26th-Z

A'men to that brother. Them's westerners done be way behind us come sunrise! Would someone copy it for me please? I am television impaired at the moment.

Historic Highway, I-10. Back in the fall of 1969, a couple of Japanese fellows drove two silver 240Zs from L.A. to New Orleans on I-10. Eiji Osawa and Hitoshi Uemura. That part of I-10 is sort of sacred; a pilgrimage trail - don't ya think? If you do a little looking around the archives, you will find some great info from Kats, et.al about the North American test sessions. I got this shot of them in the desert from kats. It may not be actually on I-10, but I remember it looking like this in Arizona. We ought to organize a caravan extravaganza over some of the sacred roadways of the test trials.

James, I'll have to look at mine, but I wouldn't be surprised.

I think this is what you are looking for, seerex. The very first ash trays were grey plastic painted black and later ones were black plastic. All the same design up to 8 / 71; 96500-E4101.

A couple of replies to this "good 'ol fashioned rust thread": I'll be doing reports from the field as I get along with the two babes. 26 is going to be dipped real soon and I think this process will be unique and interesting. The dip for the chassis alone will be $1200. I chose dipping for the very "rusting from the inside out" comment. I will probably do blurbs on hole patching with 26, but 27 is going to have her fender arches replaced with TABCO panels. This will require the inner lip to be repaired and fit. We seem to have an opportunity to to do a floor or two. I need to see what 26 looks like when she is dipped. If her driver's floor would be easier to replace than patch, I will do the passenger floor in 27 with a full kit from Charlie Osborne. The comments about finding someone willing to do the metal work are right on. My two favorite "pros" (you should see their work) laughed at me - told me I didn't have enough money - and turned me down flat. And that was discussing 26! They don't know about 27. Poor 27 is a disaster compared to 26. The body guy I am dealing with is stricktly time and materials. I will be paying him bi-weekly for his hours so as to not interfere with his business cash flow. $40 per hour is dirt cheap in this business. Some of my research is leading me to believe that the very early cars were produced in pairs of colors. Evidently, the dark green and "tan" interior scheme was quite popular and a higher percentage were made. I bought one like yours, Stephen, on eBay and never got it. One of my great eBay stories :stupid:

Sunday October 31 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4500189320&category=34206

That is what we are calling Z Mecca in Tampa. http://www.suncoastzcarclub.homestead.com/clubcarz_jimfrederick.html You should have seen that scene after the hurricanes! Princess 27 stopped here first so that I could raid Jim's spare parts. We have a lot of club parties here. It's a great place and Jim has a kick butt collection of Zs. Nice model, Stephen

wow! Very Nice!

So far, I have most of the sheet metal I am going to need. Still looking for a driver's fender.

Ben, I'm shooting for 2006 with Her Majesty. We'll see. Her Majesty gets finished first. Then I will start on Princess 27. At the moment, I am still spending money on getting the Princess stabilized and tucked away in storage. Almost finished, though. All of the major money has been spent!

This is a great thread - completely off topic, and some great pictures of stuff we never see. Here are three more from my files. How about we start ON topic and have a nice 300Z? Then an ALMS Ferrari would be a lot of fun. And reaching way back, a Chevron B8. Chevron is a British car builder. The 1969 coupe ran with a 2 liter Cosworth Engine, or in the case of one I have driven, a 2 liter BMW engine. They are fiberglass bodies around steel tube and box sections - typical of the period. Mid-engine layout with a five speed transaxle.

Thanks Vicky. Marked my calendar. What are you doing about the National Convention in August?

This site has lots of Z stuff. http://www.autotrend.com/ I was at that race, jmark. And that is pretty much how I remember it. That is one cool F'n print. Would like to have that one myself.

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I really want to try and give you some good advice, E. I can't see the car to give you an estimate, but the difference between your two bids is too wide for me to believe either one of them. Check out Princess 27. I'll have $10,000 in the body before she is green again. I have well over $2300 in just new metal at this point. Haven't even started cutting and welding yet.

I nominate the 1960 Lotus Elite, the 1962 Ferrari 265 GTB, and the Porsche 917k. The attached picture is the car Steve McQueen drove in the movie "Lemans".

I was just gonna say, Chris, where is Winter Springs? There is a Z display at the Tampa Convention Center this Saturday as part of the Tampa Bay Auto Show. Come visit! I'm sure you can find a wheel from someone there.

Thanks for the info, Alan. I updated my file. :classic: (Edit) I checked and I DO have a plastic model kit of the very car. Its a Japanese kit commemorating the Suzuka 300km.

Ben, The red 432 picture is a classic example of my rants about photo etiquette on the net. I copied that picture as an example of the wheels way back when we were talking about them. I also have a plastic model kit of a car like this. Unfortunately, I can't tell you where I got the photo or any information about the car that would have accompanied the photo. How I much I learn :stupid: My best guess is that it is a real one. Like you, I am just picking up this information. I never heard much about racing events outside the U.S. Most everything was the home team - Brock Racing Enterprises with driver John Morton.

They probably conflict with the steering column, Ben. I'll have to get you a photo of the headers on Princess 27. They have ports for the emissions air injection. I hear that the carbs have to be jetted differently for this set-up.