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A few new items I have been working on. 70-71 ashtray lid seat adjuster lever knob battery cover

Got a couple made up and one sent out to a member Degreased, sand blasted, machined and drilled, copper bearing weld thru primer applied (all I had for primer handy, looks real 70's). Includes a 4.5" x 3/8 NC GR 8 bolt and plated hardware including two nice thin spacer washers to get the pulley alignment just right. $35 USD + price of a stamp.

Had a good day playing with the blast cabinet, no sand in my nose or ears. The glass beads won't touch the undercoating on the transmission mount so next it'll be coal slag. That's on a 9 foot solid oak door that I got from a courthouse renovation we did in years ago.

So that's how you keep your java warm in Scotia! Sounds pretty darn sweet for waking-up from a three year slumber----nothing really surprises me anymore from these cars---they just love to run. A good source seat covers would be from Mike McGinnis at Banzai Motorworks. www.zzxdatsun.com He uses the same suppliers that were used for the Vintage Z program cars that were restored by Nissan, so they must be pretty close in authenticity. Mike is picky when it comes down to Z car stuff so you could trust him to provide good goods. Jay Ataka at www.jdm-car-parts.com offers covers (that I believe are made in Japan) and surely they are well made. Jay knows his stuff when it comes to reproduction items. His are actually broken down into 70/71 and 72/73 styles. The earlier70/71 covers accommodate the round seatback adjustment knob configuration, whereas the 72/73 version is adapted for the leverrecliner mechanism found on the later cars. I intend to use Jay's covers on my 7/70 car when it comes time to do them, primarily for this differentiating feature. Jim D. "Zup"

Woke it up after a 3 year sleep. Engine runs so smooth. I never ever tuned it. VID_20151010_184943Converted.mpg

If you download from the Downloads section (choice from the column on the upper left of this page) it will download as one big zip file that opens in to a folder of separate chapters. Super easy. 1972 is 74.5 MB total. You have to be logged in to download the FSM's.

Week from Tuesday:)