Hello from Gold Country!

[Mat M]

Not exactly a new member here, but just got into it heavy recently. I got a '71 (HLS 30-19724) from the second owner who had it on his side-yard for 12 years. It is a wonderful shell with no more than 13 dings in the doors/fenders/quarter panels. The biggest one is less than a nickel round.

I had to bite my tongue when he told me that he went to a Z car club in Sacramento and nobody had any interest. He wanted $500 for it!

Now I have been bitten by the Z bug. I had the fortune of purchasing 20 years' worth of 240, 260 and 280 parts from a guy in Santa Rosa to help me with this venture. Feel free to look me up if you are in need of something stock!

I know a few of the members here and on HybridZ, and I appreciate the comradery and helpfulness of everyone involved in the conversations. I am sorry to admit that I was lurker for the past couple of years, but no more. As I learn I will contribute more and more.

Hope to hear from you all!

Mat

[COZY Z COLE]

The "Z bug" is a good thing.....BTW are you Jon's brother-in-law?

LARRY

[Mat M]

The "Z bug" is a good thing.....BTW are you Jon's brother-in-law?

LARRY

Yessir. Jon is my bro-in-law. I think I know you, too.

[Fun_in_my_z]

What are you planning to do with the shell?

[Mat M]

I am keeping my monkey-puke orange body and trying to bring it back to life. It's in need of all the weather stripping but it's in great shape overall. I got it started about 5 months ago, it turned over about 10 times and refused to light again. I found that the distributor is not producing sparks. Jon, as a matter of fact, let me know about the 280 dizzy swap. That's next. I have one with the correct module and all. I just need the cap and wires. I do have a line on another full carcass in Georgetown. Are you looking for one? I am not sure of what shape it's in...

[jmortensen]

Yessir. Jon is my bro-in-law. I think I know you, too.

That's not Larry Butler if that's what you're thinking Mat...

Guys, if you're looking for parts, look what Mat picked up: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=104473

The original Craigslist ad is gone, but he's got 70 something doors, 15 hatches, hoods, fenders, 6 complete L24 engines, 10 heads including E31, E88, P79, P90, exhaust manifolds, SU intake manifolds (N36), starters including a bunch o 280ZX gear reduction units, glass, air cleaner boxes, fuse boxes, and on and on and on. Mat literally took home somebody else's Datsun junkyard. There is SO MUCH MORE than what I just listed here. We filled the biggest truck Ryder had, along with a 8 x 10 trailer... TWICE. And we had to borrow the sellers trailer too the first day, it had to have been 8 x 15 or so. LOTS of parts.

[Mat M]

What, are you following me?

[jmortensen]

Got nothing better to do...