with a rb25 in a z car :evil2: I was going to pick one of these up(looked at 4 or so) and was going to do a rb25 swap. then i found the supra.
 
MassSupra89

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I love it.

I've always secretly wanted one, always undecided as to what powerplant I'd want in it though, so many possibilities.
 
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very nice, my buddy loves them he's on his way on getting his 2nd or maybe 3rd. love them cars.
 
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