I posted in another thread on air cleaners and had a funny thought. I've not been a purist in my Z ownership which may have had an effect on my feelings of "originality". Here's a couple of shots of my engine bay, then 2015 (but it hadn't changed since 1993) and now 2022. Interesting...

Then

Now

Yea, I changed a couple of things.

Edited September 5, 20222 yr by w3wilkes

As long as it's clean—and it is!  I think the "new" bay looks great.  Only thing I'd consider changing would be the upper rad hose; the red silicone (?) sticks out too much.

At first I was thinking of doing the valve cover in red too but now I think maybe an anodized black with the raised lettering and ribs in the aluminum like they are. Then the hoses and plug wires would have a little more pop. I'm old and come from the hot rod era but when I saw the 240Z in '71, I thought "now there's a car!". Then in '73 at 22 I was able to get one, loved it and have had a 240Z ever since (probably close to 250,000 240Z lifetime miles so far).

Edit: correction, probably more like 180,000 240Z miles, forgot I bought this one used in 1990, so of course it already had miles on the clock.

Edit 2: I can see 9 changes between then and now but I can't tell how many changes there are between showroom and "then".

Edited September 7, 20222 yr by w3wilkes