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WHAT? I thought I was buying #0037 No, No, I'm good with any Z, but I guess I'll have to keep this one stock, that's going to be a challenge. Thank you Jim

Duffy has encouraged me to add some pics and results of the wet blaster I just made following his plans, I wanted something a little bigger for larger objects but that can still be dismantled easily for set up and storage, most importantly I wanted it cheap. I have about $425 into it so not too bad. The hopper is made from some 16ga stainless steel sheet, I manged to get the whole hopper out of a 24"x 48" piece, the frame is 3/4" angle iron and the cabinet is some 5/8th plywood I had on hand. 4 cans of Rocker Guard to seal the wood inside and out and the inside is also covered 1mm thick pond liner. The pump I picked up is and old water circulation pump for a large heating system, it might be completely wrong for the job but won't find out until my outside tap unfreezes. I'm hoping that if the pump is a really high pressure unit that I may not need to add an air line, we'll see, it's easy enough to add it later. The LED lamp is a water proof outdoor unit with 2,400 lumens, $36 for two lamps.

Cat's out of the bag. New owner revealed!

Finally winter ends and she’s started. 43EC9C3E-EC27-424D-8E48-7BF02D1C874C.mp4

I paid sticker price for my 72 Z at Continental Auto in Great Falls MT. The car was completely stock. $ 4,144.00. Still have my Z. I did not have a choice of color. 110 red with white interior was all that came in the day they said come and get it. First time I saw a Z was in Texas at a self car wash in 1970. I was smitten. I was headed to Thailand in the Air Force. 1 year 4 months later I got my Z. Happy times for sure. Phil Smith

Well that was easy! Seems 3798 will be going to new good home out east. It will be well cared for.

Well rotisserie is done after several versions were tried. Now the car spins pretty freely with one hand . I can actually think about starting some work in it . I actually have a possible buyer coming to look at it this weekend. I said it would be for sale once it’s a rolling chassis and the metal work is done, but he wants to put his bid in now. Turns out that after meeting him at one if my sons swim meets that him and I were stationed in the USAF together at the same base , squadron , barracks , but weren’t buddies , just ran into each other in the hallways .30 years later our sons are in the same swim team at college - small world. Funnier even was when he found out my passion for Z’s , he went nuts because that was his first car and he has been looking for one . Anywho- lots of work but this solid 70 will make someone a beautiful car. Floor boards and spare wheel well are first up, then fixing the radiator core support next. Really not much for 4858. Somewhere in there though I bought another project - man I’m a dumb arse or gluten for punishment. Picked up a 83 Nissan/ Datsun 720 4x4 . Nevada body is great , everything needs work . I call it my retirement truck .

It's a thing! I saw it on the internet! If bats are bad, then some detail on "pounding" might be in order. Seems like, with the way the edge is formed, that you'd almost have to place many short relief cuts all along the inside edge, if you really wanted a good smooth bend, that didn't deform the outer edge. The "do it right" approach. Then, if you wanted it to be strong you'd have to tack weld each cut back together.

I thought people were using baseball bats to roll their fenders? I've seen a few accounts about it. Put the bat between the tire and fender and roll the car.

Back then some of us got hooked on Z's before we even drove one. To that end, we did whatever had to be done to get one ASAP. I payed 73 sticker price for a used 71 in 73. One of the best decisions I ever made.

Interesting to see the list of dealer "add-ons" that jacked the price nicely. Goes to show how hot sales were for the Z in those days. Pay over sticker price, pay for dealer add-on items, or go on a waiting list to get a bare bones model. I was one of the "pay over sticker price" buyers in 1971. Dennis