Hagerty and 240's

[Travel'n Man]

Check it out

http://www.hagerty.com/lifestyle/hobby_article.aspx?id=58172

[motorman7]

Interesting Article on the JCCS Show. This was my third year in attendance, my first with an entry. My 70Z took 3rd in the Original Class at the show; behind the 1959 Datsun shown in the pic (1st) and a Mazda RX3 (2nd).

I would be a bit more excited about that, but the sad thing is that most of the 360 cars at show were not original. Most are modified and alot are seriously modified. I must be getting old here. As a teen I'd modify my trucks and cars as soon as I bought them; headers, mild cams, high CFM carbs. Now I want them the way they came from the factory. Aaaah, age and nostalgia.

Just my 2 cents.

Rich

[Arne]

I hear ya, Rich. Had I bought a 240Z back in the '70s as a teenager, first thing I'd have done would have been to rip off all the smog gear. Did it to every car I owned.

Today, I'll be protecting my car's smog gear at all cost.

Cars are the same, I guess I'm the one that changed...

[Arne]

But on the other hand, my car IS modified. But I have tried very hard to make certain that all visible mods are period correct. I want the car to look like a typical enthusiast's 240Z as they were owned and driven in the '70s. So mine won't win any stock class awards either.

[motorman7]

It's getting harder and harder to keep them looking original, especially with parts not being available. Some things were really very cool. I really like the braided hose that the cars came with. Unfortunately, I changed mine out for the trip from Idaho to CA. I need to getsome for my 70Z when Espirit comes out with them. Guess I have a mental list of things that need to get corrected. The battery cable is another item.

[Zedyone_kenobi]

I am sort of with Arne on this. I do not want to do any drastic mods to my Z. When I bought it the suspension was already done and it had a header. But I think that those are things that were done in the 70's and not drastically out of character for the car. I do not want new seats, or a fancy radio. I just want to make it stock or better than stock with things like Z's wiring harness, and new bushings some poly some not. I really do not find the car has any real bad habits when I drive it. It is a fairly balanced car. I never feel is underpowered or slow, and engine is always eager.

It is really astonishing how good these things were from the factory.

[DeesZ]

......It is really astonishing how good these things were from the factory.

My opinion as well. This seems to be overlooked by some new owners.