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It's hard to tell without digging a little deeper but the floorpans could possibly be saved. The ones that I would consider definate goners are the Flinstones floorboards. You've still got a lot to work with. If there's anything left after scraping the putty and sandblasting you may be able to seal it up nicely with POR-15 and POR power mesh. Then again, POR products aren't cheap so maybe new metal would be the way to go - then again again, I'd POR-15 new floors too! GOod luck! Michael

Hahhaa... Well I'm particularly gullible I think - just go look at my webpage and see the POS I bought for WAY too much money last year! Oh and by the way, this story continued to snowball throughout the day yesterday. The guys who sent me the email also sent it to my boss (who's 65 and almost had a heart attack). They stopped him before he could respond - but he still ended up forwarding it to several of our top level "buddies" in the project who he thought would get a kick out of the joke. Unfortunately he also forwarded his response to Jane too. He didn't explain how the joke came about so to the other guys who got the message it looked like she had actually sent the original email . She ended up calling the department head here and chewed his arse out about our guys spreading around false statements about her etc.. I think it's still going on over there in the dept head's office. I think the real killer with this joke was that the Subject of the email was something like "ATTN NWM Catastrophic Failure". Anyone who got that had at least a little heart flutter at first sight. When I emailed Jane back the second time explaining the joke she said - "thanks, I just peeled myself off the ceiling." Hahahha. Michael PS I changed the name to protect my arse...

It must be true! Consider the World Weekly News' coverage of Batboy! Nothing but facts here! Hahaha Michael Hey That'd be a great avatar!

I'm already considering a roadster as my next project (years down the road). My wife want an old VW Bug but I think I'll be able to talk her into another Datsun instead.... Michael

Here's a good one from the Z Club of Texas Link Michael

Thanks for the tip SCCA - I'd heard there was one around but hadn't found it yet. Oh and I love the avatar!!! Michael

Yup I think that's it! I'd never seen one before. I just did a quick search for pics - that's a funky looking car. Weird headlights...

The other day at the grocery store I saw a car that looked a LOT like a 240Z. I was driving by and didn't find any clear emblems but on the back it had O P E and then another letter missing at the end. The shape was very similar to an early Z (I don't remember the headlights) but the back instead of being curved out it was kind flattened or curved in, and maybe a different color. ANy ideas?

hahah when I see it I think of the scarecrow from the wizard of oZ - "if I only had a brain"

Well mine's obvious - first initial, last name. Michael

Explore the forums on this site. There's tons of info here. Michael

Hey I like that idea DatsunZGuy! I'm not sure if I want to spend the money on it - maybe I can get my neighbor to let me borrow his power washer. I'm just now ready to strip and rustproof the underside of my floors. There's quite a bit of junk 0- Im either going to sandblast it all off or wash it with a water hose. Michael

I need the rotisserie so that I can fairly easily roll the chassis in and out of the garage for sandblasting and painting. I can't do that in my small garage - not to mention the mess! Also it'll be nice be able to stand and not crouch or lay on the floor with paint dripping on my face when I get there. I could have rigged something up but this is the safest way to go I think. Can't even imagine how horrible it'd be to lay under the car while sandblasting.. Yuk Also when I'm done I can always sell or rent it out - maybe make some of my money back. but even if I don't I think it'll be well worth it - especially if I decide to do this to a few more Z's down the road. Michael

Hi St Stephen, Kmack built the rotisserie for me - he's in San ANtonio and Bryan Tatum (another member here) brought it up to me last weekend. Email kmack about pricing if you're interested. Or see this thread about building one yourself http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5039&highlight=rotisserie http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5034&highlight=rotisserie Kmack shows $300 including shipping in the above thread - mine was a little less because he didn't have to ship it. And Ken did a great job on this one - it's stood up to a bit of abuse on my part because of a few problems I had when mounting the chassis. He was quick too. Michael

I bought a new set from MSA a year ago - exactly the same part in the same Nissan boxes. I think I paid $40 for the pair. Are they not available anymore?

Hey sjcurtis - I think the name came from the Monty Python's Flying Circus show. Remember "bacon, eggs, spam, spam, spam, spam and spam"?

Yeah you've gotta click "Edit Options" from the User CP page. That's why he couldn't find it.

User CP: Edit Options: bottom of page SHould be there!

Shox.com does better than that. Send them you best quote from other sources and they'll beat it. I got a great price on springs and shocks from them (eibach and tokicos). Michael

Thanks again Enrique! I checked it last night and I probably will need to straighten out the screw holes. It'll be hard to get to somem of them but if I just need something back there to hit against I should be able to do it. That reminds me - I need to buy my body work tools now. I'm getting the rotisserie that kmack built me this weekend, so I'll need them soon to work on those dented up floors. I can't wait to get this thing up and spin it around. Weee! Here's a pic of the stands. :classic: Michael

My side bumpers had caps at the end that popped right off. I was then able to slide the vinyl or rubber part out to the side (from the end of the rail), and low and behold found that mine were screwed in to the metal. So they were easy to remove from there. Using solder to fill the holes is a great idea. I was going to try welding mine shut but I'd probably end up warping the body panels pretty bad.

I've heard lots of talk about "Euro" front and rear bumpers but I never caught what the differences really are. Could someone enlighten me on this? Also 2ManyZs could you get a pic of a US bumper and Euro bumper side by side?

5 reverse gears!!! Sweeeeeett!!!!