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Seems to me you shouldn't have to cut around on your car for an MSA part.

Yes, it's back to the paint shop. After leaving the paint shop for the auto shop, the car was place on a lift and examined. Guess what was discovered? All the surfaces that face the ground was not painted properly, some merely coved in overspray. Anyone car to guess why? That's right, the painter was too lazy to bend over to get the bottom surfaces. You would have to lay on the ground to look up under the car to see this screw up. Am I frustrated after waiting 3 years for this car to come out of the paint shop? You damn straight I am. :disappoin This is absolutely outrageous! :mad: I'm beginning to think I'll never get this car back.

Amazing, hard to believe Rock Auto has carpet kits for an old Z.

Les, keep up posted on the development of these panels. I'm interested.

I thought you could still buy these knobs.

I purchase all the seat components from Les, and have completed one seat. So far is lookd pretty good, though there is a little wrinkle down the seat back. I need to replace support strap, since the stuff I used to fix it the first time seems to crack with age. What I used was similar to the original but not quite as thick nor covered in nylon.

Where did you get it?

Why aren't you using it?

Anyone ever had fun with Part # 16, the plastic tee? Had a torsional crack (tension failure) in it, and replaced with a plumbing part.

Will this work for a 240Z? Which Z do you mean?

Yeah, I was going to mention Dave's wiring harnesses, which allow you to go with upgraded lighting systems. The harness I bought from him is an extremely clean installation and good quality.

What kind of springs and inserts are you getting?

That's really nice.... a stock engine.

Well the SU is a variable venturi, constant velocity carb. So theoretically the air volumetric flow rate varies proportional to the fuel flow (i.e., tapered metering pin and orifice), while the air velocity remains constant through the range. The intent is to give your smooth power throughout the range. Fixed venturi carbs have multiple jets, mutiple venturis (barrels) to adjust to changing engine requirements. Air velocity changes with demand.

Okay, that works.

I'm not familiar with that inertia reel. If I were buying aftermarket belts, I would most certainly buy them with dual-sensing reels, that both lock up based on webbing payout speed and inertia/G loading. All new cars use this type of reel. Even with low elongation webbing, you would be amazed at how close you will get to the steering wheel in a real crash. Hopefully what you have it designed for the mounting location it is in. On a separate note, the early 240Z belts without reels are actually better than with reels. The only purpose for reels is freedom of movement and convenience. Inertia reels do not make you safer in a crash as compared to belts that are hard mounted to the vehicle structure, as the 70 and 71 Z belts are. This is akin to race cars which do not use inertia reels. But there is nothing wrong with adding them to your car as long as they are installed properly.

I've been told by MSA that they no longer make the units. I believe it was a business decision.

I have the one pictured above, which I believe was that originally offered aftermarket. But they had one that came out later to be mounted like the OEM types used on the 260Z and 280Z.

Switches included in European market where cars are parked half on the sidewalk and half on the street, and the street-side marker lights are turned on. Everyone has seen pics of those narrow European streets in some old cities.

If you have a 70 or 71 Z, you will not have the pocket in your floor well to install a retractor. This will interfere with sliding the seat back. It may be possible to mount the retractor on the retractor on the vertical part of the bulkhead behind the seat. Many retractors or inertia reels need to be mounted in a vertical orientation to lock properly.