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Mike you lucky soB! I can just imagine someone offering you much more than you paid! And I can just imagine who it was! Mine was about three times the price you paid. Oh, well... Let me know first, if you want to sell your copy. All the editions of this particular catalog are fairly uncommon and will continue to get harder and harder to find. They are far more descriptive (and entertaining) than the catalogs we commonly buy in Cd version. Those are prints of the parts fische mostly. I would say any of the authentic printed versions of the S30 parts catalogs (as well as service manuals) trade for much more than one might expect. They are very collectable and probably have far more value in the hands of a collector like the guy who bought this example. I'm certain this eBay purchase went up on the shelf in the library next to his other editions.

Arne, I have been looking for authentic fog lamps for three years. I came close a couple of times, but no luck. A couple of years ago, Chloe (remember her?) called me up and said there was a pair of lights on Zcar.com. I bought them and as near as I can tell, these are 280Z option lamps. They may be Bosch; I need to go over to the shop and check. They are in very nice condition and as you can see, come with the plastic Datsun covers. This is what I am looking for.

I have a set of fog lights I would like to sell. I would like $100 for them. Chris

Those decals were given to me at the Dallas convention and they are signed by Masataka Usami who was at the convention. One of those unique collector "spoofs" if you will. I am told that the P-2 decal goes on the front of the valve cover and represents inspection of the engine. Usami-san would never have sigend them in reality, but who cares. THere's no "exact" placement as far as I know. Just an inspection sticker slapped on randomly. I'll bet Mike McGinnis has them or at least knows where to get them. But the P-2 decal is just like the Nihon radiator decal. As soon as you get the engine hot from driving, the decal is going to fade, curl and look horrible. I like the magnetic idea.

Something like these: The P-2 decal goes on the front of the valve cover

I love the Z33. I think of it less as a toad than I do the S30 an arrow. I see a styling interpretation in the new Z that reminds me of the S30. Enough that I am satisfied that it's a Z. I've driven the new Z in anger and it drives a lot better than my queen. (Ya' know, when she actually ran!) I really like the BMW Z4, own and drive a 330Ci daily, and that's the "GT" body style that attracts me to the Z car. The BMW Z4 has those swoopy front fender lines reminiscent of the early BMW sports cars. I like that rear hatch thing. But lets face it. The S30 is an aerodynamic nightmare and the Z33 is what contemporary performance cars look like. Cars today are ground suckers, not wind surfers. The toad thing you guys are talking about is from the short overhang which was done on purpose. The fender corners were rounded in on purpose to accentuate the short overhang. Thus "Toad", or more politely expressed, "Stop-Light Leaper". Someone mentioned the ZG and it brought this car to mind. This is another one of those instances where we Americans don't know much about this because it was never exported here. This is the Z33 Type E which was apparently built to homologate the body used for the championship JGTC GT500 race cars. It is very similar to the S-Tune options and I believe this was produced in 2003. The car is featured in the Motor Magazine Mook; "All About Fairlady".

You are very welcome, Will. The event was hosted by the Florida Z Association (meaning me, Rob Tyner, and Scott Blankenship) representing four Z car clubs, Suncoast, Central Florida, South Florida, and the 350Z club of Florida. Glad you had a good time.

SO that was a lot of fun! My first car show.

I'm still not able to load pictures through the gallery, so I'll tack them up here. Also a little explanation about what happened. Thanks for posting your great shots, Will. Good to see you! Same to see you, Sean! Z-Fest was around 130 Z-cars inside a 50,000 square foot pavilion on the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando. We had a dyno guy and there should be some awesome pictures of Z-cars on the lake floating around the internet soon. I want to thank everyone who helped out during the day. I was super pleased with the show and how easy everything went. It took us about two hours to fill the place, but there was plenty of room and it wasn't anywhere near as noisy as I worried. The music worked out real well. I didn't get any food. Was it Ok? Anyhow, it was on serious KICK BUTT show! In addition to the Z-cars inside, we had at least another 20 outside. About fifteen G35s showed up and we had them all line up. I didn't get a picture of that.

That's Rich Lewis' car with Bill's on the lake.

The 2400 valve cover is ADM, not JDM. If you find one in Japan, You'll have to outbid the Japanese for it!

That would be me you just bid against.

No, the picture was taken over a year ago.

HEy Congrats John Thomas!

Hey, that's cool, Bob. How are you doing? Chris

Thumbs up on Mike's answer. Charlie Osborne has what you need. Frame rails included. Don't confuse Charlie with the Ebay seller zeddfindings. Different guy. Keep the transmission mount cross member bolted in place so that you don't deform the tunnel when you weld in the new pans. Another good source for replacement metal is http://www.baddogparts.com/index.htm

You did a nice bit of research there!

Dear Chris : Thank you very much for your kind expression for my 97th rounds Pole. Your wonderful support and enthusiasm for Z cars give me strong energy and happiness to my run. Fortunately I am still in good condition and in good spirit, Recently I have renewed my driving license for another three years to go round so will soon reach 100th rounds then give me a bigger cheer!! and I thank you. Love Cars, Love People, Love Life!!!!! Y.K.

97 today. How cool.