Take a look in my gallery at this picture:

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2602&cat=500&page=1

That's a fix I came up with to extend the cowl drain hose all the way OUT of the fender. This way the debris from inside the cowl (pine needles, small leaves, etc.) won't get caught between the fender the the front part of the rocker panel beam.

This is an extremely common rust-through for the Z. Since you don't have rust there now, do that repair and ensure that you don't.

Enrique

thanks for the tip, i was lookin at that and i was suprised the bottom of my fender wasnt all rusted out. when i pulled the bottom of the fender off the rocker a bunch of debres fell on the floor. i will deffinatly rig something like that up to prevent future problems. later