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Hello everyone, Lance here. I went to Japan this Summer, and am still quite excited. lol. It was a awsome trip which I didn't do much except running around finding parts and catching car shows. I brought my camra with me so there's a lot of pictures. And I think I'm going back next summer, again! First of all let me introduce myself. I'm 16, was born and raised in China. Came to the US for high school and I somehow bought a 240z on Ebay in Texas without seeing the car (I know, lucky I did get the car and I didn't know it's a L28 untill I got it). I'm in Michigan now, trying to get the car back on the road again. so far I rebuilt the engine with the classic flat top e31 high compression setup, running twin rebello bored out SU. Right now I'm trying to get the body straight again. Here's a shot of my pile of rust! Well that's another story. Anyway, trip to Japan! A shot I took from the Tokyo Sky tree. I don't know where to start so here you go! The main theme of my visit there was just get a feel of Japan and it's car culture. I obviously came from a country that doesn't have any. The whole "My car is cool" thing just started. Well, lets just put it this way. The oldest car I saw on the road is a clapped out new yorker. Being able to experience the American car scene, the Japanese culture, and the Chinese culture, lets just talk about it while I put pictures on this post. Here is a shot of the street I l stayed for 14 days. It's clean!!! Almost too clean in my opnion. The thing that amazed me is that it doesn't take much to clean it. It's the people who always kept them clean. At the start of my first day in japan, we went for the shopping center. The Ginza area. And of corse I went in the dooe as soon as I saw this. Nissan crossing is like a special dealership. They have all kinds of things from a wall full of touchscreen to some new concept. This one's got suicide doors. Knight rider might have designed this dash and steering wheel. And hey that seat looks like the one in mine! This is the GT concept 2020. I don't really have a opnion on this one. Aaaaand here is 600 horsepower and some wings. Here they have some flags of the great cars they made. Sad that none of those are Zs. We got the skyline brothers though! in case you're wondering the 1968 is the "3rd gen" written on the flag and it goes from there. Tired of seeing stuff that no one drives? Well I was and I went to Akihabara to catch some actions. And immidiatly there's a beast parking there! From the fan and the tissue box you can see that it's being driven. I like how they just randomly put a parking space there. It must be for one of those shop owners. It's weird you can see cars like this popping up randomly. In China there's not much cool cars, in US there's not much crowded areas. lol. This mx5 nailed it. Everything looks perfect. Yes I did stand in the middle of the road and took the picture. It's just too nice to miss. That's about it for the first day. I'm partly into watching animes so I spent some time running around the street looking at interesting stuff. This street is taken over by all the cute girls and stuff. But it is also a big electronic shopping street. I found a shop especially interesting. They rent shelf spaces to people who want to sell their old electronics. And the stuff they have there is just amazing. Old radios, reel to reel recorder, Sony casset recorders, phones, tube radios, it's just a treat to look at. If you ever visited there just don't carry money on you. It's like walking into a candy shop with a gift card. I'm afraid that this post might be too long, so I'm going to devide it into parts.

Bulbs I bought from Superbright bulbs; 2 - 67-CW12-G: Cool White (license Plate) 2 - 67-A12-G: Amber (side markers) 2 - 67-R12-G: Red (side markers) 1 - BA9S-WHP: Cool White (glove box) 2 - 3110-CW18-CB: Cool White (map and dome lights) All these fit without issue. The LED tail 1156 & 1157 for tail in the color of the lens (red for tail white for reverse) and LED 1157 for front blinker (Amber) I got from local NAPA store. They all fit fine.

All bulbs plugged into standard sockets. I went to https://www.superbrightleds.com/ and just did a 1156 equivalent for sidemarkers, regular tail and backup lights and 1157 equivalent for blinker bulbs in LED and a BA9 for the glove box. They look bone stock. Be sure to order the bulb color that matches the lens you're putting it behind. For the flashers I ordered 2 of these, 1 for blinker and 1 for emergency flashers. Worked fine. https://www.mscdirect.com/browse/tnpla/65139883?cid=ppc-bing-New - Fleet Maintenance - PLA_EDmgDKpS__be_73667328438022_c_&mkwid=EDmgDKpS|dc&pcrid=73667328438022&product_id=65139883

Chris: Why not contact Steve at 240Z Rubber Parts? He's been casting soft and hard 'rubber' parts for a couple of years now and should be able to offer some useful tips on materials and processes. Use the 'Contact Us' link in his website.

THanks guys, I have been busy helping who I can and donating everything I can afford to give up. I pray this find you all well and that nobody ever has to go through this!

I agree with Cliff. Buy it. Worst case you decide not to restore you'll get way more than $500 in parting out. Would like to see it restored but lets face it, parts are hard to find for the ones doing resto's now.

Hell yeah, $500. The carbs are worth $300! Drink a few more and d*** with them, buy that little baby.

I know I'm a little late to this party, but I just ordered this unit from MSA to replace the Sony cassette deck in my 71 Z car. http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/classic08c01/50-1289 I like the stock look. It has both USB and minijack inputs that could be placed in the glove box. Down the road if you get a Bluetooth capable device this would support that too. I have Bluetooth in another vehicle and about 250 albums on my Android phone. As far as I'm concerned this is the way to go for both music and hands free phone use along with no more cassettes or CD's in the car. I don't think it supports Sirius/XM, but I've had it before and dumped it. For me there was not enough value add for the subscription cost.

The factory used strips of foam tape that by now has turned to dust. Chuck

Your original bonnet / hood mounting holes have been elongated drastically! I'd say your car likely had a small love tap in it's life and someone frustrated trying to get the bonnet alignment right modified the holes to get it to sit right. Getting hood alignment right on a S30Z is 1 of the worst jobs out there I reckon. I've had a hell of a time fixing mine. (It was hit in the front and I repaired it) but I'm still not happy with it and being a perfectionist I may actually just start with another hood. http://www.viczcar.com/forum/topic/12272-separating-bonnet-skin-and-frame/page-3

Bushes are probably oil soaked and gone mushy. That's a technical Term LOL. Rack Bushings are one place that Poly Bushings are good.

Hard to measure, maybe 3/16 - 1/4" but the more you push the farther it goes. HA, I almost called this thread, "A solution in search of a problem". When the car is finished I don't want to be saying, "You know, I should have done that when it was all apart." but at the rate I'm going I'll soon have bottle openers welded in to both rear fenders in case anyone needs to open a beer and they are on the wrong side of the car. Not bored yet, this the funnest most challenging project I have done in years.`

Thank you for the write up! I am going to take this on to swap my center gauges. For some reason the left two center gauges were swapped and I need to relocate them. This article will help a ton, thanks again for spending the time and describing the process.

It is weird holding something that was last held by a man in Japan 40 years ago. The more I work on mine the more I like it for it's simplicity. Great write up too. I buy stuff and look at it for a year or two before I get the courage to tackle the job. Then when it's all over with I always think how easy it was.