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Nice content in here Brandon

Use SEM paint. I would reccomend cleaning real well then 3M scotch pad and even priming with plastic adhesion promoter. The promoter will help the finish stick and be much more durable. I get these items from the local auto paint supply. BTW, get satin!!!

I've got both and prefer ducted. That's what's on the front of my white 70. Guy

Zedd doesn't have it. Try Jeff at Z Car Source of Arizona or Roger at The Z Barn. I got mine from Z Barn for $85.00 plus $35.00 shipping. He cut the whole piece out for me. That's the cheap part. Having someone cut out the spot welds and welding the new piece in is " gonna cost you". Guy

I agree with many here. Maaco is pretty much garbage. If you take them a stripped and masked car with all prep work done, they may do a decent job. A good paint job is going to cost at least $4k+ IMO. Frame shops and resto shops will do the best work. I would argue that a really high quality job if there is a fair amount of body and rust work needed will run closer to $10k. With paint work, you really do get what you pay for. I painted a GTI myself with PPG and it was $1k for materials. The key to any paintjob is pre and post work.

Sleepy-Z Looks great in silver! I'm leaning toward BMW Platinum Silver for my Safari Gold resto. Guy

SLEEPY-Z Welcome to Richmond. The green and white 240z's are mine. All of my Z's have black interiors. I sent you a personal e mail with the info on the Richmond club www.richmondzcar.com Look forward to seeing your cars. Guy

Put a timing light on it first. If timing is off everything else is for nothing. Also check the adjustment bolt on distibutor base. If that is loose or missing your distributor could have shifted and your timing could now be off.

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Anyone check out KATS website! Makes my cars jealous.

We dropped the suspension and blasted and painted ourselves. Included was all new brakes, rotors, bushings and nuts and bolts. The rear quarter and front clip had been lightly hit in the past, so Chuck's Frame (he's done several restorations for me including a 1967 award winning 912 Porsche) is replacing both. That will leave the body with absolutely no rust and no plastic. He is also going to strip it to metal and paint the car BMW Platinum Silver. All mechanical and engine work will be done by me and my son. The Z Doctor in Roanoke is building a modified P 79 head which we will put on top of a totally restored L28 bottom end with flat top pistons. Both Chuck and Doc are in Virginia. Guy

Felipe Did you check with Bruce at Z Therapy re their restored air cleaners you were lookong for? With the dollar as cheap as it is you're probably loving buying all your parts over here. How's the resto coming? Send us some more pics.

I believe the fuel cell has baffling and or sponge like material to prevent the gas from sloshing around in hard driving. I am sure there are also safety features that prevent spilling in case of a rollover. I have been told that you need a much more powerful fuel pump for a fuel cell as well. This is just second hand info so let's have someone else confirm or deny this. Brandon (using Guy's sign in)

All it takes is money and a good bodyman! Guy

Quarter is now welded in place. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/2155786843/" title="IMG_7210 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2011/2155786843_21052cdbd7.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_7210" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/2156581340/" title="IMG_7212 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2150/2156581340_e2742003e3.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_7212" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/2156581276/" title="IMG_7213 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2177/2156581276_6e5ac7f4be.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="IMG_7213" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/2156581210/" title="IMG_7216 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2033/2156581210_121bb931e6.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_7216" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/2155786551/" title="IMG_7220 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2219/2155786551_efa7083067.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_7220" /></a>

If you have a half decent restoration, I'd build you a nice 2800 for performance and keep the numbers matching engine in storage. If you sell the car, the new owner may want to bring her back to original specs, and a used 2400 ain't worth that much for resale.

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More This is the quarter being fitted. It should be welded early next week. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/2110829881/" title="IMG_7043 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/2110829881_c143238d8c.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_7043" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/2110830837/" title="IMG_7046 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2395/2110830837_c9566d6618.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_7046" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/2110831345/" title="IMG_7049 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2129/2110831345_b60a7d1cd4.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_7049" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/2111610634/" title="IMG_7050 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2076/2111610634_88f152a459.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_7050" /></a>

Updates <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/2106259741/" title="IMG_7031 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2289/2106259741_136af20da1.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_7031" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/2106259849/" title="IMG_7034 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2032/2106259849_56cef84b0f.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_7034" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/2107039780/" title="IMG_7040 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2106/2107039780_2835262365.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_7040" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/2107039874/" title="IMG_7037 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2036/2107039874_62fdc7bed1.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_7037" /></a>

few pics of the other 240z model in progress. Replica of the green car. <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa58/rvae34/DSC00998.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa58/rvae34/DSC00997.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa58/rvae34/DSC01028.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

Worked on it some more last night. Removed 1/3 of the suspension for the wheels to look right. Added the spoiler, rear lights and C pillar badges. <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa58/rvae34/IMG_6955.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa58/rvae34/IMG_6956.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa58/rvae34/IMG_6957.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa58/rvae34/IMG_6958.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

Hey there. This is Brandon. Just wanted to show a couple pics of the 240z model in progress. So far I have done most of the engine, the watanabes, and the body. The body was painted with two coats of primer after sanding the entire model. Then 5 coats of camel yellow with wetsanding (1200 grit) in b/t coats. Then 3 coats of clear with wetsand (1500) in b/t. Painted the gap lines after masking them all off. Followed by 1 more coat of clear and final wetsand with 2000 grit and hand buffed then waxed with 3M compound. It looks better than most cars The trickiest part was masking off the black rubber around the front and back windows and then masking a smaller chrome strip within it to replicate the real cars trim. <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa58/rvae34/IMG_6860.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa58/rvae34/IMG_6861.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa58/rvae34/IMG_6863.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa58/rvae34/IMG_6916.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa58/rvae34/IMG_6920.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa58/rvae34/IMG_6924.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa58/rvae34/IMG_6932.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

You guys have some great stuff! The Z Car Garage site is awesome. That's just what Doc said "Flat top pistons, shaved heads with his cam shims (to keep the chain tight) special valves, Isky reground cam, aluminum flywheel and SU's with SM needles and he thought it would turn high 13's. I also love the web that XRAY provided on the Stroker Motor. That's as good as it gets for instruction for anyone building any L series motor for the first time! Guy

We are going to do some trick stuff to the head. I'm not sure exactly what since I'm leaving that up to "Doc" as in the Z Doctor in Roanoke Virginia. He's sending the head off (not sure where yet but will update) to get some trickery done. Some kind of flat top valves???? Once again I'll let you know when he let's me know. gUY