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Two sets of black aluminum louvers. One in bad shape and one in fair shape. $10 each/ steve77

Motor: (all or part): F54; P79; dual Weber 36/32 DGV's with K&N filters on standard intake. Complete and kinda runs as is...will sell carbs seperately. $100 for carbs, $100 for lower end/motor (P79 is free!). $150 for all Three unknown "d" hub caps and one Z hubcap: $10 each Four wheels: Late E88 head (no bulges near sparkplugs) two, possible three valves bent: $30 + 45 shipping Set L-28 dished pistons and rods: $10 1- F54 blocks, with crank. 1 N42 block with crank FREE Wooden steering wheel No horn pad: $10 '73 shell available...rusty and hit and incomplete: $25 '81 shell available...rusty: $24 steve77

Right rear wheel well is bad but the dogleg seam is not showing anything: (really out-of focus) Battery tray is about a 4 on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the worst I have ever seen. Paint bubbling around the tray welds. Firewall is good. Hood is good (that's all dirt in the pic). Front valence brackets are rusty, but it's all going away if I keep it......Spare tire well is perfect, as are rear pockets at antennae and filler neck. steve77 (and maybe keeping this 72)

Drivers floor: REar deck sill just starting to go in the right corner...very small: Lower edge of hatch door:

OK, now that you've met...the yuckie stuff......Drivers door is bye-bye: Passenger (that's the RIGHT side here)Floorpan is Barney-mobile: Yes, that's the garage floor right behind the front seat cross-member... Passenger sill:

Just managed to crack her open today....Stripped the interior to see how bad she was. It seems the rust genie has waved her twizzle stick over a few areas. Is this car worth saving? steve77

Hey, can I piggy-back in here on the subject?....I have torn numerous L's apart and at some point Nissan began putting--for lack of a better term--'flange stiffeners' around the oil pan. Two pieces of thicker, drilled metal about a 1/2 inch wide which go under the bolts around (roughly) two halves of the pan. Anyone know exactly when this started and why? I can't imagine them being added without a problem. steve77

>>>>PS to Zvoiture: we are not ALL sick over here!<<<< Well, heck...When I watch the news on that tele-thing or Mildred reads the paper to me, they tells me I'm a victim. They tells me I need protection from all sorts of things the goverment can pass laws to protect me from. They tells me it's my RIGHT! But then they talk about other folks' RIGHTS--people who do things that sound like their daddy didn't paddle them quite enough when they was growin up--and how the law or whoever is trampling on their RIGHTS. And when some of these people try to hurt us, we can't stop them because it would hurt their RIGHTS. So I'm a bit confused on this RIGHTS thingy. I just thought you just did what's RIGHT and let other people be. I'm just glad we have the Government and the media to watch over us and make sure our RIGHTS are protected. steve(ever seen a can of beans opened with a 30-06?)77

501 - 1976 Datsun 280 Z - McDonnell/Rasmussen - Canada Is this person on the site? Nice to see a 280 competing. Hope it doesn't accidently go airborne with that thing, though..... steve77

I'm a bottle blonde, so I--with my more intelligent roots--thought I could somehow subvert the system. I still haven't found it, but did meet some very interesting people along the way. I got to bottomofthebucket.... steve77

We're a sick bunch over here... steve77

Head bolts! Just grab some head bolts. Perfect fit, right length (sometimes with a few washers.... steve77

So it's like those child-proof latches on cabinet doors where you touch a certainplace with a little magnet and the latch inside disengages...hmmm. steve77

Sorry, not going to give you any technical advice on the disty question (it's a fairly common switch)...just chuckling about your vehicular predicament! Without implying the Z cars are necessarily undependable...what you need is a little Toyota truck or Honda Accord or something--something you will NEVER have to spend a DIME on to keep running. Then you can devote yourself to the Z's! Actually, why stop at the disty? PUT THE WHOLE DAMN MOTOR IN THE 240!!!! L28 + EFI = A 240 THAT RUNS!!! steve77

Very subjective and somwhat regional....somewhere between 8 and 15,000$US, depending on what you consider 'fully restored'. Good luck! steve77

There's three in there from 'Fly...on page 8. It's the red one with the billet mirrors and red tubing on the motor and it's right before MINE!!! steve77

This is not "necessarily" to rub it in--but kinda...... A 280Z won BEST OF SHOW at the MSA show Sunday. It was an UNBELIEVABLE car from Florida. The owner had put in an incredible ammount of time and effort and it showed. Greg Smith indicated--as he announced it--there has never been such a unanimous vote for best of show. Oh, and it was in the '280Z-Modified' catagory, too. Definitely not a stock offering. Perfect, clean lines with tasteful body appointments. Paint flawless and EVERYWHERE--had to have been a body-off. The roll bar matched, the mirrors matched, the guy's sunglasses matched--everything was the same incredible flake deep red. Engine bay was immaculate. Congratulations. steve77

Just bought 4 Z's last week for $1000. Talked the guy down from $100, $300, $700, and $1000 respectively. From worst to best (and following the above pricing): 1977: Rusty--and in really bad places, Auto...not much redemming value. Sold the suspension at all four corners for Ground Control cores and the brakes to a C production racer (needed 280 rear drums) for $100. Took the 'puter, harness and all fuse, ignition and relay blocks along with the complete intake and AFM for me. White interior but totally trashed. Took it to the crusher yesterday. 1981: Rusty but with a 5-speed. Nice 15" alloy American Racing wheels complete with bolt covers. Brought it home this morning and opened the hood for the first time. Engine has never been effed with. Totally stock and spotless. 169,000 miles. P79/F54, so this should be flattops, no? I will get it running while in the car and then pull it for transplant in a 240 and install N42 and keep the injection (and lose a few smog controls...) According to the tranny cal-q-later, should be a 3.90. Will pull the entire drivetrain and harness and CRUSH! Death to all 280ZX's!!!! Didn't notice the interior... 1973: F54/P79 installed with double Weber side draft's and K&N filters. Still a 4-speed. Gold mesh 14" Enkeis (one slightly curbed). Hit in front right. Fender removed and PO pulled out the frame damage somehow. Impact snapped the rack. Interior completely trashed. Fat sway bars, lowering springs with nice struts (won't re-use the struts). No rear sway bar. Bumpers removed. 1973: E88/P30 Totally completely stock--with round-tops. Pillar and firewall number match, engine and bay tag match. Huh? Interior worn, Driver's door hit, rusty in the usual places--but not too bad. Has a (rear-oriented) rear sway bar and Electric fuel pump insatalled Here's the problem: I was originally going to keep only the latter 73 for my next 'project' (instalation of hot FI L28 and some mild body touches). But now that I have them home, on closer inspection, the hit 73 has amost zero rust! But I don't want a car that crabs! What to do? What to do? Pictures at 11. steve

MSA Z's By The Bay Blackhawk (if it happens) Seriously thinking about Shasta (even though I'm not a dimer) Everything else is non-Nissan-marqued: Monterey Historics U.S.Sports Car Invitational Oh, and of COURSE: the 2004 National Coinvention in LA. steve

My wife has a college degree and if you met her on the street you would think her at minimum normal and cohesive and many consider her 'bright' or even 'intelligent'. She watches American Idol. I don't know her. steve

A friend has a 1979 280 ZX Datsun for sale. It has a good body, needs paint, upholstery, head gasket and an injector. Price is $200.00. It is garaged and one year behind in registration. Interested can contact Eric at 559-284-4299. (Fresno, CA)