26th-Z

Enigma's comment made me chuckle. Thanks. It's too late for me to start counting beers. The horse is already out of the barn. And knowing me, I wouldn't keep up with a spreadsheet anyhow. I think all of you would be impressed enough that I have a file cabinet with labeled file folders. I actually found a contact I made two years ago and finally ordered the other day! I was impressed. What webdawg has done is organize his restoration plan. By going through the parts fiche and selecting his applicable part, he has begun to organize his work schedule. He has a grasp of the total amount of work. He might use the spreadsheet to select all the parts that go to a powder-coater or all the parts that go to the machine shop and realize some economy in his restoration. Time could be added to the list in order to help keep the project moving. I could imagine programming a calendar to provide a little pop-up smiley on the computer screen that says; "Time to buy your new cam sprocket, Mr. webdawg". Or; "Pick up your parts from Thrashwell & Snailby today!!!" What's important is that these spreadsheets represent a restoration plan. Some sort of organization that will help account for the mess created when a Z car is taken apart. These little Datsuns are easy cars to work on, really. A spreadsheet like these are a big help and pretty easy to make. Thanks again

I was talking about the paid price for a part or paint and sand paper materials or a restoration service such as a chrome shop so that I could keep track of how much spending is going on. Actually, I really don't know if I want to know, but it would be nice. For example, I bought a correct alternator for $30 on eBay. It cost me another $5 to get it. Then I took it down to an alternator shop and paid $95 to have it restored. The front pulley and fan were so corroded that I had to replace them so I bought two trashed alternators for another $5 just for the fans and pulleys. After they were stripped and re-plated, they were fitted to my restored original. Then I bought a new electrical connector for the wires - $3. I have over fifteen hours in labor, probably drove a dozen miles or so picking things up and dropping them off at different shops. Indirectly, there is the cost of a beer or two involved. So you see? How much did the alternator cost me? Maybe I'm getting too anal. CW-

Yea, I remember the nut and bolt spreadsheet. I'll bet if I look around, I still have that. You are on to something, webdawg, if you saw my files... As a point of interest, while doing research on the Vintage Z program, I found Nissan did something similar. Printed out, the spreadsheet is 18 pages long. It details all the parts that were used for the restoration of indiviual cars. That is where I got the cost idea from. Thanks for all your work! CW-

Hey! That's pretty cool. How many of those did you make up? I might add a column for the part number and the cost of the replacement part or the restoration cost of the part with a cost summary. For instance, I bought used 'D' hubcaps. I'm going to restore them incurring a chrome and painting cost. I might track time for the work to restore a piece. You have a real nice idea going. CW-

Thanks Eric. I copied all the pictures. Probably as close as I will ever get. CW-

Porsches are rear engined, right? Everybody likes a little arse, right? This is a picture of a Datsun about to get his pleasure. SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM!!!!!

I'll split this into two posts

Thought you guys would get a kick out of the Datsuns / Nissan at Sebring last weekend. The 300ZX GTS is the car that won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1994? I think it was....

Hand throttles were legislated out of existance by 1970 and they were removed by the dealer supposedly for that reason. I will have hand throttles in both 26th and 27th. Chokes in most import cars of the era were manual. Most American cars had automatic chokes. Going to restore the emissions, eh Mark? Good on ya! CW-

c david you old frau seducer, you! I went down to Naples last weekend to molest a parts car I found out in the everglades. From it, the owner sold an uncracked series one dash on eBay a couple of weeks ago for $650. When was the last time you saw that?! The ash tray went for $42. You see...it's all "eBay" relative.

I was watching those. That is clearly a pissed off buyer who needs tail lights and wasn't going to let anyone get in his way no matter how much they cost. "Blax" usually has good junk and I'm not surprised they were expensive, but considering new tail lights are pretty much unobtainium, the price for nice used ones is going to be high. Die preise ziemlich hoch! CW-

Hi Zrush! Having the car supported equally on jack stands and jacking it up on one side are two different things. It is not such a great idea to open the door on the jacked side during the operation. It's not a big deal, but yea, the car is stressed unequally and keeping the dorr closed helps. Try it. You'll notice the door doesn't open or close as well. CW-

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You can probably find the measurements you are looking for in the Sevice Manual if they exist. The tunnel is constructed the way it is - as well as the shifter cutout location - because the car is bias to right-hand drive. It's not really offset in the way we might think. There are subtle differences between the left and right side of the tunnel. Some are due to the location of the hand brake and the shape of the transmission. It IS, however, bias to the right side and as much as I hate the arguement, I'm convinced it is because the car was designed RHD. For fitting new floors, I did my rough cuts first, holding the new floor in place and scribing the metal to fit. I bolted the transmission mount in place to keep the tunnel dimension stable and measured to the mounting points for alignment. Chris - the weld-grinder

I fully endorse Dashboard Restorations. They did a great job for me.

You talking about me, Will? PM me with your mailing address and I'll send you the draft.

Guys, http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8103&highlight=dashboard+restorations http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7215&highlight=dashboard+restorations

Yep! Red oxide primer. I see it on 26th and 27th. You know how the seat brackets are painted black? Same black on the front of the radiator support behind the grill? I was noticing at the ZCCA convention car show - on the original '70 with 23,000 miles - the black is brush painted.

Nissan sells a full line of apparel. The earliest catalog I have is 1997. Carl Beck and Pete Brock tell me that my jacket is an Interpart item. It closely resembles the picture in the 1973 catalog, but it has a 240Z emblem below the Datsun patch rather than a BRE patch on the right sleeve. I don't have the liner for the jacket either. MSA is selling a real nice short-sleeved shirt that replicates the original BRE crew shirts. Some of the patches and pins I see regularly on eBay are real nice reproductions. A couple of years ago, I was all hopped up on the Nissan Group C racing cars and sewed a Nissan patch and March Cars patch on a Lands End golf shirt. A lot of you have seen me in my 26th-Z embroidered golf shirts. Then there is the golf shirt with HLS30-00026. Yea! Show your support! Wear your colors! Dress yourself in Datsun clothing.

Women love Datsun 240Z jackets.

Good color change.

We going to see you in these parts, Bob? Please bring some cooler weather with you!

If anyone buys these and want to sell me parts....I'm looking for a metal Datsun hatch emblem and early, non-folding seats.

Stricktly aftermarket, whether a dealership installed it or not.

This guy is selling two cars. One is RHD Fairlady. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-Z-Series-240Z-Datsun-240Z-1970_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6187QQitemZ4578833730QQrdZ1