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How many clamps does it take to get the headliner trim held in place? ............. Answer ... Many..... Been working lately on trying to get finished and drive-able local nwacc member & club president Scott M's super nice Black Pearl car. Nice to work on a car where dirt & grease have been banned everywhere ....

JFA's (Jims) car is a one owner and I assure you it came that way ?

Not sure what you are referring to: Use original bumpers? You could, but it's just hard finding a good set of 70-72 240Z bumpers. They are getting harder to find, in good condition. For as little as $500 you can have a new aftermarket set. Or fitting 240Z bumpers: The 280Z frame mounting points are different to the 240Z. You can not use the 240Z mounting brackets. There are brackets available to fit 240Z bumpers to a 280Z. I make them for starters.

Finished up all the big stuff.

I originally owned my first Z car, a 1996 300zx, back in 2004. Later around 2006, I picked up a 260z and started working on restoring it. Life got in the way and we had a big move to Texas and I sold the 260z. I almost bought a really clean silver 240z that was on eBay in 2007. I was wanting a neat car to daily drive. That fell through and now 12 years later I was on the hunt for another car. I really wanted the earliest 240z I could find that was in reasonable condition for a full restoration. I live just North of Houston and found several cars for sale locally. The problem is these cars were very rusty. I mean I can do body work and sheet metal replacement but I didn't want to spend 5 years redoing the body. As luck would have it I found a really nice example on craigslist a couple of states away. I made the deal over the phone last Thursday, drove up Friday, grabbed the car Saturday and headed back home. I'll document the restoration through pictures and video and put it up on my youtube channel. I believe 52519 to be built in 10/71 ?, making it a series 2 car. It appears from items in and on the car it was last driven in the early eighties. Story was the guy I bought it from found several of them in a field back 5-10 years ago. He parted out the rusty ones and kept this one for himself. The car has sat under cover behind his shop since then. The curious thing is that it has Series 1 back glass, round tops, series 1 seats, and kidney bean wheels. I'm assuming that these were period modifications back in the 70's and maybe the back glass was replaced by a dealer that had series one glass left to sell? Am I better off putting it back to series 2 spec or leave it mid 70's period correct with the early series one parts? I don't want to kill 5-10k of the value if I should put it back to full series 2 specs. Here it is as found. I have all the original sheet metal and the car looks very rust free! Also has the dealer installed AC, with the York compressor.

Because I know Conedodger likes Datsun Zs and Porsche 914s as much as I do, here's a racing picture that includes the two. The picture is part of a series by Michael Keyser who has listed automotive photographer among his other autosports interests and activities for quite some time. I have a batch of them on my office walls. Check them out at: https://www.autosportsltd.com/quick-list/ Dennis

The hub is center of the damper/pulley. You'd want to compare how much bolt sticks out the back with the washer in place.

Oh, and to line up the pinch welds for lifting, attach the blocks to the car with blue tape and raise the lift up to meet the blocks.

An irreverent but exceedingly popular form of racing of late...

Hopefully shimming the r180 and getting it installed this weekend. Looks pretty amazing. I ended up getting new side bearing holders. They were 18$ from Subaru with seals. Which seemed too cheap not to replace.

I just heard back from my friend. He does have the QJ 5000. He said that the wheel clearance is tight, but if you position it toward the rear wheels, it clears fine.

Beer.... The cause of, and solution to all of life's problems.

Even on a rusty Z there tend to be good irreplaceable parts. Pick at it until there's nothing but "bones" ...

Its not the roll pin from the bottom of the distributor. Thanks for everyone's input. I'm feeling pretty confident its not from the motor. I'll take my dime and leave!

It would be hard to make one look as good as your's Chas. OP, I've done my front bumper but the rear is gonna be a bite that I'm not take. It's a lot harder than the front so I told myself I needed the protection of the rear bumper. There's some dipstick driver's around here. 240 bumpers on a 280 look fantastic without the cost of a 240, better ride too.

I thought maybe a snorkel or "Znorkel" ?

Once the shell was complete and back in my garage it sat untouched for a whole year. Since then progress has happened in short bursts but the latest one has been very productive and long. I always beat myself up for not doing more but I am pleased with how it's turning out. Here's my apprentice testing the steering.

Took this back in the 80's at Road America.