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Thanks, I'm here all night, remember to tip your waitresses. B

The connection at the dryer should work, the 220 power is what you want. It will act like it wants to operate on 110 but will end up in bad news. And, licking your fingers to test the wires is a BAD idea. That will put the Z in Zap. B:stupid:

The "Star" wheels that you are refering to are called snowflake wheels and were only available on the '81 ZX Turbo. In good shape they are getting hard to come by, I have a set and have always loved the look. Unfortunatley, the centers from the swastika wheels will not fit, they are just a bit too small. I have been searching for some centers forever now, you can get replacements from motorsports, but they are SPENDY. If you need information on Motorsports, let me know, I can get the info for you.... Have a great day.... Brian

Yea, I am getting water on the floor and it does not appear to be coming in thru the windshield. Gonna have to research that issue. B

My favorite part is the Z in the plate..... Bri

Below is a pic of the improvements. Thanks have a great day! I'll post a shot of the rear in the next frame, I need to figure out how to post pics directly onto the page....:stupid: Bri

Maybe he just wanted to see the Z Let us know when the Saint Bernard comes around :classic: B

I actually felt like I did.... But he actually was offered $1600 for the car and chose to sell it to me for the $1200 he originally quoted me. Here's the reason why... The "other guy" was buying the car for his 16 year old daughter. He decided to sell the car to a Z nut that would take good care of the car instead of making more $ and watching her destroy the car. Now that's a true Z car guy. And God knows that car saw more attention today than in the last two years. So, I think that we both benefitted from it. Tomorrow I'll post pics of the new and improved. Boy was it dirty. Have a great Monday all, thanks for the replies! Brian

Well I've looked it over a bunch. Under it. In the battery tray. Stripped ALL of the interior. Including the spare. Wheel wells and who knows where else It's been 10 hours of fun. Gotta love it. Oh, found no rust. Also, the tranny was out of a '82. Am I wrong about the Borg? Bri

Well, since the untimely death of my satin gray car (ok, ok it's primer...) I have been shopping quickly for a replacement. I found one. Lemme know what you think. 1971 240 (birthdate 2/71) NO RUST, was a Southern Cally car until recently Eibach Springs and front bar. Suspension Tech rear bar. Fresh KYB struts cross drilled rotors poly steering coupler L28 Block N47 head Bored (a bit he thought) headers 2.5" exhaust Anza exhaust Fresh SU's Dash cap Velour interior Vertical Defog Hella H4's Front air dam (flexible) Borg 5 Speed tranny 3.90 Rear Chorme Valve cover Stock 5 hole wheels from '71. This was a one owner car. Guess the price... Ok, enough suspense, $1200 bucks. Lemme know what you think, I'll post more pics tomorrow, after 10 hours of cleaning mildew from the interior, which is now spotless by the way and buffing paint and making a few other changes, it's a totally different car now. But posted below is the pic when it arrived at the new home. Looking forward to info / reviews. Thanks, have a great Monday.... Brian

I don't know. I doubt it, when the tire took the impact, there was a bit of rot under the battery tray & frame rail. Now I see that there was undercoating covering up areas that were also affected. With the weak areas the TC rod shoved the frame back, wrinkling the unibody area behind the tire area. There's a painful pic below. I'm thinking that it may be donor car time and start over. You will most likely see a post for a request on leads for a donor car in the pacific northwest... I hate to say that. But I know how insurance companies work and they will just total it and I will need to but it back from them. Fu%!. Brian.

Now I am pissed. Forget all of the previous posts. I was just out taking the car on a short test run, I swerved to miss someone and before I knew what happened, I was into a tree. Pretty much wasted the car. I can't believe this. :disappoin B

It's the plastic type, and the engine in this car is stock. The distance with the car not running is almost an inch and a half. Also the only fan that has rubbed is the one with the break. At this point I'm thinking about going with electric. Thanks for the replies.... Brian

And I'm not talking the glee club.... Yesterday I was out driving on a killer sunny day here in Forest Grove, after travelling for a couple of hours and cornering a bit on the country roads I noticed water hitting the windshield and my temp shooting up fast... Not good. Car got hotter and hotter as I desperatley searched for a hose. Finally I reached a friends house just as the temp amost topped out.... Carefully topping it off with water to limp her home I noticed a circle in the radiator like the radiator had been laid up against the fan, funny the damn thing seems tight, what the hell...And, water shooting out of the seam where the fan had struck the top / side... Limped it home and upon closer inspection I found one of the blades had been rubbed and I noticed at the base there was a crack and if you flexed the blade it would hit the radiator. Crap. One wasted radiator and fan over a crack. The morale of the story is check the blades, at the base by the circle. Don't let happen to you what happend to me. By the way, has this happend to anyone else? Enjoy.... Brian

I think that we went from 350Z (which I STILL do not like the door handles) to a Miata. My 3 cents. Bri

Big Wheel rage don't ya know...:tapemouth

I'm thinking that we are all losing it!

I suppose we'll forgive ya this once....