Mike

Wow, good find Enrique.... If someone wasn't paying attention, they would have purchased the packaging and not known it... sheesh. Why would they show the entire product in the photos but only sell the packaging? Misleading if you ask me..

Wow, there's a lot of activity in this forum, I have to bump mine back up to the top with an update. I finally ordered and received a big shipment of parts from Motorsport Auto over the weekend. The guys at MSA were excellent and they were even able to ship me the parts next-day-air (for a price of course). I wanted to get my parts in for the long weekend so I could do a little more work on the car during my time off. Anyway, I ended up purchasing one of those rear-panel speaker boxes, a lot of small parts, a center console, electric fuel-pump, a heater-valve, heater hoses, and a ton of other goodies I can't remember here. We also recieved the carpet, window-trim vinyl, and kick-panels from Les Cannaday at Classic Datsun Motorsports. He's also shipping me all of the interior vinyl (with a diamond cut that closely matches the stock original), and the firewall covering. I guess the firewall covering is a very difficult-to-find item and Les was able to set me up! Oh yea, I was able to find the LAST REMAINING STOCK WINDSHIELD in the USA. Steve at Ztherapy set me up with this as he has some good contacts at Nissan. If you look at the photo of the glass, you'll notice that it says Nissan right on it. This was a bonus find!!! All the rubber was supplied by Steve and the kit is a Precision Replacement Parts product. I must say the rubber kit is very nice and well worth the price. All of the rubber fits perfectly and the door gaskets are expecially nice. You can see in my photos where they supplied the little rubber piece that fits between the door and the body. (the little plastic rivets were supplied by Motorsport Auto) Anyway, we have made some excellent progress on the car and if wasn't for the team, this baby would still be sitting in my garage. We still have a lot more work to do, but, these next few weeks will come together quickly as all the parts arrive. -- Mike PS: Thanks, Bryon, for staying on top of the build and plugging along even if it doesn't look like things are going anywhere.

Yea, this is truely a sad story. I liked watching his TV series. At least he died doing what he loved. Here's a link to a story on the subject... http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/09/04/1157222051512.html

Check out these babies. You can send any kind of graphic file to your wheel and it will display the image while you drive. Pimpin rims... http://customwheel.com/custom_wheels/product_info.php/products_id/1687

Enrique, I split your posts into a separate thread. This one was started in my restoration post and I didn't want to lose the theme on either one.

Thanks for all you do, Vic. The worst part of this site is all the (programming) work that goes into it. You guys get the award for the content, I just provide the medium. I must say, however, that our club is at a pretty stable point where we can simply use it and enjoy the outcome. Knock on wood, I haven't had to do any major programming to keep the server going for at least 4-6 weeks. I've been able to work on my car again.

Hey, make sure you tell Les that you're calling him because of a referral on this club. I want to make sure these guys know I'm saying good things about them. Oh yea, I'm sure I'll be driving this around quite a bit when it's done. I'd love to bring it to Eugene. But, I do recommend a trip to the Z-Therapy shop. -- MIke

Old adhesive and some foam that was painted over. No way any rust has survived my tenacity. -- Mike

Yes, you should come up to see your fellow siblings. We should have a yellow-Z-fun-run. The paint code is: Ferarri OEM: 231259 DBC84028ALT SC Giallo Modena

Hi guys, I do like the black rear tail-light panel as well. But, I'm going to stick with the yellow for now. Unless I can get a 2nd set of panels, I won't bother repainting them. This is an easy enough swap in the future. FYI, I like DougN's yellow car. The black does set it off well. Take a look at his yellow Z. Enrique, we did have a flat-black panel (from a parts car) just to see the difference between black and yellow in a side-by-side comparison. I didn't care for the flat black. But, a semi-gloss may look ok. I'll get to that point sometime in the future. There are a lot of other things I need to finish and focus my attention. I recently ordered carpet, vinyl, window-vinyl trim, and a firewall kit from Classic Datsun. Les has some good prices on this stuff. Today I'll be making another order with Motorsport Auto (major sponsor of our site). I've decided to go forward with this airdam. It's a nice and clean look for the car. I borrowed one from one of the other cars in the shop and held it up against mine. It looks pretty good. The recessed license plate holder cleans up the front very well. Since we are required to have front plates in Oregon, I need something to clean up that area. Anyway...... more to come.........

Yea, the rear tail-light panel was a bit hard to get used to at first. But, it's growing on me. The reason for the painted panel was due to my last body shop. I believe I gave them a box full of parts and they just painted everything yellow. It's been sitting in a box for a long time and I hadn't really paid attention to it until we put it on the car. Steve has an extra set of rear panels that we are going to paint black. I will put that up against the car with the chrome trim-ring and compare before it's permanent. The panel is actually quite easy to remove and replace in the future as well. I am VERY glad I didn't sell her now!! It's going to cost me some more money to finish her off, but, I am excited to see the progress and can't wait to drive her.

Hi guys, here are some additional photo updates. The rear bumper is on, hatch is assembled, and the doors are 99% done. Next we are working on installing the dash. Before that we need to install some vinyl trim around the window frame. What do you think of the painted rear tail-light panel? -- Mike

I want to give a special link to those of you who need SU carbs done. http://www.ztherapy.com Tell them you saw an ad on the Classic Zcar Club. -- Mike

Yep... http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?p=186171#post186171

Hey guys, Well, it looks like my restoration project is back on track. We blew the dust off the car and moved the project to a new home in Salem for the job. Bryon Nichols, an active Datsun guy and college student, is currently working on my car in the Ztherapy garage. He offered to put the car back together to make a few extra dollars before starting school. Byron is a student in mechanical engineering and, let me tell you, is very meticulous in his work. The Ztherapy garage is an excellent and fun place for any Datsun enthusiast to know about. Aside from the obvious restoration of SU carburetors (which most Zcar fans know about), they also work on vintage race cars, Datsuns of all flavors (510, Zcar, Roadsters), and have a huge collection of memorabilia. Their shop is full of goodies for any restoration project and I can count at least 4-5 people who love to pitch-in and give a hand whenever possible. In fact, whenever I show up to check on the progress of the assembly, there are frequently 2-3 other people pitching in and helping out. This is truely an amazing shop with lots of character and giving people. Anyway, I've uploaded a few pictures of the progress and will continue to post more as the weeks progress. I think Byron wants to get this car done by the time he starts school so we're looking at another month of continued progress. I'd like to give a special thanks to Bryon, Steve, Bruce, and all the other guys helping out on this project. Without these guys, my project would still be sitting in the garage!

A long time ago I ran the 2.5" pipe and loved it. I guess it all depends on the muffler choice. As far as your question, you probably don't want to reduce size and then go back up again. The 2.5" in/out is a good choice. Send some picts when you're done! I'll be doing exhaust again soon and would love to see how it worked out for you.

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, splattering it against that freshly painted airplane part you were drying. WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprint whorls and hard-earned guitar calluses in about the time it takes you to say, "Ouch...." ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age. PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes. VISE-GRIPS: Used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand. OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub you want the bearing race out of. WHITWORTH SOCKETS: Once used for working on older British cars and motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 9/16 or 1/2 socket you've been searching for the last 15 minutes. HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new disk brake pads, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper. EIGHT-FOOT LONG DOUGLAS FIR 2X4: Used for levering an automobile upward off a hydraulic jack handle. TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters. PHONE: Tool for calling your neighbors to see if he has another hydraulic floor jack. SNAP-ON GASKET SCRAPER: Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for spreading mayonnaise; used mainly for getting dog **** off your boot. E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD E XTRACTOR: A tool ten times harder than any known drill bit that snaps off in bolt holes you couldn't use anyway. TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the tensile strength on everything you forgot to disconnect. CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 16-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A large prybar that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end opposite the handle. AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw. TROUBLE LIGHT: The home mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes called a drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin," which is not otherwise found under cars at night. Health benefits aside, it's main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105-mm howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark than light, its name is somewhat misleading. PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the lids of old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splash oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads. AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty bolts last over tightened 58 years ago by someone at ERCO, and neatly rounds off their heads. PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part. HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to cut hoses too short. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts not far from the object we are trying to hit. MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts.

Do they have a website? It's not central america... but, more like central USA. Anyway, if you have the address and the details I'm sure someone would be able to provide better help. -- Mike

Hey Montezuma, let us know what you find !! Can you take photos? The ones on his ad are kind of dark.... We should get this guy to post an ad on the classifieds if he doesn't sell on Ebay.

Man, you guys are ruthless... she's pretty good looking. (for a stripper)