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Well I'm about 60-70% complete. The rear is finished, and boy does it look good. I painted every part and added the Suspension Techniques anti-sway bar. I'll take pics when my camera is fixed. I think yall are going to love this. It really came out nice. I also found a collapsed strut cartridge in one of the front struts. Boy is that ever a strange phenomenon to find. The strut rod wouldn't even budge, I wonder how long I've been driving with that???? :cross-eye

I installed Prothane bushings.

Dynorad Has anyone used this device? If so, what's your opinion? Please state how much you used it.

Daddz, my original comments (maybe poorly stated) were to say that I thought John Morton's specific statements in the Forward could have been worded differently, better or included the context in which he meant them. To take a production Z out on the track for C Production racing, maybe it was a POS. To drive out of the dealer lot and onto a highway it is not. POS is my words not his. My question is, did he really expect this? This was a $3500 dollar car, so maybe you had to put another $3500 into it to make it a professional race car. At the time it was probably the best sports car in the world for $3500, don't you agree? Do you think the great love for this car stems from ordinary people looking at the car and seeing C Production professional race car right out of the showroom? Of course not. Someone suggested he may have been commenting from a professional racer viewpoint. Well wonderful, but do you think that Bob Sharp and Pete Brock are the only people that will have this book on their shelves? They know more than this book. John Morton was talking to us (you and me), and my "criticism" was aimed there, in that context. Do I think John Morton is stupid or bad or anything, of course not, and I'm certainly not in a position to make such a judgement anyway. In fact, it is because of who he is that I was disappointed with the writing. If most anyone on this board had written it, I would have thought "pffft". Okay, so I made a booboo and got flamed for questioning The Morton. Sorry, but I think my point is quite plain now.

I'm not going to defend Carl, he can do that, however this statement is really a kinda "throw something against the wall and see if it sticks" statements. No one is going to go through a bunch of threads. I think you could do better than this. You either say it, or you don't at all I think. My opinion only. I was hoping this thread would kind of die.

NP, she tested positive.

No problem, honey.

I didn't know he was running ZX gear.

Arne, why do you need an elect. fuel pump anyway?

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that that $7K stereo is a fidelity POS. IMHO, how stupid can you get? Think about it, $7K on the STEREO and $.50 on the engine bay. :surprised Why couldn't he have chosen a Honda? :devious: Must be a teenager. He cut the springs! What is that all about? Momo steering wheel, wow! Pedal pads; boy that adds value. I wouldn't touch this car with a ten-foot pole without spinners.

Ditto that, Nissan engineers knew what they were doing, have faith. They designed the Z didn't they? Oh sorry, it was Al....j/k.

That's just what I need, speakers the size of my house. Hahahaha.

Arne, I believe the wiring is there for the pre-72 Z's, it's just that you need a certain harness near the front (maybe under dash) to go with it. Check with Carl Beck or Kim Blough, I'm sure they know.

I guess this will stay off the road, huh?

And who might that be?

Fun, who made your avatar?

How'd you ever talk my wife into standing next to your car?

Nice book, buy one....today!

You think your Z will last another 40 years or something?

Son, you have no clue. No PC's, no Internet, no Wireless, no CD's, no computerized cars, no PS2, xbox, gamecube, not even Pong ....try living without that for a year or so....then come to me and we'll talk. The technology jump from 1970 to the present is like from the Civil War to the end of WWII. Radio Shack actually sold radios. Toys were mechanical and electrical, not electronic. 240Z's were full price at 1970's wages! Minimum wage was $1.50-$2.00/hr. You didn't put a $600 chip in your car and add 200 HP. That's right it wasn't bad, but it was more difficult and more primitive.

Yes, of course I have the book. Maybe I took it all wrong, but to compare it to American car handling is outrageous. I'm not a racer, but I know how American cars of that era handled, they are not Z's. Now I wish I had never started this thread!!! Maybe everyone could just leave it, or maybe I can get Mike to lock it. I dared to question the Morton, so I'm raked over the coals. Sorrrrrryy! :tapemouth If you want to race $6K Porsche 911's you don't go buy a $3500 240Z. Nuff said.

Thank you, we all have our days. Well maybe you don't, I don't know.

Yeah, and they were priced that way too.

Every post I've seen from you, you're coming in trying to bust someone's arse. What for? He could have stated the truth in a more accurate way, like a professional. Did you ever see him in the Datsun commercial? For a guys that wants the kind of work he does, you wouldn't think he would immortalize himself in a book that way.

What are you, his agent? You certainly have a right to your opinion, don't you? Wasn't Datsun good to him in return, yeah I thought so. You're one of the coarsest people I've seen here, you got a hair stuck somewhere?