'76 Datsun Z
 

Day i got it, $2000 From San Mateo, California :2f2f:

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Shit was way too high, had to lower it.
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Got some Longchamps, 15x7 lame size i know but they were free.
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car looked like shit:facepalm:
Car came with a lightly built motor, .20 overbore, ld28 crank and some cam that was obviously TOO big.
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And it blew up, most likely the cam was the cause. Oil was full of metal.
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So i pulled it out and rebuilt it,

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Just gotta hook everything up

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Done
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Then it came time to lower it more. Got some Koni red shocks for a VW, and 10kg 7" Springs This setup let me be at a lower height with the collars all the way up.

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Thanks to ian for his fab skill sectioning and welding the coilover bodies.


So here it is, all done. This is how the car sits with the collars turned down about 3-4 turns...Notice i primered the car lol the black paint got really annoying.


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So you're Ian's friend!
I knew I saw this Z from somewhere!

Nice car man!

Nice. How the hell do you get free Longchamps!? Let me guess, you didn't have to pay for your buddies suspension work either..? Yes, I'm jealous.

Thanks bro haha yeah.

LOL, some dude that is ballin out the ass :snoop:

but no i paid ian for the suspension work no doubt.

slammed on longchamps, just beautiful, the zg flares would look wicked on that

Longchamps for free is a good deal in any language.

Negative on those ZG flares until he actually needs them, looks cool as it is, although that's a lot lower than I could ever want mine! I definitely need to do the coilover conversion.

yeah, I dont think ill ever use flairs anyway, i cant find it in my heart to cut up a Z. But ur right, im creditcard flush in the rear, trying to get the front the same way, and this height is suprisingly practical!

looks good man

nice ride free bump

really nice looking z

Absolutely badass! Thanks for sharing

Thanks everyone :3

sick z maaan! if i were to own another car other than a s13 id be this :D

Sick man i like it!

The black shiny paint looked better.

dig it. & aint nothin wrong with longchamps, no matter the size. & especially if theyre free!

or if they're fake

lol

I was about to say those look very much like Rotas. Lol.

What size spacer are you using in the rear?

Looking good.

That too I was gonna add zg flares to the z31 but I don't got he audacity to even cutting an inch ill cry lol

Beautiful. I wish there were more of these on the road.

updates? sweet car

Updates coming soon, slow build because broke 18 y/o with no job, lawlz. :facepalm:

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My drifting spree came to an end friday night, slid my Z into a concrete pillar. Car is pretty much done, but it runs and drives like nothing ever happened. Pretty sad about the whole thing but i see it as a new beginning for another Z project. A much better Z project. Coming 2013.

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you can't take a slide hammer to that? lawlz.

cant even get the damn hatch to open so i can atleast pound it out a little.:-/

dude, that is totally fixable.

do you need the hatch open for a slide hammer?!?

its "fixable" but this car isnt worth fixing for the money ill spend to try and fix it. i just wanna start over on a clean unmolested chassis. later i plan to do somthing crazy with this shell though. much later.