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Welcome, Va has a large and involved Z following, so you probably have more good close company than you know about! Posting here is sure to get you found! Again, Welcome! Will

That is the content I am collecting for my website-and getting a good bit of help from members around the world! The gray areas of when something was done do make for no hard and fast answers about what actually belongs in a specific car. I have hunted roadster parts to use in my Zs for years-the roadster guys are hard core, and don't give up on parts. I was thinking about this last week, trying to remember where seam sealer was actually used and not used, I went to look at some of the cars I have in storage to see, but I will probably use it in a lot of places Nissan didn't-at least in my examples-who knows if mine was a "last car of a friday", a "first car of Monday", or if the "new guy" was manning the sealer gun/pot that day... Will

Rick, I aint touching that post mate! WIll

Cd-Coefficient of Drag Clf Coeficient of lift Cmy Coeficient of yawning moment (it is late after all!) Will

Here are ZIIIs (Georges) pictures. Will

Carl gave the Readers Digest version of the article, here are the numbers to go with: Stock trim baseline @70mph 140lbs lift at front end, 20lbs lift at the rear With only a Datsun Competiton parts offering (3.5" deep) and you are at 105 lbs lift at the front end and no gas savings With a vented Spook and you are at 35lbs lift at the front end and 35 lbs lift at the rear adding .4mpg to fuel economy. cover the vents(or use the non vented version) and you at at 25lbs lift at the front with no change at the rear. Use an 8" verticle airdam 48" wide and v shaped and you are at 65 lbs lift at the front end and 30lbs lift at the rear with .8 mpg added fuel economy With only an interpart rear spoiler you have 55lbs of down force at the rear while improving fuel economy .2mpg Headlight covers do not affect down force, but do add .2 mpg to fuel economy. With the spook, sealing the bumper to the hood with a cardboard panel gave a .8mpg gain in fuel economy. Adding a gnose with headlight covers and get 1.2mpg and 5mph top speed. I will see about posting the graphs when I can. Will

You and all the rest of us! Will

Just as yours was!!!:stupid: Will

I roll corrected! Will

Chris... Just exactly which Tom are you refereng to! Hey you typed it... Will

I thought old School was a bre spook and a rear spoiler. Will

I'll see about getting a new scanner in the next couple of days, and taking care of that. Two year olds and thin scanners don't mix! Will

I got it, there were substantially more variations 69-71, and '72, and '73 were much less fooled around with by the factory. I am guilty of prolonging the the ambiguity... Will

Are you guys aware that Nissan listed the Cd for the S30 as .467, Clf as .41 and Cmy as .10 on page 17 in the Datsun 280ZX book they sent to 280ZX owners, and Don Sherman wrote a five page article in the May 1974 issue of Car and Driver (pages 39-43) detailing what to do about the shortcomings with airdams, wings and the like. I am not saying don't do it. I am saying look at what was done and make sure you add to instead of just duplicate the results... Will

Arne- Not to start an argument, or hijack the thread, but, it sounds like you are dismissing the '72 and '73 cars as non worthy of being called 240Zs. While I do see the early cars as more valuable to a collector, I think the any year 240Z in cared for shape is one of the most beautiful cars there is. To answer the question posed by the starter of this thread, I would agree that Zhome would have the best deffinition of a series one car. WIll

Allan, Thanks, I never would have guessed that Nissan fitted Webbers. I can get you a real deal on a bridge-I know you have lots of things I "might" be interested in...an even trade perhapse.... I would hold my breath if I thought there was even the length of hope that could span the distance between 26thZs twins... Will

I flushed a far more important piece of "history" in my morning constitutional! Fortunately, no one will be copying it...though undoubtedly, many will try! BTW, I still have these available- http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=10657&cat=500&ppuser=4106 Maybe I should offer them to the owners of the car in quwstion and the floor mats? Or maybe just threaten ebay with listing them.... Will

What really gets me are the things that are exclusive to series 1 cars, but not alll series ! cars(only the earliest ones) Red dot Mirrors, metal coat knobs, metal emblems, black painted gray plastic interior pieces, "2400" valve covers,etc... I wonder how much variation there actually was in the first 200 cars. I/ve always thought of the series 1 cars as those with the cigar lighter next to the ashtray. Will

I have always used a pair of forcepts made for electronics use(Radio Shack-aluminum arns with a light blie plastic rings and catch-keeps the clip captive. Or a piece of thin coathanger(stif wire) bent in a tight J. Will

Try making the pics smaller( 600x800 or so, and less than 1mb(Mike changed these parameters today, but I don't remember what to) Any chance of a pic of the horns and the elements in addition to hte shield(I wouldn't run without filters either)?-I know I have read your shield description on another thread. Thanks, Will

MY car was bought with tripples installed, but had no heat shield.(pic in gallery) I will be adding/fabbing one(or three) as well. Anybody using horns on the carbs? Will

I have never bought a car that didn't run sometime in its history! That original steering wheel cover, Original flared rear fenders, original "contour" on the "straight" passenger door, The original seat covers, the original door speakers, the original tripple webbers, and the original white tail light panels sure make the car more special than the just being "one of some ficticious 50!"! It does look like it had a soft top sometime in the past... Will

I have agreat looking properly formatted PDF made from the original document-I just can't upload it yet. I will post it as soon as I figure out why it doesn't want to post. WIll

...Unless you hope to be contender in the stock class at a carshow. Will

I have tried repeatedly to get this in here,and every ime something goes wheels up! I will sort out the issues, and get it posted properly, but in the meantime, here it is! Well, the PDF still won't go... Once again, I will address this issue and get the PDF posted . Sorry for the inconvenience! Will PS, Thanks to Enrique for helping me to get this from the drivel I originally wrote to the article this represents-U da man!