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Here is the repo sticker I am making for Manny, it's from the scan on post #13 it's for a 73 with his info. Manny I will be sending it out next week, I hope you like.

Paul try Datsun Spirit Inc. at www.datsunspirit.com they said I could buy the rear deck carpet only when I get around to it.

I am trying to recreate the window stickers, the first one I am working on is listed in post #60 for a 73. Does any one happen to know the exact dimension of the sticker? I have it at 11x14 according to the scan, it seems big to me. thanks,

the listing is down now.

See post #28, I said I could do it.

FlordiaZ, I have on my car now BF Goodrich 205/70-14's on the original wheels I got with the car. They are about 1/2 taller than stock 195's. I had on the car for 25 years 205/60-14 on front and 215/60-14 on back, I thought they looked to short. Also with different front and rear you can't rotate them. The backs only had 4/32 left and the fronts had 9/32 left. You can see the difference on my car if you look at my gallery listed on my sing. Look in the special images gallery to see the difference. Second picture is the Goodyear and the 5th picture is the Goodrigh tires.

I was wondering if everyone received their score sheets? I have not as of Feb. 13 and how I can get mine.

Steve, you could try the Z Car Registry. http://www.editgrid.com/user/mlwilliams/Z_Car_Registry

If someone can get good scans of the window stickers for the different years I can size them and do the work, I am very proficient with Photoshop.

anyone have one for a 280 sold in Feb. of 1976.

I was wondering the same thing. I like my big fat bumpers to help in staving off the little bumps.

Welcome it's always good to see another green Z around, there are not too many of us.

A couple of things I see, over by the battery there seems to be paint flaking along the edge (see picture). Along the fender by the strut tower I see rust on the edge of the finder (see picture). I copied the pictures and then enhanced them and cut out the areas. I would say that the engine compartment is not from a car with 33k miles and garage kept. Also the windshield wiper blades have been replaced, they are black now and should be silver. Also the 2 holes in the hood are there just very hard to see, if the car was not repainted and was as well kept as the owner says where is the hood ornament.

Are you sure it only has 33K miles. I have a 76 with 48K and my interior is like new, and I know it's original because I am the original owner. A car that was stored that long should have a good if not great interior. My bushings are still in good shape as well. I would look very carefully at the paint to see if it was repainted.

Will, yes my louvers are bigger than the window and the rubber strip by about 1 inch on all 4 sides. I just notices today in this thread that I could have reversed the lower hinges. See picture for the size of the louvers.

You can look at me car (look in by name "click Here"), I have the rear loovers, I have a section called closeups, look about 1/2 way down. I would turn the bottom latch around, I think I mounted mine wrong, but they work.

Kelly the car is not listed on the on line spread sheet created by MikeW. go here http://www.editgrid.com/user/mlwilliams/Z_Car_Registry

Welcome Stan always glad to see another 280. Thanks for adding your car to the Original 280Z owners list.

I am bringing back this thread, I have had 3 additions to the data base of Original Owner 280Z (75 to 78). If you an original owner of a 75 to 78z let me know. Here are the links. Pass the link on to other if you can think of any. To my cars site: http://photographictrends.com/zcar/index.html Straight to the cars listed and info. page: http://michaelgoodweddings.com/datsun/index.html Thanks and I hope to further the growing information on the Z car. Thanks hope to here from more of you.

Look where the door closure is, the type, It look like mine and I have a 280. Also the dash looks like a 280. Looks like 2 pictures are not from the same time period, the car in the garage from 11/01/2007 and the Vin tag from 11/24/08 all the others are from 11/22/08. Why the different picture times.

I don't know if any one has mentioned this movie. I was watching this movie on Sunday and woke up just in time to see the car. Capricorn One with Elliott Gould and Karen Black from 1978. It is about a manned mars mission that goes bad. Towards the end of the movie Elliott Gould borrows Karen Blacks car and it's looks like a 1976 or 77 red 280Z. It does not have the 240 or the 79 bumpers so it has to be a 75 through 78. It is in the last scene in the background.

For 25 years I had 205/60 - 14s on my front and 215/60 - 14s on the back with no problem on 5.5 wheels that I got with the car, last summer I switched to 205 /70 - 14s and like the feel better and they fill the wheel well better as well.

Carl my 76 - 280Z had 14x5 wheels. Listed as 11/75 5Jx14S S.2

I don't know if this is bragging or not but here it go's. I took 3 place for First Generation Street Modified in the judged car show at the 21st Annual ZCCA Z Car Convention in Cleveland.

My car is a 1976, 11/75 mfg. date. Here is a picture of the info plate under the hood.