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My theory would be increased resistance lowers the voltage to the pump. Lower voltage turns the pump slower and with less force. Increasing cranking time waiting on fuel

What material for the booster gasket? What did you use on the Zx bracket? Paint? Details on the quarter windows please

Yes, it should. Smaller bores tend to be torquier which helps off the line. Everything's a compromise ...

If it ain't broke, don't break it... Now if you had dyno time that might be a different story.

If its posted on the internet it will be on hybrid Z. They reverse engineer many things

That would be a great use of that old roof skin The joint at the A pillar and B pillar are leaded. Be careful working with that. You can easily get lead exposure! I don't know if the joint was welded or brazed but we were told by Matsuo? that those areas were designed to flex some. So making them too rigid could be detrimental. So it wouldn't be surprising if those areas were brazed

Are they on the wrong sides possibly?

Thanks Kats

https://www.carpartsmanual.com/datsun/Z-1969-1978/body-260z-280z/2-seater

I disagree with dutchzcarguy. These cars are rare in Australia. Most of these parts are readily availabl, albeit not local. Find a roof skin and push on ahead!

Does anyone know why Whitehead and Zcar closed? Retiring? Death? Covid? Unprofitable? I get retiring, but I would prefer to see a viable business sold or given away. Unprofitability would be very concerning

I think you can remove it from the jacket, clean it and grease it. Or you can make a funnel on one end and soak it in oil

Really??! Thats too bad! I was just looking at placing an order with them

That's always hard to see when you dig into a project. Anytime you see rust bubbles, just assume there's a hole behind it. Almost always is... At some point the surprises will end and you will start getting nice new metal in place

Hopefully you used a credit card. Call and back the charges up!

If you torqued the cover, I don't think you'll get anymore squish...

I agree, It was something hard. That probably got harder over time. I wouldn't have a clue what I was use with similar properties. I figure something soft is better, especially if some were to get loose internally

So I found a few badges... 2 of the "Datsun" emblems are metal one is plastic. One of the qtr panel emblems is pretty badly corroded. I do have a set of L&R, although I can't figure out why the early emblems are handed. The later emblems have slots for air towards the rear so that makes sense for handing. They really need rechroming. Has any one found a vendor for restoring these emblems?

So I have starting looking for some exterior parts. Tail light strips seem to be available, but early car Quarter badges seem to be scarce. Also one listing I saw suggested they were handed. Is that correct? I need to look around and see if I have any here...

I don't know exactly what I will use there. I will probably lean towards high temp RTV or Black urethane. The black urethane should stick to pretty much anything

Lamp sockets

Pretty much done with buffing now. It looks pretty good especially for being shot in a dirty shop.

@emccallum Who did you use for plating?

@kats Thanks so much for the offer. I will of course let you know if you can be of assistance. C

This is what I figured too. Too thick of a shim will actually make it impossible to turn by hand