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More into bluegrass here, but I do listen to some country stuff. Steve Earle, Allison Krauss, Whiskeytown, Ryan Adams, Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, etc.

You are going to want to buy a bunch of Zip-Loc baggies, and a Sharpie. Bag every fastener and small part, and label what it is and where it comes from. Saves a lot of aggravation when it comes time to reassemble, trust me.

Some pics that the seller sent me:

Not my car, just FYI. Saw it on eBay and inquired about it....anyway, the seller tells me that the first $1600 takes the car. The car is about an hour, hour and a half from my location, but the reality is that it looks like more of a project than I might be interested in at the moment. What do you guys think? eBay Z

Ya think?

Welcome to the club! Where are you located in the Phillipines? My grandfather was born in Laoag.

Now you're cooking with gas........... The first shot, especially, is much improved.

I agree, the shots are very nice. I work in the publishing industry, and we create a lot of camera manuals and guides to digital photography here. In other words, I'm interested in both digital photography and in your subject matter. So....next time, I would recommend shooting the car in an environment without fluorescent lighting (or at least with a fluorescent filter on the lens of your camera). The images are awfully green, and my feeling is that it detracts from your subject just a bit. You could do some color correction to help with that, if you have the tools. Nice work, though. You've got a good eye! The 'industrial' background, in particular, is a nice choice as a setting for a classic sports car.

I had a Subie LSD in my LZ22-powered '68 510. It was an easy swap but I agree with Steve, the 3.7 ratio was 'just okay'.

Agreed. And why did he capitalize every letter in the text of his listing, and then delete every space after a comma or a period? The text is next to incomprehensible as a result. It's amazing how bad some people's eBay listings are.

Just be ready for the sound. I've got a twice pipes setup on my car, and it's pretty loud.

Is the choke operating properly? In other words, when you pull the handle, are the levers moving at the carb?

I've got that plastic cover, and it's in pretty good shape. If you want it, it's all yours. Just shoot me an email at brian.caskey at gmail dot com.

I just replaced that passenger door pull strap on my car with a new one. I broke one of those plastic covers when I was removing the old strap, but I think the one that's left on there is pretty good. I'll take a look when I get home and let you know.

My car had some of that warranty stuff in the glove box also, including the name and address of the first owner. I googled the address, and darned if the house wasn't on the market....the listing even had photos of the place in Gretna, Louisiana. Pretty neat to be able to see the driveway that my Z was parked in when they brought it home from the dealership.

Read it again? All things considered, I'd rather drink bleach.... But thanks for the offer.

You just need one? I might have one lying around that I could send you....

I agree completely. This thread is whack anyway, though, so hopefully anyone who might otherwise be offended is taking the 'source' into consideration.

All because of that three gauge design.

You can run it to a 12V IGN source, and it will run all the time. Probably not what you want to do. Running it to a switch in the cockpit is commonly done, but it's a fire hazard (those switches get red hot). Best practice is to wire it through a fused circuit to a thermostat and relay. Google the search terms 'how to wire electric fan' and I'll bet you find a ton of information on how to do this properly.

Uh.................what was the middle thing again?

That's a nice looking project you have there. If it were me, all things considered, I think I'd finish it and then sell it. The problem of it not being a 'runner' is a real deal breaker. There are a lot of people, like me, who would otherwise be interested in taking the car on as a project, but it's next to impossible to ship a car that can't at least be driven onto a truck. Good luck with it, let us know how it goes.