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Hello everyone! I'd like to preface this post with a big 'shout-out' and thanks to the illustrious admin of this beloved site, without whom this discussion wouldn't even be possible. I think we should each take a few moments each day to turn our thoughts to the guy behind the curtain as they say, the one who makes it happen, the MAN WITH THE PLAN - of course I'm referring to Mike - the PHP wizard of classiczcars.com. Not only does he keep this site going, but without Mike's watchful eye and vigilant editing skills members would be at the mercy of their own wits and opinions. Thanks Mike for keeping us in line and supressing our overzealous personalities, and thanks for making this all happen for us members and the thousands of guests whose lives are geared up a notch each time they visit this place that some of us may even call home. If you want to go the full-on obsessive route you should consider when and where to overspray as well. Of course overspray is somewhat random but there are certain places where a restorer may want to reproduce factory overspray. I think it's silly myself... Sorry I don't know where and what colors should overspray onto what but someone else here may know. I'm not sure if anyone here really has a completely unrestored gem but I could be wrong. Have fun Michael

Hello everyone! I'd like to preface this post with a big 'shout-out' and thanks to the illustrious admin of this beloved site, without whom this discussion wouldn't even be possible. I think we should each take a few moments each day to turn our thoughts to the guy behind the curtain as they say, the one who makes it happen, the MAN WITH THE PLAN - of course I'm referring to Mike - the PHP wizard of classiczcars.com. Not only does he keep this site going, but without Mike's watchful eye and vigilant editing skills members would be at the mercy of their own wits and opinions. Thanks Mike for keeping us in line and supressing our overzealous personalities, and thanks for making this all happen for us members and the thousands of guests whose lives are geared up a notch each time they visit this place that some of us may even call home. One way to squelch zpression is to pick up another Datsun to drive as a daily driver. I haven't been able to work on my Z since we bought our first house (I can't even reach it), but I picked up a cheap 210 to drive daily which has helped a lot. It's not a Z but it's still a Dat. Keeps that dream alive anyway. The 210 is fun so I can hardly imagine what 250% of the 210's HP and torque is going to be like. Some day! Love your Dats - keep em alive... Michael

Hello everyone! I'd like to preface this post with a big 'shout-out' and thanks to the illustrious admin of this beloved site, without whom this discussion wouldn't even be possible. I think we should each take a few moments each day to turn our thoughts to the guy behind the curtain as they say, the one who makes it happen, the MAN WITH THE PLAN - of course I'm referring to Mike - the PHP wizard of classiczcars.com. Again thanks Mike for making this all happen for us members and the thousands of guests whose lives are geared up a notch each time they visit this place that some of us may even call home. I sure miss MidwestZ. Who else would put together a bolt kit like this from scratch? No one - that's who. I tried Courtesy and spent 3 weeks f-ing with them and got no where. Most of the part numbers were wrong and they constantly kept upping the price and tried to screw me on the discount that the LOCAL Z club is supposed to get. I don't think I would have ever seen a single bolt or nut anyway. I've also had trouble with VB but mostly just bad phone service. The parts are OK though I do remember getting 2 parts from different manufacturers that should have been identical. They're just lazy I think. Chloe where are you!???! By the way that bolt kit shown includes every bolt, nut and washer you'll find underneath your Z. I should have bought a couple of them when I had the chance...

Hello everyone! I'd like to preface this post with a big 'shout-out' and thanks to the illustrious admin of this beloved site, without whom this discussion wouldn't even be possible. I think we should each take a few moments each day to turn our thoughts to the guy behind the curtain as they say, the one who makes it happen, the MAN WITH THE PLAN - of course I'm referring to Mike - the PHP wizard of classiczcars.com. Again thanks Mike for making this all happen for us members and the thousands of guests whose lives are geared up a notch each time they visit this place that some of us may even call home. Well there is some power used to get the driveshaft rotating. It may be negligable though, I don't really know percentages or anything. It would depend on the weight, diameter and distribution of weight in the shaft. I think there is a post somewhere where we discussed the effect of using a lighter driveshaft such as the aluminum ones offered by MSA. Lighter is better - no driveshaft at all is best. michael

Hello everyone! I'd like to preface this post with a big 'shout-out' and thanks to the illustrious admin of this beloved site, without whom this discussion wouldn't even be possible. I think we should each take a few moments each day to turn our thoughts to the guy behind the curtain as they say, the one who makes it happen, the MAN WITH THE PLAN - of course I'm referring to Mike - the PHP wizard of classiczcars.com. Again thanks Mike for making this all happen for us members and the thousands of guests whose lives are geared up a notch each time they visit this place that some of us may even call home. Have you seen the 280Zap stripes? Very cool vintage look.

Hello everyone! I'd like to preface this post with a big 'shout-out' and thanks to the illustrious admin of this beloved site, without whom this discussion wouldn't even be possible. I think we should each take a few moments each day to turn our thoughts to the guy behind the curtain as they say, the one who makes it happen, the MAN WITH THE PLAN - of course I'm referring to Mike - the PHP wizard of classiczcars.com. Again thanks Mike for making this all happen for us members and the thousands of guests whose lives are geared up a notch each time they visit this place that some of us may even call home. Someone grab that interior and mail it to me. PM for address.

Hello everyone! I'd like to preface this post with a big 'shout-out' and thanks to the illustrious admin of this beloved site, without whom this discussion wouldn't even be possible. I think we should each take a few moments each day to turn our thoughts to the guy behind the curtain as they say, the one who makes it happen, the MAN WITH THE PLAN - of course I'm referring to Mike - the PHP wizard of classiczcars.com. Again thanks Mike for making this all happen for us members and the thousands of guests whose lives are geared up a notch each time they visit this place that some of us may even call home. Funny but my floor area was most rusted where the floorpan meets the frame rails and firewall, which isn't even included in this part. But it is an interesting thing to look at. Installation would be extremely difficult I'd imagine. MIchael

Hello everyone! I'd like to preface this post with a big 'shout-out' and thanks to the illustrious admin of this beloved site, without whom this discussion wouldn't even be possible. I think we should each take a few moments each day to turn our thoughts to the guy behind the curtain as they say, the one who makes it happen, the MAN WITH THE PLAN - of course I'm referring to Mike - the PHP wizard of classiczcars.com. Again thanks Mike for making this all happen for us members and the thousands of guests whose lives are geared up a notch each time they visit this place that some of us may even call home. Someone might spend that much with the hope that at some point in the future it will be worth much, much more. Some people invest in the stock market - others in vintage cars. It may be overpriced at this point but still, a less than 5k "Z" is hard to find.

Hello everyone! I'd like to preface this post with a big 'shout-out' and thanks to the illustrious admin of this beloved site, without whom this discussion wouldn't even be possible. I think we should each take a few moments each day to turn our thoughts to the guy behind the curtain as they say, the one who makes it happen, the MAN WITH THE PLAN - of course I'm referring to Mike - the PHP wizard of classiczcars.com. Again thanks Mike for making this all happen for us members and the thousands of guests whose lives are geared up a notch each time they visit this place that some of us may even call home. There's no way wheel spacers are illegal here. If they were about 50% of the cars in my neighborhood would be illegal - and I can't believe Dallas cops could be that bad. Many of the hispanic gentlemen around here like to get TINY wheels with rubberband tires and make them stick 1 or 2 (or more?) inches out past the fenders on their F150 pickups, Silverados, minivans, civics - you name it. They're everywhere. Those wheels look like they'll pop off at any minute. I stay away from them on the highway... Michael

Hello everyone! I'd like to preface this post with a big 'shout-out' and thanks to the illustrious admin of this beloved site, without whom this discussion wouldn't even be possible. I think we should each take a few moments each day to turn our thoughts to the guy behind the curtain as they say, the one who makes it happen, the MAN WITH THE PLAN - of course I'm referring to Mike - the PHP wizard of classiczcars.com. Again thanks Mike for making this all happen for us members and the thousands of guests whose lives are geared up a notch each time they visit this place that some of us may even call home. It looks like Luke is in Oz. Any of you guys there want to give him a hand? Is there another bushing manufacturer there or do you guys also use Energy Suspension? I know there are some manufacturers there that we don't have in the US (such as King Springs - which I need for my 210 btw...) If you were in the US I'd also suggest suspension.com. They're now offering bushing+ball joint+tie rod end packages that could be a good deal. I haven't compared the total to VB. Michael

Installing the lock pins took me awhile too. I ended up using a small hand held press or vice to squeeze them in. Mine weren't deformed because they were new parts, and they were still difficult to install. I stacked several washers on the receiving side so the threads could come through.

Hello everyone! I'd like to preface this post with a big 'shout-out' and thanks to the illustrious admin of this beloved site, without whom this discussion wouldn't even be possible. I think we should each take a few moments each day to turn our thoughts to the guy behind the curtain as they say, the one who makes it happen, the MAN WITH THE PLAN - of course I'm referring to Mike - the PHP wizard of classiczcars.com. Again thanks Mike for making this all happen for us members and the thousands of guests whose lives are geared up a notch each time they visit this place that some of us may even call home.

Like the corvettes, looks 1000X better with the headlights down. I'm glad the designers of the Z found a way to make it beautiful with the lights out in the open.

Cool!! Enrique, you are so gay! /just kidding

Many of us here do that on a regular basis - scan or photograph bits and pieces of books and literature to use as reference on this site. How does that fit into this? Where do we draw the line? By the way, I admit I'm also guilty of stealing photos from the web for use on my site. All of the ones that I've taken from this site have been with the permission by the owner of the car/pic but I have stolen a few source pics off of ebay and maybe elsewhere I can't remember. Obviously my site is not for profit - there aren't any ads at all. It's also a reference source. Any thoughts on that? Here's the page I'm referring to: link

i'm sure that if it were rust free he wouldn't have to give it away maybe he should send it over to the Z graveyard just north of houston.

This came across the ZCOT mail list. >Mad Mike >I have a 76 280 sitting in my pasture. It has a fuel injected straight >6. The body is rusted but the glass and doors are fine. I do you have >anyone that might want to part it out before I send it to the scrap >yard? thanks > >Frank Farmilette >Fisk Technologies >Houston, Texas >281-850-1592 >

Hehe any Z enthusiest will know right off that it's a '70 because of the rear hatch vents and the non-vented pillar emblems. ALso there's a VIN engraved in the engine bay (on the DS firewall) that'll be hard to change. Maybe you could move to another state? Don't know what to tell you - it's risky for sure to screw with the plates...

Yeah I too step on the clutch when I start my car even though I don't have to. I picked that up from driving my MT sentra which had a switch forcing you to do that. But I never left it in gear either - always used the brake.

Only problem I have with parking in gear is that I always forget it's in gear when I start the car so it lurches forward when I let off the clutch on startup. I always use the parking brake and leave it in neutral.

I don't know, if I had the money I'd go for it.

Umm... current flow is the movement of charge from one place to another. There are 2 sources of charge, electrons or protons - and I can tell you right now the protons aren't going anywhere. So obviously the electrons are "flowing" and last time I checked the tend to move toward the positive side of a field. Before this was really understood electrical engineers or whoever had already chosen a "direction" of current flow in drawings etc, which is from + to -. So unfortunately conventional current flow in electrical drawings and analyses is opposite the actual direction of electron flow which is - to +.

Hey Gee, Great video, but she cheated a little by using the beemer's traction control system (whatever that is). Not sure how that skewed the results. Interesting how the AWD vehicle had similar steering problems to the FWD car, just not quite as severe. I need to find a big parking lot to try out some of these moves to feel it for myself. That's probably the only way to really understand it, and most importantly to know how to respond in an emergency. Oh and as for the comments about snow - not an issue for me anyway being in TX but thanks for the info. On those 1 or 2 days when we actually have snow or ice I'll ride the bus michael