[2020] What Did You Do To/with Your Z Today?

[AK260]

You don't see a Triumph Stag much any more unless you're at a British car day.
 

We see quite a few of those here at classic car events - a Z parked next to one makes it look positively dated! Only 3000ish were sold in the US so I imagine they would be very rare over there. Sadly the 2.5 & 3.0 V8s weren’t the best engines for reliability, so I can imagine in a market where V8s are a staple diet, it was left wanting. They do sound great at full pelt though!

[mgood]

The wheels are 14 inch with 205 - 70 tires, Appliance is the brand I purchased them when I bought the car in 1976. Cost me $75 then.  Don't know off set.  Thanks.

[grannyknot]

3 hours ago, AK260 said:

We see quite a few of those here at classic car events - a Z parked next to one makes it look positively dated! Only 3000ish were sold in the US so I imagine they would be very rare over there. Sadly the 2.5 & 3.0 V8s weren’t the best engines for reliability, so I can imagine in a market where V8s are a staple diet, it was left wanting. They do sound great at full pelt though!

With the hard top I think it is just stunning, as elegant as a Jag, but as a convertible the B pillar wrecks it for me. It looks clunky.

 

 

[AK260]

The wheels are 14 inch with 205 - 70 tires, Appliance is the brand I purchased them when I bought the car in 1976. Cost me $75 then.  Don't know off set.  Thanks.

 

Thank you! I ask as I’m pretty sure I have the same wheels on my car - just painted in the middle, so I have been trying to find who made them. There are no names in the markings, just a US patent number.

 

 

 

Having said that, I’ve just spotted the Appliance logo at the bottom left of my photo - which until now made no sense to me.

 

[mgood]

The  a in the circle by the word max stands for appliance,  the center caps should have that a in the midde, very hard to find centers.

[AK260]

The  a in the circle by the word max stands for appliance,  the center caps should have that a in the midde, very hard to find centers.

 

Agreed - however, I have since this post found some without prices quoted - so I assume they will be “reassuringly” expensive ;)

[heyitsrama]

 

Working on some chassis braces. I was going to replicate the TEP brace, but i kinda like the ease of access with this one..... I should have used 3/8" rod ends, but the supplier did not have 3/8" rod eyes, so i upped it to 1/2".  Need to finish up the rear K brace and the firewall mount.... Tonight! 🙂

[heyitsrama]

The chassis brace fits well and also seems like there is more stability in the street driving i did today... I made some cup holders that matched some Porsche style ones i saw in the UK last year. They fit well, I can do a run of them if people are interested, I need to test them out a little more, I'm not sure how a thermos would do, but a large coke from in-in-out should fit.

I like them on the firewall side, seems out of way from peoples feet.

 

 

Edit* looks like i hit the submit button too many times, i tried to delete the old posts, but i only see a `hide` option hopefully it worked.

Edited November 12, 2020 by heyitsrama

[240dkw]

Went for a lovely drive the other day, for us Canadians this is kind of a nice thing in Dec.

 

Edited December 10, 2020 by 240dkw

[gundee]

Winter storage. Got the car up on stands and pulled the battery. Snow begins tomorrow here.

Not much to see I guess.  I will add another from this Summer.

[zed2]

Went out to the garage to look at the 240Z...

Said a small prayer to offer thanks that friends and family are healthy...

Said "Good Riddance" to 2020...

Went back in the house to to greet 2021 with renewed energy!!!!

[Pop's Z]

I did the same. I told him that my New Year's resolution is to drive him more.

Cheers, Mike