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Well I’m back under a new name I guess . Been so long that the site didn’t recognize Madkaw !? Maybe I can get my name back . Meanwhile I will try to document my latest project . 4858 came to me as an urgent -save the car before it gets towed - sale . I was actually at work driving trains . I saw the owner posting that he had to sell this car today , and have it moved or the landlord was going to have it towed off . No title or registration . I had seen the car previously when visiting the owner who also had a non running 280z sitting at an apartment parking lot . It looked pretty straight but it was a quick peek during a visit . Next thing I know it needs a new owner right now and a need to tow it by tomorrow . I had 830$ in my PayPal account that I offered to the owner and promised to arrange towing . I had no idea if I was making a good decision and didn’t know where I’d even put this car . I wasn’t even in town when I bought it . Lucky for me my son was dating a girl who’s dad owned a body shop with a big parking lot and let me store it there until I had a plan . As you can see from the pic my shop wasn’t even finished when I got this car . Thankfully these cars are small . This was 2017 - 1 year before surgery and retirement . to be continued

Welcome back @Mike Can madkaw's user name be revived??

No, I just put everything in a zip lock bag as I know the boxes will get beat up in shipping. Also, I do not overpack the bags, but everything fits comfortably, bags are cheap. I also add a little packing material around the bags. Can't say that I have had any parts lost. Even the small lock washers do fine and are returned nicely plated. Only issue I ever had was a few leaky parts that dripped onto the batch and stained some of the plating on return shipping. (Smog check valve and distributor vacuum chamber are examples of parts that need to be plugged)

Did you log in with your email address that was associated with Madkaw?

Im using Prestone DOT 3 synthetic

20 years blowing the horn

Wow……Driving trains. That’s something I never knew you did Madkaw. Don’t think you should have any problem getting that name back……no one else grabbed it. 😬

Turned out decent, really struggling with trash/ debris/ maybe sand in my shop. Need to partition off a clean area to spray….. 2446 will never win any awards, but she got that deep green look glowing strong!!!