Victor Laury

I reponded to this ad in April 2002 - 1972 240Z $5,500.00 Long Beach 90806 (562) ***-**** Description 1972 DATSUN 240Z, 200 miles on rebuilt long block engine, new clutch, tires, brakes, paint, seats, shocks, carburetor rebuilt & balanced, most rubber new, beautiful CAR, $5500 or best offer, Ralph, 562-***-****, cell 562-***-**** I went down with a roadster buddy and did my inspection and test drive, and told him "It's not a $5,000.00 Z car. I've got $4,000 for it right here". The Deal was Done.

Just thought I'd ask to seek an answer to my personal tool mystery.... How many do a have to buy, till I can find a #2 phillips driver when I need one?

I've grown to like MAC over the years. I've got a bit of everything Snap-On, MATCO, Craftsman, Bonny (old stuff) but the name does not impress me. I went to a second-hand store last year, and found a set of German made offset boxes. They are Awesome! Very thin walled and light. So don't limit yourself to one source.

Merlin came to visit last month. He came down from B.C. to see us at Solvang and the MSA show. Shot a bunch of photos, got sunburned - Just what we Californians want our Canadian vistors to do - come down, see the sights, spend their money, and go homeLOL He's a regular contributor to the ClassicDatsunClub and VintageDatsunTrucks Yahoo Groups as well as the Datsun Roadster Mailing list.

99.999 % of the time, the Black one is the Ground! Please don't fry your stereo. take your time and do the research

Miami, 26 years to L.A. , going on 16 years. I'm a big, crowded, dirty, cruel, busy, stinky, international City type of guy. I can handle the outback (everywhere outside the city) only in small doses.

No one (here certainly) can deny the Z's racing sucesses. Here in the States, the consecutive years of SCCA Championships speak for themselves. Ad to that, the rest of the racing world and there's no doubt, the Z was a world class GT racer. Even back in the 240Z heyday, successfull racecars were not a new thing to Nissan. Other Nissan cars were racing to glory. Some had celebrated rivalries with other manufacturers cars that were followed closely as the seasons unfolded. The SRL (2 liter) Roadster had the Triumph GT-6 Triumph tried again and again to win the national Dprod championship but a silly looking 4 clyinder Japanese car kept beating it. The 510 had the BMW 2002. The Ultimate Driving machine lost time and time again to the Jap-brick-on-wheels. Much to the crowds amusment (unless you drove a bimmer) Did the Z have a season long shoot out with another manufacturer, that the crowd followed? Or did the other guys just settle for second?

I have a quartz clock, here in my office, that has a psycodelic light show. A gear reduction motor turns a color wheel. If I turn the color wheel off, the clock stops in a few hours. I surmised that the clock was "sticky" and needed the vibration of the display motor to keep running. Mayhaps that is what's happening in this case? park the car and the clock sticks?

Is this the way it's suppose to work? Here I am, in Los Angeles. Point of Entry for 1/3 of the US oil supply. Can't walk a half a mile without bumping into a refinery. I pay $2.83 for high test while it's selling for 1.98 in Caspar Wyoming? How can they charge less after trucking it up and over the rockies? Meanwhile, my car is at the end of the pipe. Sure, taxes and special "anti-smog" formulations, but come on. If your going to do it to me, do ya gotta use sand for lube?

Congrats, Tom! This one? They managed to get my ugly mug on page three (left side of photo, walking next to my car)

I'm sure my point of view is tilted by my basic optimism. I'm truely hoping that sometime, somewhere, there's a Victoria Secret lingere model, who will see my mug and say, "oh my god! I've got to have him!" If there's hope for that poor abused car.... Maybe there's hope for me?

Right now, somewhere, someone is looking at that photo of that car and sees the answer to all his/her hopes and dreams. We're saying "Oh my god! what was the car owner thinking?" That certain someone is saying, "Oh my god! What a car!"

Bill, There's nothing slow about 76 280Z. Tune it up first.

You are correct, Sir Tom. Victor, You will have no problem installing any FS5C71B transmission from a 78 280Z, 810, 79 ~ 83 280ZX, except for those 280ZX Turbo models, fitted with the Borg Warner licensed T-5 transmissions. It is the T-5 unit that requires modifications to the shifter and driveshaft. Here's my write-up of my install of a 1980 ZX 5 speed into my 72. Vic's 5 Speed Adventure

Is McAllen TX far from you? I found this and it looks sweet http://adcache.collectorcartraderonline.com/10/0/2/70480202.htm

we've seen the photos and we wishukeeplookin4a240zLOL

I just spoke to Les at CDM. He will attempt to organize the Classic Datsun All Datsun Turfside event this year. It has been my great pleasure to attend this event for the past 6 years. Unfortunatly, it was cancelled last year due to insufficent pre-registration. Hopefully, this year will come off without a hitch. October just wasn't the same without it.

How about the Pismo Beach All Datsun d'concours, hosted by CCZCC? Wine and cheese tasting optional.

Edit - set the idle at 3,000 RPM to check total advance

Try setting your timing for full advance instead of initial. Since different dizzys have different mechanical advance settings, It's hard to give someone a initial setting that will work in their situation. unhook the vacuum advance and use the fast idle screw to raise the RPM to 3,000. Set the timing to just under 35 BTDC ( a "turnback" dial timing light makes this easy). Now take it for a ride, and try to load up the engine by accelerating in a too low gear (4th at 25 MPH for example) it should ping but not much. If you can't make it ping in that condition, You can afford more advance. If it pings like mad, you need to retard it a touch. This test will simulate high speed driving in a way. When your really in the throttle at 120+, with the wind load, it's just like the low speed test above, except, you don't hear the pinging with all the engine/wind noise untill you melt a piston. Once you've got it dialed in, I'm sure you'll find your total advance in the 32 ~ 35 range. Now, record your intial advance and you'll be able to discrerne your dizzy's advance spec. your total is 34 and your intial is 19 so that's 15 degrees of mechanical advance Your dizzy has a 7.5 advance plate (Lucky, you have the "Euro" dizzy) your total is 34 and your intial is 15 so that's 19 degrees of mechanical advance Your dizzy has a 9.5 advance plate your total is 34 and your intial is 12 so that's 22 degrees of mechanical advance Your dizzy has a 11 advance plate Let's say your total is 34 and your intial is 6 so that's 28 degrees of mechanical advance Your dizzy has a 14 advance plate (now I suggest you adjust your timing by replacing that god-awfull smog dizzy)