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Here's my other Mopar. It's a 1970 Plymouth Road Runner, 440, 6bbl, 4-speed 4.10 Dana, air grabber, Hemi Orange car. Repainted back in the early 1980 and had a vinyl top installed. It's all numbers matching and has no rust. Chuck

Nice Series I, Oemz! Did you find the car in California or somewhere else? I have always liked the 904 White/Blue interior combo. I used to have a '71 (Series II) with the same color combination as yours that is now in Europe. Here are a few pics of the car before I sold it:

Sleepy Time.......at least till April.

Here are my latest two. A 2002 Mini Cooper S and a 1970 Plymouth AAR 'cuda 4-speed. Chuck

All contacts on the switch check out with a VOM for continuity and insulation. It's in very good shape. I've felt/used many of these switches and this one is "tight" so the "mileage" is realitively low. I've done nothing to clean it up. I really hate pricing stuff. There are just so few prior sales made known of these switches to use for comparison. That's why I made all the noise about letting the market speak. I'm tempted not to put an asking price in at all, just take offers, but I think a number has to be mentioned, and clearly it has to be "high" as very few people will offer more than asking. I will be taking the high offer, whether it's $50 or $5000. I've promised to post the finally selling price to let the market know this data point for future reference. Anyone please feel free to post what you think it's worth. Remember the asking price does not determine the value. The finally selling price does that. How many sellers have been raked over the coals for crazy high asking prices for stuff, when in fact that number has nothing to do the value. Please be kind.

Argh, my ears are burning! (Captain told me y'all were wondering where I've been.) I'm sorry I've been such a stranger, but life really threw us a curve ball. My partner of 15 years was diagnosed with melanoma -- a rather advanced one with a pretty awful prognosis. I dropped everything like a hot potato and went into research/advocacy/treatment/support mode. It's been a hell of a ride so far. The good news is that she's getting the care she needs from the best in this part of the country. Surgery went well, and the surgeon MIGHT (!! maybe !!) have gotten every trace of the cancer -- about a 50% shot. We're shooting for 2020, the 5-year mark, which will be our 20th together. If we can make it that far, we've probably got the thing licked. If she has a recurrence before then, it's going to be a heck of a fight, but one that can actually be won if we are lucky. My Z apparently isn't doing as well. It's been mostly sitting, and you know what happens to cars that sit. I started it up to evacuate it from this coming storm (as we will be having some tidal flooding). The first part of the trip was OK, but the last part ended on a tow truck. Felt like an intermittent electrical problem with the EFI. I'm guessing it might be corroded contacts in the fuel injection relay, for a number of reasons. No time to diagnose, so the car now sits in the driveway at our new(to us) house, to be moved into the garage as soon as I can clear boxes. My back-log includes an oil change on our new-to-us Mazda CX-7, which has become our highway cruiser for our frequent trips for cancer treatment; and a speedometer cable on the Miata, which I probably won't replace until the spring. Ah yes, and then there's the sailboat, which actually takes top priority before any of that, except for the oil change. I've got to reqire the nav lights. Yeah, life just fell apart on us, but we're struggling our way back.

OK, here are some pics. The car was restored and it was done very well. I'm very happy with it and it's pretty much what I would have done if restoring one ground up. It had some funky side view mirrors mounted to the window trim and window frame which I already removed. I will be mounting a factory unit only on the drivers side. Im glad im only dealing with the trim vs aftermarket mirrors mounted onto the doors which would have required body/paint work to reverse, so it's the lesser of the evils in my book. I should be getting my new mirror in tomorrow from Nissan. Its a series 1 finished in 904 Kilimanjaro white on blue interior. I wasn't too sure about the blue and prefered red or black, but its growing on me and looks great while driving on a sunny day. I'm very happy to be back in a 240z. Hope you guys like it.

I built a rotisserie out of 2 harbor freight engine stands, large HF casters, some steel plate and an old trampoline frame. I priced some steel to build it from scratch but the steel was so expensive it wasn't practical. I added plates to make the stands wider and give me a place to mount the larger wheels You can also see where I extended the frames to make them taller so the car could rotate fully. The two vertical pipes that are on each end are held by u-bolts throught the engine stand. So the car can be raised or lowered to get it to the proper balance point. The car is turned sideways because the shop is full of stuff. The car is very neutral and can easily be spun with one hand. You can use the pin on the engine stand to hold the car in any orientation. When I go to set it down on it's wheels, I can loosen the u-bolts and slide it down until it is close to the ground I bolted through some pipes to where the bumpers mount. You could do something similar I ran a pipe from one stand to the other with a large bolt for a set screw so the stands are tied together , so they don't stress the chassis. I wasn't too worried about the car falling on me because a stripped Z is pretty light.

Hi guys, gals! I'm still kicking as well and drop in every so often to see what's shakin in the Z world. Thanks for thinking of me Jeff, I am doing great but did downsize my car and motorcycle interests. I sold my Z and my massive Z parts stash and my Z library to our buddy Brian (think he has 5 Zs now). I still have my touring Harley, Model A coupe hotrod and a new minivan and that's enough to keep me busy. I know that our shared love for Zs, means that another could come along at any time though. I have often wondered what became of many former active members and appreciated being notified of this thread. Keep on enjoying the ride! Ron.

One thing to point out. If you plug the water outlet ( and I'm one that thinks you should) at the thermostat housing and on the other side of the block (close the carb water circuit), just remember one thing......until the thermostat opens, you have nowhere for water to circulate. This means that water is limited to circulating in the block only, trying to circulate through the radiator. The thermostat is a dam, waiting to open. If you get down on a cool engine before your thermostat opens, a high RPM water pump is pushing against resistance.....you can blow a freeze plug like a missile projectile ( ask me how I know this). Just be patient like you are supposed to......let your engine come to full temp with an open thermostat before any quick right foot jabs!

A friend of mine built one out of square channel and angle iron. It works good and mounts to the factory bumper shocks on the 280... A little high for centre of gravity but manageable.

Here's a pic of mine. I forget the name but it's a pretty good one. Put the car on jack stands, attach rotisserie to bumper mounts and then raise each end of the rotisserie. It works very well. The brackets are meant for Mopars but I drilled an extra hole in the front mounts and made adapters for the rear. Chuck

The car is still in its original paint so WYSIWYG. I'm getting it ready for spring. I've rebuilt the carbs, bought stock exh manifolds and will get a new AAR exh system. I'm replacing the floor in the driver's foot area and the rear driver's floor. I also need to replace the trunk floor, trunk extensions and lower quarters. That should do it for now. I want to retain as much original paint as possible. Some day I will put it on the rotisserie and do every nut and bolt. Chuck

You trailer the boat to a KOA? That is awesome!

I'm with you moelk .......my guess is that Stephen will end up painting it the same color as the car......just my intuition.

Picked up a Lexus LX470 a few years back when I was living in Oregon. Great truck! Now that I'm in Seattle I may have to rethink the DD. Last image is a new toy we picked up for camping in the summer. Neither will fit in my garage.

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Are you sure the valve cover is chrome and not highly polished?

That is brilliant. There is a chap here a NASA I work with that restores these things. People who restore tools used to create other things are very dear to my heart. What a wonderful undertaking. I did just add this to my garage. Sold my WRX and moved up to an 'adult' car

Thank You....looks naked without all the emblems and the all accessories ......I will update with pictures when she gets here in the States.... Many thanks to my Friend Sultan (kenmeri77) for making this project happened and own my dream car.

I do that a lot. The conversation is always interesting and intelligent and I win all the arguments. What's the down side? Oh yeah, that...

Yes i think you're right. The s31's had a factory option electric windows. Below is a pic of the power window mechanism from a s31. What's the nissan part# for the oz trims? This is the part# on mine. Actually I haven't researched what exact car my panels fit. I should drag out the parts catalog and take a look. Our usa panels fit 74-76 and then changed in 77-78.

Yup, The 8/71 parts car I'm taking apart has the vent in the c pillar, not the hatch. Interestingly, it has the vert. defogger rear glass. When dealing with Zs, the year has little relevance. Build date is everything.

Here are few pics. Current plans are to have the valve cover de-chromed, triple carb setup, zinc plating a few of the hardware and laminate the coil cover black with vinyl. Otherwise, the engine bay is pretty mint

Well here it is. This is just plasti-dip flat black. I think if I painted it the same color as the rear tail light panel, it would look better. But overall, any opinions? One interesting thing. My car at one time had the BRE 6 bolt spoiler on it. I had holes drilled for it. However my current spoiler appears to be an MSA version with only 2 bolts holding it at the very outer edge of the trunk lid. One great thing that came from all of this is I reshimmed the hatch, and now all my squeaks have stopped! It was a very loose fitting trunk hatch before, but I took all but one shim from each side and it closes with an almost European thump now. I am VERY impressed at how well it turned out (read as: I got lucky) Hurray

Have been taking a break on the Z and just finished up rebuilding this 9"x 45" Logan lathe,

"Everything is original including the pain." I like that.