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That means in 10 yrs Harbor Freight will have the cheapo version for $99 bucks!

I received a most amazing and unique gift from my very good friend Keith today (aka Zed2 to this bunch). Its a pristine dealer badge from the dealer where I bought my Z back in '71. I have the badge that was attached to my car at the time of purchase - attached as with Philips head screws. This one is probably a later version after they abandoned the screws in favor of double-stick tape. As such, it looks a bit like automotive jewelry unmarred by unsightly holes. Thanks Keith, you made this a very special day!

No worries Charles, I think there will be an iPhone app soon.... just a bigger battery.

Hoovered this one from an old thread. There were a bunch of words in the post, but hey a picture is worth a thousand words, right? Thought I remembered another one from this site, but I can't see it now. Maybe it was from zcars.com? Yuk Yuk....

After qualifying 3rd and tangling with a Honda in the EP race, Greg Ira added a 3rd-place finish to his SCCA Runoffs portfolio and put a Datsun on the stand once again (photo borrowed from Dave Patten/FutoFab) http://cdn.growassets.net/user_files/scca/downloads/000/018/014/EP_Runoffs2016_Race_Provisional.pdf?1474659180 http://www.scca.com/events/1980938-2016-scca-runoffs-presented-by-garmin-virb

All good info. Owner needs to do some proper tests though. Backfiring under load can also be due to a weak spark. Something Siteunseen mentioned in an earlier post about checking the points and condenser.. A weak spark will allow a car to idle fine, but as soon as any real load is put on it car will lose power and can backfire. Will also affect plug coloring. Not to say he doesn't have a fueling issue or Vacuum leak issue, but don't over look the Ignition system either. A weak condenser can be an SOB to find. Solution. Brand new points and condenser if old ones are at all suspect. Don't know if OP has checked spark quality, but he should . Get a cheap plug tester ( less than $10 ) and open gap to about .060". With engine running you should get a strong blue spark and hear a bit of a " Snap". If spark is weak, intermittent or yellowish then you have an issue. Same with fuel. By an inexpensive fuel pressure gauge and actually measure the fuel pressure. Better yet, buy a good combination Vacuum and Fuel pressure gauge. Quality tools and equipment are always a good investment and will last you a lifetime. Assuming that things are OK "because there is lots of fuel in fuel filter " is not the way to test. Same with alternator. Put a volt meter on it and measure what it's putting out. Consider switching to an IR alternator down the road. Original Nissan regulators were pretty good in their day. But that technology is 40 years old now and the VR's available now are mainly Made in China crappola. OP needs to take a methodical method of diagnosis and eliminate causes one at a time with the proper instruments. Otherwise you chase your tail in circles. Wouldn't be surprising if he finds several small issue.

I'm no marine biologist, but I've heard they use this process undersea with the help of sharks.

SteveJ is right, Zup & I live about 2 hours from Tulsa. Zup's car is a 73 and he runs Dave's HL PL harness with the stock alternator - I can attest that his lights work great.

This is the earliest I could find of my 72 240. I believe this is from 1978.

Before I got married i was terrified of women. After I got married I realized my fears were justified. :-)

Now I can associate that image with a couple of user names, maybe they can use it as an avatar.

I hate visiting my bodyshop guy because everytime i go there he reveals some more rust he found. But then again i love it because the work he does is clearle a work of art not many people in the world can do... But let's start from the beginning of t his week. He finally started to work on my car again and kept updating me with whatsapp messages about every step he did. Well most of them were more problems discovered: Dents and cheap-arse unqualified rust-repairs everywhere. Here's a closer look at the right rear corner. seems like it got a hit at some point: He asked me to bring the rear lower corner valances and the rear panel today so he could prepare the rest of the repair and when i arrived there i was greeted by this. Jup- not much of the original car left But the good news is as you look closer the dents in the rear area right from the taillights have been fixed and the area below the trunk lid has been fixed as well: This was the patch panel he cutout below the gas lid: Here the custom panel is welded in. We tried to install the gas-lid today and it fit perfectly. Quite impressive for a custom-made piece! I made even more pictures but for some reason my camera lost them Expecting big updates soon but as you look close you see there are still a ton of details to be fixed...

Funny I like em' like that also! How I found #150 below.