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Probably too late but cheap walmart oven cleaner spray foam works great on those, inside and out.

You do not offend anybody! You are in very respected company. Originality is still king. However with cars like the 240Z (and 911, and 2002, and GTV) they are purchased not just to have a beautiful object to own, but the very roots of their pedigree are in motorsports and the ability to produce a thrilling drive. These cars attract those who want to capture that original 240Z magic as well as those looking for the ultimate classic car driving experience. A well modified classic version of the cars mentioned above heightens the driving experience. If the mods are tasteful and period correct, I have been posing to the classic car crowd, that these cars modified to drive are worth almost as much as all original ones. People who value the visceral drive over all out originality come with bags of money of their own. Both are welcome at my house!

its a great day to be sweaty!!!!!!! skip to about the 10 minute mark for the really good stuff. all the smoke is from the header wrap. DSCN0185.AVI

They're already piping in motor sounds through surround sound. Next it'll be exhaust fumes through the air vents. 8^)

I believe the folks in Colorado are higher...but I agree that elevation data would be useful. Owner of three sets of Mikuni/Solex (two 44 and a 40). Both 44mm are race prepped with one of the two a set from the #33 BSR that has been heavily modified (no inner venture just a brazed in bend tube spitting gas through an 3/16th hole which translates in a simple truth - never lift)

In a decade, or so, when all cars are electric, that will no longer be a problem. The grille opening will just be a fond memory from a bygone era - kind of like tail fins, chrome bumpers, and quad headlights. Dennis

A quick update. I went and QC'd the hatch clip this afternoon. The metal was not thick like I thought and easily rested flush in the recess of the hatch vent trim. There were two minor issues. 1. The hole was a little too far to the right based on the pictures. 2. The bend on the bottom and far right was a little too long. It actually would have worked the way it was but I asked it be corrected to match the original more. The next test clip should be ready tomorrow or Wednesday. I will keep everyone posted.

Since the Prince already got attention in this corner of the website, here's another bit of media coverage: https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2017/03/20/prince-r380-represents-the-best-from-japan-in-the-mid-sixties/

I work with modern fibre optic submarine cables and enjoy researching the early telegraph cables (as much as I enjoy Z's... so those who know me understand the extent ). I was recently perusing historical Nissan publications and came across this 1962 document: The footer contains an interesting reference: Cable Address "NISMO" Tokyo. NISMO was the shortened address (International Identifier for the Telegraph Office) used by NISsan MOtor corporation to receive telegraphs. The short form allowed for the sender to use fewer characters in the telegraph/teletype message to reduce costs. If you research the telegraph messaging techniques, compressing words and acronyms were from well formed and standardized methods used long before the similar ad hoc usage in texting. "Cable" comes from Submarine Telegraph Cable which was used to describe the messaging system used for ~100 years prior to 1962 for international telecommunications. In 1962 International telephone calls were quite rare. The first telephone cable across the Pacific was COMPAC in 1963 that could only carry 80 calls simultaneously. So NISMO was first used in Telecoms before Motorsports. Now you know the complete story

Thank you Bob and Cliff. I do appreciate your comments, and am SUPER thrilled about your diagnosis... we are free now to run and run and run! Love it... Thanks , Jai