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Bkecause of my detachment from the Datsun hobby, I didn't know of Victor's passing. He was a good friend back in my Datsun days. Like the Datsun hobby, I also lost track of Vic as wall as the many other great people whom the hobby brought into my life. Vic and I go back to the days of 510 Again (The national Datsun 510 Club) if anyone remembers that. Forgive me if this video has already been posted somewhere on this site.

Installed my Recaro seat I found on Craigslist. Feels and fits great. Put my 240Z sliders on it. Did not come with any.

Just to follow up here: I've finished with the front of the car, went with poly bushings everywhere except the control arm to subframe, and the rear of the T/C rod (to reduce bending stress). And kept the stock springs on for now. Planning on doing the same in the rear, and then doing springs. So far, ride quality is much improved, less rattles and jolts, and the car seems more stable and less vague. Thanks for the tip Steve, it looks like a lot of people have been using those. I'm a bit concerned about the spring rates - if you cut the front ones shorter than the rear to get the correct ride height, then the front springs will be more stiff. Stock springs and most upgrade sets have the rears about 20% stiffer. I don't know enough about handling to know if that is important or not.

So the owner came by last night to check progress. The story goes that the owners grandmother was the original purchaser. The son received the car from her and when the son had to leave the country , the brother got it. Then the brother willed the car to his niece. Now the niece( 30 years old maybe) is chatting with the dad who would like the car back if she doesn’t want it- WOW! I was able to get a shine out of the paint somehow - on a small spot. They couldn’t believe it. I think there was so much oxidation it actually protected the paint , but I know it probably won’t last. I guess this car would fit the true survivor category . Spent most of the day trying to get the EFI plumbing back to snuff. The 76-77 had too many clamps with its piece mealed trumbone of a fuel rail- PITA. 40 new clamps and new hoses later I’m getting close. Old clamps weren’t trust worthy since the braided hose diameter and modern fuel line differed so much. Probably another day or so to hear this thing fire for the first time in 20 years!

Good morning. I'm in a mood of distracted boredom, and thought I'd start a rousing games of "why'd they do that?", 'they' being the factory. I have noticed on more than a half dozen odd Z's that I would say are relatively unmolested, that the six bolts that hold the wiper arm pivots to the cowl are quite surprising. Five are identical, one, the same one on every car, isn't. Here we see on the left side, that the inner, rear fastener is a round headed machine screw, bereft of even a lock washer, while all the other five are nice hex SEMS bolts with the expected lock washer. All are of course M5x0.8 thread. Right side, all is happy with three matchy matchy. As those of you who have had the pleasure of removing this lovely flock of fettid fluffy fasteners have experienced, it is not enough that 4 out of 5 of the bolts snap off, but you have to resort to vise grips to get that lone round headed bastard, rendering its head beyond repair for future use, causing all sort of consternation and wringing of hands. This was recently observed on 3798 (pics above) and on a 73, VIN 127xxx. Can't say for sure what other years I've seen, but a good sampling. Let the speculation begin. Why in the world would they use one odd bolt in that group of six in such a systemic way? I think the assembler was a clever prankster, and revels in the joy of imagining the future angst he/she will have caused. Well congratulations. It worked.

@siteunseen pretty much any N42 head is worth taking a $100 chance, even sight unseen. See what I did there? Always the chance that it is irreparably warped but....worth the chance in my opinion. I should add that I have about 15 z heads in my basement so maybe I am a bit biased on this topic.

Hey how you doing guys. It’s been a long time since I been on here. I lost my password and kind of forgot about this thread lol but the Z has most definitely came a long way since the last time posted ahaha. Check it out and follow me on Instagram @jooosse280 for more pics

Don't forget I have 3798 for sale folks.... Numbers matching (except the dash, dang it..) Canadian edition. Most of the early stuff is there. Runs, drives, looks terrible. Rust is totally managable but very present. Alberta registration. Well 26 years ago.... I hate to put it on flea bay, but maybe I should, to get the exposure. I should make a proper for sale thread for it, shouldn't I? Only asking a mere $8K CDN, about $1.56 USD..... zkars.com/cars/1970_240z_HLS30-03798/

Got my rebuilt N42 head back together. Next is to get it installed on car this week. Schneider regrind cam.