8 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

Somebody's counting.  384?  Not sure why they put a log on top of the car.  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2017488148479045/

That's a "Redneck emergency brake" aka telephone pole. 

3 hours ago, S30Driver said:

 

No one knows exactly how many were produced.

From the ad copy for the Black Pearl currently on BAT:

“This 1978 Datsun 280Z is one of fewer than 1,500 Black Pearl editions produced for the model’s final production year.“

 

I'd rather have  ZZAPP. 

 

 

1 hour ago, Racer X said:

From the ad copy for the Black Pearl currently on BAT:

“This 1978 Datsun 280Z is one of fewer than 1,500 Black Pearl editions produced for the model’s final production year.“

 

S30 did say "exactly" and your post confirms the inexactitude.  If you consider that they chose two zeroes for their estimate the next lower double zero is 1,400.  "Fewer than" 1,500 could be 1,401 to 1,499.

There seems to be a "Sport Appearance Package" out there also.  The Holy Grail of 280Z's is probably the Black Pearl ZZZAP with the Special Decor Sport Appearance Package

This speaks a little on that special car, SAP.

 

Edited January 27, 20214 yr by siteunseen

zhome problems again.  @Carl Beck

http://www2.zhome.com:81/History/BlackP.htm

No offense Mr. Beck, but you really need to get somebody to bring your site up to today's norms.  The format might have worked back then, but it's clunky and weird now.  A person can't copy a link, since the links are all internal to zhome.com, so you have to dig through the oddly formatted sets of menus to try to find anything.  

It's probably pretty easy to do, for one of today's wiz coders.  Thanks for putting it together but right now, it's like a stack of old magazines over in the corner.  Lots of good information if you have the time and patience to try to find it.

https://www.zhome.com/

Edited January 27, 20214 yr by Zed Head

Be part of the solution. You could be that "somebody", I imagine Mr Beck is worn out after all he's done. I'd be glad to help but he probably needs someone like you to tow the line. I'd probably drop it in the water.

 

 

7 minutes ago, siteunseen said:

Be part of the solution. You could be that "somebody", I imagine Mr Beck is worn out after all he's done. I'd be glad to help but he probably needs someone like you to tow the line. I'd probably drop it in the water.

They start teaching coding in the third grade now, I think.  I was having crayon fights in the third grade.  I learned some Pascal and some Basic along the way to now, but none of the graphical interface stuff.  More like the computer in War Games.

Soon people will be writing the code for their own electronic brain replacements.

 

I think I touched my brain with a crayon through my nose on a double dare. It was a sienna crayon too.

 

4 hours ago, Zed Head said:

zhome problems again.  @Carl Beck

http://www2.zhome.com:81/History/BlackP.htm

No offense Mr. Beck, but you really need to get somebody to bring your site up to today's norms.  The format might have worked back then, but it's clunky and weird now.  A person can't copy a link, since the links are all internal to zhome.com, so you have to dig through the oddly formatted sets of menus to try to find anything. 

 

It's probably pretty easy to do, for one of today's wiz coders.  Thanks for putting it together but right now, it's like a stack of old magazines over in the corner.  Lots of good information if you have the time and patience to try to find it.

https://www.zhome.com/

I don't know where you copied that URL from - - When I visit the Page - the URL Shows up as http://zhome.com/History/BlackP.htm on my Browser. (no "www2" and no "com.81")

The sight uses Frames - Index on the Left and Subject Matter displayed in the Right. If you want the URL to the specific Subject matter - just open the link in the Index in a new Browser Window and copy the URL from there.  As I recall all the links were converted to internal links, to solve the problems we had with http vs https addresses.

Edited January 28, 20214 yr by Carl Beck

3 hours ago, siteunseen said:

I think I touched my brain with a crayon through my nose on a double dare. It was a sienna crayon too.

 

I have a kid brother 10 years younger than me. When he was grown enough to start moving around and explore his new environment he began a weird habit of shoving stuff up his nose. He continued this disgusting habit until he was nearly 4.

We quickly learned to grab a washcloth, hold it over his nose and blow gently into his mouth. Popped whatever it was he had crammed up there right out.

He always giggled.