I'm hoping one day you'll paint that air dam...

Just now, Patcon said:

I'm hoping one day you'll paint that air dam...

Actually with the black on the rocker panels, the unpainted air dam works. Besides, it leaves more money for parts and tools.

Got my 240Z OEM door mirror from local Nissan parts department shelf I have stocked with potential use stuff. Thought about cataloging all of them with my part number "supersedes" master list I have put into use.

The 1st photo shows the superb quality of the mirror. It's no surprise Nissan choose to save weight and the potential for 7 years of bad luck without an additional right side mirror.

 

Edited August 6, 20222 yr by siteunseen

Japdays at Mantorp Park Sweden today.

And some more non Datsuns..

On 7/30/2022 at 8:59 PM, siteunseen said:

July the 17 I mixed the oil and grease around, burnt the dust of the brakes. I'm scared to go dowm there now. My 4 foot black snake that eats all the chipmunks that store acorns on top of the 280's intake among the other various places has grown to 6 feet now. No more chipmunks but now I have a huge arse snake living in my garage. It's non poisonous by the shape of the head. I know the shape because he leaves me full body skins about twice a year as a way of letting me know he's the boss. I hate snakes. My dog acts weird too from smelling it but I won't kill it unless I have to, you know like maybe a girl sees it and won't come back until it's gone.

Here's one from a week or so ago I found in my bycycle. Windshield to headlight, 5' 8 inches.

 

Cliff, that’s crazy.  You need to catch that monster and get it out of your garage!  
 

Today was a great day to go to the Worship car meet. The weather wasn't too hot, and I found a good parking spot that afforded me some shade for most of the time I was there. There were 2 280Zs, 2 Z31s that showed up, and then there was the time capsule. 

Sandesh introduced himself to me and said he brought his 1991 Twin Turbo but parked it on the other side of the sea containers in the parking lot. David and I walked over with Sandesh to see his car. It was well worth the effort.

Sandesh said he purchased his Z32 with 3K miles in 93. It now has a little over 23K miles. The interior is immaculate, and it wouldn't take too much to get the engine bay ready to win a ZCON Gold Medallion. He still has the original Goodyear Gatorbacks on the rears. I might have to see if I can convince him to buy a Nissan battery. He has been an incredible curator of this museum piece, and I'm so glad he brought it out for us to see.

Here is my car with a nice 280Z owned by a friend.

And here is the time capsule...

 

On 7/30/2022 at 3:45 PM, Av8ferg said:

Cliff, when was the last time you rolled that queen out of the garage?   Did you take it to the local ZCON festivities happening.  

Here's the "Queen bean with sweet tea".

This has been like a ship's wheel for me, "driving me nuts" for the last 2 years. Finally starting to care about the cars again so I've drained the old fuel and will replace all filters tomorrow. Exmark is completely full BTW.

Sitting off and on for 2 years. It ain't good.

But no sign of Red-Kote! Hurray me.

 

Started clearing brush yesterday. Got the ZX free, and half of one of the 280Zs exposed. Six more to go. 

I stopped to take a break, texted Mrs. Racer some progress pictures, then went into the shop to take a break. Had a race on the TV. A few minutes passed, and I heard what sounded like someone in distress.

Turns out Mrs. Racer was coming out to see the progress, slipped and fell on the back porch steps, and broker her lower leg/ankle.

I had to call the aid car, they hauled her to hospital, and we were up all night. 

Now I am missing work to get her into see an orthopedic surgeon.

Good times, eh?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 15, 20222 yr by Racer X

Stayed home another day to be around in case Mrs. Racer needed anything. She is actually adapting reasonably well, considering the limited mobility with a splint almost all the way to her, um, well yeah. She got out of bed on her own, and was able to use the bathroom without help. 
 

So, after I fixed us breakfast, I went out and cleared some more brush, liberating some more of the eight Z cars hiding in plain sight.

So far, a 280ZX, a 280Z, a240Z, and a 280Z 2+2. The next Z is a 240, not quite visible on the right.

 

44 minutes ago, Racer X said:

Stayed home another day to be around in case Mrs. Racer needed anything. She is actually adapting reasonably well, considering the limited mobility with a splint almost all the way to her, um, well yeah. She got out of bed on her own, and was able to use the bathroom without help. 
 

So, after I fixed us breakfast, I went out and cleared some more brush, liberating some more of the eight Z cars hiding in plain sight.

So far, a 280ZX, a 280Z, a240Z, and a 280Z 2+2. The next Z is a 240, not quite visible on the right.

 

 

Whhahaha... they are standing there for some time.. a tree growing out the engineroom???   wow...