A sad day.........but

[roy-73-240z]

Just curious, OJ, why not drive your Z to storage instead of the expense of putting it on a flatbed? Your Fiat made it ok.

Here in New Jersey as long as the roads are salt free, I'm taking my ride out and enjoying the weather.

[SportBikeMike]

Just curious, OJ, why not drive your Z to storage instead of the expense of putting it on a flatbed? Your Fiat made it ok.

Here in New Jersey as long as the roads are salt free, I'm taking my ride out and enjoying the weather.

Same here. I don't put any of my vehicles into storage.....not even the bike. I try to drive them all at least once a week, as long as there is no snow on the roads.

[72 OJ]

The flat bed truck is a AAA member benefit, why not use the perk. I have driven my other Datsun cars in what I believed were salt free roads, that where washed by the occasional rain in between the salt days, and blisters on the paint was the result. So this time, Z-VETTE is not going to be seasoned with salt.

Edited December 29, 2012 by 72 OJ

[tlorber]

We have a new years day run planned through Angeles Crest.

Sorry...

[Casey_z]

We have a new years day run planned through Angeles Crest.

Sorry...

It isn't polite to gloat:)

[FastWoman]

Silly Northerners, salt is for food!

[conedodger]

This happened two years ago when the 914 guys went up to the Angeles Crest...

Oh, and if it wasn't for that rock, this would have made the news. It is a very long ways down.

Edited December 29, 2012 by conedodger

[72 OJ]

The above reply....can some one guide me on the relevance with, salt, hibernation,rust,not having a Z to enjoy year round

[TomoHawk]

Silly Northerners, salt is for food!

They use so much salt on some streets around here, that I'm pretty sure I saw a shark or something, swimming in the ditch on the side. Bring back the good ol' days of snow tires and long winter commutes! Edited December 30, 2012 by Arne
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[TomoHawk]

The above reply....can some one guide me on the relevance with, salt, hibernation,rust,not having a Z to enjoy year round

It's easy is you grew up in the "rust belt"

It gets COLD and usually snows a lot here in the winter, and people have modern, powerful cars or rear-wheel drive, "all-season tires" that are worn, and don't know the difference between summer and winter driving. Therefore, the cities, to avoid all the lawsuits, spreads tons of salt to make winter driving "safer." Meanwhile, cars, trucks, and SUVs, which are designed & built with exposed bare-metal parts and no undercoating rust from the brine-water. Plus, people can't or don't wash the salt residue off daily, so it just stays on until Spring.

Therefore, to protect our antique cars, which don't have the "corrosion protection" the newer cars enjoy, and thin coatings of paint on the bottom, and many bare-metal parts, must be protected from the brine; stay indoors somewhere until the Spring, when the salt is washed away by Mother Nature, and we sacrifice our newer vehicles instead.

Edited December 30, 2012 by TomoHawk

[doradox]

The above reply....can some one guide me on the relevance with, salt, hibernation,rust,not having a Z to enjoy year round

I was wondering that myself.

Steve

[72 OJ]

I was wondering that myself.

Steve

Yep post 19........................he is a professor, resides in Nevada, has a collection of pictures, owns a Z ,,,,,,but don't see the post relation,,,A 914,a rock ..............

Edited December 30, 2012 by 72 OJ