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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 06:29 AM
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This past weekend I picked up this:




Here she is all loaded up and ready to goto her new home.





Sitting at my friends shop. Car had not been started in 10 years. With in 20min of having it we had it running somewhat. Pretty glorious if you ask me. Going to have the carbs rebuilt.


Its a 71 series 1, has either 160k or 60k on it. Factory A/C car, all original and everything works on it!! Im really excited and amped to do this car, the rust on it isnt bad at all with the worst being a dime size hole in the passenger front floor board. The car was a GA car its whole life, I even have the original 40yr old keys and original title!!! It should be a fun, albeit expensive project.
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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 08:05 AM
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Looks like a really nice find! Good luck with the build and post lots of pics.
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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 08:17 AM
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lucky! toyed with the idea of picking one of these up for a bit, then bought a GS300 instead.

cant wait to see the progression on this
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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 12:41 PM
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I love them. I drove several early generation Z when I was a kid and they were great. Lots of fun and pretty decent power
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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 04:55 PM
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Nice find...fun cars...ENJOY the build process and have fun with it!!!!
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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 11:00 PM
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I would like to take one and drop a Chevy 350 in it.
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Old Jul 26, 2011 | 06:09 AM
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Got it into my garage last night, the rear carb is just gummed shut, probably why it wasnt pleased about running. Getting it situated today. Found a forsale flyer though for the car that really put it into perspective for me, the car has 69,000 original miles and is all original. Im not sure what to do at this point.
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Old Jul 26, 2011 | 06:13 AM
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Still amazing cars.
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Old Jul 26, 2011 | 08:09 AM
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Nice, congrats!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiaeFFDPbW4[/youtube]
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Old Nov 7, 2011 | 06:13 AM
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Heres what its turned into for anyone that cares:
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Old Nov 7, 2011 | 07:10 AM
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Great find and restoration! Definitely fun cars, enjoy it.
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Old Nov 7, 2011 | 11:57 AM
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Very nice! I've seen some crazy builds on these old z's.
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Old Nov 7, 2011 | 06:15 PM
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Wow came out nice ! I especially like the wheels.
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Old Nov 7, 2011 | 08:04 PM
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nice car! was there any rust on the car when you picked it up? my friend has a 71 240z that he just finished rebuilding, he ended up having to refinish about 40% of the panels due to rust. He's planning on putting a RB25 into that beginning of next yr or so =D
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Old Nov 7, 2011 | 09:05 PM
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congrats. one of those timeless designs!!
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