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I am in Portland a lot and will keep an eye open for your car. Go Ducks! I am sure you will let us know when it is found. Good luck.

Bumps under vinyl top

Here is a picture of the '71 I looked at in Portland today (the one with the vinyl top). Anyone know this car? HLS30-24871 not registered on Zhome. Mfg. date 3/71. 146,000 miles. Rust hole in left rocker panel and bubbles on the right side. 5 speed. Numbers match although I could not make out the number on the block. Spare tire well and under batt tray look clean. Floor pans and frame rails look good also although I could not get under the car. Needs weatherstripping around the doors, wet floor mat on right side. Needs floor mats all around and upholstery. Dash is near perfect. No large cracks and did not see any small ones, which might be there. New tires. $2,500.00. Next picture shows bubbles under the vinyl top on the leftside; fewer bubbles on the right. Clean engine compartment. Round tops. I have more photos and a phone number if you want to PM me.

I get the picture. Nice imagry, Victor :sick:

I will be looking at a '71 tomorrow that has a vinyl top. The owner says that there are 4 or 5 bumps under the vinyl that he suspects are rust from water leaking in, although he said that there were no cracks or splits in the material. Sounds like a risky proposition. Any way to check out the condition under the vinyl without ripping it off? Or is this a buyer beware situation?

I recovered my seats with a MSA kit and it did have the grain pattern in the middle areas. It fits very nice. I also added some foam for lumbar support and some hd foam in the butt area. Do reweb at the same time-saves lots of hassle later.

I like "If at first you don't succeed, quit" These were great, sounds like something Norm would say as he comes through the door.

Hey Mike--perhaps we need a forum titiled politics. wayquick32--I had a good friend that lives nearby and I worked with him for about 20 years. He has read all of the books and seen all of the video tapes (as you must have) purporting to build a case for making Clinton responsible for all of the deaths you chronicle. He also tells me that black helicopters flew over his house frequently. The only thing I could tell him was that it seems that I would have noticed them also. He firmly believes this b.s. I can give you a list of names too: George Bush, Rumsfield, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Perle, Kristol, Rove, Feith, Adeleman, Fox News, National Review, The Weekly Standard, the Wall Street Journal editorial board, and most recently, Newt Gingrich ("I'm Baaaaack"). These people and organizations are not the casualties. The casualties are truth, the American people and, ultimately, the United States. Nerviness, absolutism, smiting enemies and leading by fear, aggression and force of arms are what this administration is known for around the world. Well, Clinton will not exactly be known for being a truthful man. Nor will Johnson, Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, Bush 1. Hey, that pretty well includes our last few Presidents does't it! What does that say???? But yes let's not forget what brings us all here: the love of a beautiful car.

Go here for "z" wheel covers. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2412776367&category=33744

Someplace in Portland would be more central. Probably will be some more ideas comming in.

My '72 with stock L24 and SU's chronically runs rich. I know that there are many factors that can contribute to this. But, can the plug gap be set to eliminate some of this rich running? High end of the range?

I did a quick search on zhome for Portland and came up with a couple of dozen Z owners. These guys can be contacted by email to see if they are interested. Some are sure to be here. Sure that there are many others in the outlying communities. I think this is a good idea. Not too formal. A meeting a month (Sat or Sun p.m.?), if that, and a drive or two during the summer. I think EScanlon and Beandip had a chat room set up-something to consider. It is impressive to see a large group of like cars. There was a group of gull wing Mercs in Stevenson last year, that was cool. I think that they gathered at the Skamania Lodge. There was also a very large group of PT Cruisers:sick: in Cascade Locks last summer. PT's are as common as Camrys. A group of Z's would be much more impressive than a bunch of PT's.

You have a beautiful car there. Whenever I decide that I can go a day (let alone 4 + months) without driving mine, I might do the same.

I agree, Texans are not all bad. Three notable Texans whom I admire are Bill Moyer, Molly Ivans, and Ann Richards. Richards indeed got a bum rap laided on her by Carl Rove a few years ago.

Bush will never be confused with a man of culture.

I got one from MSA about 4 month ago.

Sorry. I should have identified the "good" President as Carter. I edited my original post. Enough politics for me. I will not even respond to flame.

Shame on you moderators of this site for allowing such foul language. Lib**al bashing is alive and well I see. The problem with we Lib**als is that our attention wanders too freely from the environmnet, social justice, hunger, peace, feeding the hungry, educating the underpriviledged, a woman"s right to choose and, well the list goes on and on. Con*****tives, on the other hand seem to be focused on - and I become a target of flame here- if you cannot hate it enough, kill it. I reallize that I am sterotyping here. I do not mean to paint all Lib**als and Con*****tives with the same brush. I agree with all of you, Clinton was a bum. Many people were killed and much harm was done as a result of his foreign policy. There was only one "good" President in the past 40 years and he was a failure as a President - Carter. Maybe being a failure as a President made him into the compassionate person he is today.

Working on the car is indeed a good alternative to TV. But then, so is watching the grass grow. Especially now with so much "reality" junk. They do it because the folks with disposable income and not much sense watch it and, as mentioned before, it sells products. And our youth are growing up with this! Well, some of us grew up with Glligan's Island, and most of us turned out alright I guess. We need to remember that the TV set has an OFF button.

I bought one of those Furuhashi regulators off of eBay. It is almost identical to the one on my car. Here is a picture of the one I took off. Could it be original? Also on the side are 5 or 6 Japanese characters with "Heat Compensated" under them.

The amazing achievements of the American military could not have been accomplished without the defense policy of former President Clinton. Even those of you that are blinded by ideology or partisanship must admit that the military might of the U.S. was developed prior to Dubya. Bush has been throwing money at the pentagon but none of it has resulted in the development of the high tech weaponry used in Iraq. Clinton had 8 years to get ready for Iraq. And yet Clinton was accused of gutting our military capabilities. All honest Americans must give Clinton some credit for this victory over such the huge and overwhelming threat that Iraq posed. I hope that el Presidente, Rummy and Wolfy do not gloat over the outcome of the invasion. It was sort of like Hulk Hogan beating up my 5th grade niece and bragging about it. I am very happy the Sadam is gone, at least for now he is gone. So now Bush rationalizes that, in addition to Bin Laden, capturing or killing Hussain is no longer a priority. We just pick someone else to topple to take the masses minds off our failure to accomplish our goals of capturing or killing these guys. Who's next?

Are you asking the preident of NASCAR to change his name from French to Freedom? Will you boycott all NASCAR races if he doen't? Send the Statue of Liberty back? Change the name of LaFayette Square to Liberty Square (it was named LaFayette for a reason you know)?. Changing the name of French fries to Liberty fries in the Congressional dining room was laughable. Reafirms my cynicism of our politicians! I would wager that Halliburton has some French ownership. By the way Haliburton, or a subsidiary, was awarded the first contract to rebuild the Iraq oil fields, no bidding, national security you know. $800,000,000. Smash up Peugeus? Read some history, see how much the French had to do with the founding of our country. Oh yes, our country was founded by protestors. They were called patriots, if you remember.

Beautiful car. Keep it original. Replace the wheels with stock and get a nice set of wheel covers. Are you getting the message?

Any opinions on this brand of VR: Furuhashi Auto Electric Parts Co. Ltd. (F. D. Japan)?

Maybe too far but: '71 in Bend Oregon, central part of the state. Third paint job, very little rust, a few bubbles under the paint, (according to owner), 138K total, 58K on rebuild. New interior, new susp, 5 speed, "too much to mention". $4,600. I haven't seen the car. Will supply phone number if you want. An 800 number.