76Datsun280z

Wow, she looks better than new, just like a new car! That was the same with my car. When I got it back from being painted, the interior was coated in dust. You could make finger prints everywhere in there and had to blow it all out and vaccum everything.

Wow, looks really really beautiful! That's a lot of work to put all that back together!

I registered my 280z in the show and will be heading down Saturday afternoon and staying in the "Canby Country Inn". Hope to meet you guys that are going down, although I'm not familiar with most your faces. Should be a fun show, been lookin' forward to it!! -Austen.

Looks good, nice and shiny!!

I just watched the video from way back of the "Z hawk" and they say restored!?!

That's a first for me, I've never seen a 280zx with a converable conversion before. Looks like some good parts cars there...

Very nice man.

I like the wheels! Looks like the rear fenders have a little more buldge to them than the 350.

Those are some real nice cars to say the leaste!!

Thanks guys, I put five coats of Duplicolors 'Aluminum' colored paint on them.

My window wipers arms were pretty dull and had some yellowing on them, so I sanded them with some 800 grit sandpaper to get the yellow off and them painted them back to the aluminum color. All in all they turned out well, <a href="http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/76Datsun/?action=view&current=IMG_1272.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/76Datsun/IMG_1272.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/76Datsun/?action=view&current=IMG_1270.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/76Datsun/IMG_1270.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/76Datsun/?action=view&current=IMG_1275.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/76Datsun/IMG_1275.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> < <a href="http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/76Datsun/?action=view&current=IMG_1269.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/76Datsun/IMG_1269.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Nice 510

From the last time I put gas in it, I decided I was going to see what I could get out of it by not accelerating as hard and using a higher gear when possible. Managed 20mpg in all the stop and go traffic I drive in! Definitely not as fun when driving like that and it was definitely hard not to get into it at certain times, but I wanted to see the best that I could get out of it in stop and go traffic.

They look great! I've thought about putting some black ones on my car like those that say 280z but not sure if I am or not.

I thought this one deserved a look, http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1977-Datsun-280Z-Museum-Piece-6-473-Original-Miles_W0QQitemZ160237718672QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160237718672& Looks beautiful

Nice work man, congrads!

The member Wingzro sells these tips, he might have what you're lookin' for. By the way you don't sound far away, I'm over in Kirkland.

Found these on Ebay, but they probably have a few more spokes than what you're looking for. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/vintage-western-wheels-fits-Datsun-240z-280z-and-others_W0QQitemZ220230656013QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220230656013&

I say somebody needs to send those pictures into Nissan and tell 'em this is the Z people really want.

What would have been cool if Nissan had called the 350z the 340z to stick with the culture of the car. Then this new 370z could have been called the 360z, all though that sounds like an Xbox . VERY nice looking concept car, I like it! I think I see a little Lamborghini Miura concept car in the back endLOL

That's quite the story!