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Like @Jarvo2 I also have the 1970 edition of the BRE rear spoiler with the 6-bolt mounting sysstem. It and the 1st generation BRE Spook were already installed by the dealer when I first laid eyes on the car on the showroom floor. The Spook is visible in my signature pic. The original Spook is probably more of an air dam, generating less downforce than the later design. I suspect the air dam you already have will work very well in combination with the rear spoiler. By the way, when reinstalling the spoiler when I restored the car, I added a tiny O-ring as an insulator on each bolt between the spoiler and the hatch surface. That seemed to make the install a bit more firm. The last two pics are older before I switched out to shiny bumpers.

Just DON'T wear this shirt in the Ukraine.. at the moment..

Me too Mr Arnett. I also put them on the rear bumper mounts closest to the rear tires and on my Xenon front spoiler above the front tires. Lowes has a good selection in their Hillman cabinets. I call them rubber fender washers? P.s: I like the chrome bumpers too. Looks more original and not like a kit add on. You have one of the sweetest Safari Gold cars I've seen. "One of" @Diseazd.

I had an unexpected FedEx delivery today and when I looked at the sender's address I saw that it came from Nissan in Franklin TN. Getting it open I found a cool assortment of Nissan promotional items from the Nissan Social Media Team. I connected with them last year at the time of my 50th anniversary with the car and they in turn hooked me up with the Proto Z event in Dallas. The SWAG assortment included a long-sleeve T, HotWheels Proto Z, NISMO sunglasses, uncirculated collector cards, Chris Forsberg autograph (I'm not sure I get drifting!), and an envelope of three Z promo cards. Cool stuff!!!

Resurrected Classics: I was looking for the hood prop clip that welds to the top of the radiator frame. Max cut one out of a car and sent it to me. They have some replacement body panels and I bought a rear valance and spare tire well from them. Very well done replacement body panels. Yes, they are legit.

That is pretty cool that you know the car. It was originally brown with tan interior. I was going to put it back to the original color, but I after knowing I need just about every interior panel, vinyl and headliner I have decided to go back with a stock exterior color and black interior. Thinking white or silver. I am typically a completely original type, but sourcing every piece of tan interior is tough and brown just doesnt get me excited. Everything else will be as close as possible to OEM. I actually have a complete original 74 exhaust that is in very good condition. I may see if that will fit. I have had these hubcaps in storage for over 30 years! They were removed by a dealer and never used. Mint.

That’s awesome. I really hope that with the marriage to Renault going asunder and some excitement building around the new Z, Nissan can claw its way back to relevance. Showing appreciation to loyal customers is another step in the right direction.

Found the typo: Not the typo, but the text at the top of the card suggests this the first model to offer a 3-speed automatic transmission. Not true of course as the 3-speed auto was available beginning with the 1970 240Z, perhaps even some of the 1969 cars.

Yes, they are. I linked @26th-Zup with them when he was looking for some parts. I've also helped them with some customer's cars.

That's almost certainly the same car. Same wheels and paint for sure. I think the wing and air dam are the same. He had louvers on the rear glass, which I think I see on the car. Anderson is small now, and was much smaller then. The odds of two identical Z's, so heavily modified, in the same town has to be nearly zero. That's cool that the car still exists. I always wondered what happened to it.

It was from Anderson! A college friend at Lander was from Anderson and owned the car. He had it a couple of years and bought another car. Parked the Z at his parents shed in 1986.....and it never moved again. He lives in Ca now and needed the car gone. He remembered that I had a z and contacted me. Not sure if that is lucky or unlucky.....like offering crack to an addict. Here is what it looked like when I drug it out a few weeks ago. Look familiar??

The paint job on that car looks familiar. I grew up in Anderson, and had an acquaintance who had a Z back in the '80's. I've long since forgotten his name. But IIRC his dad owned the service station we used a lot. I'd see the car there pretty often, being worked on. He painted the car a couple of times. But the last time I saw it, it was black and red just like that one. Could it be the same car? I drove a 77 Celica GT back then, and was always jealous of the Z.

Looks like there are a few of us in the upstate! Thanks for the link, I didnt get a notification. I think I found a donor roof down in Ga, hopefully heading there Friday to get it. Here is where I am now, except I tore down the motor and getting it ready for the machine shop. Lots of sins were committed on this car from a previous owner. I really should document them and make another thread. Carpet stapled to the interior panels, missing one flywheel bolt, lots of SAE fasteners, etc. Luckily they werent hack electricians!

Cover up the sunroof with a "period correct" vinyl top? Just kidding ... 🙂 Welcome back to the Z community - I took a long hiatus myself, around the time that the original IZCC mailing list closed down. My last running Z got sidelined in 1994, and my focus shifted elsewhere. Came back in 2014 when I finally pulled that 240 out of storage and began the restoration process. I seem to work in decade chunks, so hopefully the restoration will be done by 2024.

I need to find this TV series you all are talking about. I found this article, that discusses the problem E85 has with older cars. Talks about why you need to make some changes when / before using E85 on classic cars and what consequences are. Carbureted cars seem most at risk, but the the hydroscopic properties of ethanol may effect seals and gaskets on all cars built before mid 80’’s https://driving.ca/auto-news/news/higher-ethanol-fuel-and-classic-cars-dont-mix

Way cool! I just watched this episode last night! So the basic takeaway from the episode (as they described it) was that if you engine isn't having detonation issues, then the octane rating of the fuel doesn't matter at all. The longer story was.... They ran the same engine on a dyno a whole bunch of times running different fuel varieties. They did pulls using 87 pump gas, 91 pump gas, two higher octane race gas varieties (110 and 116 I think?), and then at the end they ran E85. They were expecting to have to adjust the timing for the different fuels, but they found that they did not. The engine wanted 29 degrees of advance for every fuel, and made the exact same power (within experimental tolerances) regardless of which fuel they used. The only exception was that the E85 actually made more power than any of the straight up gasoline varieties. Now... Are any of their findings directly applicable back to our engines? I can come up with a bunch of questions that would need to be answered before I would believe they are, but I'm just in this for the academic entertainment. * One correction to Marks note above... There was no boost. This was all N/A,

If you look at the list of things done before he calls it "rebuilt" you can see that it's not even up to the level of a remanufactured alternator. He just cleans and polishes the parts, skims the head, and puts it back together with new seals, apparently. The guy has been doing the same thing for many years. He even has newer complaints on the various review sites. I saw a few for late 2021. But, he's got a good web page and knows how to promote. Doesn't care about reputation, apparently, just making the sale. From his N42 head web page, below. The only new part is the valve seals. The heads only have a 30 day warranty. So, anyone who buys one better work fast. "REBUILD PROCESS INCLUDES: Complete disassembly, Inspection and Pressure test Deck Re-Surfaced Reconditioned Polished Rocker Arms Cleaned and Installed OEM stock Springs, Retainers and Lash Pads Full Set of new Valve Seals Stock Polished Camshaft. (Performance Cam Kits available, discount offered. call for details) All threads cleaned and repaired as needed Full Reassembly and Valve Adjustment (Re-Adjustment Required Prior to start up) 30-day warranty Trust your Datsun to a professional licensed Datsun Restoration business with over 15 years experience."

"This looks like political commentary." No it doesn't.

I just cant do that.

If you're having cooling problems, a fan shroud is a good place to start.