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It alters both actually. they all interplay. The diameter of the steering wheel determines the amount of circumferential movement of your hand required to turn the wheels a set amount. Basically the ARC LENGTH S that is swept is the variable that changes with diameter. 1. To turn the wheel a certain amount on a small wheel to take a corner is say 4" of circumference travel (S). 2. If you use a bigger wheel that is twice the diameter, you will have to turn 8" of circumference travel (S) to take the corner. The larger diameter wheel has more mechanical advantage and a perception of finer control for the same steering input.

You keep on studying the avionics on that flying train. I'll look for Waldo.

Cliff..... you gotta keep an eye on him.

Actual rubber steering rack bushings, steering coupler and moustache bushings instead of polyurethane. No one agreed or disagreed about the door weather strip. Maybe it is no longer a problem?

I picked up one for the MO/YR of my car 6 70 The other set was for obvious reasons. 😀

$55,000 for the silver 71. The seller called himself cobrajet and said that he had had several 240Z's in the past. Either didn't set a reserve or set it below 55 (obviously). Seemed like a car guy with a collection just moving one along.

And here it is. Correct size, color and type for the car classification in Japan for 1972. The characters to the left of the year are for Kanagawa prefecture, where Datsun 240Zs were manufactured. I forget what the character to the left is for. I chose 240-Z for obvious reasons. My plan is to hang it on the front, as I am not required to have a front plate using year of manufacture permanent licensing. Also a shot of the rear plate on my 72.

Does anybody understand the fascination with watching that thing drop to the ground in Times Square? I have vague memories of trying to figure out what everyone was looking at when I was a kid, watching it on TV (we had bad reception), but have never understood it. I just saw on the news that New York city is still planning to let a few people gather in Times Square to watch the spherical object drop to the ground. How many of us are so trained to just keep doing the goofy things we've always done, no matter what? People are strange. https://www.timessquarenyc.org/times-square-new-years-eve/nye-history-times-square-ball Looks like they're going to bring in a few "front line workers" to cover for the VIP party TV show. What a crock. https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/12/31/new-years-eve-times-square-2020/

Cliff, if I had my own private investigation business, consider yourself hired. I would have never picked up on that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Your pre-plating prep will be rewarded handsomely irregardless of what the plater might do. Your prep work is outstanding. Nice tip on the screw heads. Did you ever find another one of the early style clamp you were looking for?? (LMK) I want to express a word of caution about your choice of a plater. I used Sav-On Plating and overall I was not very happy with the results.Your mileage may vary, --- just saying---no slam on Rich or his beautiful results on Bob Russell's blue 73 that he did before the Orange. Your restoration is way beyond nice. Not a time for "screw-ups" and disappointment now. I would look for a plater closer to home so that I could oversee the results more easily and communicate my expectations directly. Shipping and "batch" minimum charges get to be expensive when done "cross country". I know now. I have thought of contacting Jeff Palya at http://paltech1.com/ and inquiring if he would agree to having his plater do future work for me. I've had him do flat top and round top carbs for me in the past and the plate-work was awesome. Might be a path for you to explore.

I am still working to round up the fasteners and send them off to be plated. I find myself bead blasting some of them like these. I wish I knew if it was necessary... From a comment by @motorman7 in "the Orange" rebuild thread, I think the plater he uses (and I plan to use) might prep the fasteners, and so my bead blasting may not be necessary. I just don't want to take the chance that they aren't prepped properly? Another nice thing about working with a car that spent its entire life in the southwest/in storage, the fasteners, even ones is "wet" locations like the front valence, are nearly corrosion free: After bead blasting, they look really nice: Clips: After bead blasting: Here is a little tip to pass along: I have found that it is possible to "fix" phillips head fasteners that have had slight displacement of the metal by the screwdriver. Oftentimes the fasteners are slightly rusted and hard to break loose. And the screwdriver slips causing miner cosmetic damage, like on this one: I have found that placing the screw on solid metal surface (like a vice) and tapping on the phillips area with a hammer an restore or nearly restore the factor fresh appearance. It only takes a couple of seconds and will make the re-plated part look a lot nicer. This bolt came from the front anti-roll bar brackets to the frame of the car. Note that the yellow paint used by assembly like workers on this car was a gloss yellow. I think I'd like to replicate the yellow on the fasteners underneath the car during final assembly. We'll see.

I'm all for helping people in need so I get that part. I just wish they had some sort of way to make sure the ship has an actual working compass. The way they do the Senate conformation hearings.

Yep. February is about the only month I don't mow. I do all my neighbor's yards too so they all look good. I enjoy it plus the extra money is nice. Oh yeah, my neighbors LOOOVE me so I can do what I want and they look the other way. Nice little spot to live.

A Zed putting it to some P cars, as it should be.

Feeling a bit... empty?

Even if you don't drive enough miles to require an oil change, changing it once a year is a must do thing. So get out there and do it!

Some people actually do want to help steer the ship in a positive manner.

Even if one doesn't like it, you have to admit the guy did an excellent job. The car looks awesome. The automatic transmission sucks though. These are sports cars, and sports cars were meant to have manual transmissions.

This year is a big ball of crap that is falling. I never understood it either Cliff. I did the Times Square Ball drop when I was 17. Then had to act like I was in a scene from the movie Escape from NY to get back to Queens. Living in NYC was to worst 2 yrs of my life. Not sure if I told you that I lived there for 2 hrs total, once when I was 11 and again at 17. I was kidnapped in 1981 walking home from school in Queens. Dragged into a car by a man and about 5 mins later I jumped out of the car doing about 35 mph in the on ramp for the Long Island Expressway. I would have probably been rapped, chopped up and left in a dumpster had not I jumped out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk