You see, last week my mother told me that my dad wanted to ship the orange 280Z to Taiwan. I think they may have misunderstood my intention with the car - to me, this was the realization of my failed goal from three years ago, and coincidentally it was a chance for my father to drive his high school dream car. It was not, however, a car I had purchased for my dad. Actually, he told me not to get it.
However, upon seeing photos of the car parked outside, they told me that they wanted the car. Between filial piety and me wanting to have a smog exempt chasis for the swap, I decided to swap the motor into the red 260z car instead of keeping the orange 280Z. It took me a long time to convince myself though...and my heart was still uneasy.
After doing some research on what the cost of a good, factory quality paint job is (a whopping 5000+ dollars!!!??!?!) I changed my mind and decided to keep the orange car. There was something about the car...I don't know if it was my love for the original orange paint, or the fact that it was the first working Z car that I had ever driven, but I just couldn't part with her. Thus, I told my mom that I was keeping it, and that if my dad wanted an orange 280Z I'd help him find one and clean it up.
Therefore, the paint is freshly buffed out right now, and it looks a million times better than before. My baby is starting to look very presentable, which is good because my dad is coming home today and will want to drive it. I'm falling in love with her more and more.
I have decided not to swap out the dashboard. Phong and I went to pull it a few days ago and it was a pretty big pain in the ass. Plus, I have a buyer for the 260Z now, and it was easier to get rid of with the dash in the car. A 100 dollar dash cap (basically a black plastic cover that mounts flush to the original cover) will more than suffice for my needs, and will be almost indistinguishable from a full, original dash.
The seats from the 260z are in the car now. They have these cool little vents in the lumbar area, which, judging on the lack of similar vents on later cars, are probably pretty useless and/or prone to rusting.
This post is so useless without pics...which I will have for you soon.
But since everyone likes to look at pictures, check out this VERY CLEAN orange, 280Z at a show. I like the look of the chrome mirror and want to install one like that onto my car:
1 comment:
your car is starting to look very presentable! i thought it looked very pretty the last time i saw it. ^_^
i'm also glad that you're doing what you want and keeping the car. i think it really makes you happy, and i think you'll make very good use of it.
AND i'm glad you're feeling better. i get worried when people aren't doing well, and then all my hair falls out. and my hair goes gray. so be nice to me and be happy, ok? :)
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