Ewock
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Hello everyone
It's a new year filled with new hope. About me.... I'm 19 and going into the United States Air Force. Without getting into too much detail, over the years I've worked on a '88 Nissan 300ZX Turbo (which my father "reclaimed" once it was in working order and his car fell apart due to his negligence
) and a 1972 Datsun 240z, which, while at a college prep course, my father or mother drove over a curb or something and somehow managed to bend the frame.
Yes, my vehicular history has never seemed to bode well with family, but I'm going to the service and beginning my own life. From what I understand, most servicemen get a lease on a nice new car (like a 370z with sport and nav package :love: ). But... I'm a little grease monkey, gear head, wrench monkey, or whatever else you'd like to call it and I have no shame in saying it.
To satisfy my mechanical needs, I want to work on my car. To be a part of its process. Since both of my previous cars were, in one way or another, taken from me... I would like to work on one. I just don't know which. The Datsun is so classic, and a beautiful car. It has a sporty, yet elegant look to it. The engine bay is spacious with its straight six, the black gauges and is pure mechanics with little to no sensors. The 300ZX is the red headed step child of the 300ZX's, has the turbo, V6, digital dash, flip lights....
It kills me, I don't know which to go with. I don't know if I'll be able to afford both, but if i do, I would opinions on which to work on first. I'm not into the super ricey looking cars, stickers in the windows (5+ horsepower, ), but I am into it a bit. I don't mind racing seats, aftermarket gauges, exhaust, or engine upgrades. While that will work with the Nissan, it won't work with the Datsun. At least, not yet. The Datsun, I want to restore more so before modifying like that. The Nissan I can modify in that manner. But since both cars were taken from me too early, I can't really decide, but need to fill this void.
So...... with all that said.... what are your opinions?
It's a new year filled with new hope. About me.... I'm 19 and going into the United States Air Force. Without getting into too much detail, over the years I've worked on a '88 Nissan 300ZX Turbo (which my father "reclaimed" once it was in working order and his car fell apart due to his negligence
) and a 1972 Datsun 240z, which, while at a college prep course, my father or mother drove over a curb or something and somehow managed to bend the frame. Yes, my vehicular history has never seemed to bode well with family, but I'm going to the service and beginning my own life. From what I understand, most servicemen get a lease on a nice new car (like a 370z with sport and nav package :love: ). But... I'm a little grease monkey, gear head, wrench monkey, or whatever else you'd like to call it and I have no shame in saying it.
To satisfy my mechanical needs, I want to work on my car. To be a part of its process. Since both of my previous cars were, in one way or another, taken from me... I would like to work on one. I just don't know which. The Datsun is so classic, and a beautiful car. It has a sporty, yet elegant look to it. The engine bay is spacious with its straight six, the black gauges and is pure mechanics with little to no sensors. The 300ZX is the red headed step child of the 300ZX's, has the turbo, V6, digital dash, flip lights....
It kills me, I don't know which to go with. I don't know if I'll be able to afford both, but if i do, I would opinions on which to work on first. I'm not into the super ricey looking cars, stickers in the windows (5+ horsepower,
), but I am into it a bit. I don't mind racing seats, aftermarket gauges, exhaust, or engine upgrades. While that will work with the Nissan, it won't work with the Datsun. At least, not yet. The Datsun, I want to restore more so before modifying like that. The Nissan I can modify in that manner. But since both cars were taken from me too early, I can't really decide, but need to fill this void. So...... with all that said.... what are your opinions?
