TomoHawk

Guess the server lost Steven's statement.

Damage to my nervous system in 1989 left me with little use of my left arm. Nt enough to drive one-handed. Fortunately, I'm right-handed.

I know how to drive a stick, Chris, I just can't drive and shift with the same hand at the same time. Motor vehicle law requires me to drive an auto shift car or truck.

I heard a humorous story like that last night at school. I think the cure for tit is to change your oil every 3-4 months and rotate the tires at the same time. keeps them loose. Maybe a touch of antisieze too. Auntie Sieze? Uncle Rusty?

Thanks for that info. Cloe mentioned those rubbers to me on the phone. BUT, the covers I am looking for are a hard plastic thing like a bowl that goes inside the fender behind the headlight assy, and attaches to the fender with some pronged pins, like door panels. Probably protects the headlight from rocks & stuff. I'm considering that it might be something that somebody bodged in there, but it looked so good that I thought it was a factory part. It was just covered with undercoating and was starting to crack. thx. sorry no pic on that.

1. Because it comes that way from the factory. 2. Because I can't drive a stick. I wouldn't call it ruin- but if you see it that way...:mad: even some of the fastest drag cars have auto trannys. And the best street rods. Like Proxlamus said, even the newest sports cars, race cars (rally carrs), and luxury cars (Lincoln LS) come with paddle-shifting autos.

Nothing wrong with the fender, or the headlight casting. I wanted the protective cover that goes on the back.

You can get a different auto trans with different gearing, if you want. You can get overdrive and a lockup torue converter. what else? The basic 3-speed auto trans wasn't meant to go 100 mph.

What exactly you did you have in your rxhaust system, and what engine/mods is on it? I use the stock L28 with no resonator and a coffee can right now. I was just looking at the MSA Targa system and it looks good, except the sharp bends at the tips. thx.

Some replies are due to hormones, obiously, but it's coming to the point whewre the differnce between a manual or auto shift transmission is the third pedal under the dash, and the shift pattern (but I'm doing something about the latter). Automatics are becomming just as good as manuals in the MPG department, which is why most new cars come with automatics now. there is also some danger associated with the manual shift trans. Where I live, there are a few hilly roads with traffic lights part way up, and occasionally you'll hear of somebody that couldn't hit it right and collided with theperson behind- especially in winter. You could always go with a manual vave body, if you like changing the gears constantly. Also, most of the Street Rods I see now have autos, although some with drag shifters.

My taillight harness wires are getting a case of the dreaded blackwire disease. It's a 78 280Z, so I will wanto get a new one. Will a ZX taillight harness fit? Can I get a new or like-new one somewhere besides eBay? thx.

Interesting idea... Somehow you could rig up an old carb, but remove everything but the throats & butterflies, then screw in 4 or 6 smaller injectors (using the stock F.I. computer) to work like a carb. You'd have to bypass the AFM somehow, so the computer gets the air flow data from the throttle linkage position instead of the flapper.

Is there anywhere to get the covers for the headlamps that go inside the fender? On a 280Z? thx.

Before you finalize a price, make sure you give all the rubber stuff a good squeeze or tuig tosee if it will fall apart. You should be able to test drive the car & have a mech check it over quick. Major repairs can influence the selling price.

I'm from the 60s. I'd have to ask my mom where I was when they shot JFK.

I worked on a nuclear-grade antisieze for a while. I remember the only requirement was that it was free of chlorine. Don't remember what color it was. I've always used copper for high-temp. and aluminum for general use.

OIL? I wouldthink that it would wash off after so long. The antisieze would be stronger, more effective than the oil, and last longer. But do you prefer Aluminum, copper, or graphite antisieze? My voite is for Aluminum.

Oh-- I wouldn't suggest sitting on the arm of the wrench to turn it. I once broke 2 studs using a dogleg wrench because I didn't have a cross wrench and I wasn't turning the wrench equally on both ends.. The pipe idea should be OK, as long as you twist it equally on both ends.

Is it adviseable to use antiseize on wheel nuts? You wouldn't want to make it easy for them to come off. Could you clean the threads with a die before using antisieze or putting the nuts back on? Also, you can get a 12V impact wrench at harbor freight or other stores Vicky- your suggestion wasn't useless. Maybe just needs some 'development.' Remember, BIG ideas start as small ones...

Maybe it would be enough to make a list of your sources and put that file on the main list page.

It looks to me that the rear bar in the picture is just that. there are brackets that you will bolt to the top of the strut, and probably some to the floor near the diff frame. Not sure tho.

To support my and the recent statements about the identity being in question, I'll quoite from the VRJ article, where the author himself tells that there is no psirive proof which car is which: "It has to be said at the outset that these were rally cars, and they were damaged, repaired, written off, rebodied, had new chassis, had chassis plates and registration numbers switched and put on new cars, so keeping track of them was not the art form it is today, though why anyone would want to today is another question." Like Alan, Chris, I, et al, have recently said, that with all the new evidence, these older cars can become somewhat ambiguous. Wich is why the Author from VRJ had to rely on the words from the expert of Nissan Italia. (who could possibly be making things up himself!) I typed up the rally article because the pring of my mag was hard to read... rally article.txt

I browsed your collection of videos.... It's interesting, except for thre one 240Z avi that only had sound. O-L I'll go browse some more later. THX.

After reading the article (thanks Chris), I'm surprised to NOT hear someone from VRJ say that since the cars had numerous body cchanges/replacements, reg. plates swtiched, etc., that you can't just make a claim about any car to be this or that. You'd need to go deeper and check the chassis number, etc., before you can be totally certain which "car" is which.

oooooo--whee! Now THAT's what I call a strut bar (system)! You can see that it keeps things from moving in just about any direction. Not your average "Monte Carlo" bar, too. I always knew those Monte Carlos wren't that good. What is there that goes in the back?