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Heres the final product after adding the emblem i cleaned up and redid. Looks like new if you ask me. This paint was a fantastic stumble upon.

I sent the link to a Seattle friend who had mentioned he was looking for door cards. He ended up buying these for $600.

Doesn’t sound like you have a choke problem. I have been following the thread and you might want to go back and look what others have suggested concerning the ignition?

Yeah, I’m guessing an exhaust leak somewhere on the air galley. Dang! That sucks. From your video it looks like you’re going for the factory look. You may want to start soaking the six fittings above each exhaust port in case you need to remove it for repair. I’m not sure how successful others have been removing the air galley, I’ve found them tough to get the fittings loose. I’m not sure what year your Z is, but I’ve got a 73 manifold with usable galley hanging on my wall just down the road from you in Elk Grove.

Don't touch it if you don't have trouble starting it in cold weather.

Found a new air galley for you: https://jdm-car-parts.com/products/air-galley-for-datsun-240z Kidding! Unless it's a must have for a concours Z. You might try the simple and cheapest #5 option first. I would try to jam a short 1/2" long piece of tubing (or bolt shank) that tightly fits in both ends of the broken tube, to hold together in alignment without completely relying on the JB Weld. Might be worth a shot before spending a lot of money. It'd be a shame to trash all the work you've done so far getting that stock appearance, looks great. If you need any mechanical help, feel free to contact me. I'm just an old retired guy with lots of free time lately. Yeah, I'm satisfied with the MSA 6 to 1 header, good clearance over speed bumps, unless you go too fast. For performance, there are better ones, but this one suites me fine. Muffler Tech is still there on Florin Road, a bit of a drive from Roseville with an open header, but the cops will understand, right?

Options: You could source another manifold and galley - not too hard to install Replacing the galley is very difficult unless you have an oxy/acetylene setup. They basically weld themselves into the exhaust manifold over time Remove the manifold and cut the galley and seal up the holes. I did this 30 years ago with mixed results Or you could go all bling and order one of Sean's stainless exhaust systems. Header all the way out... You shouldn't damage the motor with the exhaust leak but you can melt stuff from the heat of the leak blowing on things under the hood.

So, car started acting up & cutting out again, of course when my wife was with me. I was trying to get everything ready for the trip to Ohio tomorrow. It seemed like it was the relay block connections again, however I tested the grounds & switched feeds & that was not the issue. I put a test light on the feed signal from the AFM pump switch, and that would come & go in keeping with the car dying. With this, it is quite possible the earlier adaptor base I made from the original relay is in fact OK, and the recent problem has in fact been the AFM switch. So, I tweaked the AFM switch to put a little more tension on the point contact. In addition, I added a LED to the circuit so I can see if the problem recurs. I also added a switch to the circuit, to bypass the AFM pump switch if it fails altogether.