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We Love R Z… Geri’s 260z

Filed under: Featured Cars and Projects,Performance
by Alvin G @ 12:06 am on August 23, 2011


Geri R first came to ZCG in November of 2009.  She has owned this pretty 1974 Datsun 260z for over 30 years and never had a dedicated Z-car shop work on it.  The car needed specific Z parts and some TLC that ZCarGarage is always willing to provide. Geri’s goal was to make the Z totally dependable and more enjoyable for long roadtrips down to LA.

A complete rebuild of the suspension was performed, both front and rear. Along the way a laundry list of  items were replaced or refurbished including:

-New factory Tach
-Battery cables
-New factory fuel pump
-Hard to find factory transmission speedo cable
-Gear reduction starter
-Fuel hoses
-A/C system converted to r134

On to the suspension rebuild! After parts were removed the underbody was undercoated and all nuts/bolts were zinc plated:

Every major suspension part was powdercoated. Geri found the stock suspension to be a bit on the soft side with lots of body-roll so Tokico shocks with slightly firmer/shorter springs, and sway bars were installed to stiffen the ride:

Check out the before/after pics with the freshly powdercoated a-arms, T/C rods, subframes, zinc’d hardware…it’s so clean!
New ball joints were also installed:


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