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Gary, the stainless screws you were referring to on Ebay for the domes might have been listed by one of our members. Kmack was selling them for a while, but I don't know if he still has them, or perhaps he can tell you where to find them. I got a bag of them from him, and the only idents on the package are #10 screws.... they are allen head stainless steel screws, so probably most any good hardware should have them, or a Home Depot/Lowe's if you have one nearby.

All I can say is... Gary, "Duck and cover"... ..... Hmm, reminds me of the story of the guy who built a kit car in his basement...:devious: I can say this, if it got in there, it's gotta come out. Can it be turned 1/4 turn where it is and pushed back in to the left rear corner so the other car has enough room?

I looked on Tamiya's web-site and a bunch of model suppliers.. no Datsun Z's that I found... not even the ZG....:disappoin Maybe I just wasn't looking in the right place... wouldn't be the first time.

Here how mine turned out... not the best pic but you get the idea..... Darn camera was acting weird today.. must be the warm weather.... Sure wish Tamiya would do one in 1/12th scale or even 1/18th.. now that would be a model well worth building....Tamiya models always seemed to be some of the most finely detailed models on the market. And, in 1/12th it would be large enough to do some even more technical detailing.....

I found a few at "Wally-World" too.... Put one together, and it's not the worst, but certainly not the best model I've ever put together... but then, it's been almost 30 years since I put on together so I wasn't expecting perfection either.....:stupid: The worst thing I found in putting it together is the exhaust needs some modifications as it hangs too low and looks like crap, and the hodd hinges are almost impossible to get straight so the hood will open correctly... I ended up throwing them back in the box and just lying the hood in place. It also say not to glue the wheels in place, yet if you don't, they fall off easily....:stupid: I'll post a pic later and you can see how mine turned out... think I'll leave the other one in the box unopened... who knows, in 10 years I might be able to sell it for a small profit when they are NLA....:devious:

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Since the starter was only clicking and then turned it over, I'd be tempted to look at the battery cables and/or battery. Could be it's a bad battery, or loose or corroded cables. If it's not the cables, have your battery and alternator tested. You might also want look at the fusible links on the passengers side strut tower, and the one on the battery as well. The FI and electonic ignition take a lot of power to run......

Or, the owner realized he couldn't afford to finish the project, or ran into money trouble along the way, and needs to cash to get himself out of debt. It doesn't look too bad, but I do see some things missing, like the ash tray cover, which is being discussed in another thread. Looks like one of the "change-over" cars, with the early console, yet no hatch vents. And, it's got some rather unattractive wheels on it IMO. All in all, probably a decent car for a project if you want to take the time and money to replace what is missing or incorrect, but if it goes over 5K, not worth the money IMO.

Can't use the factory EFI on the E-88... you'd have to mill the injector notch into the head. Better off to find either an N-42 head with the square exhaust ports like the E-88.... the N-42 is a good match for the E-88. The only thing you'd need to do to the N-42 is replace the bronze valve seats with hardened steel ones.

Looks to me like someone put a jackstand under it to support the car at one time or other.....:stupid:

Being a dog lover, I'm not so sure I like the fact they are feeding it dogs.... But, it also seems to me that it would require a lot more food than that... just the size of it, at almost 900lbs, makes me think they would need to feed it a lot more that the one Lee is talking about.... Maybe they ought to feed it a few pot bellied pigs... give it some of the "other white meat" for a while..... I was just thinking, at this weight, it wouldn't really need to squeeze its prey, just curl up on top of it.....:cross-eye

Saw this on the news tonight.... all I can say is, that's one snake I wouldn't care to find in my backyard....:cross-eye It'll be interesting to see if this is truly the largest ever in captivity. Wonder how many people it took to catch it in the first place, and what the hell were they thinking? http://msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=3845750&p1=0

Just thought I'd revive this one, since many of you haven't posted your pics yet....:devious: C'mon now, we've got new members who weren't afraid to post their pics, so what's wrong with some of you "regular" members? C'mon Royce, Daniel, Smokey, 240znz, 240Z, St. Stephen and a few more that I can't think of that are or have been regular contributors to the site. I've noticed a lot of you who posted pics in this thread, haven't posted them in the Mugshots Gallery either..

The 365 Ferrari had always been one of my all time favorite Ferrari's. What's a real shame is that these cars were selling for 500K and up only a few years ago, with the convertibles hitting the 1 million dollar mark. Goes to show what happens when investors and speculators get into the collectible car market.... someone has lost a pile of money on these cars....:disappoin

FSM calls for 2 degrees55' without load, so the right side is close to being correct, the left could use a little more though..... Maybe you have the T/C rod end too tight? Here's a good little steering geometry explanation... http://www.familycar.com/alignment.htm 1/4 inch would be close to a degree in camber, however, with the camber bushings, the effect might be exaggerated a little, since most people don't use the bushings. The slotted camber plates only have approx. 2 inches of adjustment, but I don't know exactly how much = or - degrees that translates too...probably close to 3-4 degrees total. In lieu of slotting the strut towers, I'd look for some of the upper camber plates that you use the stock mounting holes... they are still out there, but at the moment, I can't remember the manufacturers names....:stupid: Tilton used to be one, but those are long gone now....

Your best bet is right here.. this guy has not only one complete set of the Z Car magazines for sale, but also quite a few individual copies... he's got some other interesting items as well... http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=zcar&sort=3&page=1&rows=50&since=-1&showpics=1&stab=0

The obvious thing to check is to see if the injectors are working or not... use a screwdriver or stethoscope on the metal retaining ring holding the fuel injector in place and see if it is making any noise when someone cranks it over. If not, it could be a wiring issue around the distributor, as I think they fire off the distributor or coil the same as the earlier 280's..... If they are clicking while turning it over, then it could be something as simple as a clogged fuel filter, fuel line or fuel pickup in the tank. If none of those items, we'll try to brainstorm up a few other things to check.... but ZX's aren't are strong suit... many of us are still carb people....

I doubt it would work without major reconstruction under the dash, as the vents and the heater assembly are totally different. I'm not even sure it would be possible to put one from a 75-78 280 in a 240 because of the same differences...... FWIW, the kit from MSA would be my choice, even though it is a bit on the expensive side. It has a much better and more efficient compressor than the originals, and will give better A/C performance.... The only other alternative might be to find a used A/C set up from a later 240 and upgrade it with pieces from MSA such as the compressor... you might be able to find the A/C for sale from someone stripping a rust bucket, or one that is being stripped to race...You might also try one of the used Z parts suppliers, such as ZBarn, or perhaps Zcarsofarizona.

For anyone interested, Rusty has put a number of pics of the car in his gallery.

Damn, I never even heard about his accident that he had in 02...

Is that your old ITS car Rusty, or is that another car altogether? Wish I had the money and room in my garage for it.... I still have Russ Thomas' old car sitting in my shop waiting for me to do something with it.... :disappoin

I misunderstood... usually the camber is given in degrees and the toe settings are given in increments of an inch.... If the strut cartridge shows any leakage at all, I'd replace them first.

Well, not the first time I've been wrong......:stupid:

The Factory Service manuals all have the body dimensions, if the shop can't find them. But, before you go that far, you need to clarify a couple things. You said in your first post the tires were cambered in, which led to the springs/strut cartridge replacement due to sagging.. Now you say that the rear is out of alignment too, which is a whole nother story....... If the toe in is out in the rear, it leads me to believe there may be some body tweaking, or something may be bent, as the rear toe is non-adjustable unless you fitted the adjustable camber bushings on the lower control arm. You can change the rear toe with the adjustable camber bushings, as they can be changed independantly to change the toe in or out on the rear. 7/16's is quite a bit to be off by, which, if this is also the corner that has the most negative camber, leads me to suspect that corner may have been hit at one time and has some type of damage that is throwing it off. Even running through a large pothole or hitting a curb at some time in its life could have been enough force to cause a slight bend in the control arm, or one of the mounts. I think, given your info, the first thing I would do is put it on a frame machine and check the uni-body before you spend any money replacing any more parts, as it could be the parts aren't needed. No sense wasting time and money on parts until you have a better idea of what is causing the problem to begin with. If the chassis is OK, then you know for sure you have a slightly bent control arm on the right side that is causing the toe problem, which can be cured with either a used control arm, or the adjustable bushings. You can install the lower control arm bushings easily while the car is on jackstands, as they are the easy one to replace. As far as the camber problem, it sounds like the strut cartridges are showing signs of leakage, which could be most of the problem in itself.

If all the bushings are new, about the only thing it could be is the springs are sagging to a certain extent. What is odd is that it is on one side and not the other. Perhaps, the side that has the most camber has a bad strut cartridge, that combined with the sag of the spring is making it appear worse than it possibly is. The one thing, asides from the obvious problem, is that somewhere in its life, the car could have received a little damage from something as simple as a parking lot bump and either the strut tube is bent, or perhaps the frame in the rear is tweaked... The worst case scenario would be hidden rust somewhere you haven't found that is compromising the uni-body....