NZeder's Datsun 260z Build Thread

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No problem I have been supporting Ray and the ERC series for a while. First as pit b...h for Ricky and his Datsun 240z and on on occasion a mk1 Escort for over 10 years now. I have been a financial member of the ERC group for a while now so that is the group I intend to run with. The driving standard and the group are just a great bunch of characters. Also the fact most of the cars are from the same period ie the same make/models the Datsun 240z/260z raced against on circuits all around the world or on rallies at the top level of the sport.

When I first got this car with its modern Skyline DOHC EFI, later Wilwood brake setup it would have been much quicker to complete the project as it was and run in the All All Japanese class (don't think the word classic applies to this bunch of Honda's. If the grid had more Datsun 1600, 1200, 160j SSS, 240z/260z, Skyline C10 (first model car in the world to have the GTR badge with the 2000cc DOHC 4valve engine), Prince GTB (s54), Toyota Sprinter/Levins TE27, Mazda RX2 and RX3 ie all the Japanese models that have racing history in the 70's on the world stage of circuit and rallies then classic can be used but a $4000 or less Honda Civic is not a classic car in my eyes (given finding a good 240z today will cost you 2 x MGB GTs.)) Then the driving standard of these Honda's etc was not at what I would call ideal. I guess that comes down to cost...if the cost of a replacement shell is only $2000-3000 or less then you might have a different take on the cost of fixing a car. Having purchased a number (and maybe the last bunch of NOS) geniune panels for my road zed I can say a bonnet and front guards are the cost of one of these entire cars plus some and that does not include bumper or more to the point many of the NLA parts that go with a car that is over 40 yeard old.