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I think my cousin still has one of those. I may have to call him up and see about restoring that thing. I am sure it was over 40 years ago that I saw it in his garage.

And here's the Caddy's....Simply amazing to see. Can you tell that I like Jags?

More Z's at the concours. Went to the Muckenthaler Concours this weekend with my Z. All I can say is that they were pretty "Mucked" up. I entered my car in the preservation class, only to arrive and have them put me in the Japanese Sports car class. Long story short, they....uh....theoretically moved me into the preservation class, had the preservation judges do the judging on my car (they had different judges for the Z cars). A short while after all the judging, the judges told me, and the guy with the sweet 1970 red 1600 BMW that our cars were too "young" for the preservation class and we would not do well against the old 1930s and 1940s cars. In the end, I got a third place trophy (last place) in the Japanese car class that I did not enter, nor was I seen by it's judges. Go figure. Guy with red BMW and his wife were pretty upset as they had apparently placed first in some pretty big shows, including the PV Concours. A '40s Lincoln Continental took first, 1930's DeSoto took 2nd. Anyway, here's the pics of some cool cars. The group of three old cars were some of the other preservation vehicles. The two 1930 Cadillacs on the next panel were incredible. Love that LS2 motor. Will put something like that in a Z someday.

Hi Bo, Yes, your engine bay does look great. That motor fits so well in there. Looks like it was designed for it. Very nice. Yes, after my roadster is finished, I will be makin' me an LS Z. Best regards, Rich

Aaaahh, it's now the Z at the Concours and Aerospace thread . Couldn't help but respond as my first job out of college (almost 30 years ago) was designing a Centaur second stage to fit in the Shuttle Bay. Needless to say program was canceled after the Challenger accident. After that worked US space programs for 12 more years and then 3 years with the Russian space programs. Traveled to Florida often enough to be considered a local.

Hi Bo, My favorite LS was the blue one near the end. Engine bay was done very well done. Thanks for giving us the info on the 260 stock.....glad the guys did that. Best regards, Rich

Very cool that you got to chat with Wayne Carini. I think that is the cool thing about the Concours events; you get to meet some very interesting people. Last year at the Dana Point Concours, I was able to meet Barry Meguiar, CEO of Meguiar's car wax. We really had a nice conversation about the Z car as he had a '72 when he was younger.

I really like how they had the vendors all set up. And the products they were selling were great. Food was good and fairly priced. That part of the show was done very well. And best of all was all the talk and conversation...it's great talking cars. I was very interested in the Z's with the LS motors installed, and there were at least 4 at the show. After my roadster project I will be making one of those. The motor fits very well in there and looks great. That would make for a sweet daily driver. And of course I want AC on that as well My biggest beef with the car show is that the car types are scattered all along the block. It's like a big easter egg hunt to find cars in your category. I'm guessing cars closer to the center of the show did better, because that's where most people hung out. And you really have to look at the dash placard because stock and modified is pretty much based on what category the owner wants to put their car in. Motorsport does nothing to ensure that cars are in the correct category in spite of what they say on their website. They are too busy selling product to worry about adherence to car standards.

The rough texture is definitely SLS, white Nylon 12. I order these (SLS parts) all the the time. Rarely use SLA any more 'cause they are too frail. SLA would never work for inspection lid clip

Could very well be the winner. With "Peer Choice", every owner got one vote, that's it. Theoretically if 20 owners all voted for themselves, you could have had 20 people tied for first. That would be cool I guess. Personally, I never vote and didn't vote in this show. That's not what I want to do at a car show. I want to relax, socialize and spectate, so that's what I did . Actually, I am surprised that I even placed, but glad to get the recognition. And the more I think about it, the happier I am that the 260Z above got first. Very cool for that owner. Rich

Hi Mike, It was great to meet you at the show. Glad we got a chance to talk and enjoy the cars . That 260Z is Bob Heckendorf's car. I've been to a lot of shows with him and he's a very nice guy as well. I do harass him a little bit as he has the only "original and untouched" 260Z that I've seen that has round tops and off color block paint (wonder how that got out of the factory). Still, his car is beautiful and tough to beat, and I do not mind losing to him when we are in the same category. Anyway, will try and keep my mouth shut here. Best regards, Rich

Yes, it is a very frustrating things at these events, so I try not to get too worked up about it (but I do anyway). Any event that is "people's choice" or in this case "peer's choice", will yield frustrating results. Nothing you can do about it but shake your head and be happy for the guy that won.

I'm guessing it didn't have a V-8 in it, so it must be stock

here's some more

A lot of nice cars here at the show. Here are some of my faves

Getting pretty close to show time. Really looking forward to seeing all the cars this Sunday. Gotta make sure I have spare batteries for the camera. Will put a little touch-up on the yellow car front spoiler tonight and throw on some cleaner wax. Looks like the weather should be great! I'll be driving up the '70 and my daughter will take of the '71. Will caravan up there with Montezuma and maybe some other ZCSD folks. Hope to see a lot of you all there. These are the two I'm bringin'.

These are re-posts from my other thread and sadly I sold it. Boy, It's painful to look at the after pics. Really miss this :disappoin

This is the link to the La Jolla Concours 2012 winners page. It's awesome to see the Z amongst that group of vehicles . Thrills the tar out of me. Thanks again everyone for all the congrats. http://www.lajollaconcours.com/new/concours/content.asp?contentid=2017752898

This thread has instructions and nice pics http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?35670-Timing-Chain-Install-with-Pics&highlight=

I'll be there with two, but coming from San Diego

I don't really want to respond to this thread with that Avatar showing. Could be bad Karma. That car color hits a little too close to home.

Here's mine

Hi Phil, That really looks like a great car there. With the low miles on it, you should have it for a long time. The original paint even looks very decent. One more thing, save every part that you take off on that baby. Especially those wire hose clamps. They are very hard to find and pricey when you do find them. A lot of stuff can be cleaned up with some elbow grease and a good bench polisher with a wire wheel. Those clean-ups are pretty easy and virtually free. My ’73 had flat tops (now sold ) and it ran great. Usually the guys that are telling you to ditch them have never owned them, so ignore the noise. Mine ran great. An original ’73 is hard to find and it is a thing of beauty. And in my opinion, the more original the better. Here are some before and after pics of my ’73 motor to give you a little motivation as you work on the motor. Best regards, Rich

Oxidized paint or clear coat would be a great reason.

No, did this with my Caswell kit at home. There are long threads on "Correct plating".....it gets pretty involved and political.