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Never, ever do this. Unless you want to burn you car to the ground!!! Find and fix the problem. I could be in the harness, relays. You just have to be systematic

Pioneer metal finishing has potential. They look like a small operation. No website DF Enterprise might too. No website Tomken looks too big Elkem is out New Brunswick Plating maybe, you would have to call Deptford plating has potential My 2 cents, I don't care what the building looks like or if no one has teeth. All I care about is what the plating looks like and what does it cost!

Woof!! That needs work. I would do it for #59 but still!

And that is a tragic turn of events!!!

@jharmon Where in Jersey are you?

Possibly, but maybe not. My first suspect would be fueling, so starting with the carbs is where I would start. Next would be ignition

Similar, I suspect the red one is the same model but older

There was a post a while back about this shop. Pretty cars, but quite pricey!!

Married for 70 years to the same woman!!!

I suspect that pretty much all of these parts are made by one vendor and retailed through multiple sources. The market demand isn't that large IE: all of the rear valances are stamped on the same line, all of the hoods are made on the same line, etc.

I love Meguiars products but I find the assortment of options confusing and their website doesn't help to determine which product is best for what or why. I found what I used Smart by Puris 2 stage product. It was really easy to do. I found the wet sanding to be the more difficult part. http://www.finishmaster.com/products/smart-by-puris-a1-pure-compound-1-gallon When you buff, buff away from edges, never into them. If there is a body detail that might burn or cut, you can run a tape line down it when you use the cut compound and only use buff compound on it. Don't overheat your buffer pad or add a lot of down pressure on the buffer. The machine should be heavy enough to do the work. It slings everywhere so tape up rubber and windows if necessary.

Good score on the parts! What ever you lay on bare metal, will not be your final primer (etch primer or epoxy primer). There should be a filler primer laid down after sealing then blocked out. If you paint in sections, your high build aught to take care of any overlapping epoxy paint. Epoxy is not know for it great sanding qualities. It's hard! and hard to sand, that is the way it is supposed to be.

I believe Diseazd missed the "x'd" out last number of the vin. Yes I would expect they are both 73's @Zup Do you have the ability to make some pictures of that museum car of yours?

Finally, the actual translator

Sounds like a good father in law.

I think I would go the drill welds and replace route. I might change my mind if I could see it. More pics might help. Grannyknot likes pictures...

I used 1500 then 2000 wet. Soak in a bucket of warm water with a little bit of dish soap in it. I used a hard foam block designed for sanding (it's blue on one side black on the other) and just wrapped the paper around it. I have a Makita digital VS buffer that I used for cut and buff. Pads are sold specifically for cut and buff. They are color coded for which ever activity. IIRC the black pads are cut and the white pads are buff. I used 2 liquid products I got from my local Finish master. I believe it is their in house product. Didn't have any real issues but it's a little nerve racking to take sand paper to fresh paint.

Ok, I haven't done an amperage test on the tacho yet because it was cold today and I didn't feel like messing with it. I did adjust the timing a little. We had about 6d at idle and about 33d all in at 3000 rpm's. I moved it to 9d at idle. It seemed to clear it up some. How much total advance can I run? I think some more initial advance would be good but I don't want too much OA. I have a matchbox dizzy. I could unhook the VA and run more initial advance. Thoughts? We have a speedo problem. Coming home from Zcon he didn't want to run 85mph. I told him we were running about 70. By the time we got home, his speedo would read almost to 100 mph. We took it apart and checked it. Seemed like to grit in the speedo case but it rotated freely. Can I spray some lubricant into the speedo without damaging it? Any other ideas? We took the ends off the 5 spd tranny. Looked pretty good to me. But I didn't see the infamous oil gutter Anybody see any issues? @Captain Obvious, @zKars @Dave WM We started with this for an input shaft I sanded the snout and it looks ok. The pitting is very light and hard to feel except with a finger nail. I could probably remove almost all of it, but I don't want to overly reduce the ID. I had to file and sand each spline after wire wheeling to get it clean enough for this There is this long gutter in the rear case Is there supposed to be a short gutter in the main mounting plate? This is a 280ZX transmission. I don't know the exact year. Is there supposed to be a gasket at either of the mating surfaces. There was only sealant at both transmission halves. Let me know if I need to make any other pics Thanks Guys

I like the shape of the door and the side glass, I like the way the rear behind the wheel rises quicker than the stock Z. The A pillars are non existent and wouldn't work. It would look really sharp with a good air dam up front.

The little pitting at the quarter window, I wouldn't worry about. Treat it and just skim coat it. As far as leaving previously painted areas, I agree with Grannyknot, what ever your comfortable with. It makes me nervous to leave it. So I strip it. If it's bonded good and no cracking or bubbling it should be good. That A pillar is a mess. I would send your one but the postage is awful, Zkars might have a donor. A donor makes that repair much easier

As they all should!

Branson!!!

I have a very similar app and a bluetooth obd reader. I can watch all my 7.3 values in real time. Very cool and very help for diagnosis

ok, that makes sense I did a little looking. Looks like it might be a hard find. You might could rework one. Under the plating the tube is soldered or brazed in. Heat it and reverse it and have it replated. Not a very cheap way to do it, but it should get you to where you want to be