Arne
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Outstanding work! I love the fact that you're staying with mostly stock interior and exterior. The mechanical is a bit over the top for my taste, but well done. Obviously, this one is a work of love. You are undoubtedly into this car far more than you could sell it for. And I'm OK with that, too. -
Regarding the first question, years of doing my own maintenance on many cars has taught me to not take half measures, because related things do fail together. So if I was going to replace my radiator, I'd normally plan on replacing all the hoses, thermostat, pump, etc. as part of the job.
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True, but I allowed for that. The Series 1 I parted did have much of the interior, and I ended up selling almost $3000 worth of stuff off it. This one will not generate that much, not unless there are more cool parts than what I see in the auction.
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Richard, a 240Z only has one tow hook bolted to the frame at the right front (2 large bolts). They also had three shipping tie downs, one on the left front and one on each rear bumper bracket. The three shipping tie downs were supposed to have been removed by the selling dealer during the pre-delivery prep. Many dealers apparently skipped that step. Good discussion on this in this thread: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23699
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I've parted a couple of '71s in the past. Being that the car in question is a Series 1, I'd have to agree that parting it out should net someone $1000 or more. If it was close to me I'd probably do it.
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Still at 50%. Third day in a row with no checks in the mail. We're so close, but can't seem to make the final burst. Dang!
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Good point, Jon. I guess it all depends on the end goal. I don't need a lot of downforce for my street driving so I wouldn't necessarily looking for the "best", just a good combo of function and period correct looks. That's probably not the same parameters the original poster is looking for.
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At this point, just cross your fingers or whatever you do for luck. If we all can be patient, I think we'll get there. I have payment in hand now for 30 of the required 60. I have updates from buyers of another 11 telling me their checks are either in the mail or will be very shortly. If that happens, I think I can cover the remainder and will place the order. I also have inquiries on an additional 8, but no payment or payment status on those yet.
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That was actually the original plan. Will still happen if I can move the leftovers.
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IF I were interested in a rear spoiler for my car, I think that rather than try to reinvent the wheel, I'd be looking for something with a proven aerodynamic track record, like the rear BRE unit.
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And based on promises of money said to be in the mail, I'm going to extend my deadline to Oct. 31, maybe farther.
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Oh, if I need to go to eBay to sell off the unspoken for units, I will. I would do it much as you noted. Jerry, I'll send you a PM with the details.
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Yeah, I cover the neutral safety switch in my article.
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HLS30-27602 (4/71) had an E31.
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Carl, I'll add that some of the very late '71s appear to have come with that early E88 as well. My 7/71 car (engine L24-048366) came with an E88. It's never been off the block, so I can't confirm the chamber size or shape, but considering the build date I'm going to assume it has that rare earliest type E88. Both of my previous '71s had the E31, as noted.
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I'd rather avoid eBay if I can. I do now have permission from the maker to offer them a bit wider, as long as I still don't personally profit from them, which opens the possibility to offer them on other sites like hybridz.org once I have product in hand.
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Use the search function here, lots of info on this. One of the posts the search will pull up is the tech article (link below) I wrote on this subject a couple of years ago. My article doesn't address injection issues, but covers most of the rest. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21274
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Still more.
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More pictures.
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Pictures I was sent. Seller claims to be the third owner, and has maintenance records from the previous two owners.
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No relation to seller, haven't seen the car in person. Wife has forbidden me from acquiring more cars until I finish a couple of projects around the house. http://eugene.craigslist.org/cto/1429830134.html I have seen more pictures, fairly complete Early car, apparently around #12000 or so, probably 10/70. Fairly solid, some rust under the battery, don't know about the rest. Probably better than most any car at this price you'll find in the Rust Belt.
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Things are moving slower than I had hoped. Up to an even 50% today. I'm going to need to cut this stage off at some point, can't let it drag on indefinitely. But far enough along that I don't yet want to write this off and give up. Here's hoping more payments are already in the mail.
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Yup. Stephen's GTO was engineered to handle that kind of power. An S30? Not so much...
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Do you have the hose running from the block breather tube to the PCV valve in place?
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I just hope you don't find the poly bushings there in the M-bar to be too noisy. I've heard that complaint before.
