Victor Laury

Ben, I have the clock, but not the control box. I'm keeping mine (sorry). I'd love to find the control box (whatever it does) as I've been waiting to install mine for the past 4 years! rally clock

Burt, The SUs are to set to idle completely off the center adjustment on the manifold. Contrary to popular belief, that adjustment is only used to test the carb balance off idle. Not too clear, I know. Someone will be better a "splaining" it.

I've uploaded photos of one of the assembly tags I found while parting out an early 72 (manufactured 9/71). I can't remember if I found this sandwiched between the pedal box and body or tucked inside the right fender well. This was a U.S. Market HLS30. Can anyone translate? Assembly tag reverse side

You are wise beyond your years, sir. I don't know if you can make a "Sports car" with the couple of thousand (if not more) safety and environ requirements tacked on. There are some that are close. That stripped down, sports package Corvette maybe? (Z06?)

My screen name will remain a mystery :classic:

Malder, Are you happy with the existing paint? Rust? It's a major commitment doing the "real deal". Look at what your starting with and decide if you'll be happy with the rolling refresh job. Come over and take a look at mine. It hasn't stoped rolling and gets better every day - BUT - I bought the car specificly for this purpose. Sure, it would be a show stooper with the total restore. But, I got just what I wanted., a car I could drive and get all the "Hey! That's a nice Z!" rewards. If I started with a car that really needed paint, I'd would have needed to go the "Whole Enchalada". I'll never win any shows as it's still a "10 footer" (looks great at 10 feet). No matter which way you choose, it still cost lots. I know I spent a few "pretty pennies" . This is evident to anyone that reads my journal:classic:

Hey! I hope you guys come see us Downtown Solvang for our Roadster Show Saturday, The same weekend as the Motorsports Auto Show (April 27th?) . I intend to drive up to Solvang (Motel 6 in Beulton) on Friday, Show on Saterday, Drive home, catch a little sleep, Drive to Orange for the Motorsports show on Sunday. Wow! What a weekend.

What ever happened to the Kiwi or Aussie Band, "The Cedrics"? Are they "The Datsuns" now? Our modern rock radio staion, KROQ, has a segment for the afternoon drive, called "Catch of the Day", where they play an obscure track. About a month ago, "The Datsuns" were featured. The DJ panned them calling them "Throwback" and he was going to Throw their album back into the dust bin.

I'll comment on this, because I just went on a quest for chrome carriage bolts. I wanted 1/4 and 5/16 chrome carriage bolts to replace the bolts that hold the end pieces of the rear bumper on and four 5/16 bolts to fill the holes from the overriders. You'd think that in a city like Los Angeles, this would not be hard to find. I went from Hardware store to another, Auto part stores, hot rod shops, even a Harley shop - no avail. I finally found them in the largest independent hardware store in town. For those in my area, It was Virgil's Hardware in Glendale.

It's obvious that My alt in my 72 is on it's way out. Would I benefit from a slighty higher output alt? VickyBrit offers 2 choices. but I'd like it to look close to original. I could just get one of my old units rebuilt. If you think that paragraph is confusing, you should see the mess in my head!

An Infinity is as much a Nissan as a Datsun is. A brand name of a manufacturer. A rose by any other name? In the Datsun era, The Nissan badge was reserved for the upper market cars. Then, suddenly, they were all Nissans. Obviously, GM doesn't want to market Cadillacs as Chevrolets. Nissan needed a new upscale brand name as well. The 350Z and the G35 are just variants of the same car, yes? I don't know. How deep does it go? When does the body shell become a G35 or a 350Z. Even further back, in the basic shell component pressings? At the last Turfside show in Escondido, The 350Z and G35 were side by side. My car was about 20 feet from them. I heard many a die hard Z FANATIC walk pass and say "I'd chose the G35". I think if the Central Coast Club excludes a G35, the world would not end. And, vise versa.

The U-20 was only used in the Sports 2000. A rare beast indeed. They only made 14,000 SRL (2000) roadsters. Anyone wonder why my timing components cost me $1,400? Sill, it a beautifull engine that I will continue to pay the cost to hear it sing.

Victor, I have that very set-up in my 72. Nissan "matchbook" EI, 12 volt coil, no ballast resistor. The fellow that I bought the distributor kit from, (Gary Boone) warned me that I MIGHT have a problem with the tach. But After installation, No problem. Then, when I scapped my first 72, I swapped the whole set up into the new Lime Green 72 and still had no problem.

I'll trade Frank something for the car he really needs........ A spellcheck program :classic: Looks Like It's down in Orange Co.

The only V8 powered Z cars the I would valuate high as collectable would be a "period" swap factory Scarab or a well done modified show winner such as V8 Show Car

Remove the drive belt. diconnect and plug the hoses. Keep everything in place and connect it all back before inspection. How's that for a plan. I keep all my smog equipment ..... in a box, under the shop table

I would never quessed that there would be any ethanol left to add to gas, as the Aussies drink most of it!

No, not a moon rover. It does look like an FJ though. Albeit smoother, rounder. It would appear that Toyota went Retro correctly, catching the true sprit of the classic, unlike "some other" automobile manufacturers.

What a difference a wash makes. Happy for you on you good deal and new Z.

Of Course, Enrique is absolutely right. I did not admit in my first reply that I kept clicking on the young lady in hopes that her outfit would vanish. Over the last decade or so, I became no longer ashamed of being hoplessly male.

She's drawn well! "I'm not really bad, Just drawn that way."

I believe they are silk screened onto the glass. I've tested mine and can find no continuity anywhere! So, I'm thinking, all that I have left is the tracing of where the silver paint was once. Looks like I'll be painting the entire grid back. Got to remmember not to drink too much coffee on that day. Got to keep a steady hand.