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Ahmed, Check my gallery, I posted pictures of all of the parts last night. The chrome trim is made up of two stamped pieces welded together(I photographed it from the bottom so the welds were in view. The Plexi was proably molded from a flat sheet. Will

TomoHawk, I have recovered a set before, and it looked good, cut the edges flush and tighten the screws to sink it in the carpet so you can't see the edges. I am sure you sould paint them with epoxy paint, appliance enamel, por15, or any other heavy duty paint. I even made a set out of stainless steel once-still have them, might make it into my '72. The metal used on the originals is pretty thin, and not a good alloy in that almost any water will make them rust. Will

1GENZED. The mounting screws go through both the chrome ring and the plexi. The plexi extends to 1/16" of the outer edge of the chrome ring all the way around. That is to say the outer edge of the plexi is a smooth curve, as the the inner and outer edges of the chrome ring. The ring is about 3/4" wide and completely uniform. I tried to post pictures on thursday, but it appears my card reader has bitten the dust. Follow the link from BlueZ to a decent picture of them-I will try to replace my card reader over the next day or so. Will http://www.zparts.com/ads/arrivals/images/DCP_0664rw.jpg

Bill, You misspelled that last word, it has four letters not three, and it is spelled: WISE Will

Damn Carl, You are as good as you say you are! I knew I saved that, but it must have been several hard drives ago! Thanks for keeping that steel trap in working order! Mine, evidently, has rusted shut-no doubt from being stored on the floor of this '72! You truely are a good egg! My left ear thanks you, and my Z will thank you when it gets back under its own power, and off the rotisserie! Will

On one of the other clubs I ran across an article from a guy who replaced the seals in question with a specific part # from JCWhitney. Suprisingly, he said it made a huge difference in the wind noise in the car, and was the most effective modification he had made. I can't find the article, but if someone else saw it(Carl, Tomohawk, Enrique, MikeW...), maybe we can get the part number. If it was really that superior, I want to use it, and others might as well. Will

I'll send you an article from Autospeed if you will PM me your email address. Will

Enrique, you did pretty much what I envisioned, but to allow for clearance variation between cars, I will probably make it so that the actual headlight bucket holds the seal, and the back of the sugar scoop contacts it-it will probably be in two pieces, and a little more to instal, but do it once, and that is all!. Will

What I meant to say is I believe that the pair Eric had (which were on consignment)are now living with me! Here are the emails he and I exchanged before the owner offered them for sale himself, and I bought them-for less than the highest reported bid, including shipping. I did not know until after I agreed to buy them that they were the same ones-I am not sure why they are still listed, unless the seller didn't tell eric they were gone, or I was fed a line by the seller. Regardless, I have a pair of NOS Headlight covers, and the boxes that are in the link above. Will Dear Zparts.com I am interested in your NOS OEM 240Z headlight covers. Will $550 buy them including shipping? William Stokes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- William, At present, there are 4 Z car owners in 4 different countries trying to out bid each other on the covers. Highest offer so far is $750. + shipping. However, the consignment seller just told me yesterday that he saw a specialty Z car website based out of Japan that has a new set for sale at $1000. so he wants to wait a bit longer before accepting highest bid on set that he has consigned for sale at ZPARTS.COM. Eric Neyerlin - owner of ZPARTS.COM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric, Thank you for the reply. It was, and is, not my intention to be insulting. However, your blurb is not in your designated consignment area or labeled as a consignment, and is clearly marked $600 with serious offers considered. My intention was to conform to what I understood to be your conveyance. I do appologize. William Stokes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William No apology expected nor offense taken. When covers were first consigned with me for sale, I had no idea that these were so terribly collectable nor that buyers would be inclined to want to bid up from the original $600. However, my obligation to the seller of the covers is to cash him out at the highest amount possible. Good point about them not being advertised as being "consigned parts" for sale. I may move the ad over to the "Consigned For Sale" parts section due to your observation. Thanks for pointing that out to me. Sorry I was not able to assist you with your interest. Perhaps I can help you with some other parts needs in the future. Eric Neyerlin - owner of ZPARTS.COM

Chris, If I didn't have a time crunch for the '72, I'd pack up the TIG, the Plasma Cutter, and head your way for the weekend! Maybe I'll just have to settle for sending you something else-sounds like you already have most of the special sheet metal, I have a few parts car that can be donors if you need other sections-10min with the plasma cutter... Will

Uh, I don't think he has any any more... I bought these from the owner who asked Eric to take them on consignment. Will BTW, The kit will come witha seal to close the back of the scoop to the headlight-blocking all of the trash and moisture from getting in-hopefully.

GregP, I know there are some in the Galleries, but I will take some pictures tonight and post them as well. Will

It is in better proportion! Will

Mike, I don't think It is our responsibility to to find the answers either, but if they ain't tellliin' and I want to know, and the Enguirer doesn't think the story will improve circulation, that just leaves me to satisfy my curiosity about what happened to some one as likeable as Chloe. When something matters, people spend time and energy on it, when it doesen't, people talk more passionately about spending time and energy on it, but it still falls throught the cracks Will

Ed, 1) I am going to make a seal for each of the openings-no opening will be left open! 2) The gnose covers are different to the best of my "not-firsthand" knowledge! Moyest, I am examining making a roller die to make a strip with the correct relief. As MikeW pointed out on another thread, the ends will have to be split to wrap around. Will

Hopefuly adding seals at every contact point, and one for the headlight opening will take care of keeping the inside clean and dry. Will

I don't expect this to be easy, if it were, others would have done it before the OEM parts got in the $750 stratophere. For the trim rings, I have press formed thin stainless with good results, the OEM pieces were made in two parts and then welded-I think that is the easiest way to do it in stainless. I have TIG. Mig, and oxy/acet, so I don't think putting them together will be a huge problem. They could also be made with one stamping of 1001 aluminum and then chrome plated so noone could tell the difference between them and the early covers(mine are chrome plated) once they were installed. I would prefer the stainless to aluminum and aluminum to the original steel. But when I get this going, what I will probably do is send a set to a several of the interested long term active members who have the original parts to compare them to for a month long, all weather, evaluation (and purchase if they measure up) and critque before I offer them for sale, that way I will know (and so will eveyone else) just how they rate. I don't expect to sell thousands of these, but I do expext a couple hundred or so through time. Once the molds and dies are made, even a limited "garage" run would be possable to enable quick fixes before a show. I will put seals and pads on every surface and attatchment point, and anneal the covers after the holes are drilled to keep the internal stresses to a minimum, and the quality of seal (and fit)to a maximum. I want it right if I am going to put the time, effort, and money into this. Any more thoughts on what to improve are welcome, I want to do this once, and do it right! Will

Thanks Carl, I looked, but did not find! Counting and deep breaths have not worked for me. Will