Saaave it please and ship it to me!!... Hehe

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/nissan-p230- ... 416948d6f9

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1980 Datsun 280ZX 2+2
1982 Megasquirted Datsun Bluebird 1.8SSS
1973 Datsun 260C, Hardtop.

Some pics of the process, the exterior is almost done.....I'm still looking for the rear quarter side markers, no matter if they are the ugly black ones, and also the backseat arm rests, both sides...please help





As a bonus pic my recently restored 910SSS

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1980 Datsun 280ZX 2+2
1982 Megasquirted Datsun Bluebird 1.8SSS
1973 Datsun 260C, Hardtop.

More pics!!




This fender is a reproduction, it has some minor details, but as soon as I can find an original one I´ll swap it.






The car is almost ready to be painted, the color will be silver, I wanted white but my wife insisted and couldn't say no....

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1980 Datsun 280ZX 2+2
1982 Megasquirted Datsun Bluebird 1.8SSS
1973 Datsun 260C, Hardtop.

Looks like some tricky bodywork getting the panels to line up etc. Silver seems to be the colour of choice (I would have preferred my car a different colour but don't want to lose the patina), couldn't interest you in a green?


What wheels is this thing going to have Camilo?

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1973 H230 Wagon, 'ILL-260'
1975 911S Targa
1978 Torana Hatch
1999 GXE10

I am currently "looking into" this myself, i have the room just requires me to get on a plane then a three hour train, hitch hike 140km with all my tools so i can fix the brakes on it and then drive it 1600km home If he has not pulled the thing apart by the time my exams are here ill probably of convinced myself to give it a crack

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My garage:
180b sedan daily (needs some TLC)
180B sss (under restoration)
180b Wagon daily
http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f= ... 9&start=30

P.S. Loving the progress, gahhh i need to get better at doing bodywork like this. Looking forward to summer. I wonder if that green colour is the same as brendans car was originally. Oh and im pretty sure brendan and i picked up a pair of rear armrests for you, there where in ok-ish condition

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My garage:
180b sedan daily (needs some TLC)
180B sss (under restoration)
180b Wagon daily
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Hi Heath!, you are right, for what I saw the trickiest part was lining up the panels. That green is gorgeous, I have been searching in the brochures and old pics for the interior/exterior color options, and it seems to be that the green exterior was matched with a white interior, and my car's interior is black.... I don´t want to be so strict with the resto but I think this is important.

The wheels.... good question. I don't really know. I don´t wanna use some american wheels, but finding retro japanese wheels or reproductions (Rota, Konig) here is really hard even more with five bolt pattern. I 'm gonna have to import them from USA and this is expensive. I want Hayashi street or Rota Shakotan, but the first ones are very expensive and I have not seen the latter in 5 bolts pattern. The other options I have in mind are Enkei 92 and Rota RB. But, once again, I'm gonna have to import them.... the only option easy to find here are BBS mesh...
That could be Brendan's car original color.... Thanks a lot for the armrests Ryan, who have them? I found some 240Z armrests, they look similar but are longer...

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1980 Datsun 280ZX 2+2
1982 Megasquirted Datsun Bluebird 1.8SSS
1973 Datsun 260C, Hardtop.

brendan paid for them and has them at his house so send him a pm foam around the mounting has cracked a bit (as if someone has lent on it too hard) on one of them, but the exterior of them looks fine from memory

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180b sedan daily (needs some TLC)
180B sss (under restoration)
180b Wagon daily
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Great! I´ll write him inmediatly, thanks again!

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1980 Datsun 280ZX 2+2
1982 Megasquirted Datsun Bluebird 1.8SSS
1973 Datsun 260C, Hardtop.

Could always get wheels from japan should get on these!!

http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r94490407

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My garage:
180b sedan daily (needs some TLC)
180B sss (under restoration)
180b Wagon daily
http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f= ... 9&start=30

Alright some other wheels to look at

kind of similar to the hyashi streets but they are too small for your car
http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d121923894

Watanabe
http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/a ... m105345929

SSR mesh
http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e126686376

A bunch of weird unique jap stuff that
http://page21.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/a ... j186071730

http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b137206240

http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k150701539

http://page21.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/a ... j142073364

http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/158753811

http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f118553667

http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d134400447

Heath got his 5x114.3 starsharks from these guys,

http://www.otomoto.com.au/l/CategoryId/ ... n/0/Page/4

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My garage:
180b sedan daily (needs some TLC)
180B sss (under restoration)
180b Wagon daily
http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f= ... 9&start=30

Want the colour code of a nice clean silver? Lol anywho, getting the gaps right does take a bit of time and effort (more so when you have replaced panels of the body like you have!!!!). there was one gap on my car that i just couldnt get right (and still havent), even with shimming the door hinge (dodgey lol) I stripped and repaired all the panels on my car and to get the bodyline down the side right I used masking tape and blocking up against the line from the top, removing the tape and placing it on the bottom of the line and blocking down, when the car was in primer. also longboarded the car and reprimed. In spots my car has plenty of skims of body filler but you would never know it, you are lucky you got new panels!

looking good mate keep it up. hope to see it painted soon

ps. the colour code is mercedes DB775 iridium silver
pss. I always wanted to see what a coupe would be like in that colour

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1971 B110
1971 P510
1974 H230
1974 B120

greatwork camilo you get alot of satisfaction doing it right! i'm doing it myself and love every bit of time i get to work on my coupe. dont stress about the coupe in qld. you seem to have a much better canvas to work with! i'm in qld a concidered this vehicle when it was advertised previously but really to far gone in my opinion.

Gorgeous wheels!!

But the truth is that due to the shipping prices, Japan and Australia are my last options to import wheels from, that is why I'm looking for some Enkei 92 in USA.
Hey Mitch!, I wouldn't notice your car has body filler! at least from pics , the silver I'm looking for is Silver 901 http://www.zhome.com/History/ZColorGall ... ilver2.jpg

Or silver metalic 306 http://www.zhome.com/History/ZColorGall ... lver_1.jpg
http://www.xenons30.com/Colorchart.html
Than you very much! I wish I had the skills, knowledge and the space to work on my car, but i don't and everything depends on other people ... That coupe in Qld seemed to be ok.

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1980 Datsun 280ZX 2+2
1982 Megasquirted Datsun Bluebird 1.8SSS
1973 Datsun 260C, Hardtop.

Yeah fair enough on the shipping.

yeah there where much more revieling photos that didnt make ebay, but the car is still saveable.

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My garage:
180b sedan daily (needs some TLC)
180B sss (under restoration)
180b Wagon daily
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