TomoHawk

What kind of money are you going to put into this? 5 Gs? 8Gs? (If you don't mind sharing) thxZ

Micheal (mgood) - I was looking at the photos on your website, and I noticed that some of the special ones on the front quarter shots were done with a wide lens? The article on the musclemagazine website tells you that those kinds of photos are undesireable. Did you do that on purpose?

I used to buy 35mm film in 100 foot rolls, in different ASAs, and reload the cans self. You save a lot that way. But the thing that makes me feel like film is going out is the photo printers you can get cheaply. You just stick the memory card from your digital camera in there, and it runs off the prints. How's tha for "One Hour Photo" service? thxZ

I was browsing eBay, and I saw an auction for rubber plugs that go on the hood? It says "These are located 2 on the top part of the hood and 2 on the lower part of the hood" I thought that those holes along the top were supposed to be open, no? thxZ

Don't forget the many of us ( AFAICT) are using digital cameras. I still use 35mm and 120 film sometimes tho.

Will, I haven't had much trouble with digitals being able to stop the action, like on your spinning wheel, but it's the other moving things that were oroblems, like trying to catch the finish line action at a Pinewood car derby. After many tries, I noticed that you can't stop the action exactly at the finish line, so panning the camera with the cars helped, and then you get a blurred background with still cars.

The rocker cover for the 280Z has some baffles to keep the liquids in, so the hose doesnt need anything inside.

Good points, Carl, It's just that (some people) think that their $1200 fancy digital camera (DSLR or otherwise) will have some kind of psychic ability to fix the photo for them, when all they need to do is to take a step to the side (to hide a tree, pole or shadow) or to step back, or maybe even get a ladder or get closer to the ground to get a really good photo. Fancy cameras only allow you to make better use of what you already can do. .... And then there's the guy or girl ( I see this constantly) at the car show who's taking photos with a camera phone... I really hope that these people don't go home to show off their 'photographs.' Again, thanks to Chris (26th) for bringing up this topic at the perfect time.

The batteries on my 35mm cameras would last for weeks. It's only needed to power the exposure meter, so they last a really long time. The worsat thing about the chespr digitals is the wait to focus, and the lag after you press the picture button. If you'retrying to do movement, you either have to be lucky with the timing or pan the shot and hope it's not too blurred.

After reading the introductory article in the link above, click on the "Related photos" near the top for some more lessons, especially stuff like not having a pole stuck in your roof or a bush growing out of your hood! There's more to photography than a fancy camera or clicking off photos.

I did sports photography for the school paper in high school. There is no way any digital camera could focus fast enough to get a shot of something in a softball game or a track meet. In fact, I usually pre-focused my lens to a spot I picked and waited for the right shot to happen. I've tried some of the SLRs and they didn't focus fast enough for me. Since the 35mm always on, I don't have to wait for anything but the right shot, and the battery doesn't run down. About the biggest reason I have a digital camera is because I can put 400 photos on it without loading in film. BTW,the link in #10 has expired, so you might want to trty this: http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/howto/11678_photograph_your_car/index.html

If you are referring to the International convention, then there is a photographer(s). BTW, when you say 'great shots' on a digital camera, you mean ones that are properly fucussed and exposed. The content may not be great. Some people have no idea about things like composition, movement, colour (or lack of) contrast, shadows, and all the other stuff. thxZ

I photographed airplanes in high school & college. Peoplethought I was weird, standing on top of a 12-foot stepladder to get the higher-angle shots. But after taking a couple dozen shots of one airplane, I picked the one that makes people stop and look. Sometimes I'd sit or lay on the ground to get a low-angle shot (especially lowered cars) and you can make the car look 90 feet long that way! That's why I can appreciate some of the pictures that people used to use for their avatars here; like one of a headlight. Don't you just hate it when people buy those $400 nikon SLR digital cameras with 99 Megapixels to just take basic shots on the front quarter, then they show you and say "isn't that a great shot You could probably do better with a a from the camera from the closeout store. Thanks, Chris for bringing this up. thxZ

The car is so simple. Soimpe lines. Simple features inside & out. It is overkill to do anything more than large blocks of color following the bodylines. In a way, the rear window defroster lines seems to be too complicated for the car. Fortunately, you don't spend time focussing on them.

I just had my car on a lift to check the fuel pump strainer. I should've had my camera to get pics of the pump & damper for ya. :stupid: I'll get you pix of the other things first.

If you were to buy another fuel tank, it may not be in new condition, so to do the job right, any used tank should be renewed before installing. Otherwise, you'll be removing it in the futurwe for the same reason as the old one. So either way, the overall cost seems to be about the same, unless some big cost-cutting can be done.

You should first see if it would be worthwhile to restore or repair the current one. This place can do it: http://gastankrenu.com/loc/tx.htm

I found the missing piece, and now I can reassemble the lamp. No need for a new part now. thxZ

You can see if it's the switch by unplugging the connector that's under the steering column, since it goes to the switch. It the lights still stay on, then there must be a problem elsewhere.

Has anyone seen thye movie yet? thxZ

The bulb holder for my map light ( on a 2180Z) broke. Is there a substitute you could use, or does it need to be from a Z map lamp? thx

One complete BMW fuel injection harness was enough for me. It had enough connectors to do several Z engines. Inly 25 bux from vinesauto (www.vinesauto.com)

I got a whole fuel injection harness from a BMW, and it had several connectors on it to fit the TPS. All the connectors were the quick-release type. The color of the connectors even matched the corresponding injector or the sensor

I had a problem with mine the other day. After I got some gas in, it wouldn't start, until I let it sit for a couple minutes ( while checking the connections.) It started up and is fine so far, but I'm going to look over the sensor connections again. BTW- I put on all new connectors over the winter, except for the TPS one, but I'll get to that soon.