Things I hated about my Z (damn I miss that car)

[Phacade]

Some of you remember me, most probably won't. This was my first forum I posted to regularly back in 2000 under the username "Timberwolf". Of course times change and I swapped names to go with the commonly accepted name I use only these days.

Gone is the Z..well all of them in fact. I've had 4 Zs. Had to get rid of them thanks to the wonders of childbirth, but I miss them everyday...even after I replaced them eventually with an SVT Focus. The first 2 Zs were 280ZXs, but my '73 240Z was wonderful. It went through 3 starters one winter thanks to the SUs being rather stubborn, after that I decided to go fuel-injected so not to worry about that ever again. Pity. I built that engine myself from the wreck of the 2080Z P79 head and F54 block and put about $3K in the engine. It was soooo sweet and ran like a top...but only in the summer.

Sold it to a guy here on the forums, back when this was 240z.org. Nice guy. Evidently there was more rust that I was aware of, add in that he drove it kinda hard down to Dallas, and the engine was leaking by the time he got down there. He proceeded to chop my baby into tiny pieces and use the parts for another Z. I almost cried when I saw the pictures.

My '75 280Z wasn't nearly the car the '73 was (mainly due to the built engine I had in the '73), but it looked and ran nice. Sadly my wife didn't like the idea of mounting the car seat to the roll bar so I had to trade it off in '06. Sold it to a guy in Atlanta sight un-seen. I'm told he used it for autocrossing.

So I'm sporting an SVT Focus now...and I love it. In fact I feel guilty at the amount of pleasure I get from that car. Its sporty, can hold both kids in the back no problem, and is a 6-speed with more mods than I care to mention (Saleen suspension anyone?). I miss my Zs, and will probably own another one day, but for the time being, the SVTF gets me through...

Anyway I just wanted to check in with y'all and say howdy.

- Jimmy