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I have a stash of the broken white plastic switches for these engine ights. I picked up a metal one at Frye's similar to the one you have shown and used that instead. I did take a little white paint and painted the lever part white just so it looks a bit like the original.

Those original low mileage cars are going for crazy money. Can't believe a mechanic thought it might be $138K miles.

True, and unfortunately, I get drawn into these commentaries on BaT. I can say it here, but dare not say it on BaT as I would probably get pretty beat up there, but I have to say that the 'Guild' guy is pretty hard to live with. He has sold a number of Z cars on BaT and is quite the salesman, but is beyond obnoxious in pushing his points. And, he pretty much thinks that he is the authority on the 240Z, often embarrassing himself. It is sad that he is pushing the paint issue. While important, the only reason he pushes it is that it is a service that he provides. While considering himself a restoration shop, I consider most of his work average and for the most part incomplete. He will do enough work to sell a car and make it look nice, however, the work is often incomplete and just general clean-up. Again, just enough to make the sale. The thing that bothers me the most is that he claims to speak for the entire Z community and to be the top authority. Sadly, he is neither of these. Anyway, this is just my personal opinion. Sorry in advance to any who are offended.

I am not sure. I think they had one award for best foreign. Not sure what all the US car or modified classes were.

I thought this was impressive. The 'Main Street America' car show sponsored by the Corvette Owners Club of San Diego was held last weekend at Sea Port Village. Probably close to 300 cars there. Taking first place in the 60-70's modified class was this 240Z. Yes, he was in the same group as the Vette's, Camaro's and Mustangs. Incredible. I had my roadster at this show about 5 years ago and it was pretty much ignored as it is primarily an American car show. Nice to see the Z's getting some attention. Pics below are from cars final build at Miguel's shop, paint by Miguel of course.

Koito Headlights? I need 2

The older those fill tubes get, the harder they get. Old ones are very hard to work with. When installing the tank, usually I put it on a small board with cloth over it and SLOWLY lift the tank into place using a floor jack. The most important thing is to align the filler tube with the tank opening once they are close. Put the collar of filler tube around tank opening at this time. DON'T forget the clamp! As you slowly lift the tank, carefully feed the vent hoses through their openings as you lift. Attach all hoses before you lift into place as they are very hard to access once tank is installed. Should be two hoses toward the rear of car and one in front of tank (goes to vapor tank). That is the process I use.

The two discs should come apart. Best to soak them in carb cleaner fluid or similar then separate them with a razor knife. Don't worry about damaging rubber, that needs to be replaced with new rubber.

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It was like a very thin metalized plastic, adhesive on the back

Got the emissions decal from Zedsaver. Not sure if I am very happy with it, but also not sure about what other options are out there. The material seems to be very thin and was difficult to work with. Once applied, I used a credit card to smooth over the bubbles that were formed, moving them towards the edges (kind of like burping, I guess). bubbles that remained and would not move out were popped with a pin, then smoothed with credit card.

We hop on over to HybridZ.org once in a while, but classiczcars.com is our home ?

Got the 5 slots back on. Now she looks like she did when @jayhawk picked her up from the dealer.

I think the judging was probably pretty fair for the car. Honestly, we just ran out of time to fix all the small details, and those get noticed. We were actually taping and repainting the finish on the hubcaps in the trailer the day before the show, among other items. I know there were a few small clamps missing, some wrong screw/bolt heads, the ends of the bumper finishers (unique to the '73) had some cracks and could have been finished better, I need to find some of the pre-formed hoses for the engine bay as the bends in my substitute straight hose showed some kinks, I installed the long plastic edge finisher just behind the seat backwards, the Kioto headlights were the wrong style, etc. Nothing real major, but just not right. Now that the show has passed, we have some time to fix these items....and a chance to eventually see the judging sheets. The only thing that bothered me was that the judges were critical of the cloth wrap 'style' fuel hoses. Apparently they prefer to see a Nissan stamped fuel hose, over a hose that looks very close to the factory original. This was actually a point of discussion among a group of us, including judges that said the original cars never had cloth wrap style hoses. Fortunately, Jim Fredricks showed up to set the record straight and confirm the cloth wrap style. It was great talking with Jim at the show, he schooled me on some of my fastener zinc color errors. Overall, I am very happy with the outcome and really enjoyed the show. I am looking forward to going to Nashville next year and seeing the cars from the east coast.

We will not find out how we did 'pointwise' until we receive the judging sheets in the mail. This typically takes a long time, maybe 3-6 months (just about the time you have forgotten about them). Jim and I both received a second judging which typically means we scored 280 or above in the first round of judging, out of 300. (300 possible: 100 points for each area; interior, exterior and engine). Neither of us were over 290 since we did not receive the Gold Medallion award. There is the possibility of going below 280 after the second judging. That is about all I know for now.

The flat top contingent takes the top two spots placing 1st and 2nd in the stock 240Z category. The outclassed round tops just can't compete.

On display at ZCON 2019. Nice lighting.

Was very amusing to watch Matsuo-San. He was opening doors and hatches, turning on engine lights, touching paint and engine at will. He is the only person that could get away with that. ? Actually, I think it's considered an honor to have him touch your Z

Had a small discussion with the second engine judge. He said the cloth wrap fuel line was not correct. I told him that it was, as it's on my original 70. We had this discussion earlier, but pretty sure cloth wrap style is correct.

Thanks! @Zup and @jayhawk cars both got a second review which is a good sign. They asked to see zup's storage bins but not mine, which makes me think he graded a bit higher.

ZCCA judged show. Nice having this inside with AC.

A few S30's

Hi Guy, thanks for the compliments. Will you be out in Branson? The car is not perfect, but it's pretty doggone nice, the colors are awesome. I wish we had another week or two to finish up some small details and do some final tuning, but for the most part she's about 99% complete. We chose in several cases to go with the original parts versus buying new or aftermarket replacements. The windshield would be a good example. It is the original 46 year old glass, complete with small rock chips and wiper scratches. In cases like these, the original part trumps a perfect aftermarket windshield for the build. The small defects are not super obvious in the pics, but I am sure the judges will ding us for such things. That is fine and understandable, it's just very cool to see the original part on the car where it's reasonable. Anyway, I am thrilled that the car will be at the show. I am looking forward to seeing all those awesome Z's!.