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Why, all of them of course!:stupid:

With a floor like that who'd want to cover it with Zs? Everybody here that's who! The only thing that would make it look better would be a low vin 240Z smack dab in the middle! Will

Great reasons to install and clearly identify the single point jacking points from Baddogparts.com... Will

I bought one from Sams in the 80s, it came with a rebuild(seal) kit, and so fat I haven't needed it. Will

Gary, TomoHawk has this right, Room Temperature Vulcanizing materials are widely available and are what I was looking for to make a set out of. Sone popular workboots also use this type of materials as well. Will

Could be the right car, but absolutely the wrong time...for me. Will

I am on it, with stainless replacement brackets...I am just working on getting the parts visually interchangeable with the originals(other than finish) will post pictures as soon as I am completely satisfied with the final product. Will

Mr. Allen, I appreciate your joining in. The historical problem with your auctions, is not a lack of good parts -frequently you have them. The problem is that you are seemingly not consistant with your business practices. Sometimes your parts are misrepresented in terms of part condition or fitment. Your feedback verifies you have enough experience to know the difference between NOS, non-nos, and modified parts, and that you know enough to know a large part of what came standard on a specific year model S30 and what didn't. You know what you would put on your own show car and what you wouldn't. The problem is occasionally you seem to selectively forget some and/or all of that knowledge. I had an issue with an ebay purchase from you that was frought with questionable circumstance and minimal contact. When I am allowed to "buy it now", I expect for my winnings to come to me, not aparently be re-listed almost immediately after my "buy it now" and sold at a higher "buy it now" price after being told there was a shipping delay followed a week later by an email stating the part had been broken in the packing process . I have been an ebay member since December of 2000 with 100% feedback with a 40% repeat customer base. I'll agree you can't be everything to everyone, but you can be honest and consistant in every ad-by telling a buyer what to expect, suppling at least what was expected, and suppling it in an acceptable time frame. Another part of the reason for my 100% is my recovery from MY mistakes. I step up, take complete responsibility, and make the situation right for the buyer-even when it is painful or costly to do-I wrote the ad and I take the responsability to make my words good, and get 100% because of it-I can tell you from my seven years (vs your five) of experience being thorough, honest and consistant in ebay dealings and getting a consistant 100% can be done. My opinion of your feedback is that it shows you know how to do better and occasionally seem to choose not to. Will PS, thank you for posting your side, and being an active participant in the answer.

I just love ads that are worded like this... "untouched and UN fooled around with --... With a 3.1 Stroker Motor with Triple Duce Mukinis" If he has three kids I am sure he describes their mother the same way! Pretty car though! Will

He is the worst kind of ebayer, He knows Z parts, and knows what parts are good, and he frequently posts glowing ads for parts that are not useable or at the least incorrectly described. A member here bought a head from him last year and was told he would get a fully functional professionally rebuilt head fresh from the machine shop, and what he got was a a head from the reject pile of the machine shop(rejected after the work was finished) Search the forums...his actions are here. Will

Suggestions 1) modify the door track to follow the roof line-requires two custom angle tracks(can be fabbed from included tracks with a hacksaw), and modification to rafters,but it has been done before with an insulated door. 2) A beavertail trailer type door from a trailer manufacturer. 3) A barn door, or hangar door. Will

DOn't force, cut, trim or alter anything...It sounds like you got the wrong cap. When I bought one for my '73, I had almost the exact same issues, and as it turned out, My car had a '72 dash! I bought one of those and poof-everything ligned up, things fit the holes and contours, and because shipping it back was more than half the price of the cap, I still have one for a '73 dash new in the box! Call up Victoria British, and get who ever answers the phone to have someone who is familiar with the covers call you back. If you need one for a '73... Will

Most of the 65-85 window cranks will fit-take one off your car and take it to the junk yard to see what it fits-then you will know if what you like will work! WIll

Allan, I thought you had gotten lost in Texas! Glad to see you you either didn't, or you got found! After the boys and the wife go to sleep, I will be posting an updated list of what we have and what we need(in terms of fsms and owners manuals). Will

Ok, your not cheep-but I bet you're easyROFL ! A couple of cans of vegamite washed down with a couple of slabs, maybe a bank teller shiela or two, and that last Australian celebration would be back in progressROFL ! ! Why not load your parkableable guesthouse on the boat! plenty of room to bring the Z parts back and not spoil the comfort of the return trip...or I could bill you for delivery:eek: !!!! WIll

Why are you disconnecting the battery with the car running? The alternator is just big enough to power the wipers, the headlights and the ignition with a clean and new electrical system. either go through the primary electrical system and clean all the connections, put a smaller diameter pulley on the alternator, or get a higher output alternator. Will

Yes, the white "line" is the push for the antenna. Replacement sections (with the push)are available from Harada that will work thought the button at the top of the antenna is different. Several abay sellers supply these, but your local Kragens/Autozone/pepboys should also have them available-and usually at a cheeper price. I'll be going that route in the near future, and maybe that would make a good tech article. Will

1)Replacing the webbing is a good idea, and is not difficult-several threads cover it well. 1a) Modifying to accept later springs is too easy, use the butt end of a later seat-it bolts right up. If you need a set of bootom ends, I have several. 2) personal preference-you are probably just going to have to try it yourself to know how it will fit you.-personally I like having the front higher than the back, but I am 6'0". BTW when your replace the foam you will lose headroom and when you replace the straps/modify to have springs-you will lose more...you may have some tweaking to do... Will

Usually you only replace bushings, joints and shocks unless something is bent, broken or has not been lubricated properly. A full set of urethane suspension bushings is less than $150, a set of shocks will run between $100-el cheepos, and $800 for a custom made set, ball joints are one of the items you should buy actual Nissan parts for, and I haven't priced them in quite a while...there is a set of bearings at the top of the front suspension, but I have never seen them go bad unless the caps were gon and water continually got to them. When the steering feels sloppy, the car keeps bouncing after a bump, or the ride sucks, check them all out and replace what is bad. The first thing I would buy is a FSM for the car. We have a club project going on, but it is a good ways from completion... Will

2+2s are longer-due to longer doors, and the later S30s have a different shape(for the upholstered piece) Will

Welcome! What you do with your Z is your business, but don't expect too many replies to questions about the parts of your car that have been changed. The lack of replies is not a rude response, it is more a part of the fact that most of the members here have chosen to keep their cars pretty close to how Nissan made them, and don't keep up with that type of modifications. None of that means you and your car aren't welcome, it does mean you may find more answers to your modification questions on Hybridz.org. Please, post some pictures of your car! Welcome again! Will

Do they make envelopes that large down under? :laugh: :cheeky: :stupid: Will

As with everytning else in life to make money with something you have to buy low and sell high, your situation sounds like a bought fair, enjoyed and hope to sell high. The '72 Z shiney side down in my garage was bought for $200, I have put $700 worth of floors, seat brackets, and frame rails in it. I have $6,000 worth of parts and refinishing for it. Even buying the car cheep, and the parts cheep (with everything for the interior of my car except the wiring, carpet, and underpad being NOS), I would expect to get far more for the parts than I would for the car-although I would expect to come out monetarliy ahead selling the car too. Notice I made no mention of labor...I am doing most everything to the the car myself. If not for that even with the low dollars I have in the car and collected parts, I would be taking a loss if I sold it. I didn't put the Money, time or effort into my car to sell it, I am building what I want to own, drive, and enjoy. If you absolutely want to make money on a car, you have to treat it like a car lot, get it in cheep, clean it up cosmeticly, and sell it high and fast. The apr of buying a car to hold as an investment does not work out well. There are several threads here discussing that. Enjoyment isn't a part of a purely financial equation. You seem to want a financial vehicle, but remember a car can't be made for being the best at every driving situation. A track car on the street is enjoyable only for short trips, the same track car in a rally probably would see the finish only if it was towed there, and the same track car in top fuel simply would have been transportation (one of the short trips in the first example) to the event. Buy a true financial investment(even with the accompanying disclaimers) to make money(a car can qualify-as outlined above), and buy a Z as an investment in enjoyment that could appreciate financially, and be pleasantly suprised when and if it does! Will

Those bear a striking resemblance to early stages ofthe ones I have made up in stainless. I could post a picture, but only the background looks different. Will

You have a few good points in your post, the one about the chrome is excellent, I have a NOS set of European bumpers for my 240Z, and anybody can easliy see the bracket spot welds through the chrome. As you pointed out that is just the way it was done then. I want my car to look period, so I am not having the bumpers smoothed and replated. The guy who you exactly quoted opend his mouth and let his ignorance come out into plain view. I have been guilty of that myself-a specific thread here on the 140Z leaps to mind though I don't see this thread as that sort. There have been a very few threads where members here were all in agreement that the ad and the pictures matched and made sence. This is NOT one of those. I commented on what I saw in the pictures that did not match the text of the ad. Since you saw this as a nice car, would you have rather purchased it as a ready to drive "ground up restoration", then found the rust, mismatched assembly and other issues we pointed out? As a Newbie, I would be ashamed to have bought that car as it was advertised, and been so seriously taken by the seller-I have been there before on a late console(posted a thread about it too), and didn't care for it much then, but chose to expose my stupidity to keep others from the same fate. If helping a newbie not to get taken to the cleaners by some gloss and a glowing description of a silk purse that does not match the pictures of the sows ear in question, then I admitt guilt, and warn you now my behavior won't change! The car does not look bad, it simply is absolutely NOT as it has been advertised. I will have my car at Daytona, and I invite you to pick it apart as I have several others here, and have challenged the car show judges to in entering it in the show in the first place! I am far more interested in what I don't see and miss than what I do see and catch. Given a choice, I would always rather learn than teach, but teaching is fun too. Will