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FYI: Wintergreen oil is MUCH cheaper when purchased as horse liniment. About $10-$15 for 16 ounces.

@NVZEE Success!!! Thanks for your help!!!

I didn't stay today and meet the guy. His Father is local, I believe. But I think he lives out of town. I will get word to him to let me know if he wants to sell stuff and I can let everyone know on here for him. As of now he's supposed to get pick up everything in mid May. I'll pass on as much info as possible. I always want to try and help someone find parts or cars. I always appreciate people helping me with these types of things and want to do as much as I can to help keep Z's alive. Just contact me with any questions. I'll post any future updates on this link. Thanks again.

Ok, I am working on getting the headliner installed while I can still rotate the car upside down. I bought a new headliner from MSA and it looks much better than any of the others I had. Since I'm an idiot, I threw away the other ones before I compared them for size! So, do I need to trim the MSA headliner some. Do I tuck all the extra in to the ceiling, which seems really difficult from my experiments? How much should extend under the flange? Need some input here...

Best way to go at that is just buy a whole front clip from the South West and replace from the firewall up. How is the rest of the car?

NOS may be out there. Here are pictures:

SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD A buyer today bought the remaining 31 cars and all of the parts. Thanks to everyone that checked on parts or cars. And thanks to those that bought any parts or cars.

So NLA???? Trying to get more RPM is an interesting idea, but with a somewhat poorly flowing head might not be worth it. But as they eliminate zinc in the oil, rollers might be nice...

I've put a little effort into it since then. It helps that I have made some friendships with some really great Datsun guys in the area since that convention. They have helped me a lot over the last few years.

I washed and polished the car today in preparation for the Mitty. Now I have to pull the wheels off so I can get the new tires mounted that were provided by BF Goodrich.

Next meeting is May 17, likely at the Apple Blossom Brewing Company in Fayetteville, around 6pm. Or ..... a whole bunch of us including Mike W will be in Branson, the week after memorial day for the big annual event there. Worth the admission just to see Mike & Zup's award winning cars.

clean, clean and more clean.

What size grit are you using? I think my is 50-80 grit. Been on there for 34 yrs, it use to have a braided rope design on both edges, wore off decades ago. My wife says " It makes me feel claustrophobic just looking at you finger" I say "No honey, that's just me that makes you feel like that way"

That's a terrific idea, I guess you could also take the hose from your Mig tank Co2/Ar and purge the oxygen that way too. Block off all the ports except one at the top to make sure the tank is filled with inert gas before cutting.

Honestly, if I was going to do it, I'd rinse the tank with lacquer thinner first, allow the lacquer thinner to totally evaporate and then use dry ice.

got the new horn button in today, did not realize there was an "aftermarket" vs OE, looks very nice, but no foam more like a hard plastic interior, NO WAY the inner ring part will break on this. So if you are ok with it not being exactly OE I suspect it will not suffer from the same defect the OE has about cracking. I got this off ebay, later found on MSA and noticed there is a huge diff in the price of the OE and after market, like twice as much. I was a little worried that the new one I was getting may suffer the same fate esp if its NOS, but that is not the case with the aftermarket copy.

Ok, so today I ventured out in a new direction. A container of wintergreen oil. About 4 oz of oil in 3 gallons of oil. Ran it over a propane burner. It never really boiled sort of simmered things for about 45 minutes. I started with a gas cap seal. It was really hard when I started... This is it when it came out So then I stepped up to a filler neck. These are really hard. I suspect the gas fumes make the rubber hard. These were too hard to get back into the chassis So simmer for about 45 minutes. Had to turn it over because it was too tall for the pot. Results were fabulous!!!! Indulgences for the videos. It's my first try at "You tube"

Yes see you there this year. Can you send a picture of your Z's? Just bought me a 70 240Z and I am still working on her. Jamal

Here is a picture of the plate......Also just got my some rear adjustable springs.The front coilovers are in the way....I will post some pictures when they arrive.

Took the Kenmeri to a local car show this morning and I won the 1st Place in the 70's Cars category. Nice to have a cool car around.

More PIX....

I agree....My friend decided to ship all the parts and put nothing in the car. It's done and ready to come over....

I'm stepping back up onto the old hamster wheel again...... What everybody usually calls the "BRE" rear spoiler, and what others ( as seen in this thread.... ) call the "432" rear spoiler - that's the one usually identified by the vertical ribs on its front face - would be more accurately described as the '432R' rear spoiler. This item was first seen at the press preview event held at Nissan's Ginza, Tokyo showroom on October 18th 1969, and was mounted on the PS30-SB model 'Fairlady-Z 432R' that was on display there. This model was a purpose-built homologation special, constructed and made available to the general public in very small numbers in order to legalise the model for Japanese GT racing. Nissan only needed to make 25 cars in order to qualify for the JAF GT class - so that's what they did. This rear spoiler also made it into the JAF homologation papers for the 'Fairlady-Z 432' ( NB - this is NOT the '432R' ) and 'Fairlady Z/Z-L', and also the JAF / FIA 3023 papers for the Export model 240Zs. This "PZR" rear spoiler was also included in the standard showroom model options lists for the other current Japanese domestic models of that period ( November 1969 through October 1971 ). It could be optioned at time of order, and was sometimes fitted by the dealer supplying the car to the customer. We could call it a standard Japanese extra-cost option for all models, but in Japan it is more commonly known as the '432R' rear spoiler, because that is the model that it is identified as having originated from. To sum up, this spoiler was standard equipment on the PS30-SB model 'Fairlady-Z 432-R', but was offered as an extra cost showroom catalogue option for the other models. You're a couple of years out, Carl. In October 1971 - with the introduction of the L24-engined models to the Japanese market lineup - the new 'smooth' rear spoiler ( without the distinctive vertical ribs of the 'PZR' spoiler ) was offered as an option across all Japanese market models. As far as I am aware, the ribs were deleted from the new design as they held water between them when it rained, and this water would flood across the window and into the gap between the tailgate and roof panel when the tailgate was raised......... You seem to have managed to make it sound as though Nissan 'copied' the BRE design for the 'smooth' spoiler. I'd say the opposite is far more likely. There is an illustration and instructions / dimensions for mounting of the later 'smooth' spoiler in the October 1971 factory service manual for the HS30, PS30 and S30 models. These are the exact same dimensions as the six mounting studs on the OEM early 'PZR' type ribbed rear spoiler that I sourced from Japan for my 432R replica project, and they correspond with the mounting holes for the standard smooth rear spoiler seen on all the UK export market cars. Photos: 1969 Japanese market options list, 1971 Japanese market options list close-up, and October 1971 Japanese market FSM page scan: