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Looks like a comprehensive project. How's the interior? Always good to see another '71 getting some TLC. Dennis

Go to HybridZ and type "black dragon bumpers" into the search box. There's a thread there with pictures and discussion. Dennis

Gotta love the Foehn winds. I live at the base of an 11,000 foot mountain. Currently: 83º & Sunny Dennis

Just saw the local five day forecast and it will be 87 degrees here on Valentines day. Probably about 92 with the wind chill. Dennis

Have you checked the back/inside of the fenders and hatch to see where the holes were before they were filled. Although it's now too late, the best thing would have been to sand the areas to metal before painting in order to see where the holes were. Dennis

Sound advice. Buy in haste, repent in leisure. Dennis

The Eastwood coating sounds like the budget way to go, in that case. Post some pictures when you're done with whatever process you end up using. Dennis

Keep the hood closed, don't worry about it, and enjoy the ride Dennis

Great looking Z! Always good to hear from another original owner. Dennis

Snow!?!?!? What is this thing you call snow and why is it on your car? Here in the desert, it's 68º and sunny. Glad to see the "Over 60" crowd adding to this thread. Dennis

Web site says "Out of Stock". Status? Dennis

Triple pulley to accommodate A/C? Dennis

I probably agree, but that " Kitchen Sale Burnley" message that's been open on the list for the last 17 hours is calling out to me. Dennis

If you can live within their ever changing policies, ebay works. I've sold car items there for over a decade. They do seem to like to throttle down the sellers, however, and enable buyers to call the shots in many cases. Dennis

A double digit VIN is probably worth trying to save. As others have mentioned, do as much of the work yourself as time permits. If you farm the work out, you probably won't recoup 50¢ on the dollar if you eventually sell in the next 30 years. I'm familiar with at least one rare Porsche being reconstructed around a VIN from a car that was too far gone to rebuild. Something to consider, depending on how you define the soul of a car. Dennis

Clever! Dennis

On behalf of those of us who buy and hoard parts for more than one classic car, I'd like to say....Hello, my name is Dennis and I have bins and shelves of parts for my '71 Z, my '70 Porsche, and my '63 Studebaker Avanti that I may never use, but were way to cool to pass up. I am powerless, but fortunately married to a licensed psychologist. What time's tomorrow's meeting?

Have you done a search for "replace floor pan" or "replace rails" on this site? Lots of info if you look for it. If you click on some of the vendor ads on the site, you'll find pats sources. You may find additional rust under the nice paint. Do you plan to check the car in person or have some check it for Bondo patches that may be covering rust in all the usual place on the body? Dennis

Is there a bigger version that works on Porsche owners? Dennis

Nice Z, nice video. Dennis

As you've noted, you have unique requirements and expectations that you feel preclude the use of the readily available "straight forward kit". There is little to no hassle to use one of the ready made kits available for the Datsun Z from Courtesy or MSA. Custom fabrication to meet your somewhat unique requirements results in "hassle". Have you contacted Vintage Air directly? When you raise the bar, you have to jump a little higher. Dennis

That may be, but I suspect it might be this O'Reilly Auto Parts item: http://tinyurl.com/4pjborm Dennis

Did you try a Google search for "JTR"? Worked for me. Dennis

Hopefully Oiluj can give you some tips on how he did his control panel. Dennis

Now, if you could just can and compress some of that -30º and save it for use in the summer.......... Dennis