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West coast rules! Neener neener neener neener! Sorry, I donlt know what got into me.

Aye, roger that. Ye float bowl covers be the more squarish sort. And thank ye for the nomelclature correction. Damper piston caps they be. Arrrrrgg mate!

Now all you gotta do it Photoshop out that license plate.

It's damn nice, but I'd rather pay $5000 - $6000 for a near perfect driver with a solid body and low mileage, then dump a couple thousand into a refresh, and drive the damn thing whenever I want and feel good about it. Oh wait, I already did that.

Point taken, however the Porter Cable 7335 is actually a random orbital sander converted by me to be used as a polisher. I replaced the 5" adhesive ready sanding pad with a 6" H&L pad incl. new matching counter weight and added task specific polishing and waxing pads. Porter Cable 7335 Polishing Pad Waxing Pad

Very nice guys. Thanks for all the great info. I use an electric Porter Cable random orbital or D/A(now that I know what that means) for polishing and waxing my cars, in combination with products from Griots.com. It's a huge time saver and leaves absolutely no swirl marks or burns, even with excessive pressure on the pad. I imagine that this could double for use when doing body work. It is a very high end model so I plan on getting many years of use out of it. I found a great deal on it at wordworkers.com. Porter Cable also makes the sort of full-featured air powered model Enrique was talking about. http://woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=130-715

You're killing me sideshow!

Nice looks there bud. I wish I could be a the meet but I just found out about it today and I'm already committed. Maybe next time.

The things I first noticed on the early version carbs was the lack of a drain plug on the float bowl, no bolt on fuel inlet, and the shape of the float bowl cover. It was round with 4 tabs for the screws. These covers were supposedly robbed from the Roadster parts bin which shares the same design. They were apparently used on the 69-70 240Z carbs according to Bruce at Ztherapy. Oh yeah, and they had metal oil plunger(???) caps.

It doesn't look like anything that was ever released in the US. If it was, it must have been available in very limited numbers or simply never caught on. Google is your friend. http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/3823/ute.html

Do the Tokico springs lower the 240Z? I'm thinking of getting a kit that includes the Tokico HPs and springs for $349. Is that a reasonable price for both the springs and shocks?

I think there may be a set of very early SU carbs on eBay with the round float bowl covers. Didn't these come on the 69-70 cars? It's hard to tell from the pictures but I thought I'd post a link here in case anyone is looking. eBay Item #4583649272

Good to have you back. I hope your road to recovery is paved with success and good luck with your project.

Maybe? :paranoid:

Looks nice. Is it a requirement to move the Datsun logo to make it work? Not sure I'd wanna do that.

It's purty. I think you should go with the clear coat now.

Welcome Andrew. Alfadog, don't be a hater. You know you're just jealous.

Looking good man. It looks like your nose bar is bend downward a bit, or is that an illusion?

Welcome! I'm fairly new myself and I've got a broken or stuck clock as well. I haven't searched for a solution yet because when I'm driving the Z, I don't care what time it is.

Neat idea, I'm in.

I seem to remember the 510 coming stock in that color, or something close to it. It's been a long time but it looks familiar. Perhaps Google can provide some help. I'm sure there are plenty of 510 sites out there.

Congrats there bud. Hopefully your swap will go as smoothly once you decide to take it on.

Thanks nwcubsman, I'll give the stealership a call in the morning. I was hoping to establish a relationship with the parts guys there soon anyway. Hopefully at least one of them knows somehting about the Z.

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I guess he wanted to make sure we all saw it. Each is in a different forum.