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How do you want to ship it? My zip is 95746 which is in California

Remember, . . . anything over a Z-full is wasted . . . . . . . . . . . . to paraphrase Frank Zappa

You know everytime I see a group of girls like the one in the 350Z add I always have to ask myself . . "but would they be a good mother" . . . . . . . . . . . . ROFL

I just saw this on eBay Bid on 350 Pull out your checkbooks and break the piggy banks because you can be # 1 forever or at least untill you sell the car for half of what you paid for it after the hype is over. :stupid:

Sorry everyone, I would place the driver of the car an idiot beacause the video was shot on a public street with other vehicles. If a dum SOB hit me or my family while he was doing something so stupid and to be stupid enough to video tape it:stupid: . I would end up owning his car, home etc when I was done. I agree it is a cool car and I would sure like to drive / own / build it but I would not screw around when others could be effected.

You will need a short cross-point screw driver, ~3" long and bandaids:ermm:

I would just grab plugs out of any old Nissan product at the wrecking yard. I am sure they are standard.

Ok you got to help out this yank! What does "fangs" mean? I find local slang fun. Once my annt from the UK was visiting and my wife and I were loading a trunk in pick-up and she asked if we needed any help us "humping the trunk" after we stopped laughing we told here what it ment in the USA.

Thanks but half the fun for me of owning a project car is the poking around in wrecking yards!

Do you want to sell anything else? like the seats, springs etc?

I was following a Miata down the road the other day wondering if the driver would mind selling me his seats :classic: and noticed that the outside mirrors may work on a Z has anyone tried this swap?

So questions 1. How long have you had it and are you very carefull when you drive or just aware of road hazards? 2. Where did you get it? 3. What is the clearance? Again Great shot, I hope mine will look this good one day! Owen K

I was checking out JC Whitney online and found that they have an air dam for 240s. Does anyone have any experience with these dams (that will admit it)? I like the idea of a fiber glass air dam with a rubber skirt. On another note I was as Shasta this weekend and someone told me that the urethane dams distort while driving . Any comments on this?

I just put in the Gabriel Gas Ryder struts front and rear, $25 each Lifetime warranty. I will let the group know how they work out.

In the movie Bring it On one gets washed in a fund raiser. Bit part but for you younger guys lots of good T&A

I have never seen the type of rallying in the USA like there is in other parts of the world. I think most motor sports grow out of what is part of the local experience. Take NASCAR that has its roots in moonshine running that came out of probation in the 1930's, which was a big engine and out running the feds. Then we have drag racing unsure of it's origins but I believe it came from Southern California. When you look back at the history of American cars, power was first then came handling a very distance 2nd. I think this comes from our wide open spaces where you do not have to turn very often. Heck my dad had a 69 Chrysler station wagon pumping out ~350HP (at the flywheel) that the power steering gave you as much road feel as the radio volume control knob it floated down the road. I was lucky because my first car was a 68 Cortina II and it was fun to drive. I grew up in the Mojave Desert and had a lot of fun drifting sideway around corners on dirt roads thinking I was a Rally driver. In fact the closest that we have to balls out Rally that I have seen is our off road racing with vehicles found on this web Link Fun fact: Can anyone tell me the origins of the phrase “balls out” it is not what you think!

The clutch is slipping at ~2500 RPM right? Well then it sounds like the clutch was damaged when the slave cylinder failed. My guess is some of the clutch material has come off the clutch and that is causing the ticking and with material missing it would slip when you got into higher gears. I have had clutches slip when in 4 or 5 gear but not in 2nd or 3rd unless going up a hill or under hard acceleration. I another check is to drive down the road at a constant speed with the ticking noise, place in neutral then rev the engine, does the ticking sound change? If so the problem is not in the transmission but forward. If the ticking slows down as the car slows down (out of gear) then the problem is from the transmission back. Does all this make sense?

I am going to Shasta this weekend. If there is anyone that is going between Fremont and Sacramento before Friday and can get the parts to me I will be glad to take them to Shasta to give away.

Strut on the right came off with not problems. Back on the road and ready to go to Shast and get some ideas from people / cars on what I want to end up with.

:D :D I got up this am and could not get the strut retainer nut to move so I was figuring it was time to get the impact wrench that I knew I was going to need. While mulling over the cost it dawned on me that the top of the strut where the nut is attached may not be hardened. After confirming with a punch and a hammer I setup to drill out with five bits increasing in size to ~3/8" and five min later the job was done.

The bright side is that cut up job just razed the value of our remaining Zs

I got the wrenches and have the strut outside the fender BUT someone put lock-tight :stupid: on the self locking nut on the top of the strut! This unfortunately is causing the strut rod to spin when I turn the nut even when braced with 2 of the 3 body mounting bolts. I have try vice grips on the rod but with it polished I cannot get a grip. In the morning I am going to try (with the spring compressors on) getting the strut retainer / seal nut to spin off. If this works I can get the spring off then get maybe get a better grip of on the rod. :rambo: Owen K

I am replacing the rear struts this weekend and my repair manual says to remove the transverse link spindle. I have removed the 2 nuts on each end but the lock bolt is stuck fast. My question is it possible to remove the strut with out removing the lock bolt? I have not given it a try yet because my sons have lost both of my 14 mm opened end wrenches that I need to remove the axel / U-joint so I have to run to town and purchase 2 new wrenches. (What I did to my dad is coming back to haunt me!) Owen K

I have a 79 620 Pick-up that I will be using as my test / learning painting vehicle before I tackle my 240Z. It has a stick-on decal on both sided of the truck I was wondering if anyone had easy way on how it could be removed. You can check out the truck at Link Thanks Owen K

The DMV must have just updated the web site because 2 months ago it was only 73 autos and did not say anything about 30 yr old autos. This is good news