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Sheesh, I sure hope your not telling a fellow member of a site dedicated to classic cars that are as much as 38 years old, he can't keep his points. The man is entitled to his opinion, just as you are. I think JimmyZ knows whats up on both sides of this coin and thankyou for your point of view also.

Will, that's taking Z research to new horizons,LOLbut I've got to admit, the same thought crossed my mind.

Moonpup, out of curiosity I looked up the part number in the 1970-1973 Factory Parts Catalog. For the left side, it shows 26380-E4600 to be in use up to 07/73, then it shows 26385-N3600 with a from date of 08/73. There are no earlier wiper arms listed.

This set is clearly marked as a left and right side, with the left side being the shorter of the two. Not only shorter but also formed with a more extreme bend on the end. 498 h 408 55R 498 j 409 55L Only difference from moonpup's NOS wiper arm is the letter j on mine where as he has a t. Doubtfull that anyone would know the significance of that.

Could be an isolated instance that this steering wheel is selling this high. If one has not been listed for quite awhile, a bidding war is more likely to occur. These steering wheels withstood the test of time and there are probably more of them still in existance than there are Series 1 Z's left. Just like all the other Series 1 specific parts, I think they are being hoarded by guys like us. Edit-Xray just made me eat that first statement. Wow! High prices indeed.

Pardon the blurry pics. Grandkids dialed in my camera. These are from my 10/70. Original or not, I can't say. The lock is not like either of your examples Arne. Although concave, the indent is smaller. No logo on the wiper arms.

Here is a link to the ZCCA site which is self explanatory for anyone not familiar with them. http://www.zcca.org/pages/SiteMap.htm and this is their Mission Statement: THE ZCCA MISSION Representation throughout North America in a professional and business like manner; Assistance to host Clubs putting on our Annual Convention; A single location to maintain an up to date listing of all Z Car Clubs and their respective current Memberships; A unified organization to interface with corporations in getting discounts and services to benefit all Clubs; A communication link to Corporate Nissan and Nissan's various representatives; Assistance on a combined level to help form new Clubs and help current Clubs grow; and Assistance in helping all Clubs benefit their individual communities. The ZCCA will determine the host ZCCA Member Club and/or location of future Annual Conventions. As far as making suggestions to the ZCCA, I can't think of a better way to do it than creating this thread. I'm sure it will be followed with great interest by all concerned. Many ideas will be tossed into the ring and hashed over. The ZCCA will hopefully continue to evolve by recognizing past mistakes and acting on sound advise from the collective Z community, which will not extend outside of North America, from what I gathered in the first sentence of their Mission Statement. Understandable to me. I am looking at this as an "outsider", as are most of us. Although interested in the inner workings and what it takes to host a successful convention, what I am primarily interested in are the cars and the people who's lifeblood went into them. Track days and other events are icing on the cake. A full compliment of vendor representation would be something of interest to all. I totaly agree that local exposure and foot traffic are the keys to success and success can be measured by the number of cars in attendance. Of coarse some areas are a little more geographicaly challenged, which certainly makes a difference. Past organizers are probably a very good source of "do & don't do" input, to avoid making the same mistakes again. There will be many tips and lots of advise put forth. I always like to listen to someone who's been there. I don't know much but it seems to be a democratic decision making process. Good luck to the fine folks in Cleveland, that have stepped up to the plate. Rock n Roll!

Just one other point E. Art did list Kingston, where The Thousand Island Z Car Club hosted the ZCCA convention in 2001. Kingston is in Ontario Canada and was a great northern location because of the heavy concentration of Z's in the general area and the close proximety to the Eastern States.

Looking forward to seeing the pics in the classified section. Be sure to include some good shots of the floorpans, frame rails, under the battery...you know, the usual problem areas. I'm sure there will be some interest, good luck selling her.

My first choice would be to buy the fenders from Nissan. I would pay a premium for them if I had to, before I went with aftermarket fenders. Other O.E.M. stampings are not so easy to find, such as rockers, wheel housings, quarter sections, etc., unless you find some that were bought years ago and stored. I found it to be impossible, to buy parts directly from Tabco, even though I had previously bought parts from them with no problems. This time I had to pay more from Mill Supply and pay for the shipping, even though Tabco supplies their parts. Even so it took 6 months for my order to be delivered. I agree on the quality of Tabco's Z stampings. They are no longer up to standard and must be reworked in order to use. Nothing a few hours with a hammer & dollie won't solve, but be forewarned, it is nessesary. I don't think we have many options as far as the stampings still being made today. P.S. - My experience just reinforces what others have said about the importance of buying the best rust free body you possibly can to start with. I think I'll look for one just to keep on hand.

Throwout bearing would be my guess.

Seat bottom change notification date was August 4, 1972.

Ditto on all points! That is quite an impressive list already Will. You are to be commended for taking on these endeavors. Our cars will be the better for it. Brake tube/fuel line insulators immediately come to mind as something that has been mentioned and desired by many of us also. Good luck and take good care of those little guys

Funny letter David. I found one similar in the g lovebox but I can't post it because I know the addressee (PO). All that was under the seat was this stupid chicken and it can't even talk Bill.:surprised

My Z wants to be treated like the grand ol gal she is and to be adorned with all the niceties waiting for her in the wings. But she has to complete the "get back into shape program" first, before the lipstick goes on.

Welcome Dave, I would like to second that request for pics of your dad's racing days. Those are photos to cherish for sure. It's possible some of our members have some also, in their picture files too. It's good that you are going about the quest for knowledge and doing the research, before purchasing. We get the heads up from the members here on many nice Z's when they go up for sale. Good luck in the hunt!

Good point Arne. I should know that but, the outward appearance of mine wasn't too bad until all the paint & undercoating was removed and I eventually turned the whole car inside out. There were areas that looked rock solid, but in fact were being eaten from the inside out. The image of what mine looked like is burned in my memory, making me a little more sceptical than perhaps I should be. If I could offer only one piece of advice, it would be, go after the hidden problem areas and get some POR 15 or other treatment applied to keep the rust in check, before it becomes terminal.

Hey Rodger, have you bought the floor pans yet? If not, you can buy the floor pans, minus the floor support from ZedFindings and then use something like these floor supports from Baddog. I just had some bent up locally to my specs. and boxed them in to the front frame rails. That should address your problem. I'm betting both sides will need attention. The rust damage isn't so obvious till you dig into it. http://www.baddogparts.com/index.htm

Just a guess, but if you pushed down and clipped the cap while the engine was running you probably damaged the rotor or cap. Carefully inspect them and replace if nessesary.

I wasn't too particular on the materials used to refinish my steering wheel, and just used what I had on hand. First, a good scrubbing with some vinyl wash, saturating a scotchbrite pad. Next a light sanding with 400 grit on the spokes, followed up with some Mopar rattle can satin black. After curing the spokes were taped off and the rim was treated with a coat of Minwax Ipswich Pine stain and rubbed off. A couple of weeks later when I got back to it, a few coats of spar varnish were sprayed on and thats it. Total time spent on it totaled about an hour and it's holding up well in a cardboard box.

Just a heads up if anyone has been waiting for stampings from Mill Supply, like I have for more than 6 months now, it looks like they are finally available. I just got email confirmation that my parts have been shipped. I had trouble getting the right side quarter panel and both sides wheelhouse outers. Tabco supplies all the Z stampings for them, but I had no luck trying to buy direct from Tabco. It was a long wait but I'm grateful that someone is still punching out the parts we need.

1792? oops, could be the wrong picture...ahh, here it is. Still looks to be newer rubber though.

Yeah, now that you mention it, I do recall putting hundreds of those magazines in the attic...couldn't bring myself to throw them away at the time. Who knew they would serve to be Z research material today.