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If that falls through, Best case, I would need the knobs for a about an hour(at Amelia),or I would ship them out the next day if shipped to me. I can make the molds with an hours notice, casting the parts would take through the next day. Will

Anything can be reproduced! Will

One note, if you replace just the actual blades with a silicone variety they will not scratch your windshield as the rubber/OEM variety will, because the blades will not get hard from exposure. If you keep the rubber blades, wipe then down both sides when you fill up with gas and when you wash the car to keep sand and grit from the road from embedding into them-and scratching the windshield the next time your use them. Will

Derek, That looks great-Horns, hard fuel lines to a distribution block at the back of the engine, short ignition path-seriously cleaned up the engine bay! Will

using the right "rod" is the key. Wrong rods will work, but then the material may be too hard or soft, and the finishing makes more work because of the differences in abrasion. For hairline cracks in the rigid panels, I use Epoxy on the back, or super glue in the crack, stabilize(stop the flexing) the panel and give the pretty side a coat of SEM Landau black. Will

I feel your pain! I looked for a Rally clock for several years before I ran across a fFairlady Dash on ebay, that happened to have on in it! Poor pictures, but no mistaking the two knobs! I drove to Charlotte on my way to Asheville to pick up the $40 dash with the clock in it. I am looking for the same knob to duplicate... Maybe someone will bring one to Amelia and I can make a mold there! Will

I couldn't get one from the dealer, so I bought aftermarket and a DIY acid etch kit-just print the pattern with a laser printer on the included film tape on and apply the included paste... Will

I doubt you need glasses, I am just waaaay to familiar with Zs!! Will

Everybody is telling you to either very careful and thorough in checking out the car, or find one outside of the rust belt. I'll add find a member(or members!) close to what ever car you locate, and get them to have a look with you. Most Z guys look for a reason to go look at another Z! Will

Welcome! You must be going through shock-not having the Z for the last few months! Will

You have Standard issue 280Z plastic hubcaps on standard issue steel wheels. But they look to be in great condition-which makes them rare! Will

More importantly, your eleven year old was able to actually help his Dad! Without him you would still be three hours into an unsolved problem! Will

Tomohawk, hunt the Tranny rebuilding kit sites, they will list who made what transmission that is used in what car...it would atleast narrow your search. Will

I must admit that The ZCCA should be Zs only, and that is why our local club makes the owners of other Nissan models Honorary Members-they can claim us, but they do not pay dues and are not on the Member roster, just the email notification list...sort of like the Texas Z Club and Mr. K... Planning ZCCA events that non-member locals could actually attend would go along way in helping to build club excitement within the local community.

Al knows that is neither NLA nor rare-still available from ANY US Dealer just for getting them to order it. Will PS, ANyone who does not check any ebay part for dealer availability should-more often that not the NOS and Rare parts are not...they are simply fraudulently advertised as being that way. The Club Cd will give you part numbers, what you do with them is up to you...

Tomohawk, I didn't miss that, I only pointed out that no matter what the reason, more people don't attend because the car show is not on the most convenient day of the week for most people-true, you can't be everything to everyone, but the more convenient you are to most people, the more of them that will show up! Next year, out oldest boy will be in school, around here that means there are only so many days he can miss-attending the entire convention would wipe out all of his days for the year-without being sick, playing hookey, or taking a Day off with Dad. Will

Tomohawk, You also will find Nissan on the car-In bigger letters than anywhere it says Datsun-right on top of the engine! I won't even disqualify a car for not being a Z-what would make you think any of that would bother me! Point was you were! I saw the show was on Tuesday-the powers that be do not seriously want to grow participation-their choice to limit participation to those who can take time off during the week, and not make a larger event by making it more convenient to more people. Will

The previous two posts are great advice! If you are drawn to this seller, make sure you get the details of his warranty in writing-no exchanges or refunds means his warranty will more than likely require that the engine be shipped back to him-around $300 to quote him, and you can bet he will not pay to have it shipped back to you, so in all likely hood you will be out $600 shipping, plus the cost/time to remove, crate and un-crate and replace the engine, and the time with the car inop. That $2000 selling price worded to sound like shipping is free-it isn't(add around $300) and filled with contradicting information as to what was done on the engine is there to sucker you(just like "the call me for details" ) in. It is your choice to buy from a person who makes sure his ads are confusing so that he cannot be held accountable. This means, what ever he says on the phone, unless you get it clearly and concisely in writing and as an original signed, dated notarized, and legally admissible statement, do not assume he will be a man of his word. $2000 sounds good until you realize it will be $2300, and there are flaws in his descriptions that will cover the flaws he knows are in his work. Think of having to spend more than $600 and the time it would take if you have an issue that might actually be covered by his 90 day warranty. The devil is in the details-and that is why he makes sure they are not clear. Realize too he recently sold a truck with an engine he rebuilt in it that was having problems after only 8000 miles-more than likely he didn't rebuild it again because he knows what he didn't do the first time-he got burned by one of his own engines! If a man proclaims to be a professional, but can't rebuild a comparatively simple Four Cylinder engine for his own use such that lasts more than 8000 miles, what about about that makes you think a more complicated engine he rebuilt would do better for you? Spend your money where you want, but at least get a better understanding of what you are buying than he is offering. He will not want to put the details clearly into a court admissible document-even though he constantly offers engines for sale, and it would only take one document to cover all most all of them. If you don't have the details, he can change them to thwart any circumstance at any time. His lack of documented accountability is what you should examine closely, it is the basis of any warranty, guarantee, promise or statement he may make. If he can't take care of details he wrote in in an ad, do you really believe he will take care of details where you probably will never see them? Review the thread noted above for the proof. Will

Yup, you need it! Will

Ronnie, If you could forget your password, you weren't logging in enough! : Glad to see you back...now post some pictures of what you have done to your car in the meantime! Will

Tomohawk, I gotta say this, while I can understand keeping a Z club all Zs, Your Z isn't all Z! What shifter(and boot) and mirrors do you have? Excluding all but the pure bred means you should be out too! What do you do with the Zs with engine swaps, or seats from other cars... Do you have a Datsun or a Nissan? If you have a Datsun, it is a Datsun by Nissan-as It states on all of the factory literature. If you have a Nissan, Infinity is Nissan just like Datsun was Nissan-a marketing decision to use a different name-both used to differentiate the brand from the Manufacturer-true, for different reasons. Our Local club welcomes all Nissans cars. We grant them honorary membership-basically they are on the club email list, and are invited to accompany us to club events. Will

Tomohawk, I gotta say this, while I can understand keeping a Z club all Zs, Your Z isn't all Z! What shifter and mirrors do you have? Excluding all buut the pure bred means you should be out too! What do you do with the Zs with engine swaps, or seats from other cars... Do you have a Datsun or a Nissan? If you have a Datsun, it is a Datsun by Nissan-as It states on all of the factory literature. If you have a Nissan, Infinity is Nissan just like Datsun was Nissan-a marketing decision to use a different name-both used to difierentiate the brand from the Manufacturer-thrue, for different reasons. Our Local club welcomes all Nissans cars. We grant them honorary membership-basically they are on the club email list, and are invited to accompany us to club events. Will

And a few more... Notes: 1) Rust in battery area-not treated-just painted over, and coming back-even though the car has not been stored outside since it came to the low country. 2) The body steel extending down the hatch is 1/2" lower than the hatch-built up with filler. 3) A dallop of filler in the top corner of the windshield channel? 4) No attempt to bump any of the metal close to the right shape-every panel(except the roof) has shallow dents that will be worked out instead of filled. 5) more than 1" of filler in several places 6) The car shows absolutely no evidence of any attempt at chassis straightening. PS I shot a video of the Testarosa being backed past Larrys Z, you can feel the Z begging for a few more minutes...btw the a car that red, that wide, and attention getting should have a louder deeper growl! I'll post it later.

More details... The floor rear floor between the taillights and the riser behind the seats is seriously tweaked. There is not one level spot in it. The tirewell is not round, or level, as pointed out before the rear floor beside the tire well is bent upward on both sides, the floor in front of the tirewell is bowed up, what I originally thought were shrinkage cracks in the sound deadening have turned out to be stress cracks. The curve at the rear of the car is 1/2" inward from where it should be at the center of the panel-and it is all in the rear floor. The car will be trammed as per the Nissan Restoration Checklist over the next week, and I will get pictures with a straitedge across the area to show how distorted it is. In the meantime here are some more pictures of other impact damaged areas.

$1495 BIN with free shipping................Maybe if I lived on the MOON! One More reason to attend Amelia Island, Last year at Amelia Island-right after the Greats of the CanAm Panel talk, Mr. Peter Brock and Mr. John Morton Signed my version of this poster, I had gotten Paul Newmans Autograph several years earlier in Atlanta. Just gotta catch up with Bob Sharp, and Steve Millen...and have the poster in hand! Will