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P.F. Flyers were the original "high-top" sneakers, but with the flat soles. Converse bought the company and renamed it NewBalance. I learned to drive on a car with a column-shift 3-speed transmission.

The next thing I would want to discuss is how to show your literature. You could just leave the things sitting out in the open, you could frame them, or you can put them into a book or notebook using clear plastic sleeves. I would probably go forthe latter, but I also have access to a large laminating machine which could laminate full-page magazine ads separately or arraned in groups up to 30 inches wide. You could laminate them into a piece big enough to cover your hood or to use a a sunscreen behind the winscreen! opinions or ideas? thxZ

I got lucky with a search on Amazon.com to find a CD-ROM with a collection of Nissan/ Datsun Z/Zx Ads There are over 100 ads from 1970-2007 and you are allowed to copy or print them all.

If anyone is interested in the two books Will mentioned in post #11: Car and Driver, "On Datsun Z" http://www.biblio.com/books/134281409.html brooklandsbooks "Datsun 240Z & 260Z Gold Portfolio 1970-1978" http://store.brooklandsbooks.com/product206.html The first book is mostly a collection of magazine articles and roadtest data/opinions, and the second is a book about the Project 240Z that the Nissan dealers had to restore 240Zs

fuzze, Mike has a CD that I made a couple years ago, with all the best songs from 1978, that go well with a Z.

It's too bad that the microfilm records of the magazines at the library are all in black & white. It should be good just to go read what there is.

A recent search on eBay turns up two popular magazine issues: Jan 1975 road & track Apr 1984 popular hot rodding Is anyone familiar with those? I would think that the 1975 one is about the "new" 280Z and a test drive, and the 1984 one is about a modded one or probably something less relative, like a V8 police chase 280Z I read about spmewhere. Are there any important magazines that you'd want to keep an eye out for besides the PHR one? What others had debuts or test drives about the 280Z? What about some original dealer literature? Can you get any of that stuff? Yes, I'm stll trying to find a magazine that'll be really interesting to have. Something that really says something great or unique about the Z thxZ

I don't remember any of those from the 70s, mate. IMO, the best ( and only real music with guitars, melody, "singing", harmony, etc) was from the 70s and 80s. When rap, and then hop-hop, music came along, the music died. That's why people must now hide their speakers in the trunk.

The car show& judging will be on that Tuesday, so tentative means that certain other things might shift a day forward or back. You are welcome to give feedback to the event organizers, or you can host the convention yourself..

What do you mean by that?

I think you'd be happy to know that Rock music ( real music) had some more appropriate songs for the time. ERUPTION/YOU REALLY GOT ME VAN HALEN FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS QUEEN LIFE'S BEEN GOOD WALSH, JOE RUNNIN' WITH THE DEVIL VAN HALEN RENEGADE STYX ROLL WITH THE CHANGES REO SPEEDWAGON JAMIE'S CRYIN' VAN HALEN AIN'T TALKIN 'BOUT LOVE VAN HALEN WHEEL IN THE SKY JOURNEY JUST WHAT I NEEDED CARS SURRENDER CHEAP TRICK WHO ARE YOU WHO thxZ

FYI, the website for the 2008 Convention is now available for browsing. http://clevelandrockz.com/ thxZ

I think that you'll find the fees for things will be MUCH more afordable for te 2008 convention. The car show itself will be held in a very accessible place where there are lots of car-admiring people, and things will be nicer, closer together and convenient to get to. The website for the convention hould be ready & up in a week or two thxZ

I triedthe brake quiet stuff a couple years ago. It worked, but not for long. Then I had the rotors turned down just a little to smooth them, and the squeeling stopped.

I thopught there would take more than a snorkel, a wing and some chrome scripts to rive that car. the snorkel does seem to be blingy tho, as the engine doesn't need it, a there aren't any carberetors on it to need a snorkel. The crooked scrips just look bad, not rice- what about the fake fender vents? You'd think that somebody who would put on an expensive "modified" supercharger would be able to get the crips on straight. I was expecting to see other rice stuff like subwoofers, a big shift light, flares & ground effects skirts, and some really flashy neon paint (not dark blue) with graphics & such. I'm talking more like 250Z meets 2Fast2Furious...

In your opion, is a rebuild better than getting a new unit? Why did you choose to rebuild in stead of getting something like the bigger ZX master cylinder like some 280Z owners do? thxZ

No, there's no worries. they worked things out.

What about the Z cars? You have to look really hard to find a car show thay features Z cars, almost nobody knows what it is, even if you put a sign in the windscreen, and to go to a Z car-related car show, you have to join a Z car club or go to a regional or national convention, which is usually hundreds of miles away. I once tried to enter a car show and wasn't allowed because it was for 'classic cars,' i.e. domestic cars. Justin- I got that stuff from the headline of that Mustang website, which is spelled, "Black*******Club." It's not too obvious what the name is.

It looks like only the main banner has the censored pasties on it. There are pictures of Mustang magazine covers, ads for Mustang parts suppliers, etc. There are plenty of instances of the word 'Mustang' all over. This make me now think that the calendar mentioned had something in it that wasn't very appropriate for most people, and the way the name of the website was spelled or portayed wasn't very flattering or appropriate. As in: a Club for Black Mustangs? Mustangs for black people? Dumb stuff like that. thxZ

Gee... This sounds like software licensing... Now, I'll bet they won't even let you change the oil in your engine, unless you drive it to a factory-approved service station, as you'll be infringing on the license you were given to only DRIVE your car, not to service it or make modifications. You can't: Put different tyres or wheels on. Buy any aftermarket parts modify or change anything on the engine. No tune ups, oil changes or even wiping the dirt off. Change the radio presets? etc. If the manufacturere didsn't put it there, you can't touch it. Maybe you can't even put in 'un-approved' gas (not made by the manufacturer for your car.) Maybe there's some kind of big misunderstanding going on? Maybe that club was actually doing something they shouldn't have done? We will soon see if this spreads. then we will know. thxZ

Those little sleeves wouldn't even fit on the bulbs in my 280Z, because the bulbs don't stick in much- they're almost flush eith the metal case. The hols ie just big enough for the bulb, too. So I think I'd stick to the coloured dyes to coat the bulbs. thxZ

How do you tell what the wattage is? They all just say 6V or12V, but there are some I saw that are 7V.

OK, but what would it mean if the numbers are different?For example, if the chassis number is 433087, and the engine number is 280389, does that mean the engine is older than the chassis? Can you tell something just from the engine number, like if it starts with 280, it was for a 280Z? thxZ

Where do those links take you?

That suggestion could go to anyone. Next fall is the national/international convention, and there should be plenty of opprtunities to get some excellent video shots of Z cars to put together something everybody would like. thxZ