Marty Rogan
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Cross drilled brakes do tend to crack. And if you intend to put the car on the track, where they build excessive heat, they WILL crack and could break apart. If you need the extra cooling, the better choice would be to do the Toyota 4x4 brake conversion with the 300ZX vented rotors. My two cents Marty -
I was able to get an original passenger side door panel. I took that into an auto paint supplier. He custom matched the color for me. It is so dead on in the match that you can't tell it was originally a black panel and it blends in perfectly with the rest of the interior. You mentioned that you bought OEM seat covers? Where did you get them from? The ones on the car right now are from MSA. I am not happy with them since the grain of the vinyl is not even close to the original and the pattern is not exact either. Last year I snagged an NOS set of Nissan covers off Ebay. They have a couple of unusual stains on them. I need to see if I can get the stains out. If not, I will probably end up dyeing them with SEM too and put them on this year. If you need a drivers side quarter window trim, I think I have an intact extra one. Shoot me a PM if you are interested. Marty
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I also have a blue interior. It's a blessing and a curse. Cool that there are so few of them, but a real bite when you need to find new blue panels. I have not been able to find a drivers door panel in 8 years. I ended up using SEM on a black one. Great stuff that SEM. fortunately most of my interior is in pretty good shape. Here's a couple pix of mine. Marty
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What happened to her is a bit of a painful story. I was driving north on Rte 53, just outside of Bolingbrook, IL. I gave it a healthy dose on the go peddle. When I left off the peddle, it kept accellerating all on its own! I hit 65 MPH and its was still accellerating. This was still somewhat of a residential area, so I could not keep going faster. I reached down and shut off the engine. By the time I coasted to the side, there were flames coming out from under the hood. I jumped out and tried to put the fire out. Other drivers stopped to help. I emptied 3 fire extinguishers on it, but it was like peeing on a forest fire. The fire got so intense that it shut down that 2 lane road for an hour. Nobody would pass the car. The fire dept. eventually put out the fire, but it was too late to salvage anything. It ruined everything forward from about the middle of the doors and a lot of the interior. The only thing keeping me from really getting depressed, was that I didn't get hurt. I figured out that the middle Weber carb stuck wide open and spilled gas on the headers. That's why I would never have those on my car again! After that I went 11 years without a Z. As you know, Z Fever cannot be cured. It came back with a vengence, and now I own 2 240 Z's!!! And I am loving every minute of it, !!! -
Yep that is an old picture from around 1982. I finally got a scanner so I could upload the pictures. I owned the car from 1980 - 1987. It was a real screamer.
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Put a lot of work into this one. Triple Webers with headers. -
This is what my 1st Z looked like when I bought it. It was the ugliest Z Car ever, lime 112, with gray primer all over. But it only had 38,000 miles on it. -
Front 3/4 view of my first Z Car after coming out of the body shop. I put a lot into this car. Triple Weber's, header, Koni's, Panasports, show quality paint and lots and lots of new sheet metal, !
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Front view of my first Z Car after coming out of the body shop. -
I had a similar issue on my car. I used a very sharp pick with a right angle on it. Removed the inner panel from the hatch and very carefully scratched a tiny hole through the paint and bondo from underneith. Once I had a pilot hole in the correct place, it was easier to enlarge the whole to the correct size from the top. Hope this helps, Marty
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I think the part you are describing is the boot that goes over the shift lever where the lever is mounted to the trans at the pivot point. the grommet that we are all looking for it attached to the top of the vinyl shift boot, in the interior of the car. Marty
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Yep, no problem at all. Marty
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Great! Thanks for confirming that Chris. I guess we can move full speed ahead on trying to reproduce the grommet type boot. If anyone has a spare grommet or two, let me know, as I will need two of them. Marty
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Thanks Arne. Unless someone with knowledge on the very early cars chimes in, I guess we can take that one out of the equation. LBO730, I'll shoot you a PM to get your shipping address. Marty
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Hi Chris, Is the grommet type of boot the ones that No. 26 & 27 have? Check my post #22. The one on the far left came out of a 6/70 model, which I thought was original. Have you ever seen that design? I wonder if it might be some type of aftermarket replacement. There is no grommet or place for one at the top. Looks like I will be needing a couple of those grommets. Marty
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Now that I see your boot up close, I finally understand the discussion of the "grommet". Apparently the grommet must be missing on my '71. Marty
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Those tires should fit with no rubbing. That is the size I am running on my car. Are you going to use the ES 100's on the street or the track? I have used them on the track and they were good at the start and very quickly went down hill from there. The edges tend to chunk pretty badly. I intend to replace them after only 2 seasons as they have really lost their grip. They probably would be ok for a street driven car though. Are any of you guys using the Toyota 4x4, vented rotor brakes with your Rewinds? I am interested in getting a set, but I want to make sure these big calipers will fit behind them. TIA, Marty
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Chris W. or Carl Beck, Maybe you guys could let us know your opinions on which are the earliest versions of the shift boot. Do you have the originail boot from #26?? Thanks, Marty
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If you want to go with the earliest version on the shift boot, that I am aware of then I will take you up on that offer. See my post #22. The picture on the left is out of a Z blt 6/70. If that is the one that people agree should be reproduced, I could probably ship it to you in a day or two. If it is the one in the middle picture (blt 1/71), I will need till the weekend to remove it from the car. Let me know which way you want to go. Marty
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I have the MSA one. And yes it is expensive, but I no longer have to worry about it melting! So far the quality seems good and I have had no problems with it. I will also be installing Dave's headlight and parking light relay harnesses when the weather gets warmer. Marty
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I am glad someone brought this up. I was going do a post about early shift boots, but just did not get around to it. So far, I believe I have actually seen three distinct versions of the shift boot. The first came out of my 6/70 Z, which seems to just have the material at the top just folded over and sewn. The second is still in my 1/71 Z and is the type being described with the grommet at the top. Lastly, is the one that is commonly available with the laces. If anyone finds a source for the early ones, I would buy two. Marty
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I just bought John's old trailer hitch. He said he used it for years to pull his race tires to Autocrosses. I intend to use it for the same purpose. It will be used to pull a very small, light weight utility trailer. One bar is bolted into the body with the bolt from the bumper mounts (early '71). The other bar is shaped to go around the fuel tank and get welded to the crossmember holding on the lower cotrol arms. Check out the pictures. Marty
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Hey guys, I will be getting back around to this in the spring. I am considering a set of the Fast Forwards or Rewinds to mount track tires. Has anyone used these with the wide Toyota 4X4 calipers (the vented rotor conversion). I have a set of Panasports on there now, which have the extra clearance needed for these wide calipers. I am wondering if the spokes on thes wheels bow out as far as the Panasports do. Anybody running that set-up? TIA, Marty
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Actually, my 6/70 Z #5341 with the rare blue interior has the hatch compartment without the access doors. It is a pain when a bulb burns out. I recently acquired a panel from EBay that is blue, with the trap doors. I am thinking of putting that one on for ease of changing bulbs. My other Z, blt 1/71 is built just like yours, with all the Series 1 attributes. Marty
