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@Carl Beck thank you for the clarification. In an effort to determine the shop that worked on my car I emailed Les. He told me: "The cars I did were in the 23000 serial number range." It seems my car was done at Pierre's. I'm still thinking my car may likely be the 3rd one in this YouTube Video. If you have a copy of this speadsheet with Pierre's list, can you post it?

@jfa.series1 Thanks so much...the PDF version is missing my particular vehicle (HLS30-68727), but it is very handy resource!

@w3wilkes no, as near as I can tell, I am the fourth owner since the restoration. I have contact info for owners 2 and 3. Owner #2 is the one that told me he bought it off eBay 20ish years ago from a guy in Michigan. I'm trying to contact the original owner in hopes of either getting a scan or procuring the "Certificate of Authenticity" signed by Mr. K. EDIT: further poking around on the internet has revealed a new name: https://web.archive.org/web/20130102122335/http://www.editgrid.com/user/mlwilliams/Z_Car_Registry EDIT2: a later revision of this list and the owner name has changed: https://web.archive.org/web/20131128034951/http://www.editgrid.com/user/mlwilliams/Z_Car_Registry

@26th-Z I have been looking for the red "Rebirth" brochure, would it be possible for me to make a scan of this? I'm located near Sarasota. Also I've been looking for the original owner to my #HLS3068727 car. A previous owner told me he bought it off eBay from a guy in Michigan 20 years ago. Does anyone by any chance have an archive showing the seller's user name?

@SpeedRoo Thanks for the addition, I scoured the internet and found the checklist document via the wayback machine Cylinder head checklist #4 states "new seats"...so it looks like hardend valve seats were in the protocol.

@Zed Head I am aware of 2 promotional brochures related to the Vintage Restoration Program. One is red with "Rebirth" on the cover the other is yellow with "Spirit". I was able to purchase a yellow one from eBay, it contains an overview of the history of Z models up to the 300ZX and a little about the race cars. There is a copy of the yellow brochure online here The vehicle came with a photo copy of the red brochure. If anyone is aware of either a digital copy or physical copy of the red brochure, I would certainly be interested in it. The Red brochure states the following regarding Engines: The engine and transmission are completely disassembled, cleaned and analyzed. From the engine block to the smallest nut and bolt, the parts are laid out on tables, so they can be inspected and, if necessary replaced. When available, genuine Nissan parts are used. And in cases when non-Nissan are used, quality non-OEM parts are approved by Nissan engineers, specifically for use on these restored cars. All external engine parts such as the block, oil pan and air cleaner, are painted their original factory colors. Many ancillary components, including the alternator, starter motor and fuel pump are replaced with new units or ones that have been re-manufactured to our stringent standards. @zspert thank you for the recommendations, I will pursue a full compression test and valve clearance checkout. @HS30-H thank you for these great pictures! I don't want to hijack the theme of this thread being about BaT and other online listings too much, but If anyone is interested, there are some really neat videos of the vintage restoration process in the links below: Original Z Program Footage - This is video from Pierre'Z Restoration Program for Nissan 3 more Z program cars from Pierre'Z Restorations (I think my car might be shown at 10:44 mark but not sure) Autoweek July 1997 - Z restoration program with Pierre Perrott at Pierre'Z Service Center.

@zspert , do you know if the heads for the program cars had hardend valve seats installed as part of the rebuild? What I'm really wondering is, should I be running lead-free additive in my car?