St.stephen

since I last posted. Just wanted to drop a line and say hello to everyone. So many Z's have come and gone since the last time I dropped in...It's hard to keep track. Currently the herd is down to 5 and it's time to start spring cleaning.

My vote goes to the inner bolts holding the heat flange under the intake on the 76-78 280.

I've been a huge fan of this guys work style and skill. Its a shame to the biker circle that he is gone. :sleepy: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/nation/9558406.htm

FOr the 280...the latches match for 75 & 76 these are the early style....77-78 have differant latches. I can check the 260 ahen I get home.

actually there are several quite reputable business who ship cars...the bigger thing to coordinate is either getting out there to view the car yourself, or find a club member near the vehicle you would like to purchase to inspect it. In finding a shipper, you def want one that is licensed and insured for any such instances of damage during shipping. I can dig out some of the names of I know of that people have used and I;m sure some of the other members know of reputable businesses specializing in auto shipping. I actually have a number for a guy selling a 76 280 here in jersey..I haven;t looked at the car or spoken to the guy yet however the vehicle is listed as "needing body work".. that could mean a host of things though.

MXer24.. I currently live in NWestern NJ and would be happy to keep my eyes open locally for a car for you and would even be willing to help you look one over. However, it appears you're going to be looking for something that requires little major work....which is really going to drive the price up into the 3500 - 6500 price range...for a clean east coast car. You can certainly obtain the same quality car from the midwest, and west coast however you will have to factor shipping into it. Sadly as it is, east coast cars tend to be quite the rustbuckets. I'd say come pluck from my herd of 7, however you're not quite looking for a project car =)

I've been an IT systems analyst for HSBC (they bought household) for the last 11 years....Man typing that....I really need to pick up the classifieds

Thanks man! I figured someone around here had to be into snowmobiles.

Anyone have some links to snowmobile parts suppliers. I have a 76 Moto ski futura with the 440 but me needs a complete top end. Dennis Kirk doesn;t carry much for vintage sleds. This 440 has already been punched 20 over as well.

I have the same problem on my end. I wonder if you need to change your screen settings to correct.

2manyz's might even have one of his Z's finished by the time your boy is ready to drive =)

Just as a refresher...the door latch mechanisms for the 77 and 78 are the same however 76 and 75 cars have the early style latches and yes, it would take some involved fabrication to swap them around.

I think these are the ones being offered by auto rust doctors..if so, they are the same shop that did the work on Wick Humbles 240..

I def have the marker light and license light. however I'm not sure if the license lights are the same for all years. I have several from 280's

I always remember the Keihn D slide carbs being differant on most of the CR's I owned. However all of the KX and RM's that found their way to my house all had the round mikuni;s and thats what I am most familiar working with. This would really be a great idea to try out thats for sure. Attaching the pull cables from the carbs to some sort of rod where you could attach to a bellcrank to the existing throttle linkage would be a good start. see now this has me foaming to hop on my bike!! Stage three ported, turbo crank, shaved head Cam 2 fuel powered KX 125. Its a real scalded ape thats for sure.

See I was thinking the same thing...you can perfectly tune each cylindar jetting wise and bike carbs aren;t that hard to sync once you get the hang of it. The carbs are cake to work on and access to them is nice and easy. In all honesty, the SU's have always resembled bike carbs to me. How does the choke setup work on a multiple carb'd bike? My experience has always been two stroke dirt bikes and they've always had a pull up choke knob. the intake doesn;t seem that tough to make and you can easily adapt the motorcycle intake boots as well. Which slide carbs you thinking of using..D or round slide? either way the linkage wouldn't hard to use the existing Z style linkage that will connect to a rod that will move all six slides at once.

throttle linkage shouldn't be that hard to come up with. you could probably copy something off of an 1100 street bike. the jetting possibilities would be scary on a 6 pack of bike carbs. I'm thinking though of fuel delivery since the bike carbs are gravity fed their fuel...