Col's been reading his detective comics again . I'll say no more than that - I've told my story, from here on in it's up to the new owner. But some of the body parts I will be retaining will have magically become Gunmetal .....
Ah, RZM. Sad to see your relationship with RZ1 end, but maybe a better opportunity for us to see RZ1 emerge again with a new owner? To all. I have to tell a short story about when I first met Mikey and RZ1. I live in Adelaide, and I'm pretty sure it was on Mikey's 2001 trip back from Perth to Melbourne that I offered for him to drop in overnight on his trip back. I'd never met him in person, buy hey - he was a fellow Zedder on the forum, and that's what you do Anyway, the day that he was driving back from WA to Adelaide was a stinker! Around 40+ C, not a nice day for a drive. Ah well, luckily Zed's have air conditioning, I thought. Door bell rings, and here's this old bloke, looking like he was going to keel over on my front door step! Shit - must be Mikey's Dad, I thought. Nup. Only Mikey would drive from Melbourne to Perth in a Zed without a functioning air conditioner! 43C in Adelaide that day - what would it have been on the Nullarbor? From memory, an offer of a medicinal beer was rejected, but Mikey's preference of a glass of white proved equally effective. After he'd recovered and started to look more like Mikey normally does, we had a quick look at his car. He ain't called RED Zed Mikey for nothing. The front spoiler had taken a hit from a fox on the trip and got cracked and splintered, so Mikey had fixed it up with RED Gaffer tape and a RED ocky strap - I'm sure he went hunting in the shops in the middle of nowhere until he could find red bits for the fix! Also, if anyone wants any tips on packing a Zed, ask Mikey. His car was packed to the window line! I happened to notice while looking at the car, perched on the centre console within easy arms reach and surrounded with other stuff, was a fairly tattered old sandshoe, with an open packet of peanuts neatly perched inside the sandshoe - maybe the sandshoe added to the flavour??? Farewell RZ1, hope to see you again soon, and 'I tips me hat' to Mikey for being a true Zed ambassador and a good bloke! May you achieve all that you want with RZ2 :zlove: Dangerous and Trouble.
it could of possibly been me that brought this car haha sad to see the big writeup and pics mikey. your car is in good hands mate, will keep you posted with pics and whats going on with the car RZ1 is currently a bare shell awaiting the final peices to be pulled off the grey slicktop ready for the big transfer. will make a thread with pics and details for everyone soon :zlove:
Would like to see the pics Ashhh, and progress on the rebuild. You have a car with a lot of Zed history there!
