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Bill, It has to be because you are telling everyone you are Bill Clinton, not Bill Ramsey. You are suffereing from the stain of one who does not know the meaning of of the verb "is". Finish a Z, drive it for your date, use your real name, and watch and follow the instructions on "There's something about Mary" and you should be fine... If you are still having problems ask Rick what to do-but remember, he has a motor home, and you have a Z, scale things down a wee bit! Will

I'm working on a punch for the slot. If I can get that straightened out, the molds are next. Except for that slot, the brackets are all but finished-other than fitting when the insulators are mounted-I expect to have to tweak the parts a little to complete the assembly. Will

That's just wrong... you mistook my name with Bills! Will

Welcome, Congratualtions, and post some more pictures when you get time! Will

Get them from zedd findings-less expensive including shipping, and very "right". Not to mention Charley Osborne is just an all around good guy! Will

The entire video is on the net somewhere, I think there is a link to it in the archives here. WIll

Back on ebay for another pass! http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-book-ALL-ABOUT-FAIRLADY-Z-nissan-sports-car_W0QQitemZ300072753133QQihZ020QQcategoryZ378QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem Will

She married the likes of you didn't she and hung around for 40 years, I'm convinced! I bet she made you take the carcass right down to the land fill too-my wife wouldn't allow something like that to stay in "her" house! Will

Rick all of us married folk set our own boobie traps, each time we get caught looking at a new set of boobies:finger: , we are trappedROFL ! Will I had nothing to do with your wife-really, I'm not the one coating up with flour/talc and playing statue! Will

Louis, You give some good info here, but the most recent post (other than yours) is almost three years old! We would love to hear aboout you car, start a new thread and tell us about it! Will

drops right in, use the 280 Z drive shaft Will

I had it a coupleof days ago, clicking the remeber me box athe the top tight of the front page seems to have cured it. Will

Welcome and Post away, the Z police have proven to be very picky and have good eyes! Will

He must have read about the 300 points, and be trying to get while the gettin's good! I have a pair, and if somebody offered me that price, I probably wouldn't have them anymore... Will

I just sealed the inside of my floors this way. I completely stripped the floor to the bare metal and prepped the whole thign with metal ready followed by three coats of POR15 followed by taping the drain plug holes and applying two coats of Herculiner(3/4 of a gallon). I used three of the 1 quart cans ($20 each from Walmart) that weighed 2lbs 7oz each. the empty cans weighed 7oz, so I put six lbs of duraliner on the floor, of that weight I feel that between 20 and 33% was the solvent, leaving me with adding something like 4.5lbs to the car(probably less than the weight of the tar I took out) The car floors are now a big cup that will hold water off the metal. The POR sealed the metal around the plug holes and the tape kept the bedliner from altering the smooth sealing surfaces. I did this for two reasons. 1) water in the bottom of the car will pool, and seep. An impereable membrane means it will not pool on or seep to the sheet metal. and 2) The work I did to the underside of my car is absolutley beautiful, and I don't want undercoating hiding it from the judges in Daytona. Will

Getting a perfect score and having a perfect car have just been shown not to be mutually inclusive! Can I backpedal fast enough.... Will

McKrack, I hate to give you yet another answer, but as planning and researching is the most productive part of a restoration for judging: here is how I plan to get a perfect 300 in the stock class at Daytona. In going through the ZCCA rules, line by line, just towing my chassis down there and entering it stripped to the bare metal, I would get a perfect score! The rule book says: "In all categories, if something is listed on the score sheet and does not exist on that particular vehicle, it gets a perfect score in that category." No interior, paint, wheels tires, mechanical wiring, dust dings or rust would have to have a perfect score-regardless of who the judges are! I knew presenting the judges with a NEKED 37year old geisha would probably have an impact on my score, but...whoda thunk it! Now to choke back the tears and strip off all I have done... Will So I guess leaving off the tail light finisher solves the paint color issue-at least on the surface!

You know, the more I think about this, the more my head hurts! Now everyone knows why I entered a modified class! If my colors arne't right-they were a modification- I think Henry ford had the answer. You can have any color you want as long as it's black! Will

SO the seller got a wee bit over 10K...hmmm! Will

RYou are looking at it cockeyedROFL , but yes, it is lengthened and widened. Will

Do'oh, something else I didn't realize! Thanks! Will

Jim, Please consider this, and only to be impartial and complete in analysis. More than likely not one of those 16K miles on your car were driven inside, and if the car was truely pampered, they would have all been on beautiful bright sunshiney HIGH UV days! The car sat on a ship from Japan to the USA, then it sat outside in a transfer lot, then it moved to outside storage for Datsun, then moved via open trailer to a dealership where in all likelyhood it sat outside until purchased, and spent at least some part of its driven year in open parking lots, in the California sunhine, and depending on where it was driven, smog. I would bet if we took the original formula of enamel and painted something and left it outside in direct sun light sun, it would have noticeably faded in as few as 30 days-I don't know what that would translate to in the real world experience of your car, but I would say the 250 or so hours it took the car to get 16,000 miles plus the inevitable parking lot time would absolutely hold enough UV exposure to fade a matte finish charcoal metalic enamel paint. The three NOS pieces I have have more than likely seen only a few minutes of UV exposure since they were made and boxed, any time based fading would also apply to the panels installed on your car as well. Please understand I am not trying to degrade your car, I am trying only to be realistic in its uv and weather exposure to get an idea of the possability of fading. To me I think it would be hard for any judge to argue this single point (as with many others) because of the Variation between Prince Philosophy of do it correctly no matter what, and Nissan Philosophy of get it done no matter what, and the fact that Nissan philosophy won out more often than not meaning there were undocumented parts variation. Will

To each his own, most of the members here have no or lowkey modifications, at hybridZ they go from moderate upgrades to hang an emblem on it and call it a Z. They have their values and we have ours, and that doesn't make either right for anyone but the owner of the car in question. Choose what you want and join the club that supports your decision. We spend our time hunting for Z parts, facts and fulfilment-bashing has nothing to do with this site. Enjoy your ride where ever it takes you! Will

I don't buy what he says. I just don't see 23 year old technology(with a 8.6 second 1/8 mile) beating too many Corvettes. I think a while back he was trying to sell just the engine and got no takers. That engine looks like it has been sitting a lot more than four years and 15k since any work was done to it. Brand new four year old tires...sitting in one spot for four years...the water lines down the door panels don't inspire too much confidence. I would guess that is a quick bondo job and the flash paint is recent. The engine compartment and interior certianly does not match the exterior(which (even with the severe cropping of the close shots), and says a great deal about the last four years and before... That would be a $500 parts car with a new paintjob unless an inspection of what he didn't show finds everything beautiful and pristine. Will

-I would say I am more long winded-sorry! Will