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Ready to sell! Chuck

My brother is the event manager for the show and told me today that he needs a couple nice cars for the Invitational Display. The cars are all kept inside and roped off from the public and the building is locked at night. If your car is selected there is no cost to show your car and you will get two passes to get into the show for all three days. He's looking for classic imports of any kind but they must be very nice, very rare and/or very interesting. For example he's had a Datsun fire truck, Scarab Z, custom turbo 260Z, a couple 240Z race cars, etc. Other cars that I remember are a 5.0 Volvo wagon, a 1966 Volvo P1800 with almost 3 million miles, some TV cars, etc. Another way to get in for free is to show a race car. Show your race car and you get 2 people in for free and it includes on-grounds trailer parking. All race cars are kept under the pavilion which is nice since many of them don't have windows and some don't have roofs. This link shows some of the cars entered for the Invitational Display (Bldg T) and race paddock (Pavillion). There's a link for "the invitational submission form" in the paragraph at the top. http://www.carlisleevents.com/carlisle-events/carlisle-import-and-performance-nationals/carlisle-import-and-performance-nationals-invitationals.aspx I will be there with 5 vendor spaces of mostly Z parts and I'll probably bring my 240Z race car, 78 620KC and maybe the Pantera and Lotus. FutoFab was there last year and I hope this year too. You can expect over 2000 show cars, 200+ parts vendors, autocross, drifting, rolling exhaust competition, burnouts and more - See more at: http://www.carlisleevents.com/carlisle-events/carlisle-import-and-performance-nationals/default.aspx#sthash.AF1n6jlD.dpuf http://www.carlisleevents.com/carlisle-events/carlisle-import-and-performance-nationals/default.aspx Chuck

Another 60 km done on my new engine. Runs fine, idles fine at 800rpm, good power on the low end and feels very strong above 3000 rpms. Havent taken it higher then 5000 rpms yet but it feels like it will make power even a bit beyond 6000 rpm. And looks like I'm getting around the same fuel consumption as before with the su carbs and lower cr. As long as I'm careful with the throttle that is.

Panels are now in production. Well they will be on Monday:) These things were a PIA to make work. Although it seemed like a simple concept to me when I started it really wasn't. There is a lot of things to have happen in a very small area. Drivers side mimics the existing ECU cover and uses it's mounting screws. Good space to get to the dead pedal but you may have to adjust your driving style to get to it. Passengers side mounts using the existing upper trim screw and a piece of industrial velcro attached to whatever the black control box is above it. To get to the fuse box you loosen the trim screw, pull the panel away from the velcro and slide it out. The screw hole is slotted so you don't have to remove the screw. If this seems like a lot of work to change a fuse you probably should fix what's blowing your fuses before buying speaker panels! Here is a small sample of the scrap I made getting the fit, the vacuum forming and the CNC routing worked out. Now for the fine print. Price is $115.00 plus shipping for the pair. Right now I'm only saying they fit a 77 for sure as that is what I have here. I've lined up a 78 for testing. I'm looking for people with a 75 and 76 to test fit as well. So if you have a 77 you're good to go if you have a 75 or 76 and want to participate in my testing program PM me. I looked at pictures on line of the different year interiors and they all look the same to me. The clutch pedal is really really close to the grill. There may be cars where you have to dent the grill a little up front at the top so be prepared for that. I was more interested in keeping the dead pedal as clear as possible. There is 2" of clearance from the mounting lip to the ECU for speaker depth. You may be able to do a deeper speaker with a spacer ring and some grill mods but I'm not making any claims to that. The Pyle PLS502 fits as it is. PM me if you are interested in a set. Thanks Derek

I just got my order of bumper and grill brackets from Chas and I'm extremely happy. The items are very high quality, everything was well packaged and it arrived very quickly. Thanks again!

PM cbukzesk He has a lot of parts spread out at Carlisle right now...

That's the kind of advance I need...