A friend is restoring a 260Z at present. His had very slight rust in the lower door skins, sills. lower tailgate, and a strange place - in the middle of the top of both the front guards. Despite rust in all these places, it was only minor rust, not through the panels other than the top of the front guards which had developed paint bubbles.- He is being very fussy about his resto and has spent $3000 to remove all the rust..
I have seen some Zeds with bad rust around the fuel filler and the rear guards. The rest of the car is usually not a problem. Check for any repairs to the bonnet/grill area. I am in favour of buying an auto and converting it to manual, as autos will generally have been less abused mechanically. For your interest, my friend paid $4400 for his with 12 months reg and RWC and I thought it was a bargain - apart from the colour (bronze). Its totally original, and its interior was in mint condition. Oh, it had broken the spot welds on the lower bracket holding the LH tailgate strut support. This had been crudely repaired by bolting it back through the drain channel. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob - Uni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2002 18:52 PM Subject: 260Z info > Hello All, > > I am new to the list, so apologies if this kind of question is a bit > newbie. I am currently trying to sell my beetle which is wonderful at > corners and getting comments from 14 year olds, but not much else, and > getting a 260Z. I have narrowed it down to a 260 because I like the > old shape, and I dont think I will be able to get a 240 for the > ammount of money I have to spend. What I would like to know is what > are common problems with these cars that I should look for when > buying? I know that a car this old will have problems anyway, but I > would like to be able to spot them when I am buying. I have been told > that they rust arround the tailgate area and in the bottoms of the > doors and that sometimes the door hinges go bad but not much else. Can > anyone give me other common problems? Thanks in advance. > > -- > Best regards, > Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
