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BTW, I started putting the resurrected hoses in today and a little trick for those that need it. Almost every braided hose I've come across has little "frays" on the end like this what i do is wrap the end in this cloth electrical tape once you put the tape around its really easy to trim those loose hairs with a standard scissor and you aren't struggling with the braids unwrapping while you do it. the color is a perfect match and once the clamps go on you cant even see it

You can also use a lighter, the cloth wrap has some percentage of synthetic material in it so seals it self up with the heat.

Probably any of 4 - 7 but you won't know until you install one and see. Make sure that you use tight bushings, sloppy bushings make close quarters worse. A 1970 car is in that range where people cut and reweld their shifters or trim some of the hole or console. Soak those old bushings in very hot water before trying to remove and install if you're going to try to reuse one on a different shifter. They can get brittle and its worse if they're cold and dry.

Other than fitting through the tunnel and letting you get to each gear without hitting the hole or console, you have to use one of the shorter tipped shifters or you won’t be able to get 5th gear with that transmission. Many have been caught with this issue. You “think” it moves into 5th when you’re on the floor testing it, but once under power, you find out “NOPE”

Got the Z in for it's annual safety inspection this afternoon - after driving around some more AC is running around 45ºF - very happy with that

The meet was awesome, I'm glad I went - not so much the actual travel to & from... The pickup issue was pretty straight forward - no spark to the plugs, but spark present to the distributor. I didn't have a spare cap or rotor, or I probably could have fixed it on the road. Ultimately, I replaced the rotor & 2 of the wires that didn't have positive lock on the plug anymore. Actual resistance values of the wires were OK. Plugs were all OK, gaps OK. I had just replaced the cap & rotor a few days prior when I removed the distributor to address the leaking shaft seal. I should have just left the old ones on, they only had maybe 5-6K miles on them. I re-installed the Bosch ones, just cleaned up the contact points Dead (non-Bosch) rotor on left Plugs OK, gap OK (WR7DC) checking spark on each wire after running again , stable idle

I found this carpet and matching jute on eBay. It looked original to me, and I was interested in getting it for the purpose of using it as a pattern for having some custom carpet made because my opinion is that the kits that are available these days are rather lackluster. When I spread it out and took a close look at it, I was surprised. I was expecting it to be loop carpet. However, it seems like it is more of a pile carpet type. To my understanding, one of the most "authentic" carpet kits currently available is this. But, that is loop carpet - it is very different. While from pictures, it may be hard to tell, this carpet definitely isn't compose of upside down "U"s. It is more like each twisted strand of carpet has had it's top lopped off: Since receiving it, I searched for information about original carpeting and come across various posts on this forum. It seems, that original carpets included both a "pile loop" as well as "loop" versions, though it is not entirely clear to me which year cars got which. From the information I found, I believe this carpet to be original. I am mainly basing this on the color of the backing (underside) and the age, as apparent from the fading. It is actually in pretty good condition compared to many I have seen in pictures. I have seen several with more color fading, and several with more wear. Additionally, it came with one "block" of dense material. This piece is normally glued to the hatch floor. It is about the same thickness as the jute... roughly 1 centimeter. A few days ago, I became aware that Chester and Herod is still in business. I thought they were out of business. This was another reason I was thinking about having custom carpet made. However, now that I have been looking through various carpet related posts, I have some new concerns. From the most recent pictures and comments I have seen, I am wondering if the Chester and Herod kit's fit has degraded over the years, and if the loop or pile options they have are very different than this original carpet. Does anyone have any info to address my concerns? I'll likely attempt to get some current samples from C and H to evaluate how similar or different it is, but I looking for additional opinions/info from anyone with recent C and H 240z carpet purchases.

Getting closer to the point where I will need carpets to finish the car. I find the carpets in the Green BAT car to be different than the common loop that is available: I think that looks like the carpet that I got off of eBay a while back: This is what is commonly available: The hatch floor piece I got off of eBay looks to be original. I examined it closely, and it is loop. However, the loops appear to be more densely situated and the pattern looks to be more uniform than what I see commonly available. This looks a bit more uniform, but still looks different. This looks closer. It can be easier to see the pattern when looking at lighter colors: Anyway, I am pretty certain I have found all the available options. I hope I can get some samples of what I found to see it in person.

I am going to post some various carpet pics for comparision. This carpet is in my low mileage 5/72 (a series 3 car). It is in like new condition. Notice the more defined loops and the grey backing, which are different than what I have seen in earlier cars. -Mike