Laurence C Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Hi from Northern Ireland. Names Laurence Cochrane Newtownards Co Down. Ex truck technician former serial modifier of Triumph Gt6s CAN I JUST SAY THAT SECURITY CHECK ON SIGN UP IS HORRIFIC. Rant over. Just got my first Datsun 350 ZED 2005 track package with leather, probably retro fitted as the track package should be cloth WHO AM I TO COMPLAIN ? Car bought with prospective funeral fund from very close call bowel cancer last year. Twe EMERGENCY colonoscopies 7 months chemo. 2022 NOT A GOOD YEAR FOR ME. So glad to see the back of 22. Currently sorting the car out a bit removing horrid ugly carbon swirley @*!# graphics plastered over the car smoked lights FRONT AND REAR Underbody LED'S BARF BARF BARF. Car needs new front guards which I have bought but not fitting till winter with a coat of galvafoid inside. Anyroads catch ya later on the flip side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 That's a hell of a name ! Glad you swerved the big C And you're very welcome to our club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da.murf Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Welcome aboard. another fella zed owner from comber here. enjoy the car! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence C Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 2 hours ago, da.murf said: Welcome aboard. another fella zed owner from comber here. enjoy the car! Thanks I am. Comber hey ? My car is matt black wrap usual track package stuff Rays, Red Benbros, Mesh grill, Underbody kit etc, so you know it when you see it. Looking forward to test out that bend on the carigeway Ards bound. The one that becomes a corner at 130. I know from my pretty highly modded stripped out Triumph Gt6. Went round it much faster than that too regular on way home from work. ( No 155 limiter on that ) Been on disability a few years now. WORK ? did it for years did not like it. Except for the run home from Carryduff. Specially over the back of Scrabo. BTW Bit nuts. Noticed ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Muxlow Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Hi and welcome along buddy. Lets see some pictures of your lovely car then?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence C Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 3 hours ago, ATTAK Z said: That's a hell of a name ! Glad you swerved the big C And you're very welcome to our club. Thank you. The name Yeah, got that inflicted on me by parents. Named after a world champion ploughman aparently. NOT MY FAULT ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence C Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 3 minutes ago, Andy_Muxlow said: Hi and welcome along buddy. Lets see some pictures of your lovely car then?? No photos as yet. Sill trying to rid the car of the UGLY Fablon fake carbon swirley carp stickers and de iluminated lights etc Pretty certain that garbage was easier put on than it is taken off. Watch out PO. Taste police lookin ya. Will get out with car and camera tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelda Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Welcome! Looking forward to seeing the pics. Another GT6 owner as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence C Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 (edited) Another Gt6 nut ? I have a wrecked back the last lot of years. Getting in and out of a GT6 these days NOT A PRETTY SIGHT. Crawl in. Roll out onto street. The Datsun 350 ZED, I can get in relatively okay, getting out not just quite as pretty but I can do it. At 6 ft 5 and 63 YO not a help specialy on a GT6 with cage and race Kirkey seats.. Edited January 24, 2023 by Laurence C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 2 hours ago, Laurence C said: Thank you. The name Yeah, got that inflicted on me by parents. Named after a world champion ploughman aparently. NOT MY FAULT ! I was sure your name was 'Laurence Cochrane Newtownards Co Down' from your first post ... my bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence C Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 OH right ! Bit slow on uptake. 😊 Old ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 12 hours ago, Laurence C said: 😊 Old ! Just a whippersnapper ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence C Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 5 minutes ago, ATTAK Z said: Just a whippersnapper ! Ahh Just wait ! You too will end up saying. What the hell happend there ? Mark my words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence C Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 12 hours ago, ATTAK Z said: I was sure your name was 'Laurence Cochrane Newtownards Co Down' from your first post ... my bad I put a comma in there. WHO THE HELL STOLE MY COMMA ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence C Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) As promised pics of me newly aquired Datsun 350 ZED 05 Track package WARNING pictures not suitable for persons under 18 or of a nervous disposition. Contains intimate pictures of festering mudguards. And the remains of PO's HORRID carbon Fablon graphics on rear quarters. Thing is, I do not really hate them on there, I can live with a while THEY ARE COMING OFF THO. They are nowhere near as awfull as he had done on guards, doors and tailgate those are gone. AND Carbon fibre wrap on an aluminum bonnet REALLY ? Was over in Comber today Da Murphs home town. Arseing about wasting petrol as its so cheap. A wee fella on the footpath gave me the Bat signal to light her up. Dropped to second and did. Question has to be asked. Who was the (63 year old) child here ? Edited January 25, 2023 by Laurence C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Cripes, that need a fair bit of polishing up to look decent doesn’t it?! Also, and this might be my eyes, but that front tyre looks like it needs a good dollop of air in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence C Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) Its matt black wrap. polishing will do nothing. BTW Not your eyes it does go down a bit. Inflated since pics. Edited January 25, 2023 by Laurence C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Didn’t mean literal polishing, more like it needs a good tidy up 👍 I’m guessing the wrap matches better in person than the pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence C Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 Not a problem. She is a bit grubby today in pics. washed two days ago minging agan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence C Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, Ekona said: Didn’t mean literal polishing, more like it needs a good tidy up 👍 I’m guessing the wrap matches better in person than the pics? I fully admit car does not photograph well at all, the blackness screws with the cameras auto exposure. Had to adjust exposure in post quite a bit. I KNOW ! HAND HELD LIGHT METER ON INCIDENT, MANUAL EXPOSURE ON CAMERA. Car does not look quite so bad in reality. (Gets a lot of looks / light flashes). being a bit dirty did no favours in pics either. The mismatch on bonnet ? This is wrapped fake carbon fiber.. I certanly would not have done this on what is actually an aluminium one. Edited January 26, 2023 by Laurence C Dodgy gramer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 That would explain the bonnet then, but bumper to wings looks off as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 22 hours ago, Laurence C said: Ahh Just wait ! You too will end up saying. What the hell happend there ? Mark my words. I'm a bit older than you Ha Ha ! (+14 years to be precise) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence C Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Ekona said: That would explain the bonnet then, but bumper to wings looks off as well? Nope the match there is fine, even the tailgate matches AND ITS PAINT ! As I discovered while removing PO's dreadful swirley graphics. As said dirty and not good pics Edited January 26, 2023 by Laurence C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence C Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 (edited) 42 minutes ago, ATTAK Z said: I'm a bit older than you Ha Ha ! (+14 years to be precise) OH RIGHT ! You certainly know what I mean then ! Edited January 26, 2023 by Laurence C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadmaster Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 On 24/01/2023 at 22:48, ATTAK Z said: I was sure your name was 'Laurence Cochrane Newtownards Co Down' from your first post ... my bad I was thinking exactly the same! A bit like me had I been named Keith Jones Horley Surrey RH6! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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