Rather than let these threads go on forever as they do in some other forums, I thought I'd start new ones for separate generations for the New Year. Use these threads for short, Twitter-like posts, things that may not be worth their own thread.

This one is for the S30s. Enjoy, and let's keep each other involved!

Edited January 1, 201114 yr by Arne

...am all for American cars and have my favorites; Pantera's...

Umm, DeTomaso Pantera was made in Italy, despite being sold at Lincoln-Mercury dealers. It is/was no more American than an Opel GT (made in Germany, sold at Buick dealers).

Edited March 1, 201114 yr by Arne

After three, long, snowy months, I put on my boots and hiked back into the woods to the Z shed. The snow is still up to my knees in most spots, and there is no way that the Z cars will be out in less than four more weeks. I managed to squeeze into the side of the shed containing my 240Z to take a peak. What a sight! Absence makes the heart grown fonder. I put the key in the ignition and with great restraint, restricted myself to turning the key only to the RUN position. The once, annoyingly loud fuel pump that feeds the Webers, sounded like a symphony to my yearning ears. Enough evidence that my rigging of the solar panels on the sheds was a successful mission. The START positions will need to wait a hearty thaw, and a few rain cycles.

I changed out the passenger side headlight this past weekend, as I either took a rock from all the crap they put on the roads here when we had a couple of inches of snow - or I took a shoe/boot to the headlight when I was parked somewhere. Oddly, even though the glass was broke, the light itself still worked.

Either way, job was easier than I expected - fortunately the screws that hold the light in the back were not rusted or stuck

I peeled off the old plastic insulation on the headlight wires - parking light wires and replacing them with the flexible coil plastic that is much more pliable. It would have to better on the wiring than all that brittle plastic sheathing.

Mitchell,

Try this... Near the bottom of the page, Section 6, Part number B11. It's the same tubing I use when I do Engine and dash harness refurbishing. As well as headlight bucket rewiring...

http://vintageconnections.com/mail_order_form.htm

Very flexible, and a nice touch to cleaned up wires. Just mark and unplug the wires on one side and slide it on.

Dave

Here's some front turn signal before and afters and some redone sidemarkers.

That looks great Dave. Nice work!

-Mike

Thanks, I'm real happy with the product and even happier to have found it on a site I regularly visit and buy from. Good stuff and it looks stock, without the stiffness.

Dave

drove home from work this morning.

Installed some Japanese headlight covers...

The gate guard at the base (I'm in the Air Force) who was about 18-20 years old said, "I don't know what kind of car this is...but it's cool!" !

Emptied my bank account and filled the tank...Premium was $4.21 / gallon.

Dave-

Those pictures up there look great - I bought some of the cheap wire cover but yours looks great - I will get some on order and that is on my todo list. Looks a lot cleaner - thanks for the heads up.

AMSOIL syn gear oil in 5-sp and R-200. Have not drove it yet.