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The Nissan dealerships will be just as unfamiliar, find a good independent or better yet do it yourself, these are very easy cars to work on. The knowledge base here is enormous if you need any help. That is a pretty great story, try and get all the paper work you can on the car and welcome to the forum.

It took an enthusiast from half way round the world to let me know that his was less than 60 miles from me. This is HLS30-00869.

Hey Kats, I think I have the high tech version of that manual.

I installed my Libre wheels to get it off the trailer looked great. It is now on stands, the engine is out and on it's stand and the parts are bagged tagged and on it's cart. Anxious to get back to it tomorrow morning.

It's kinda sad that your friend will be likely separated from the car he's loved and cared for with such devotion since 1976. Having not had children, along with other parting thoughts, I'm sure he's thought about not enjoying his Z any longer. This might be something we'll all face down the line. If you've been appointed as the next "keeper of Z" by your departing friend, I agree that following his line will pay honor to your friendship but, as we do when we buy a used home, we tend to repair some things that have not been taken care of by the previous owner simply because priorities change as we grow older or sick. Your new ownership will bring new momentum for increased care and to take on overdue projects like replacing worn weatherstripping, electrical and mechanical issues that invariably arise but may have been put on a back burner as your friend aged and sickened. So keep it as original as he had it but invest in worthy maintenance so as to keep it roadworthy, safe and enjoyable. Please take pics and post often and, most importantly, (if you can) assure your friend before he parts that you will take care of his baby.

Hi, I am going to be inheriting a 280Z and it looks like the time is drawing close. In 1976 an older friend bought a brand new 280Z in British Racing Green. He and his wife then promptly went on vacation, hiring me to keep an eye on the place (by letting me stay there). As an 18 year old I couldn't help myself - when they left the car had 80 miles on it and when they came back it had over 700 miles on it. He didn't say much about it, but I know he was somewhat miffed at me. I did wash and detail it before they got home so maybe that made him feel batter. Anyway, long story short, he still has the car. I know he has maintained it at the dealer regularly and has all the little dings and scratches attended to every other Spring or so. Several years ago he told me that the car is in his will to be bequeathed to me because he knows I will value it as he does. He and his wife are childless by choice and I am the closest thing they have to a son. Recently he has taken quite ill and has not improved. I hope he recovers, but if not I stand ready to receive the car. The question will be, what do I do with it? Show it? Drive it? Hotrod it? I can virtually guarantee it's completely stock and original (paint and all), and garaged all these years, although high in mileage I'm sure. I might add selling it is out of the question. It has been a dear friend for over 40 years, and it has been that long since I have driven it. I am here to learn all I can about these cars before it ends up in my driveway. Landon

I can’t stop myself to post this , I found the green car has the basements for the sun visors . I have been wanting to know when our cars have got the basement . My 03/1970 car doesn’t have it , according to the parts catalog , our cars appeared that no basement with the sun visors until the third revision of the catalog ( June 1970) issued . The second revision was issued March 1970 , so the change was made in between these two periods . April ? May ? This green car tells us at least in May 1970 our cars have the basement with the sun visors. Kats

You can do the work yourself, simple cars. If it's free to you I would have it dropped at your house. Start a new thread or use our members map to get someone to go look at it if you think you need to. Personally I wouldn't drive an unknown that far. There's a lot of cut throat shippers now days. A truck and trailer is all they need, no drug test CDL license required. Get a highly rated one though that's bonded. Do your homework. Measure twice...

I agree with the others. I would keep it as close to original as possible. It will also, most likely, retain the most value that way too. You might be able to do much of the maintenance yourself as most dealers don't have anyone old enough to be experts on these older cars. If I thought the car would make the trip, I would drive it. Mind you, I would wait until after the salt is gone

Welcome to the forum. In my opinion, the best tribute you can give your friend is to keep the car original and maintain it with the same level of care the automobile has become accustom to.

That limb's well traveled! I have taken many steps and it just gets narrower but still holds.

Since you still have the EGR ( I have mine also) you don't have to remove the tube. It does help to remove the PCV hose. If I remember correctly, the biggest heat shield comes out only one way, and I can never remember that one way each time I've removed mine ?. You probably need to wiggle some more and it will magically come out. Just remember the way its came out because that is the only way it will go back in. I'm going to go out on a limb, but I think the folks who deleted the EGR altogether don't have this problem......

Now that would have been a good video.

left side tie rod is the one with left hand threads. Right side is right hand thread. That assumes no one has replaced the left side with a right side inner rod (common since left sides are hard to find), which would make them both right hand thread. Look at the threads and how they lead into the lock nuts.

Welcome to the club and congrats! As others have mentioned, keep her as stock as you can. I learned that the hard way. I have a stock hood in the garage that needs work so I can switch out the cowl induction hood but........... Can't wait to see pics

In my opinion, you should fly to MD and either a) drive it home yourself if it seems like the 280Z be roadworthy enough, or b) when you get to MD, rent a Uhaul truck and car trailer and tow it home yourself. In either case, take a route home through the southern states to reduce your exposure to winter weather as you head towards home. I'm sorry to hear your good friend isn’t well, and I hope he recovers. But it’s great that at some point, you’ll be the next person to care for that 280Z. Welcome to club!

Oh, absolutely! I'll post whatever I can when the time comes - could be a week, could be a decade. Hopefully the latter but more likely closer to the former. Currently the car is stored for the winter; his illness has been rather sudden so hopefully neglect won't be an issue. He is in his late 80s but drives the car to work regularly in the warmer months. I'm sure he has immaculate records as well. He is very disciplined that way.

todays test: small ge47 light in stalled in place of an injector (just unplugged the harness from the injector, then plugged in the light to the harness) started the spare engine, starts right up with obvious miss, but light is flashing so I know that works with the good ecu. turn off engine. Next hook up spare dizzy in P with the existing one (I have the installed one hard wired to the module so I left it in circuit. with ign in the run and the fuel purged via the fuel pressure gauge so as not to squirt gas into the engine from residual pressure, I manually spin the spare dizzy by hand, can hear the injectors fire and can see the light flash. That test the spare dizzy. ign off install spare bad ecu, ign back on, spin dizzy light flashes. hard to say if it was noticeably not as bright a flash or a duration of flash, but it did and the injectors were clicking as well. So the bad ecu def is functional just seem way to lean. I test this by trying to start it again,m would run for a few seconds (fuel pressure good, light flashes, spark there) then stop. If I depress the AFM flap manually.it will idle, if I throttle up while manually depressing it can transistion to running on its own but will forward fire (back fire thru the AFM) if I start to back off the throttle. It actually launched my poorly attached AFM, nearly hitting my parked Z. Clearly it wants to run lean. I wonder if I need another sensor/s input for this one,. it appears to use all the pins (they are all there and soldered to pads with traces). Maybe an O2 and/or a altitude sensor? I wonder if its seeing a high altitude (I am at sea level) with NO sensor and leaning the mix out?

Look guys, I see people going off the rails talking about Mr K. This not the thread. The topic is the Mint 240Z. Let's stay on topic, shall we?

Only those of us that still use the term "Tin Foil", or I could say "only us old farts".

I once had a Falcon Sprint convertible shipped. When I got it, finally, it had been driven 480 miles. There were several huge scratches in the door and a burn in the seat. One of the tires was flat. I was there when it shipped out and I was there when a different truck brought it. Complaining got me nowhere.