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Eugene, I really think you will be glad after your hard work and money well spent after you have a nice g-nose and flares. Post a wanted thread on this site and specify what you are looking for. The only nice g-nose Z I have seen in person was Mr. K's car. The G-nose is stunning when done right. My dream is to own a 240ZG. Ben

I believe that you can find the fender mounted mirrors new from NISMO, but I am not positive on that one. As far as finding the other goods, good luck. To get the right nose, over-fenders, and metal ringed headlight covers you would have to get them from Japan. I am sure it would be a lot of work, but it would be WELL worth it in my opinion. I wish I could help you with that. However, if you are really interested in getting these parts and you have the means, then I am sure that if you talk to the right people on this forum, they could help. MSA does have all of the parts for this, but it does not do justice compared to a well made 5-piece replica, over-fenders, or spoiler. The ZG look is an original look. Molded flares are not. If you have the bolt on over-fender's, even on a short nose Z, they will look great. There are a few members that have these on their cars. I have seen EricB's car in person and it looks spectacular with deep Watanabe's under the bolt on over-fenders. Please don't bondo them! I hope this helped. Ben p.s. gnosez, that is a very nice 240 you have.

Thank you so much, I will look into these problems as soon as I get some time.

Yes I didn't have high expectations for the show, but it was a pleasent surprise. Some of the rally and prototype footage was great. I would have loved to see more of that like someone else mentioned. I am so glad that Matsuo and his team (area 4?) got the credit for the design of the Z. The holley carb was a dissapointment, but the nismo competetion header was crazy looking. All in all, one of the better shows. Much better than the one that was on the history channel awhile back about the Z. Ben p.s. Was that story about Mr. K ripping Fairlady Z emblems off 240z's true? Fairlady Z is a great name. p.p.s. Another complaint that I had was that they mention the Z as the sports car for America. I understand what they were trying to say, but I much rather them say that it was a sports car intended for all markets. p.p.s. There was one picture of a 432, and it looked like the 432 badge above the Fairlady Z badge on the fender was edited out. Am I mistaken?

I'm glad to help James.

WOW! An R34!! That is awesome.

Hello, I am having the same problem as Will with my carburated L26. On Monday I started my car after a hard rain and I was warming it up. After 3 minutes, the engine shut off and I have not been able to start it since. The starter motor turns so I thought it would be the ignition or the fuel. I looked at the distributer cap and there are no cracks. The coil is definately giving spark to the distributer. I then pulled one of the ignition wires off of a spark plug and there seemed to be no spark. Was this wrong of me to do? Should there be an obvious spark? Anyways, there is a block off plate where the mechanical fuel pump used to be. So I checked the filter that is before the electrical fuel pump and it looks like there is a bunch of rust sediment in it. Is it safe to say that this is the problem? I tried to remove it, but I was afraid that gas would spew everywhere. If this is the problem, how should I remove it? Thanks in advance and sorry for the newbie questions. I just want to fix it on my own, drive it home, and hopefully drop the tank and recoat it, as well as replace many of the fuel lines. Ben

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Well, it didn't sell at 10,200 USD. How much would one of these cars be worth? 15K? I have no clue. It looks pretty awesome though. You would be a hit if you took this to Toyota fest in Southern California. Teehee. Ben

Hi Alan, I found a magazine this weekend and there are some great pictures in it. I am really curious about the red #16 car. Is this the first PZR, but with the modifications that you specified or is it a completely different car? I cannot read Japanese, but I believe this is from a race in 1970 due to the little "70" in the corner. Any information on these pictures would be great. I find it very interesting to say the least. I hope I am not the only one that feels this way. Thank you for the information that you gave about my other questions. -Ben

What is wrong with first come first serve. Was it different last year? I understand your point about no non-Zcars on the main street Stephen, but two years ago when I attended, there were only about 5 nonZcars on that street. They won't go to a different venue becuase the whole point of having it there is to make money at their shop. I hope I am not bringing up the obvious. It would be a bummer to be in between two Non-S30 Zcars at the MSA show. I don't want to mingle. Ben

It is a good thing that you caught that Jim, because I was watching this thread and it was clever of you to correlate the LHD S800 with the LHD C10 brochure that you came across. Was the C10 ever exported? The story about the S800 is quite interesting. I would be curiuos to know if that factual because it seems a little far fetched. I am not trying to say that I know more, because I don't. However, it seems that it would be too much effort for a major Japanese car company to cater to such a small market. Please don't take my word on this, I could be totally wrong because this is only an assumption. Does any of the people that are/were stationed in Japan know about this type of thing? The only countries that I can think of that are RHD countries are England, NZ, Australia, and Japan. What other countries are RHD? I am sure there are more.

It is a shame that you have to sell it, but don't sweat it. You will get another one. I hope it gets a good home because it looks very original and georgous.

Check this out. I was really suprized to see this on ebay. I have never seen one of these cars, but I have read a little bit about them. Supposedly, there is a great one in the UK. I would love to see this car. I hear they rev like motorcycles! What a find! This car would go great next to a Z in someones garage. Ben http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6059&item=2496872856&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

I would really like to go, but it is on my Mom's B-day every year. I will have to think about it and make a deal with my Mom. If only the big show was not on Sunday. Also, I am hoping to go to the Z convention. If not the whole time, at least for the show. It just depends on whether I am in school that early or not. Chris, is Her Majesty 26th going to be completely by the time the Z convention rolls around? Ben P.S. Vicky, I will definately tell you whether I am going to go or not in January. I would love to go on that drive.

This is a timeless body style of the modern rendition of the 507. This picture was taken two days ago on my college campus. It has a student parking pass on the rear view mirror!!! BTW, I post pictures of other cars, but I am really happy with my car. It is my dream to never part with it, as it is special to me in many ways .

Awe man... The lighting and the camera are both bad. You can see the car though. -Ben 10 more min until total lunar eclipse. p.s. I cann't upload the photo. I will be back later. I must see the Moon.

He will understand. Say the type as well. If you want the 14 by 7.5j with the +1.5mm, just say you are looking for the 14 by 7.5j Type B rim. Good luck on finding the wheels.

The Miura is a definate winner Lachlan, but my favorite car would be any Z432. One that has been loved all its life, thus, one that is completely original. Other than a Z432, hmm. That is a tough one. I was (still am) in love with the F40(I have poster of one in my dorm room as we speak.) 2000GT's are VERY high on my list. Forget it, I cannot make up my mind, there are way too many great cars. A 300SL gullwing, there, that is the one. Ben

Hi Pete, To determine what size/offset wheels that you want depends on what kind of look you are going for. The classic Japanese look of the 70's is a lot of dish with tall tires. The 14" configuration that Watanabe recommends would look very old school and great on your lowered Z. The 15" wheels look more modern, but I have seen pictures of Z's with them and the cars looked great. Here are the recommended sizes from Watanabe. Both configurations look good, but I prefer the 14" wheels as the 14" look more period correct in my opinion, compared to the 15" wheels. Front: type A: 14-70†+3 Rear: type B 14-75 +1.5 Front: F8 15-70(+1) Rear: F8 15-75(+2) There is some give and take with these wheels sizes and offsets, but I would not go over 7.5j with a -3.5mm offset (type A) for the rear with the 14" wheels. I hope this was helpful. You will not regret getting Watanabe's for your car. Ben The silver Z: front: type A +3mm 14 by 7j Rear: type A -3.5mm 14 by 7.5j The white Z has the recommended Watanabe sizes for the 15" wheels as stated above. p.s. These pictures were taken from the Rs-Watanabe website.

Thanks a lot guys. I apologize for posting a thread that was already posted. James and Pete, I hope you guys get to go and see these cars. -Ben

The last link is the set I like most. The 4 spoke Watanabe's are nice looking too. Victor, your Mk's are really nice. Have any JDM enthusiasts commented on the wheels? I have only seen pictures of them.