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I may end up getting one of the fenders and will post up how it fits. Their rear taillight panel was very good. Their complete pre-bent brake hardline kit was pre-bent just not in the right places. Thank goodness I still had my old lines to reference.

This is my second Z32, and I had never heard that before dutchcarguy. Very interesting trivia the turbo having four unique wheels, CRAZY!!! Thank you for the education. Certainly don't ever want to get on the wrong side of the BaT trolls😄.

Some thoughts about Leno's show, based on what I've seen over the years. I do appreciate Leno's role in the public space, where he endeavors to shine a spotlight on both common and uncommon classic cars - the shows he did on steam-powered cars were quite interesting, for example. That said, it's never been a show where accurate information about much of the cars he features is disseminated- it's really done more in the "variety show" style, where conversations are light and subjective, with plenty of personal anecdotes, and seemingly less homework or prep done on Leno's part beforehand. By this standard, Leno's treatment of the S30 is no real exception to the norm. I'm fairly certain they told Mr. Ataka (whom I consider to be quite knowledgeable on the subject) to "dumb it down", "agree with what Jay says", and generally work to make Leno look good. Worth noting that Leno is a bit older than he was when the show started, and perhaps not quite as sharp - not much he can do about that, we're all aging together at this point. I call it an opportunity missed for the whole series, and I also wish a few more accurate facts had found their way in to the video, as I do with most of his videos. But at least neither of the Jays mentioned the word "Goertz" (that I heard), which I consider a small victory. Baby steps.

Love this styling discussion. Especially from the guy with enough finesse to light his face on fire. What a "hero". All these styling comments from everyone who didn't talk to the guy responsible. However, if they DID talk to the actual designer, (I have), they would understand the influences that this car came from and how coincidental it was when it was introduced.

"Inspired by". Perhaps, but were Nissan's team unique in that respect? I don't see a single line or curve in the S30-series Z that directly references the E-Type. They would have been "inspired by" all manner of cars and objects, including Mother Nature. What educated artisan is not? OK, so far we've got Corvette, Thunderbird (LOL) and Mustang from Leno, E-Type, 911 and Ferrari Daytona from others. Peter Lyon (yes, I'm more than familiar with his work) says that "critics argued it borrowed styling hints from...", but that's not Peter Lyon saying it did, it's them... Hell of a mash-up there. But you see what's happening, right? Did all of those cars mentioned spring forth from their makers in a vacuum? When the 911 debuted, did people accuse Butzi Porsche of copying something? What did the E-Type copy? You end up dancing on the head of a pin. People only pursue this line with the Japanese designers and stylists because deep down they believe that 'Japan copies'. But nobody copied Japan, right? Automotive styling follows trends and responds to the prevailing zeitgeist just as much as anything else. Packaging wise it has to conform to numbers both set down on paper and dictated by hard components (like those 'Made For The USA' engines, pfft). I reckon there's a very good chance myself - and any other schoolboy who bought the same automotive magazines - could have doodled a rough outline of such a car in the late Sixties and not been far off. The difference was in the detail and the eye of the guy scraping at the clay (largely Yoshida san and Tamura san in the S30-series Z's case). Since we're at it, here's a name-check for the great styling houses of Ghia and Touring. Let's chuck these in the gumbo too:

Back to your usual practice of insulting someone that doesn't agree with your point of view. You really are a very special person!

I believe the grommet was installed on the harness when the harness was built. At least on my 12/70 240 I have removed and installed the harness with all the connectors installed. You have to feed the connectors through the fire wall one at a time twisting the connectors to fit. The firewall hole is pretty tight with them all in. You can then seat the sealing lip of the grommet if your grommet if it is soft.

Yeah, the advantage of restoring the V07 was lost against the value of the whole package from Dave. I needed the whole set of parts.

Did you verify proper mechanical and vacuum advance operation? Ha ha. Just messing with you. But you were right there... Ignition system complete. On to the next...

we did, ya - got the timing light out

I don't mind the stock wheels. They look right to me...

Yep she’s mine. Everything stock….225-50-16’s.

Plug and pray

We have a crank shop near us that regularly reworks journals like that. They weld them up and then remachine them. Probably not cost effective. Especially if the offset grind L28 will accomplish almost the same thing. Hate it about the motor, but the new engine aught to be impressive

Well things never go according to plan, and even then the best laid plans never survive contact with the enemy... My plan being to refresh the engine with new bearings and a hone to the crank and cylinders. After mic'ing the crank, it was discovered that the PO had already honed .030" off the journals and there would not be enough meat left to machine them again. Bye bye V07 Crank 😞 Hmmm, doesn't look bad but.... So where do we go from there? Reg looked carefully at the pistons and the ring chamfers and concluded they were beyond hope too. More sad news but oh well. What else could go south? Well, apparently the block was maxed out at 90mm and there was not enough left to hone reliably for new 90mm pistons and rings. 😞 😞 My sad pistons and rings. Now what?? No crank, no pistons, no block and an E88 head with a corroded water jacket in need of a valve job and welding... After careful consideration, I decided I was not left with a lot of choice. Stay stock or start over. I decided to order a Dave Rebello 3.0 kit. Offset ground L28 crank, 88.5mm forged pistons, H beam rods, bearings, head gasket and rings. But where to put it? Lucky for me my builder had a stock F54 waiting for a future build in house. I convinced him to part ways with it, so that will be going out for some machining and prep for the Stroker kit. The E88 head was salvageable, but needed work to make it 100% again, so rather than re-use the E88, I decided now or never and brought my stock P90 to him for a 5 angle valve job, complete porting and polishing and custom fitting to the new block. Effectively the stroker engine will be all new with just the original valve cover and oil pan... New timing chain, cam shaft, valves, rockers, and paint. My stock state P90 The plan is to have all of this arrive in time for Reg to assemble and have ready for me to install in June when I am home. So much for the low budget rebuild! A nice pristine modded P90 from Reg...