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Why, yes. Yes it is.

The stock two groove pulleys on my '71 L24s have all had a big, thick washer on the bolt. You probably need that washer, and maybe the matching bolt.

Yeah, I'm actually very impressed with both shops I used. I began this whole deal on April 26 when I pulled a few parts off and took the car North for the roof skin. I'll have it back today, May 30, and I suspect I'll have it assembled enough to drive by the end of this weekend, and probably complete in another week. We're talking 6 weeks total. That's way faster than I would have guessed.

Registration was only necessary to enter the car in the trophy hunt. Not needed to just show up for the day. If you are thinking of only one day, Sunday is the day when the cars are all on display. Saturday is not as interesting if you aren't a member of the sponsor club.

Checked in again today, but no new pictures, as to the camera it looks much the same as the last one. But in person, it looks great! I can't wait to bring it back home tomorrow afternoon.

Interesting, although I doubt I'll make any dyno runs with my bone stocker. But it does add a fun element to the day. I'm definitely going to be there on Sunday, even if my car isn't ready.

Do you have any free play at the pedal or the slave-to-fork interface? Which slave did you use, early or late? Does the slave match the fork?

Naw, I think I'll wait until the weekend. Tell me about it. The plan is to pick it up late Friday afternoon. Even if I don't work on it at all evenings after work (what are the chances of THAT?), I have two full weekends, plus the Saturday of Canby weekend, since I only plan on attending on Sunday. That's 5 full days. I've been cleaning parts over the past two weeks in my spare time, so in many cases it'll be pick it up and bolt it on. The cleaning is what takes the time. So I figure at the very worst it'll be weather-tight and drivable, even if it's not completely assembled.And if it's drivable, I'll bring it.

Turns out that getting rid of the sunroof was not that hard or expensive. So the mere presence of a sunroof need not keep you from buying an otherwise good car.

No longer gray/pink. Not sure I had the white balance right for inside the booth. Daylight pictures will have to wait a day or two. I'm scheduled to pick it up Friday afternoon.

Sorry, Bryan, I don't agree. A sports car should have a firm ride, but it should not shake or vibrate. Mine is smooth all the way to 90+, which is as fast as I have driven it.

I agree that the left rear is a problem. I also agree (having done alignments with this type of adjuster before) that correcting it with the eccentric bushings will be a PITA. I'd be looking at finding the root cause and correcting it there, rather than a band-aid fix. Look for a tweaked lower control arm on the left rear, bad bushings, or perhaps a bent rear bushing support brace.

The part number for the '77 is different than the one for the '76. Doesn't mean it won't work, but it's less likely.

If you like it, buy it. But if you're going to wish you had bought the BRE-style every time you look at it, save your money for the one you really want.

Oh boy, where to start. First, wheel alignment has absolutely nothing to do with wheel shake or vibration. That is a wheel balance issue. Second, the reason the shop couldn't adjust your rear alignment is that there ARE no adjustments possible. If the rear is significantly out of spec, either the car is severely lowered or something is bent. Did the shop give you the specs? If so, please post them, along with the type of springs and shocks you have on the car. A rear alignment kit for an S30 consists of eccentric poly, nylon or delrin bushings to replace the normal bushings at the inside of the lower control arms. You really shouldn't need these on an undamaged street car at anywhere close to normal ride height. They should be used to compensate for a small amount of body shell warpage, to correct camber and/or toe on a radically lowered car, or to fine-tune the settings for track use.

I should probably let Dave address this, but I'll give it a try anyway. The problem with LED bulbs is that - unlike normal incandescent bulbs, the light output is highly directional. Using an LED bulb in a housing that was designed for normal bulbs generally gives a small, intense spot of light, it does not light the entire unit. There are a few LED bulbs that are better, they have additional LEDs pointed to the sides and/or rear. But even these typically don't do the job well. That's why Dave does rows of LEDs throughout the entire light housing.

Guys, I suspect the single row is the parking light, while all three rows is the blinker. I don't think we're looking at two separate options here.

I'd start calling the usual suspects. Z Barn, Danny's Datsuns, Bad Dog, etc. I suspect that the reason no one has answered is that no one has one to share. That, or maybe they are ignoring a post that probably should have been posted in the Parts Wanted section of the classifieds.

Actually, I look at that picture now and see that I must have taken it a couple of days prior to the removal. By the time it left, the doors, harmonic balancer and timing cover had been pulled off as well.

No, not by a long shot. Since you haven't been hanging around, you may not have seen what I've really been focusing on:http://classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30588 I'm not sure that this is very representative, as every car is different. In my case, I left it on wheels and suspension for ease of removal. Turns out that I gave the shell to a guy who wanted the suspension.

Well, it was fun while it lasted, but I'm pretty much out of the Z parts business. Yesterday the remains of my yellow car were hauled off. Not to be crushed, but by a guy who plans to strip it even further to maintain several other old Zs that he owns. So it still isn't a total loss yet. From the viewpoint of the guy who hauled it off, there was still some value left. But frankly, most of the good stuff was gone. As you can see from my sig below, there were a lot of beneficiaries, several of those 54 cars more than once. And I did keep a few parts as as spares, as my storage space permits. I had a good time helping others with affordable parts, thanks to all of you here who made parting my car (in some ways) a pleasant experience.

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Alan, please don't take too much offense at this, but I find your frequent reminders about the world-wide nature of the S30 somewhat tiring, especially when posted in a thread whose context (like this one) is almost solely US-spec 240Z centered. A large portion of this thread has been discussing the particular oddities of the carpets as delivered in the US 240Zs. In that context, Mr. Pilati's statement was correct. For you to grab it out of context, and then 'correct' it can appear petty and almost spiteful. Frankly, I am in awe of the breadth of your knowledge on the S30s, and have learned much from your posts here. But at times, your efforts to broaden discussions that started as US-240Z topic into a world-wide topic seems somewhat off-base. My opinion only. I don't expect others to agree.

Goodness knows I understand that sentiment right about now...

I like Z32's much more than 350Zs. Good luck with the sale.