26th-Z

ZG nose kit on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7934285765&category=33640 I know it is not the real mcCoy, but....

I concur. Grab it. It is worth much more in parts alone, but VERY worth restoring - just fixing up. Check out this thread http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?p=107305#post107305

Hey! Craftsman tools are just fine! However, WD 40 and a 10mm wrench are not. PB Blaster and a flare nut wrench. This nut is securing a hydraulic line under pressure. It is supposed to be extremely tight.

Three sheets to the wind On a dully

Only you would recognize a bullet hole, Vicky! Welcome to the club and salutations from Her Majesty the 26th and Princess 27! Your '71 is quite the rare looking bird. Do a file search in the archives for "vinyl tops" and "options". We have had quite a time with the rare options. More pictures, please!

We should do our own show.

Clear coat should work! But Vicky is talking about something entirely different. There are show cars that aren't driven and there are clean drivers that are shown. World of difference. Cars competing on the level of Zrush and Ol Yeller are show cars and their stickers must be "as original" because that is way the game is played.

Thank goodness I had the foresight to buy hupcaps several years ago. I have two sets of the later style - choice - perfect - and I only paid $125 for all eight of them. Actually nine, I sold one to Chloe for $75 about a year ago.

They look great.

I have never tried it before installing the glass. Doesn't sound right for some reason. But I will agree that they are a PITA part to install.

They are a little rough. Worried about the dents. The surface rust inside won't damage the look of them when they are re-chromed and painted again. The plastic Ds look only ok. Hopefully they won't need to be re-plated. By the time you have $200 each in those caps for the restoration they need, they will look as good as the $300 new ones from a few weeks ago. I agree with the "Buy it Now" price of $150. I'm surprised they have lasted this long. It is 5pm here in Florida. They won't last the night. It's "Sunday Night at the Auctions"!

I would hardly consider myself a pro, but this thread DOES take me back a few. I decided to go sports car racing and college got in my way. I built the engine for my race car in my dorm room. Ported the head with a dremel grinder on my desk in the room. $200 a month is a little high, perhaps. I pay $175 for a 16 x 20 dry garage for 26; including 20 amps of electricity. 27 is now parked in a humid carport with side curtains, but $15 a month makes it sound much better. I'm definitely on the same page with Daniel. Those who seek shall find. Now my advice....Focus on your studies. Propel yourself into your future armed with an education and a training to think. Your Z will be there when you get back.

Yea, it's confusing. The grill is made from "expanded diamond mesh" and appeared on the PS30 (432). I have also seen them on the S30-S, the stripped down version, and they may have been standard on those models. They never appeared on the North American imports. What Alan was saying is that the original 1970 era part had a finer expanded diamond mesh than what is currently available. Same look. The grills were still available new about 8 months ago. At the time they were around $150. I don't know why they exist. Perhaps the thinking was that the grill offered better air flow for performance purposes, but in talking with Matsuo san, I am under the impression that the design intent for the grill and the front of the car was the horizontal bar type of grill. Oh...BTW...I have one and think they are cool.

Just blow them out with compressed air and flush the system with new brake fluid when you get it togeather. You don't need to use alcohol.

It is not a "Nismo" grill either.

Here is where I got the info on the PZR and indeed credit is due. Page 23 http://www.ne.jp/asahi/club/s30/nl16/NL16.htm

We discussed this back in September http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14735&highlight=Wall+Street+Journal

The dark green (907) and tan interior is very common.

Join our club, Jeff! We have a member in Delray Beach and as far away as Atlanta. Check out the web site link and let me know what I can do to get you involved in our craZy group.

Thought you might enjoy some of these shots: Out of the misty dawn.....Zrush Channel Side...and Rick Fortney's 280 Z turbo

John Thomas brought his Solo II car. Jim Frederick brought four or his cars. Here is HLS30-00016 and a car built by Bob Sharp for actor Paul Newman.

Hi kids! The Suncoast Z Car Club http://www.suncoastzcarclub.homestead.com/ had a display of twenty Z cars last Saturday at the Tampa Bay International Auto Show. The promoters of the show invite local car clubs to exhibit and our club was invited this year. The event is held at the Tampa Convention Center and we arranged our display in the cul du'sac outside the "channel side" entrance of the Center. The Convention Center overlooks the water with a great view of Davis Island and the bay. The weather was a little hazy, but otherwise a nice sunny day and we had a great response. Here is what it looked like.

Yes, molded in grey and painted black finish

An opinion.... If you plan to fill the seams, you won't be able to hit anything without cracking the filler. A welting strip would normally be used for tape or screw attachment allowing some flex between the aero kit and the body. If I were going to fill the seams, I would bond the new body part - bare metal - to the car. But I wouldn't fill the seams. I would opt for flex because reality dictates that you ARE going to bump it.