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Not to mention Hit & Run.

I use basically the same procedures as v12horse outlined except instead of the finer sanpapers I use 00 and 0000 steel wool. I use a buffing pad on my bench grinder for the main polishing and the drill and dremel for the harder to reach areas.

Replacing my Z would be hard but replacing Daisey would be impossible! It took me two failed marriages and 46 years to find her!

Looks like it might be an outer shift boot but maybe I had better wait until Rob answers! Looks like Rob was a little quicker that me!

I owned a 1970 Datsun SPL311 (1600) Roadster for 20 years. It had the 2000 crank, rods, and pistons, Pertronix ignition, a 2000 5 speed, etc. Wish I'd never sold it. I think it could have co-existed with my other Datsuns! Somehow I submitted this twice and again was unable to delete the entire post.

I owned a 1970 Datsun SPL311 (1600) Roadster for 20 years. It had the 2000 crank, rods, and pistons, Pertronix ignition, a 2000 5 speed, etc. Wish I'd never sold it. I think it could have co-existed with my other Datsuns!

From what I understand, the VQ is narrower than the VG. (60deg. vs 90 deg.) That should take care of the width problem. Also the VQ has an aluminum block vs the VG's cast iron. That should make the weight an almost non issue considering that both of them are lighter than a Chevy V8. Like 280ZXfever anything is possible. Many things to consider, however. Cost of the engine, how much modification, engine management, transmission, etc. But, when finished, it would be interesting!

Same car almost 7 years later.

Well, that beats me. I paid $275 for my 78 in 1997. Including the purchase price I am still under the $2K mark.

It's not an overall problem. In the area where I live, we have very few cellular towers (bad cell phone reception), we're too far from the nearest telephone switching station (longer phone lines=slower connections for regular phones and no chance for dsl), and underground cable (more difficult and costly to set up for cable internet). These are the things that the various company officials have told me over the 4+ years I have lived here. All I was was originally trying to say is that MY connection was slow. Looking through the responses, I wish I hadn't brought it up!:stupid:

http://www.zcarparts.com

The one on the left

Do you have 15 of the caps with the elephant that do not have the word OIL on them? (See next post)

Over the years, whenever I have seen an 'elephant' or other unusual oil cap I usually grab it. I have found mabye 30 or so elephant oil caps with the word OIL and only two without. I also have found three oil caps with only the word OIL with no other words or pictures. I believe the just plain 'OIL' cap was on the very first run of the 240 in 69 and maybe early 70. Mine was attached to a NISSAN 2400CC valve cover which I still have. There was a thread about the elephant oil cap sometime during the latter portion of last year. If you search 'elephant' I'm sure you'll find it. I would say the elephant cap without the word OIL would be the most rare.

Okay, now the really are mine! Thanks again, Mike!

The 14's are mine! As soon as I figure out when I can go pick them up. So, BACK AWAY FROM THE YOKOHAMAS!! LOL

Well, in my case now, I guess if I can have a 46 year old wife, why not a 26 year old car?

Besides, I like your avatar!

I'm sorry, Chris. I should have been clearer about why I said that. It's not so much a comment on you avitar or anyone's large pictures. It was actually a comment on the poor phone lines and resulting slow connection speeds I have to deal with here where I live. I'm not trying to make anyone change anything because of my misfortune. When we move this summer, the first thing I'll be getting is some kind of broadband. I've had to live without it for four years now! Cheers.

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After further research, I stand corrected. The f.i. cars have both a carbon canister and a 'liquid/vapor seperator'. Take a look at these two scans from the 1978 280Z FSM.

No, I'm not suggesting that you change it. Where I live we do not have access to broadband. To make matters worse, we have fairly bad phone lines. The best connection I can get is about 33k. When I go to my brother's house and use his computer, things load almost instantly. It wasn't so much I was complaining about animated avitars or large pictures, more so that I was complaining about my connection. In a few months, we'll be in a different area and all will be good. Cheers.

Hey datto_240Z, your animated avitar sure slows up the page load for those of us who don't have broadband. Can't get it here where I live. Not just you, also any one with large pictures in their posts.:mad:

Try the link below. Yours is probably 240 Green Metalic or 302 Green Leaf Metallic since 303 Green Metallic (not shown) was only offered until 7/75. I believe this was offered by our own Michael Perdue. http://www.utdallas.edu/~perdue/paintcodes.html

Looking good!! It reminds me of the 70 and 72 Z's I owned back when I was too young to know what I had! They were both red but your steering wheel is on the wrong side!:classic: