Zedyone_kenobi

great googly moogly, that is purdy.

Wow, what a time capsule...still 7000 is on the high side, but not unreasonable.

just wanted to add my praise for the silver sharpie. I did a console refresh with new leather boot and used the silver sharpie to redo my striping on the choke panel. Worked wonderfully. The pen is so easy to control and regulate how fast to go. Highly recommend it. I never even thought about doing the glove box.\ Note, I did notice that I installed my shift boot backwards! DOH! the stitching is facing forward instead of backwards... now it all has to come off again!

yup those are delrin, I may try those to see how they compare...for 14 bucks, why not.

Make sure you take detailed notes, and get a copy of the various wiring diagrams floating around. Your multimeter will be invaluable. Get a good one. Also be prepared to do a lot of cleaning. Sometimes problems that may seem big are just contamination on a terminal. Clean every terminal you touch.

SUCCESS.. finished my install today with the poly bushings. Shifter feels more solid and stops like a bolt action rifle. I also refinished my console and all that is left is to find a silver sharpie so I can go over my trim to brighten it up.

gnose, when you say silicone, do you mean like a spray lubricant? My doors are hard to close, and I really do not think it is the striker anymore.

Bravo! It was like watching my first child being born. You sir have some serious DRIVE! If I may ask how did you paint your engine compartment? What did you use? THe match is uncanny good. I have a few spots I would like to spray, but I am worried it will look like a bad patch job. Very nice work.

Wow, that is just stunning.. but 1085 dollars, I can put this off, even though it does not sound out of reason.

I hear ya, I just need a picture of what nylon sleeve we are talking about. I have looked at my door and my latch plate and do not recall seeing a sleeve...I am on travel now, so I cannot go right back outside.

is there a picture of this boot sleeve thing. I may want to try this fix. My door clicks into the first detent easily. But takes quite a bit more force to get it to shut all the way. Before I start grinding anything, I will explore a new striker plate. But if none are available I may give this a try. What a great thread... I just got lucky and found it..

This is aweseme. I cannot make it unless I can swing a boondoggle at work, but I expect pictures fellahs!!!!

True, but you can say that about 95% of the cars sold at Barrett Jackson. You see fully restomodded 50's and 60s cars and musclecars, with probably 100 tp 125 thousand dollars in the resto, and they sell for 55k. It is normal to lose your shirt on reselling a hotrod. If you recoup half of what you put into them, its pretty darn good.

UPDATE: For All you type A tranny folks, I think we have a solution to firm up our shifters. I was looking through some spare parts, and noticed my front sway bar end link poly bushings are very close to the same size as the shifter bushings.. I took some measurements and the OEM bushings on the left are darn near the exact same size as the end link bushings. The outer diameter of the OEM bushing is 0.005-0.008" larger than the poly end link bushing on the right. Which is good. Just to be sure I did a test fit into the cylinder that holds the shifter bushings on our Type A linkage. It is an interference fit, just like it needs to be with the poly bushings. So far so good. Next job is to carefully drill out the ID of the poly bushings so it can fit over the shifter. I will put which drill bit to use to do this when I get it right. Then it is just a matter of installing the bushings. The overall height of the poly bushings is a little less than the OEM ones, but I am hoping that the fit will be so tight that it will not matter. If it will not work, I will take a small slice off the rubber bushings as s spacer, and presto... Type A poly shifter bushing kit with MINIMAL work.

I think that is a relatively good price as well. It has several things that typically are not what most barrett jackson buyers want. They usually want a first gen of a model... so definitely a 240Z would bring the bigger bucks They love originality. If the car has been original even with the big bumpers, it would have brought more They love survivors. A rebuilt engine and totally modified bodywork is a sign that at one time things may have gone amiss They are not so big on restomods. Which is what this really is. You have to find that one buyer who loves your vision of the Z as much as you did. All in all, I think this bodes VERY well for the collectibility of the Z's.

you know Arne, I think you may be onto something. I have some extra poly end link bushings from my front sway bar install.. those are relatively the same size. I will let you know.

I am trying to get a better feel in my shifter. I have pulled my center console to try to clean it up and maybe put some paint on it and refresh the chrome strip with a sharpie as has been documented. What I was wondering is if there is a harder rubber alternative to the stock rubber shifter bushings? I would like to make the shifter feel a bit more solid. I have looked at some of the usual Z parts places and with no luck. Does anybody make a kit for this? Thanks

I noticed today that one the knobs on my climate control is gone. NO idea where it went. I know it was slightly cracked. Guess it gave up the ghost and decided to go to that parts bin in the sky. I am missing the knob for the heat. I can look on ebay, but does anybody sell these NOS?

WELCOME to the site buddy. Hope you enjoy your stay and lets see some pics of your new project. If you ever have a question odds are it was already answered, but feel free to ask. Some very kind and knowledgeable people here.

When I was 16 I certainly remember how I laid in bed every night and had dreams about driving my car to school, and on dates, and just cruising around town making all my friends jealous. You are at a great age Anthony. If you are serious about taking the advice of folks you have never met on the internet then I am taking your question seriously and will try to impart my wisdom of what I did when I was 16, and what horrible mistakes I made, and what it taught me. But can you answer a few questions first that would help me give you the best advice I can. First, you mention that you are not mechanically inclined. Does that mean you are not mechanically inclined as in "I cannot change oil or spark plugs" or does that mean I am not mechanically inclined as in "I can do the basic stuff, but I have never rebuilt a cylinder head on a bench" Second, Does this car need to work every single day and not have any down time longer than a weekend? Will it be your ride to school? Do you have a job currently or will you be getting a job where this car will be your only means of transportation? I lived half my young life making sure I had a car to drive the next day to school and work. If work had to be done it meant parking my car and spending every waking second and every last dollar making sure it would run so I could get to work or school. While this taught me a lot about making a dollar stretch, I lost out on lots of things other kids my age were doing because I 'had to work on my car'. That may sound fine to you now, but I have some regrets about all the parties I missed things I could not go to because I was either broke or my car would not make it there. Just keep that in mind. Your cars reliability effects every aspect of a young mans life. Third, are you going to college in a couple of years? If so do you plan on using this Z as your daily driver in college? In college you will most likely not have a garage, the car will be left in the open, and will degrade every day as your head will/should be in books rather than working on your Z. I had to sell my beloved 74 trans am when I went to college. The gas mileage and upkeep was just too high. And all it was doing was sitting in the parking lot rusting. 16 is a fantastic age Anthony, enjoy it. As much as high school seems like your whole world now, I promise you, life gets even better. If your future leads you to college, and by your well written question, it seems it will, you will find that it is probably the greatest growing time in your entire life and the most fun you will have until you meet Mrs Right. Let us know what circumstances you are under. Give us some insight. With that being asked, I will say this. When I was 16 you could not stop me from buying an old camaro. It was my dream car. I ended up getting a 77 Berilinetta. What junker. Everything that could break did. But it was my baby. I learned a lot working on that car. If you would allow me to give you some advice that I wish I would have taken when I was 16, I will. A car is a wonderful thing, but never forget that an old car, even a Z is an old car. It will have problems, and demand your time and your money. You will sacrifice many things if you decide to get an older car. If you really want a Z, then save up and get a good one. It is easier to maintain, than to restore. If you cannot afford a good Z, then wait. I know patience is in as short supply as money at 16, but I promise you if you can wait to buy a Z later in life, when you have more funds at your disposal, you will be rewarded by a FAR more pleasurable ownership experience.

I replaced a fuel line from my frame rail to my fuel pump... two hose clamps and 10 minutes... I feel so inadequate.

LOVING that look on your car Arne... looks fantastic! How do you like the sound?

eeewww, that looks particularly bad. But anything is fixable. Take your time, read some literature, and do it right. I have no idea how to fix that but to cut it out and weld some less eaten metal in it's place. Good luck.

THe micro bus was a hit, much like an alfa romeo was a hit. It just did not have have enough market saturation to really get credit for starting a new genre. The caravan came out and saturated the market. It sort of defined the segment.. like Vice Grip, Kleenex, Ipod, etc. None of them were the first to do their job, there were lockable pliers, facial tissue, and MP3 players before all of these versions came out, but they never got everything just right at the right time. I think this is why the caravan gets the nod. I would take a VW minibus in a heartbeat over it, but the fact remains the caravan

Good advice, so you would recommend the velcro strips if anything then. Easy removal and cleaning I will be applying more POR15 before I do anything anyway, but I will take your words to heart.