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Had a nice, white r30 a few years ago. Unfortunately govt took it away. Looking to replace it as fun car for weekends - intend to restore and perhaps add multi-throttle body injection (just to make sure I'm not starving it of air and fuel you understand).

Am after a standard r30 4 door sedan with a manual gearbox and L24E - it must be a six. Something that's a days drive from the ACT would be nice too (not too interested in WA or NT cars - QLD cars could be OK).

Also interested in any insight as to why there's no r30s around for sale anymore and, of those that are, why they are snapped up so quickly? Saw a post here suggesting the poor things get bought and stripped for bits that are in demand in the Mid-East. What a waste!

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  MrBFrederick said:
Had a nice, white r30 a few years ago. Unfortunately govt took it away. Looking to replace it as fun car for weekends - intend to restore and perhaps add multi-throttle body injection (just to make sure I'm not starving it of air and fuel you understand).

Am after a standard r30 4 door sedan with a manual gearbox and L24E - it must be a six. Something that's a days drive from the ACT would be nice too (not too interested in WA or NT cars - QLD cars could be OK).

Also interested in any insight as to why there's no r30s around for sale anymore and, of those that are, why they are snapped up so quickly? Saw a post here suggesting the poor things get bought and stripped for bits that are in demand in the Mid-East. What a waste!

No, it's the 240K off to the middle east..

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Hi,

This one's in Qld. No sale on eBay ($500). 450000km! http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...em=320447023271

In Victoria (and listed in this forum recently). 344000km. http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=19879

Another one that didn't sell on eBay ($1200). 160000km and in NSW. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...em=280409408908

All are manual, L24E.

JH

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  jrh001 said:
Hi,

This one's in Qld. No sale on eBay ($500). 450000km! http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...em=320447023271

In Victoria (and listed in this forum recently). 344000km. http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=19879

Another one that didn't sell on eBay ($1200). 160000km and in NSW. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...em=280409408908

All are manual, L24E.

JH

Thanks for this JH. My old white R30 was a car i converted from auto to manual. Shell had about 200k on it, the driveline donor had about 450k on it. Gearbox was servicable but a little noisy, drive shaft nearly killed me. It was only a few ks from snapping at the first uni joint after about six months.... The massive vibration through the car was the only sign. I might keep car one in mind though.

The vic one looks v nice. As does the NSW example. Might give owner of the NSW one a call tomorrow to see if its still available.

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  dodgsun said:
ive got one...but its not for sale! and i'm in WA.. but i could be persuaded :D

they just rust out too quickly!

Every man has his price eh?

I've found a few nice samples in WA when searching in the past, but its just too far away!

Tried to check out pics of yours but was too retarded to find it on flickr pg.

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Hi,

This one's very interesting (not L24E though). http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Sa...nv-t293969.html

However it's in SA. Just out of curiosity I got a few transport quotes. Best quote Adelaide to Melb (for the car only) was $180 with TNT.

JohnH

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I replaced a heap if lines when it was a project car back in 2007

that line depcted is for a vac guage i had to see what stuff was doing at different revs, I was trying to diagnose the kickdown revs/pressure etc. it sometimes used to kick in and out of overdrive and was friggen annoying.

The line was a recycled washer line from a wreck!!! doesnt like the heat...

Yes Auto, full manual convrsion sitting in the garage on the parts car

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  jrh001 said:
Hi,

This one's in Qld. No sale on eBay ($500). 450000km! http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...em=320447023271

In Victoria (and listed in this forum recently). 344000km. http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=19879

Another one that didn't sell on eBay ($1200). 160000km and in NSW. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...em=280409408908

All are manual, L24E.

JH

Success!

I bought the 160k NSW $1200 one on the weekend. Many thanks to the vendor (who must surely be on this forum).

It is eff-off straight, appears to be completely intact and drives like a dream (albeit a slooooow dream). It is essentially a one owner car. It is so good, I'm actually reconsidering the more extensive and expensive plans I had for it.

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Mag86, had a look for you at the show and shine by the lake a couple of weekends ago. Hung around the car a couple of times, poked and prodded it to see if you'd turn up, but you must have been busy looking at other cars.

you sure do have a nice Skyline, it is as you say immaculate. Good luck with the conversion. Let me know what parts out of the donor car you don't want.

Also, what to people think of the parts thread? Some of the posts are a bit old now. Any comments on good places to get R30 parts in 2009?

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  MrBFrederick said:
...Also, what to people think of the parts thread? Some of the posts are a bit old now. Any comments on good places to get R30 parts in 2009?

Congrats on the car. Interested to know what plans you have for it.

The forum is a good place to find parts. My first post here was to find a replacement distributor - had two offers within a couple of days. I'm in Melbourne and the local wreckers still have R30's in the yard.

cheers,

JohnH

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  jrh001 said:
Congrats on the car. Interested to know what plans you have for it.

The forum is a good place to find parts. My first post here was to find a replacement distributor - had two offers within a couple of days. I'm in Melbourne and the local wreckers still have R30's in the yard.

cheers,

JohnH

Jh, intentions were some type of multithrottle set up, with improvements to chassis to cope i.e. firm up suspension, better front brakes. Except for the intake set, nothing too radical - just something nice, straight and perhaps a bit retro.

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  MAG86 said:
Melbourne is probably your best bet for parts.

But I am parting out the red hatch fairly quickly, the more sought after bits go in a few days.

I highly suggest gettting a parts car....

Mag86, the car I bought doesn't have power steering. So was thinking about getting parts needed for conversion (steering box, column, pump, mounts and anything else necessary). Does anyone know whether this is easily achievable or is there some quirk/weirdness - such as lack of mounting points - standing in my way?

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  66yostagea said:
I could do it for you. But it would be a bugger to get to ACT. Why no P/S??????. All my R30 have had it, even the poverty pack RMR. Is it really an R30?????

It is definitely an MR30. It was bought by an old guy in '84 who didn't option PS or A/C. It was obviously a bad summer in 87/88 as he went back to Nissan dealer and coughed up about $900 to get factory air installed. I have all the reciepts and the 'Genuine Nissan Air' sticker he never put on the car.

Anyway I was also under the assumption all MRs had these features too. Really looking to get the parts (at some point in the near future) and have a go at it myself. Have you replaced these parts yourself? Is it an easy job?

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