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[What kind of car did John Candy drive in SoapDish?] I know John Candy drove a 280Z converted to a Ferrari in "Delirious". Matter of fact, the guy that owns one of the two that were made for the movie lives a few cities up from me. Saw the car at a show last year and he wanted $60,000 for the car! [More often than not, what was the worst enemy of your 240Z?] The posted speed limit of 55mph!

[What the factory measured coeficient of aeordynamic drag for an S30 is?] What is the answer to that question?

What a coincidence, mine seems to be stuck at 4:20 also.

Kind of a personal question, don't ya think.

I kept the original seats in my 77 280Z but had them re-stuffed and covered. They are so comfortably now and I don't slide all over the place. I like the look of the Z seat and wanted to keep the style but have a little more padding around my azz.

Isn't it called "The International Space Station"?

That is truly a beautiful GTO. Man-o-man would I love to own something like that. That's the type car you see at the World of Wheels shows. Even for all the "show and glow" that car has, I think the price is a bit high.

If anyone out there has an owners manual for a 1977 280Z, can you look up what the gas milage should be. I'm getting a little less than 10 mpg, but my car is not stock. Thanks:classic:

Hit by lightning and burned............now that's funny, as long as no one was hurt. Special order Z car with a rotary engine, NOT. I've always heard that the rotary engine was kinda crappy. That's my .01 worth

Too FunnyROFL

Just flipping through an auto magazine and I see where a 1967 L-88 vette sold at last years Mecum auction for $640,000. For a Corvette! Of course, this included the buyer's premium paid to the auction company. Am I missing something here.

From the looks of that vehicle, I'd rather have the lock & chain, rather than the whole dam car.

Now thats freaking funny. Probably would have blown out your suspension too.

Very Funny.

I think that's very sad. The parents are to blame for letting that kid get so fat.

We need a Southeast in that poll. I live in New Port Richey Florida. By marking the Eastcoast, I feel like I live where it snows.....and I don't want to live where it snows.:mad:

The introduction of our marvelous Z car was the demise of many cars in the 70's. Believe it or not the Z nearly put Triumph out of business. Jag sales declined. The Opel never really took off. This is all based on price, performance and reliability. As stated by many professional auto enthusiasts the Z car (240Z) is one of the 10 most important cars in automotive history. As we all know the Z-Car blew many auto manufacturers away. There's not one car show that I go to that someone doesn't come up to me and say that the Z car was all the rage in the 70's. But we all knew that :classic:

My first Z was a 1978 280Z. When I brought it home the first thing my mother said was that it sounded like a sewing machine!!! I guess she had the right to say that because she drove a 1975 Caddy with a 502. Kinda really made me mad, as I was so proud of my cherry Z. Come to find out it was an gasket leak on the manifold. Tightening the bolts cured the ticking. Had the same problem with my 1973 Mach I, but that was noisy lifters. Even after the ticking fix, mother still said my Z sounded like a sewing machine. Parents can be so cruelLOL

Hey datsunfreak, that's a pretty neat shot of your new purchase there. The car looks very clean, even in a nite shot. Keep us all posted as to your future project. Again, very nice Z

That's interesting about Jesse James. Must be nice to get arrested for money laundering (if true) and STILL get to drive around in a Lambo.

I believe you can drive with those foreign plates on the FRONT of your car here in Florida. I've seen them on many Jags and Porsches. They just have to be dead plates. I have a plate that was on my 78 280Z on the front of my 454 Chevy Dually, it says "DAT 280Z". I verified with the police that it was OK prior to putting it on my truck. I suppose in some states that run front and back plates this would not be allowed, obviously. Hi there 26th-Z. Brrr, cold here in Fla, 40 degree weather kills meLOL

The state of Florida has almost 90 different types of plates. I think they should offer a "Collector" plate for vehicles that are worthy. You could have the year of you car along with the collector design. The cops are complaining about all our different plate styles. You can't tell where anyone is from anymore. To me that's nothing new in Florida, what with all the tourists. It's rare to see a genuine Florida tag anymore.

I never really noticed if they did. After they finished the car around 12am, on the final build nite, Jesse took the car out in the parking lot and did donuts. I forgot to look for 2 seats, but I'm sure he did. Of course he was the one to drive the car up against a jet boat that was next to him on the water. That's when the tranny blew.

We used to have "Collector" plates. But they issued them to EVERY car that was 20 years or older. Many of the collector car people flew into a rage and the state dropped them. It was funny to drive down the road and see a rusted out, smoking 1972 Ford pick-up with a "Collector" plate.

When the show first started they were taking some of the creations that weren't destroyed on tour. They were here at Universal Studios. Some he has given away. The one's that are trashed are sitting behind his shop. That's were he got the tranny for the boat-car. It was out of another car that they wrecked.