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I can make Phoenix. Not a bad drive from SD.

I like it! Nice work. Will be fun to start putting that back together. Rich

I need some of these too. Thanks for the post

I'll keep my eyes open in North County. Twice we've had stolen cars parked near our house, but they were Honda's. Hope it shows up as the car looks nice. Rich

It's even faster when I click on your Xenon Link. Sorry, just lazy. Boy, after reviewing that document makes me want to take up heart surgery

Me too. Would save me a search on Xenon especially since you started a thread here . Love my Flat tops! Drove the '73 about 30 miles to Z club meeting. After she warmed up was incredibly smooth.

I wonder why they don't start with the 1970 model year? I would have thought 1970-1972.

Washed the Z as it had about 3 months worth of dust on it and took it for a spin around the neighborhood. The car is very smooth and quiet. I am surprised that the original mufflers are still working well. Shocks are not bad either. The ride and noise (fairly quiet) are about the same as the '70. I am very happy with the ride. Turned on the radio, ran the antenna up and I got music-YES! I really am not sure what year car the stereo came out of but it has FM stereo. The word 'stereo' lights up in red when I am getting and FM stereo station. Very cool. Took one photo outside in the sun. Will send the Pic to Hagerty's along with a motor pic for insurance documentation.

Thanks everyone for all of the best wishes. I appreciate your support and thoughtfulness. Rich

It is a sad day in the life of HLS30-02614. Yesterday around 4:00 PM William Rodner, the original owner of HLS30-02614 passed away at the age of 88. He lived and long and good life and took phenomenal care of the car for 38 years. I will keep this short. I am forever grateful that my dad had the confidence in me to pass down to me one of his greatest joys to carry on the flame. I think of him every time I see the car and still call it dad’s car. My dad taught me how to work on cars and take care of them. He was a very kind, gentle and caring man. May he rest in peace.

You are correct, my bad...Roadster event in Solvang on April 30, 2011. Should have been more clear on my earlier comment: for me, the MSA show is 800 pound gorilla. Whenever they have the show is when I show up. Every other event revolves around that.

"Schedule confilcts" of Datsun/Nissan events? In my mind, other than the JCCS, there are no other "Events" for Z's in SoCal. Note: I consider an event to be a show with more than 100 cars.

Having tuned and running flat tops on my 73, and round tops on both my '70 and '71, I have several observations. When the engine is cold, the round tops run better and are more predictable. The flat tops are a bit more finicky than the round tops and like to let out a backfire or two before they are happy. Once the engine is warm, my flat tops are on par with the round tops. The round tops are much easier to work on and remove. The flat tops are a chore to remove due to the extra waterline that runs through them. In addition, the 4 nuts that secure them to the manifold are a bit harder to access due to the larger size of the flat top carb. The flat tops are really a cross between a standard carburetor (the float bowl section, 'Power valve' section) and the side draft carbs (Needle with vacuum chamber). To work on the float bowl, the flat top must be removed from the engine. Although, the nice thing about the flat tops is that there is a sight window on the side that allows you to check your float bowl level without removing tubes and taking measurements. Use a small mirror and you can check the levels very easily. Not so easy on the round tops. I read all three of the listed references and felt that the zparts article was the most fair. The author made one key point that is often overlooked and is critical; that being the Power Valve. It is the equivalent of the accelerator pump in a standard carb. If your accelerator pump in your standard carb is bad or disconnected, car runs lame. Same with the flat tops. As the zparts article said, this is often the trouble area with flat tops. The 'pump' instead of being a metal piston, like a normal carb is a thin membrane. Membrane tears, then carbs run bad. The fix is pretty easy, put in a new membrane. This can be done without removing the carb from the manifold -but may not be recommended. Also, the holes that the gas pumps through are small and can clog. Make sure these are clean. Anyway, since I have worked on both types of carbs and am running both types of carbs I felt that I could offer an unbiased opinion based on real life experience. Peace out

smog pump bracket missing (that's not a bad thing). Wire may be for condenser on original point distributor. Maybe you have electronic ign?

I couldn't find one for my '73, so I used some black cloth tape to make it look similar to my smog hoses. Not perfect, but it looks clean.

Continued work on the interior. Fixing two cracks in the center console with gorilla glue and some plastic strips on the inside for strength. Used some epoxy on the outsid to fill the cracks. Will paint with the black outdoor furniture paint as discussed in the console restoration thread. Took out the PO's Kenwood cassette player and installed my retro radio. Quite a chore to put this guy in. Was able to install the radio without completely disassembling the heater control panel. I did, however, undo all four panel screws and pulled it out about an inch. By removing the fuse box and lower U channel that support the console, I was able to squeeze it in. Looks great and powers up nicely. Now back to the console. Hopefully I can get that in this week.

Love it!..Makes me want to start another one, and I'm not even finished with my current one. Wish I had that kind of garage space, but I live in So Cal.

1967 1/2 , 2000 Roadsters are the prize of the roadster releases. Low production rate...and beautiful cars.

http://www.editgrid.com/user/mlwilliams/Z_Car_Registry Wow, looks like the registry has been cleaned up or revised to a date when the info was correct. My three are all shown correctly on this one. Haven't seen that in a while.

http://classicdatsun.com/ Les at Classic Datsun has the correct paint. Good stuff. Used it on all 3 of my motors

Yes, couldn't wait to take it for a drive and get some pics. I love driving it around. Well, since I shouldn't have much more in the way of expenses, I popped for two new fender emblems from 'Parts for my Nissan' on e-bay ($95 for the pair after tax and shipping). I called the number of the seller and got Tustin Nissan so the emblems should be pretty nice. Cost for the project is now at $5545. The emblems arrive today, so hopefully I can put these babies on SECURELY and drive the car to work tomorrow. I estimate that I still have about two months worth of work to do (weekends mostly) on the car and then it should be pretty much done. I need to fix the center console and install the old AM radio. Then I will work on the underside and clean up the gas tank, rear suspension paint, front disc shields, etc,and undercoating touch -up.

Thanks for checking on this Dave. Looking forward to the updates. Rich

I’m not sure $15 would do the job. When you add up location rental, security, awards and porta-potties the costs really add up. I think they should closely mirror the costs of ZCON for entry fees. I would think at least $30-$40 per car entry; of course that includes a show t-shirt and a goody bag. Also, I would see about getting a number of sponsors for the event, adding their logo’s to said t-shirt. A good place to start would be all of the JCCS sponsors. I’d invite ‘Z friendly’ vendors to the show and have them pay a small fee ($100) for a spot at the show. Same for food vendors. Would also like to see the a section for the 64-70 Datsun roadsters (Pre-Z's) there. They have large group here in SoCal. Lots of ways to raise cash for this. Then again, maybe they are doing this already. As for volunteering, count me in. I’d love to help.

The one thing to remember with all this is that an event of this size is a major undertaking and probably not a big money maker for them. In fact, I am sure there are upfront costs that require them to foot the bill until proceeds from the show come in. That being said, I think the best we can do as a group is voice our interest and volunteer our support for such an event to help minimize their work and cost. Hopefully this is all that would be needed to make the event successful. Rich

I am really hoping they have the “big” show. This is the one event that really brings the So Cal Z community together. The 2009 event was the best Z show that I have ever been to. As president of the ZCCIV, I offered Joseph at MSA our clubs’ support for a West Coast Nationals event. (Typically a number of our members volunteer to help out with the annual JCCS event). Our club would be more than happy to help out with volunteers to help make MSA’s work a little easier. And, I am sure the other local clubs would help as well. So, hopefully all the cards fall into place. We will be watching this one closely.