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McCoy Voice: "JIM!!!! for God's sake man! I'm a doctor not a sales man....and you are Canadian... put it on Kijiji". Scottie: "Aye, and I am Canadian too. Do it man!" Chekhov: "Kip Tan, day are korrect."

My 73 had a much larger and heavier exhaust manifold than the earlier models. Thus more heat sitting under the carbs. I changed to the earlier one when I swapped out to round tops. Thanks to Chet Wittel for the idea. The attached photo gives you an idea of the size difference.

I have the Kevin Tetz "Paintucation" videos and they are very good. He also has a forum and I have conversed with him directly. That's where I learned the fiberglass on pinholes technique...

Two words about bleeding brakes...Speed Bleeders. Makes the process less of a pita. Cheers, Mike

I'd take you out for a spin for sure! My work schedule isn't working in my favor this year for almost all car shows. Work every long weekend too. blahhhh. I hope the z club show'n shine lands on my days off.

"Put a tiger in your tank" was Esso, Cliff. They gave away "Tiger tails" that you hung around the gas cap or out your gas cap filler door so they could flap in the breeze and show you had used Esso gas. My favorite though was to "Fill your tires with Pink air", a Fina promo in the 60's. Always loved "Dino" the green dinosaur which was Sinclair's brand mascot. Anyhoo----my 9/10 cent contribution to this thread!

More updates from the paint shop. This is looking really nice.

I did both on the front, as 26th-Z has suggested. Truck bed liner went on the front as a stone chip protective layer - except for the shock tower as I did not want to encourage any moisture retention. The tower was first coated with POR-15, then brush painted in body color, The rest of the area was sprayed in body color.

N47 Maxima head

When I refurbished my car replacement lines were 240mm for the rear and 220mm for the fronts. Bonzi Lon

I prefer the body color. Black is a bear to keep clean. The texture of the bed liner would be a real dirt collector. And besides, you can't wax bed liner like you can a painted drive shaft.

My early 71 started with a click of the key. If there was ever a problem with heat, the only thing I noticed was it took a couple of revolutions for the engine to start. No problems running at all. That minor change may have been heat soak, to a minor degree.

The coolant lines and the float ears is all I can say. The 3 screws have longer in front carb. I put two rear carb lids on mine and it finally runs like what I suspected it should, good up hill and everywhere else. Floats were easier to set, hopefully I'll never have to touch them again. Whichinever nephew gets it might have to but I'll be worm food.

I agree that removing the coolant lines had little to no benefits on my '72. After rebuilding the motor and firing it for the 20 minute run in I had some leaking so I shut it down and plugged all that going through the manifolds. I can't tell one second of difference between warm up times but I did eliminate future leaky areas so I'll not go backwards. The only things I've noticed between a '73 & '72 is the rod size and the air pump nipples. Dizeased did you use '72 manifolds and balance tube on your '73? I can't think of anything major that is different but then again I DON'T CARE, MINE RUNS GREAT. I bet it's those dang front bumper mounts! That extra weight.

GREAT JOB MAN! I read all 11 pages and could not help but be envious and inspired at the same time. A thought kept going through my mind as if someone were standing behind me whispering " THIS GUY HAS LOTS OF TIME AND MONEY" neither of which I seem to have at least at the moment. Not to mention the fact that I have 2 little boys (1st & 3rd grade) that need most of the time I manage to not be at some stupid job or another. I made an attempt at watching the video but I guess the file was too big for my tablet too handle. You are a very innovative Z owner as are most of the people that own and put these machines together with a certain degree of enthusiast desire. Sometimes I wished we all lived in the same neighborhood, it would be easier and much more interesting than living all over this LAND of ours. You like so many others truly inspire me to move forward with my restoration. With the exception of a few we are probably all old enough to remember how these machines looked when they first hit the showrooms in the very early 70's. I was in 7th grade then and most everyone else was in the same range older or younger by a few years. Just the right period to really appreciate them as we all always have. Your workmanship is right up there with the best and the best thing about it is it is all for fun. THUMBS UP SWEATS!

looks to be in nice company!

Reminds me of the "Bird Dog Bra"....."it made Pointers out of Setters"!