Mike

Cary, is this a business ad?

I think those two round modules to the left are part of the EFI system. They are driven by vacuum and will prevent the car from starting if the proper vacuum conditions exist. You'll notice that the vacuum tubes run down to a plastic bottle just below. I never totally understood the safety equipment surrounding my EFI system when I got it working. But, I had to analyze the whole system and these were part of it. Basically, this is what I understood: The EFI system would not start properly if the engine did not have proper vacuum. If the engine suddenly loses power, vacuum will stop, and the electric fuel pump will also stop pumping fuel. These were the only things I could see that were capable of transferring vacuum into a computer signal. I can also only imagine that the canister below was a reserve tank in case the engine sputtered (similar to an electrical brown-out), but, did not stop.

Not yet... I want to buy these new. Something like this has to be done right because I don't want to take the door apart again down the road. I'll check with these resto guys or maybe stock has something.

I'm looking to replace the rubber that fits between the glass (in the door) and the metal bracket that holds it in place. This rubber is sandwiched between two pieces of metal and keeps the metal from touching the glass. Can I still get this stuff?

Nigel, nice site ! Impressive work. You want to help out a bit around the club?

Yea, forget the rust and the bodywork. Get the car on the road and deal with that stuff later. Where to start? Get that engine running. From reading the other posts, I assume others are in agreement here. After it's running... make it safe to drive.. Tires, brakes, etc.

Doesn't mean you can't start your own little car show in June! See if you can get a bunch of people to show up with you in June. Maybe there's a club near that area.

Same to all of you... HAPPY 03!! Can't believe it's already here. Where's my flying car? Damnit!

I haven't registered anything yet. Was hoping to find an administrator to keep her going first. I think I have a few interested parties and it looks like we are moving forward. Now I just need to finish adding my skillful coding to the existing system and we're off. A few more modules to be added as well.

Hi all, I've started a Datsun Roadster site with the similar intentions as our Zcar club. However, I would like to submit a request for possible administrators for this new site. The ideal candidate for Administrator should have some techincal abilities and a willingness to improve and make a 'world' out of the Roadster. Maintaining the site isn't much more than creating forums, encouraging others to visit (aimless promotion), appointing moderators, approving (or disapproving) of various content. They won't need to know any programming languages or operating system commands. I'll take care of all that here. Why am I doing this? We are paying for a server that is fully capable of handline multiple sites and it's not even close to our capacity. I also think there are no real good web-based Roadster groups (except for the mailing list) out there. I also expect this group will be a little slower because of the rarity of the vehicle. And, hey, it's really not that hard to make the site available on our server. (active participation is another story) Check out the site at: http://roadster.classicZcars.com We will purchase a domain as soon as we know this is something that people want to use (and enough people to help pay the domain fees). Thanks! -- Moderator Mike

I've been to the Hot August Nights show... it's a pretty fun time. But, do you think you could get away with driving a Zcar through that show? Not sure how the muscle car fans would take that. Of course, if we got together with a lot of other Zcars... we could show off some serious Z power!

Nice!! I like.

Here are a few links to wallpapers on our site. I haven't had a chance to fix the downloads area yet, so, you can just click on the URL's below and download them. Pick your resolution: Click HERE for 1280x1024 resolution Click HERE for 1024x768 resolution Click HERE for 800x600 resolution If you don't know your resolution, just download the middle one and modify your image settings to STRETCH the image to fit your desktop. [m]

Or just click HERE. (use the http:// button in the message editor to do this)

Is that why she stopped to look at you? The alarm?

This was posted to the mailing list by Carl. I thought it was interesting enough to post here. It might be an inspiration for someone. Hi George/Everyone: My Dad owned a Shell Service Station in Ashland, Ohio. So I grew up watching him fix cars;-)... One day when I was about 8 years old, a man stopped for gas in a then new Ferrari...a little red roadster (250 I think)... I had never seen anything so beautiful.. and that is when I fell in love with Sports/GTs. First Story: When I was a senior in High School (1963) our local Ford Dealer (Jack Topping) owned a 1956 M/B 300SL Gullwing. He wanted to sell it and was asking $4,500.00 - I had managed to save about $2,000.00 but at 18 years of age, I could find no one willing to finance a car. Every year I went back to look at that Gullwing - as Jack had not sold it... So a few years later, when I had $4,500.00..... the value of the car had gone up.. and he was now asking $6,500.00. All through College and into the service - I chased that car with my savings, but never caught up with growth in the value of the car ;-( Second Story: Years later I was living in Columbus, Ohio going to college. I had a 55 T-Bird then and there was a used car lot on Hight Street - that specialized in used Sports/GT's. They had a Cobra with the 260 cid V8. That was around 67 or 68 as I recall. The price on it was something like $6,500.00. I loved the car, but when you are in Ohio, in the Winter - you really want something with a bit better top, windows and heater... So a year later I bought a 911 instead.. and kept the T-Bird as no one wanted to give any real money for it anyway. After college it was off to the Air Force - and my first duty station was in Spokane, Washington. In March of 1970 I saw my first Z Car - and meet Paul Jaremko...Needless to say the combination o the two (the Z and Paul) lead to my buying my first DATSUN. Wrote him a check for something like $3950.00 with tax and tags - and sold my other cars (as he couldn't take the T-Bird nor the Porsche on trade - and give me anything reasonable for them). Then in Dec. of 71 I sold the 70 Z and bought the 72 Z that I still have. For those of you that don't know your "DATSUN" history ;-) Paul Jaremko won DATSUN their First SCCA Championship in the USA. Today - I sure wish I could afford that new M/Benz SL - what a beauty! But $85K to $110K is just a bit overpriced for me;-)... ------------------------------------ Internet 240z Club - http://www.240z.org To unsubscribe: http://www.240z.org/mailman/listinfo/list

You guys are a riot!

We can also post something here on the site in the articles area.

There's just something totally awesome about a red button that says PUSH. I love it.

One more quick point... if you read my last message, note that all of the RAR files need to be in the same directory as the install files (after they are unzipped). Try this and I'm sure it will work for you.

I'll see if he has any pictures. Good idea.