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HLS30.com.....Will Stokes posted on Hardway's restoration thread last week. First time in awhile. @JimmyZ and X-ray?

My wife had this made for my Z garage.......

Very nice Cliff.....looks clean!

Nice shots Jim.....I love Safari gold !

I bought my BRE type spoilers from MSA, then used wood clamps to clamp them to the front valence. I drilled 5 holes and bolted on with stainless steel bolts and large flat washers. I can't remember how many bolts were in the rear spoiler, but we used a thin rubber spacer (O ring) around each bolt to allow a small space for water to pass under the spoiler and seal the bolt hole water tight. Whatever you like is the right way as far as color for the spoilers.

The dealer added spoilers ( both front and rear) were BRE type to mimic Morton's Road Race of Champions class winner. I'm guessing it was owners option. Personally I like the rear spoiler painted the color of the car....the front spoiler a charcoal gray or black.

Jim......Zcarsource.com has those if you can't find one from a member here. Being from Arizona, the items I've purchased from them have been very rust free. Good luck.

Cliff....If you aligned the two bright links correctly to the cam sprocket mark and crank sprocket mark, you don't have to pull the front cover. Just turn the engine to TDC compression and redo the distributor shaft. You are 180 degrees out!

Took this one in Savannah......

Thanks for digging that up Steve. I never get tired of reading that thread. Nice to see the old names from years ago too. There are some really great stories and examples of bringing the old Z cars back from the dead. There have been some really great restorations......Z's are incredibly beautiful and fun to drive.......I just love these little cars. BTW, You don't happen to have Bruce's restoration thread in your archives do you? ......and Jeff, thanks for your compliments.....hope to meet you some day, would love to show you my cars!

Yes Steve.....It was a scorpion nest in the Arizona desert before Bruce Deane worked his magic on the car. The engine is all mine. Here's the before and after. Good to hear from you again Steve. We all can look back and say "I wish I hadn't sold that one"! Guy BTW Red7......Your cars are fabulous......love orange too! .

Yes......Doesn't get much better than white....I'll bet you each have regretted selling those cars many times.....they were awesome cars!

Beautiful cars.....plenty out there for less than 40m, but keep the Z....sell the "flip Top" IMO

We all know you and the rest of us on this forum are crazy. That settled, just let me say this...."every Z I've ever sold, I regretted". I've owned 3 911's and currently own a really nice NSX....I enjoy driving the green 72 Z more than any of them. Porsches are awesome. really cool cars.....just don't take 'em in for repairs and let the wife see the bill. Also, I never really felt comfortable working on 'em....even changing the plugs was a pain. My opinion....sell the Roadster and buy a 1995 911 (best year for the 993's), or an NSX (no repairs needed).....keep that beautiful Z.

Great advice zKars.........I know exactly what you mean when it's almost perfect, but not quite. I just changed plugs a couple weeks ago in my green car.....eliminated that almost perfect running and ran perfect. The old plugs looked great. I'll check to see if a loose cap was the problem. Thanks........

Anyone dealing with this company deserves what they get! How many times do you have to hear complaints about trashy built engines to figure out they don't have a clue? Can't imagine what the transmissions are like. I recently had a great experience with this company. I ordered the choke plate that secures the plate to the tunnel under the console. Datsun Parts charged $45.00 plus $7.00 shipping. Bought another a week later from Art Singer for $25.00 plus $5.00 shipping........exact same part, finish and all.. Wow, what a difference.....Datsun Parts LLC must be laughing all the way to the bank!

I'm talking about downloading video so everyone can see it. Madkaw couldn't see the video, and believe it or not I can't see it on my iPad when I try to download it from this forum....why not? BTW Siteunseen....I love your enthusiasm......you really live and breathe these cars and are willing to put the time in to learn.......sorry I couldn't have made ZCON to meet you.

Super Peter......Eiji is an incredible engine builder and a dear friend! I'm sure it'll be nice......don't know why anyone would use anyone else ......he's so passionate and attentive to detail. Here's me and Eiji.....Friday night.

Sorry Patcon.....I'll get a ten year old to help me.....I'm lost. Bruce....yeah, yeah they are genuine Ztherapy carbs ........ I'm running with those secret jets and needles you guys just developed! Nuyuck, nuyuck!

Didn't look like they geometried the rockers eh? Hope the wipe patterns are ok.

We ran each other 5 times......here's another run where I got a head start. trim.496D2893-6893-4B45-B9D0-88CB0515D80C.MOV

Hi Peter.....Eiji said he was doing some stuff for you. My engine is the F54 block, .040 over with flat tops and L28 crank, P79 head shaved .080 inches with stainless swirl valves, Isky Stage III cam with the MSA premium exhaust and a Borla muffler. SU carbs of course. I run right at 170 rear wheel horsepower. Eiji as you know runs all sorts of engine goodies and triple Mikunies.......he Dynos at 226 h.p. We had a frickin ball.....we're going to do it again soon.....you should join us.

trim.9D20A67B-0F85-4931-8E22-C0703E389789.MOV Eiji and I did a little test and tune at Dinwiddie Drag Strip yesterday......the Chevy/Ford guys loved the Datsuns!

You are the 2nd guy in the last week that pointed that out (and I've owned the car for 22 years)......I would have never noticed that the slots in the wheels are directional (good eye). I'll fix that....Thanks