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Your car, your life, your choices. The pic you posted shows the retractor attached to a plain bulkhead that is not reinforced for a seatbelt attachment point. To me that looks like a pretty messy and potentially less safe installation. The roadster belt alternative is a clean 3-point install that utilizes the factory belt mounting points.

Sold: Harada antenna motor 240Z valve cover fittings 240Z NOS steering rack bushings 240Z/260Z front sidemarker kit S30 rear sidemarker kit, no lenses 240Z accelerator linkage kit w/max-throw-stop 240Z hatch fittings kit 240Z brake proportioning valve

Hey gang, I've got a tub full of reconditioned and restored parts looking for new homes, offering to the home team before trying eBay. Check out the attached doc to see if there is anything on your needs list, get back to me with a pm or email. I can supply pictures if requested and can flex a bit on price for most multi-item purchases. As noted in the doc, shipping is not included. Payments via PayPal. Jim Parts Sale.pdf

Reminds me of the old story - "Gotta be a pony in there somewhere!" Glad to hear you found your project. With your hoard of parts, the car may already be half-finished.

Not willing to trust my life to 46 year-old belts, I opted for the Wesco Roadster Retractable belts (model # SBS-roadst-prev-welr-n). Like some others, I mounted the retractor to the shoulder belt mount above the quarter window. Get the 11" sleeve for the buckle side and the buckle will always be at the right height for easy access. No need for the optional hardware kit if you have the OE bolts & washers. Easy to use, well pleased with the product. http://www.wescoperformance.com/resebe.html

That's mounted correctly.

A few more COTA pics: The first is my rider for the parade laps, Yoshie Suzuki with the Fairlady Z Owner's Club - Z Project Tokyo. Yoshie drives a black 350Z coupe. If I understood her correctly, she is a nail designer - check out the micro fruits glued to her nails. Next is another shot of the staging line we were in for over one hour - that's @Zup and @S30Driver ahead of us in the first group. For reasons unknown, the track had a Mercedes group scheduled until 6:15.

Stephen - great set of pics, thanks for posting the link. Here's a link to a video of the parade laps I uploaded to YouTube last night. Its shot with my grandson's GoPro Hero2, set at 720p and 60 fps (for the technogeeks). I tried to be cute and mount an external mic by the exhaust for that rich L24 sound but the cheap mic failed me - AARRRGGGHHHHH! I'll get some additional pics edited and loaded later. Enjoy!

With the exception of some tourist time yesterday to see the LBJ library and state capital, I've been too busy to take pics. No opportunity at the judged car show - I was non-stop busy during the 1st round judging. That didn't complete until close to 3:00 with no break for lunch. I was too hot and tired to take pics after that. You'll have to be content with others posts here or FB posts. Today is parade laps at COTA at 4:00, I plan on getting some pics and in-car video if I work the GoPro correctly. The afternoon forecast is 102 degrees, heat index about 110. Gotta luv Texas in the summer (or not!). Shades of Memphis revisited sans the super high humidity. It didn't help that on our trip down on Monday we chased a cold front and had rain for the entire trip from Dallas to Austin while towing the Z. Getting the car cleaned up to display at the car show was a real chore!

Datsun Spirit owner Eiji Hosomi paid me a nice compliment yesterday at the ZCON judged car show. I was grabbing some much needed shade and rest after the first round of judging (my inaugural participation) and Eiji came up and asked if he could ask some questions about my restoration. He's had a lot of problems with the aftermarket door seals and wanted to know how I handled it. I told him about Kia Sportage seals - either new or from salvage, and you should have seen his eyes when he operated the doors and found them closing so smoothly. We also looked at my innovation on the hatch outer seal and he was surprised at how easily my hatch closes with the PRP repro inner seal because he's also had problems there. We covered several other areas of the car and had a great conversation. He's a big fan of 14" wheels with tall aspect ratio tires and factory springs to provide a comfortable ride. Really a neat guy and one I'd like to spend more time with. (Yes, I ended the sentence with a preposition.)

I'm drawing on my 240Z set-up for this response so no guarantees. The wire is likely for the buzzer that signals that the key is still in the ignition when you open the door. You should find a female spade connector nearby. That wire (buried in the harness no doubt) ultimately connects to one of two wires on the button switch on the A-pillar. Hope this helps.

Lessons learned in Memphis! You guys are really going to spoil us.

Welcome to the forum. That's a great looking car - especially for a low VIN. Very nice original features on the interior with the wheel, console, ashtray cover, throttle, ...etc. Everyone here is always ready to be a sounding board for questions and ideas - you get what you pay for. Opinions are like belly buttons, everyone has one. No shortage of technical expertise here either. Looking forward to your participation. Who knows - the next ZCON may be much closer to you.

That would seem to call for an early departure with the sun at your back. Safe travels!

The part mounted below the coil and ballast resistor is called a flow guide valve - no vacuum associated with it. It routes some vapors from the crankcase (the tiny tube on the PCV vent pipe) and vapors from the fuel tank to the back of the air cleaner so they can be pulled into the combustion process. The only "vacuum" that might be present would be the airflow being pulled into the carbs.

WOW - your inaugural post!!! Welcome aboard, Scott. See you next week. Mike - it looks like we'll be playing tourist at the LBJ museum on Thursday and will miss this bit of fun. Jim

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@texis30O My 90-day estimate on paint stretched to 9 months. After the car was completely put together, some follow-up paint issues developed - that was another 6-month visit (all warranty and well done). PM sent with my contact info. Z'ya in Austin!

@texis30O I'm getting all my plating done at Texas Precision Plating in nearby Garland http://texasprecision.net/ Great folks and consistently good results - the better your prep, the better their outcome. I like the way you say that the Houston area is just south of the Dallas area. Will you be at ZCON? If so, we need to meet.

WOW - count on @Zup and @Mike W to bring home the awards and represent CZCC so well. See you guys soon in Austin.

+1 on his comment.

Vicky and I will not be doing the post-car show buffet Wednesday - she probably won't even go to the show. Dinner with good friends would be great that evening or another.

Interesting idea. I already have a tub full of R&R (Rescue & Refurbish) parts to offer for sale at the People's Choice show, may have to toss in some of the other bits not refurb'd. A post on the ZCON Facebook page says there will be a bulletin board available for folks to post items for sale, I've got a two-page list in work. PM sent. Off topic - Parade Laps brake pre-check, lots of lining and no leaks:

The doctor will be in the house! Maybe a tech session is in the offing.

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