Keyser

Its back on eBay again - its been on before a while ago same pics

My Zed's heavy when I'm sat in it She don't need to lose weight I DO!

Hello and Welcom Good luck finding the right car at the right price

Hello and Welcome I would say Neil is giving you good advice, If you want quick 0-60 times the Zed is a heavy beast to get moving! If you want speed it can be done but as they say "Speed costs how fast do you want to go?"

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Thanks mate - look forward to hearing from you. If you have anything else intresting like the wheels please do let me know

+1 Plans or not the mods are coming Resistance is Futile!!

Feels so good being bad !! and Cause I may be bad but I'm perfectly good at it Never thought about it as "my cars song" but Steady left a CD in the Zed and this was the first song it played when I got her all legal and took her for a run out. so it always reminds me....... maybe I'm just wierd

Hello and Welcome Just up the road as well

I Got a new No plate from my daughters for daddys day Ahhhhhhh C5 KKJ whicj means nothing to any one that doesn't know me C5 My initials are CS KKJ - Kim (My long suffering wife), Karrah (daughter 1 teenage emo goth vampire ) Jessica (daughter 2, just turned teen still deciding on which rebellious route to take)

Hi and good luck Nice project

OK Kim has given a +1 to this and in a womans amazing way to make a blokes life easy a + 1 to this as well Thanks will get a PM out later for some bits So now thast all sorted ??? I'm off to design my garage now

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SHE LIVES!!!! Or How to start a Zed that's been in a garage for 6 years - (Ok update would have been sooner but Photobucket had a funny five on me) Buster arrived just as we got back from dropping the trailer back to its owner which gave us (myself, Buster, my good lady wife Kim and even my eldest daughter) the extra push to go out in the rain and see if she would start. Temporary shelter erected (look familiar Ian?) Quick investigation showed no spark, the distributor cap was badly corroded as were some of the plug leads cleaned them all up put a fresh gallon of super in the tank and after some very knowledgeable wiggling of wires she sprang into life. She ticks over very sweetly and with a custom made stainless exhaust has a quite pleasant sound, the only problem is she will not rev cleanly you have to tease the throttle open. Changed the plugs etc (well my daughter did ) No improvement - I think I have tracked the problem to the vacuum advance retard which is not advancing in fact it's not doing anything so will need some new bits. Clutch master cylinder was full of some sludge so I stripped it all the way down and cleaned it, it now works (after a fashion) but will need replacing. This does however mean she drives and is moveable so that's a big plus. The brakes will need some serious attention before she sees a road but after 6 years that's to be expected. The all important photos as requested (not a kitchen in sight ) First the car - The worst of the rust - Daughter changing the plugs - Offending Dizzy and the carbs - Interior - OK Over to you guys now for some input - What shall we do with her? We really can't decide which way to go! Assuming the rust is not to bad underneath, Buster think it will be OK the last owner did say he thought it was went fairly "deep" in the floor pan behind the driver's seat won't know for sure until she is stripped and that won't happen until I get my garage built but we will put her in for MOT soon and see what she fails on. You should also take into account it's not mine anymore - the wife likes it. Options - 1. Just a reasonable stock restore. 2. Track toy for Kim (my wife). 3. Rally sport restore and enter some classic car events. 4. Open to any suggestions at this point ideas please. P.S Buster - welcome anytime mate Ace -don't suppose you have a clutch master and/or slave cylinder? Also brake servo may need replacing. Captain - no chance mate Keyser

They look stunning Very nice indeed!

+1, sod the kitchen! give me a chance! OK had a few problems with photo bucket so had to do some re-organising Will post up the pics after I have finished sorting it out and got them uploaded.

You thinks this is a money pit??? You should see my house !!!!!! O and I didn't buy it I rescued her edit Sorry Album deleted to make space for CAR PIC's so this post no longer made sense.

Sorry to see that mate. Glad you are OK Hope it all gets fixes quick

Nice very I like Rota's

With reference to - viewtopic.php?f=66&t=50692 Firstly thanks for all the good wishes Sorry to anyone that I beat to the prize so to speak. (well sort of ) (this has turned into a blog lol) Borrowed a car transporter trailer from a friend last night took the day off work. Set off to Crewkerne to collect my father in law early this morning he brought with him - a block and tackle, battery, spanners, ratchet straps, electric winch, jump leads and a bright yellow jacket LOL (he's done this before). On the road again heading for Barnstaple arriving around 12 noon, met Mr and Mrs Z (name withheld for obvious reasons) really nice couple and we were plied with tea and coffee. Mr Z then produced 3 boxes from his garage containing spare parts and a date ordered history of the car going back to about 1989 including photos of the last restoration which included and engine rebuild with new cam, rings etc and a bare metal re-spray. Then off down to his lockup about a mile away to meat "Chezie" as Mrs Z calls her. Well she is a lot better than I could have hoped she is a 1978 Chestnut Brown 260Z. Pushed her out into the rain attached the new battery, she turns over fine and free but no sign of life at the moment, we didn't try anything else (like changing the 6 year old petrol) as the clutch goes straight to the floor so even if she started we couldn't drive her onto the trailer and the weather was . Winched her onto the trailer with the block and tackle (thanks pops) back to Mr & Mrs Z's place to load up the spares sign the V5 another cuppa and back on the road. The weather was getting worse and we had a few drivers that really don't deserve licences the worst was the nutter that pulled a U turn about 30 yards in front of us (he was on coming on a 3 lane road) as I approached him at about 45MPH in torrential rain with 1.5 tons of car and trailer behind me -wasn't sure we were going to stop! Long slow drive home arriving at about 7pm so she is still sitting on the trailer and will have to wait until the morning to be unloaded. I will try and get her started tomorrow and take some decent pics if the weather is a little better, but I know you lot So a couple of teasers to keep you going. Updates as they happen........ Keyser

Hello and Welcome Good luck with the hunt

WOW May need to lower my Zed more to keep up!

Happy Birthday have a great time

Bit of a sucker for a red head??? I think they are funny - No not putting them on my car.