resurrecting a 1977 280Z

[SteveJ]

10 minutes ago, MM569457 said:

Update: took the Z for the safety inspection. It passed and I’ll get it registered Monday.

 

I started the process back in July 2018 and finally met my goal. There are still things to fix, preventative maintainence, and such, but the car is driveable. I’ve learned a lot.

I want to thank @Patcon @SteveJ @siteunseen @Av8ferg @Racer X and many others for mentorship getting this build complete. I’ve learned a lot from you folks. I really could not have done this without your wisdom.

I'm happy I could help. I love keeping these cars on the road (or track) where they belong.

[Av8ferg]

12 hours ago, MM569457 said:

Funny side note: I gave a shout out on FB to the garage who installed the exhaust. 
 

Another garage went into attack mode against the guys who did my install. Bottom line, if you say you could have done it better, then advertise your garage or speak up when potential customers are soliciting a service.

Why attack a build done by a business competitor when you had an opportunity to advertise and didn’t? 

When I was younger I was naive on the nature of humans and have changed my view over the years.   The world while full of great and generous people there are a lot of bad actors out there.  It’s really really part of the nature of humanity, we are a competitive species with many bad traits that come out when our basket of goods is threatened.   I’m reading the book  The Peloponnesian War right now.  The war occurred before Alexander The Great about 2500 years ago.   You realize we cannot change our species, we have the same antics, same back stabbing, same ruthlessness today as we did then.   We’ve progressed far technologically but we haven’t really changed who we are as a species.   The goal for me is to fight these tendencies and always be the best human I can.   The trolls like you saw in your post should be ignored and shunned, that’s all you can do…..pay it forward and do good!!

[Racer X]

16 hours ago, MM569457 said:

Funny side note: I gave a shout out on FB to the garage who installed the exhaust. 
 

Another garage went into attack mode against the guys who did my install. Bottom line, if you say you could have done it better, then advertise your garage or speak up when potential customers are soliciting a service.

Why attack a build done by a business competitor when you had an opportunity to advertise and didn’t? 

Because Facebook.

A toxic hellhole.

[Racer X]

16 hours ago, MM569457 said:

Update: took the Z for the safety inspection. It passed and I’ll get it registered Monday.

 

I started the process back in July 2018 and finally met my goal. There are still things to fix, preventative maintainence, and such, but the car is driveable. I’ve learned a lot.

I want to thank @Patcon @SteveJ @siteunseen @Av8ferg @Racer X and many others for mentorship getting this build complete. I’ve learned a lot from you folks. I really could not have done this without your wisdom.

Thanks for the props.

Life’s a journey, enjoy the ride.

[ETI4K]

21 hours ago, Av8ferg said:

When I was younger I was naive on the nature of humans and have changed my view over the years.   The world while full of great and generous people there are a lot of bad actors out there.  It’s really really part of the nature of humanity, we are a competitive species with many bad traits that come out when our basket of goods is threatened.   I’m reading the book  The Peloponnesian War right now.  The war occurred before Alexander The Great about 2500 years ago.   You realize we cannot change our species, we have the same antics, same back stabbing, same ruthlessness today as we did then.   We’ve progressed far technologically but we haven’t really changed who we are as a species.   The goal for me is to fight these tendencies and always be the best human I can.   The trolls like you saw in your post should be ignored and shunned, that’s all you can do…..pay it forward and do good!!

It occurred to me as I was leaving this page after having read this (and agreeing), that this forum has attracted and retained amazingly friendly and helpful soles.  I've been on and off here a long time and every time I dig into someone's topic and read the community's offerings I am reminded how much I appreciate them and admire the seemingly endless well of knowledge and encouragement freely given.

I enjoy being here and hope I can pay it forward.

[MM569457]

Drove it to work yesterday, I don’t plan on doing it daily. Left early to minimize traffic (5am) and to get a feel of driving at night. 
 

Driving home at 330pm was a different story. Thumbs up, folks saying they’ve always “wanted a 240” at red lights. My route led me near a high school, where teenagers wanted to race.

Given the Rebello’s lope, I’m guessing I’m going to need to get used to that. 

It’s amazing to see how small an S30 is compared to Teslas.

[Av8ferg]

Get used to is. I always get comments or thumbs up when I drive mine. There much nostalgia with these vehicles.
It’s odd there is much space inside the cabin compared to the overall size of the vehicle.
Now that your got her on the road, what is your insurance game plan?
I’m with USAA and they’re only covering $800 for the car so I’m moving to Hagerty’s. I’m told you can give them the value you want insured within reason and you’ll be covered. I’m going to put mine around 20k-25k just to be safe. It’s probably not worth that much but in three years with inflation we could see another 15% decline in our currency. Every day I’m shocked at prices when I buy things I haven’t bought in awhile. Many things are double what I paid just 2 years ago.
Please stop the pain!

[MM569457]

I tried to insure via USAA, they laughed but defered me to American Collectors Insurance. It mirrors my policy with USAA, and I can set the value of the worth. I set it up at $15k coverage, but may bump it up to $25k. 

 

[Yarb]

Take a look at “American Modern”. I’ve got my project insured for 30k for a little over $200 annually. $100 deductible with 3k miles a year. The stipulation in mine is it has to be garaged. You can also buy it back if god forbid it was totaled. I’m still in the build stage but will be transporting it quite a bit during the final stages.

 

[siteunseen]

I have Hagerty for my Zs.

$40,000 agreed value on my '72.

$10,000 agreed on my '77.

This year's price was $191 up from $189 last year. 

A guy came up from Birmingham and valued the cars, took pics of the garage and the locks on the doors.

Hard to beat their coverage, prices. I think I have 3 free flatbed tows a year. 3,000 miles a year per car max. I put maybe 500 on the 240 a year so I've built up an extra 10,000 if I decide to drive Route 66 a few times.

Get YOM (year of manufacture) tags if your state allows. You pay once and that's it.

Here's my '72 with YOM tag.

 

[Patcon]

I would think 20-25k is starting to be low for a 280 in good shape

[siteunseen]

With those high values a guy could go sideways and commit insurance fraud. Instead of "Bring a Trailer" it'd be "Bring a Shipping Container" www.basc.com.