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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 07:28 PM
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Well with the FC for sale and all, today I picked up a car I've been dreaming about for years.

Shes a little worse for the wear right now, been sitting 3 years or so inside. Minor rust issues, 140k needs some lovin!

Thankfully, the car is very complete and I wont have to source many parts.

I'll fix what needs to be fixed in order to get the car drivable, then restore the interior and body, paint and then maybe a crazy swap in the future... 2jz? maybe.

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Going to start cleaning her up tomorrow :D

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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 07:31 PM
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Damn. How much was the towing fee?
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 07:32 PM
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AAA gold membership. Free. 60 miles from my house only
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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Oh. So it wasn't in washington?
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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Nope! yeah washington plates lol. it was there for a few years the guys mom bought it for him and he never got around to fixing it up. He has a 76 280z that's pretty sweet.
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 07:37 PM
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this clearly needs an LSx
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by E-Rok
this clearly needs an LSx
very possible in the future. though my heart loves straight 6

Note my current vehicles:

95 supra turbo

88 1jz rx7

75 280z

all I6 rwd :D
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 07:39 PM
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pics of whats under the hood? or atleast whats left of it?
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 07:41 PM
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^ tomorrow! It was running bout 2 years ago so it shouldn't be hard to bring back to life.

I'm going to remove and clean the gas tank first... full tune up and check everything etc. might fire up in a couple days who knows. There will be videos :D
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Sketch_hs
very possible in the future. though my heart loves straight 6

Note my current vehicles:

95 supra turbo

88 1jz rx7

75 280z

all I6 rwd :D
THROW A CUMMINS IN IT!
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 07:55 PM
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THROW A CUMMINS IN IT!
i'll throw a cummins in you
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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How much you pay for the z?
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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inb4 LSx
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 08:11 PM
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that's a really clean one for a resto. are you going to use OEM everything or a 350 conversion?
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 08:11 PM
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God I love those old 240 and 280 Z cars, Fantastic find, I can't wait to see what you do with it.
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 08:26 PM
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Needs to be lowered with some sweet OEM looking fender flares molded on and some badass rims.
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 08:33 PM
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$800!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 08:35 PM
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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good fine OP, I'm extending my deployment so I can do the same exact project. LS1 18"rims Deep black paint job. I cant wait, good luck on your project!
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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love that show. they finally translated all of them to english subs btw
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Sketch_hs
though my heart loves straight 6
Drop a RB26DET in it
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 09:00 PM
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:boner:
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 09:02 PM
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Awesome.

Build thread?
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 09:04 PM
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man i love those cars maybe i will restore one myself one day
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 09:05 PM
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is that dashboard clean and un-cracked?!
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