MikeW

You might be surprised at how well SEM vinyl and plastic dye works on an interior. You mentioned wanting to change the color but not necessarily that you also require all new pieces. Unless you have cracks or tears you might be able to keep what you have and make it look much better. If you're missing rivets they are still available from many locations including eBay, MSA, and the Nissan dealer: http://www.courtesyparts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CP&Product_Code=90909-E4100_10PAC The rivets do come in colors to match the interior but you could probably dye them as well if needed.

I can name quite a few members along the shortest route: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=tarpon+springs,+fl&daddr=toronto,+ontario,+ca&ie=UTF8&z=5&om=1

Mine does have the pockets. What's the VIN? Is the car registered as a 71 or 72?

Where in Florida? I'd be inclined to let a local Z car expert give the car an inspection before a long road trip. There may even be a member of this club who'd be willing to give a look ...

Yes, I'm sure. As I said, the hole in your dash originally had vinyl in the bottom but someone poked a small hole there. Edit: Here's what mine looks like: http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/data/500/3294Dashboard.jpg

Are you sure that the choke cables are working properly and that both carbs are being choked the same amount when you pull on it? One option would be to disconnect the cables and actuate the chokes by hand while testing with the Unisyn.

That's the hole for the cigarette lighter. Early cars had the lighter in the fuse box panel but later it was moved to that spot on the dash. The picture looks to me like the vinyl is still mostly filling the hole but someone poked through it in the middle. I believe that earlier cars did not have the spot for the lighter there. 9/71 was definitely a time of transition between features so your car may have an early lighter position but a later dash. My car was also made in 9/71 and has the lighter in the dash.

Welcome. Can you determine if the car has the original "flat top" carbs that came on the 73s or have they been replaced with earlier "round top" carbs? Where specifically is the fuel leaking from? Pictures would help; you can post them as attachments.

Welcome to the club. Please post some pictures to your gallery here and update your profile to include your location.

Searching CarDomain for Denmark and Datsun only turns up one hit: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2199165

The covers are hard plastic so I don't see why filling cracks would be required. If the vinyl next to the cracks is raised then perhaps trimming it down would help the cap attach better.

Yes, I mentioned it here: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showpost.php?p=123286&postcount=17 The video is still available here: http://www.sr240z.com/videos/images/260zt.wmv Unfortunately most of the video has gone missing (especially the crash). Perhaps it was incriminating? As I recall from watching the video there were several Z cars driving well over the speed limit for the parkway all following each other too closely. The lead car didn't realize there was a curve in the tunnel and spun out.

As I recall a video was made of that crash and a link was posted here ...

Sorry, I was just teasing you. On the L-series engine the distributor shaft is driven by a gear at the front of the crankshaft - behind the front engine cover. This same shaft also drives the oil pump. Any fluid you're seeing is just engine oil. If the car has not been cranked for a while the oil will simply run down into the pan so you might not see much on the shaft.

You'll need about 5 quarts of standard motor oil. However, instead of adding it through the distributor you'll find that it is much easier to add through the hole in the top of the valve cover.

Is it 2007 already?

Me too. That's why I asked as I also went the metal tape route.

It's a wire that runs under the seat from side to side. As I recall it's actually two wires that are side-by-side in the middle. It's used to properly fit the vinyl seat bottom to the seat cushion - without it the seat bottom would not be contoured properly. There are hog rings that hold a loop of vinyl to the wire.

This is no guarantee but when I bought my car in 1985 the exhaust system (including the stock manifold) looked really old so I have no reason to think that a previous owner replaced more than just the muffler (if that). I have 160,000+ miles on my 240SX with the original muffler and the 240Z didn't have that many miles when I bought it. I still have that system. I just measured the outside diameter of the pipe just before the muffler and get a whopping 1 5/8". Obviously the original specs would be in metric so, perhaps 40mm?

Same seller. Same item location. Perhaps Oregon allows you to transfer plates between vehicles and the seller likes (what appears to me to be) a vintage plate with a "Z" in it.

Would this same fix apply to the chrome on the door panels?

Have you considered a Pertronix Ignitor? It replaces the points inside of your original distributor and is very easy to install. The only external difference is an extra wire running to the distributor.

Here you can see who got the domain: http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=katysnest.com&type=domain You'll notice that it's going to take at least $200 to get it back: http://www.afternic.com/p/offer0.php?ref_id=2990&name=katysnest.com

They let the domain name expire yesterday: http://www.whois.net/whois.cgi2?d=katysnest.com Pinging doesn't always work if ICMP packets are blocked at the firewall.

I think you need to keep in mind that this site was started for the S30 models (240Z, 260Z and 280Z). The 240K was added as a kind of cousin that shared a lot of mechanical components with the others. In fact, in the car forums there are only 3 sub-forums: S30 Z Series - 240z, 260z, 280z Zcar Conversions & Aftermarket Datsun 240K I would actually prefer it if there were a 280ZX forum as well.