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After 2 yrs of ownership, I finally got around to shooting my 77 280z. I spent about 10ys on & off looking for an unmolested, mostly stock example. I was lucky enough to find this one on Craigslist in Buffalo of all places. When I received it, it ran poorly, and handled worse. But it was mostly original. I've since replaced anything rubber, and all electrical connectors in the engine compartment. Along with new injectors, fuel pump fuel lines etc. Using genuine Nissan when possible. Suspension has been dealt with in a similar manner, OEM when possible, the only modifications were a set of Eibach springs, the Koenig Rewinds and cross drilled rotors and a set of performance pads. It sat all last winter in storage from Thanksgiving to Easter, started first try and been running great all season. A photographer from my local C&C took some really excellent photo's this weekend and we'll be writing up a story for Petrolicious and submitting it over the winter. If accepted, I'll add the link to this thread. In the meantime, here are a few photo's that I shot, enjoy!

Read through this,http://damonq.com/techsheets/red-kote.pdf, write down your plan because it's kind of time sensitive. Get some dollar store baking soda and a few empty 5 gallon buckets. A leaf blower works good to blow the soda and water rinse after the acid wash. Then pour in a quart of acetone, slosh it around dump it then hit it again with the blower or some kind of air. Pour in the red-kote, slowly rotate the tank to get good coverage then let all the excess drip out. Make sure the small tubes are not clogged with the liner. You'll have fun, just be really careful with the acid. Cliff

Might want to run a vacuum gauge on the engine to see what else is going on. A compression test is only one part of the diagnostics.

Let him play. If this is the only way he blows his money on misspent youth, then I say it's time and money well spent! A good learning experience that will feed his passion for cars in the future. I'm not saying the end result is going to be that he has a safe, well restored vehicle. The end result may well be the development of his welding and car repair skills that will serve him well on the next more viable project. Looking back, I blew a lot of money on crazier things as a kid....

Yep, Wheee! I sent their site ( info@interior-innovations.com ) an email asking whether they could produce the door skins for my 2+2, as it is an Arizona car with cloth seats and door panels. I wanted the new door skins to match the seats. They said they could and would make them and quoted $400 for the pair and $25 for map pockets. I am ordering them in the next couple of weeks. Just send them an email,

I had a lincoln 120 mig that I used for years with no problems, I welded new pans into my Z and I pushed that little thing and never reached the end of it's duty cycle. I tolerated the fluxcore until I could afford the argon setup and I would never go back to fluxcore, messy, crummy welds. Chris

A bias valve and little road testing can dial that in.... I'm partial to the look of the brakes on my 370Z. I guess and would like to duplicate that look again. Nice and clean!

Got two rolls of this and some of this Wich will be installed before the new carpet comes in