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Ok, so Ronal lists these as "Formerly Gotti 1001"...and they only come in 16 and 17. The wheels I am looking at are identical except they are recessed 4-lug with a larger hub cap. they are also 14's. There are two 14X6 and two 14X7. These would actually be pretty cool. I was thinking aobut having the center spokes (the gold is kinda flaking) done in charcoal and leave the rims silver. steve77/86/71

OMG, these are SOOOOO unbelievably cool. I am still in shock at finding these on the Ronal page. Wouldn't these look great on a Z? Ronal Wheels steve77/86/71

Hmmm, I'va always 'hosted' pix. I'm not sure I even know how ot 'attach'. steve

Is it justme or are the pix dead? When you cut and paste they work, but theydon't show up for me. Hmmmm steve77/86/71

A friend of mine has a set of Gotti wheels he wants to sell. He says they are made in Italy. They LOOKED at least 2-piece, but it was dark...they may have been 3-peice (all the little bolts looked functional--not just rivets or something). They are five-spoke with the rim being silver and the spoke gold. I can't seem to find any website for Gotti Wheels. A bunch of outdated sale ads came up for some Ferrari's and Renault's (with Gotti's) when I searched. So....to my trusty and knowledgeable Z brotha's! Does anyone here know anything about these wheels? They look almost exactly like these: Thanks! steve77/86/71

>>>> Don't you have one with an L-series engine and one with a V8?<<<< Oops, wrong guy, here. No V-8's for me (unless it was a Q41, 43, or 45 or maybe that new 5.6l Titan engine!!!) I am Nissan through and through. I have a car with a VG30e, a car with a L28e and a car with an L24, two L28e's and a L28t laying beside it. It's trying to make up its mind which one it wants... steve77/86/71

Enjoy it while it lasts, though...When my wife gets home tonight, at least one of those is going out in the cold... steve 77/86/71

Rear doors: Nissan claims to have an 'edge' on "almost 180 degree opening rear doors". Beds: Ditto, those four-door trucks with the 4' beds are a joke. And those flip-out bars that add a foot are an even bigger joke. Those of you who have shopped for a Frontier know it is the ONLY compact truck available with four doors AND A FULL (compact full-size) size bed (6'). Toyota still has the grocery bed on their 4-door. I don't read anything about a stick. 5-speed auto seems to ce the only option. I might consider one when they come in a stick. steve77/86/71

Did they say "5.6 litre V-8"???? steve77/86/71

God, now I'm up to three! This is frightening. But this time I bought a 'real' one...a '71. Cost me $1. Has a bit of rust here and another bit there...didn't really look at it to hard today, just loaded it on the trailer and drove away. How hard can you look at a $1 car?!?!?! No motor, 4-speed, slotted mags, seats, but not much of an interior. Fun fun FUN!!! steve77/86/71

Wow, arched garage doors in Australia. How cool is that? steve77/86

Drove it home today. First time I have ever driven a Z31. Not bad actually. Wasn't getting on it or anything as it has 1 YO gas in it and the oil looks like road tar. Just wanted to get it home and start treating it like a Z. Even driving it reather anemically, it surprised me at how little of a 'boat' it was. It is quite an agile car, even with the power steering (which is Quite stiff). You turn the wheel a bit and it points its nose down sharp into the direction you want to go. I can't wait to get it in a condition where I am confident 'driving' it. Anyways.... this is in 'Body and Paint' because.... I am taking off the horribly faded and peeling door guards. They are about 1 1/4" wide black rubber with a 3/4" body colour (red) inset. It is held on with white double-sided foam tape. What is the best way to get it off? I peeled on section off and most of the tape stays. It is really sticky stuff. The alloys have a clear-coat that is peeling really badly in sections. Strip it off and re-clearcoat it? What happens if I just strip it and leave it? steve77/86

jeffP owns this car? steve77/86

Since polls have shown this site 99.9% male, I am going to skip all the he/she/it PC crap... steve77/86

Would this be similar to what is on the 240k /c110 in the other discussion? steve77/86

KPGC10 KPGC110 PGC10 C10 Racer: Wasn't that a C110 race car trailered out back behind the 2002 MSA show? Back by the 'blue rooms'? steve77/86

OK, that makes sense......the first thng I noticed about the motor was the valve cover, which had giant NISSAN in huge relief (like 1/2 inch high, 2" tall letters). The owner said the valve cover was "really rare". Steve Landoni at Z's Unlimited said in not-too-distant history, (the strange valve covers) came on all the re-manufactured engines from Japan and he has "thrown away hundreds of them". So, mystery solved. "Slap'em together and send them over to those Americains!" Thanks alot. steve77/86

>>>>if you got the "i'm not gonna tell you who told me", it was me. i figured that since you had been posting about it on the net, she had to know. i half expected to see it yesterday <<<< Yup, even under fairly heavy torture, whe wouldn't tell me. I was going around the table person by person. There were only about three people there who knew and I had instructed them carefully before lunch that she didn't know. I TOTALLY forgot you were a member here. I hadn't drawn any lines between 240z.org and CCZCC. I DID talk about it here because everyone on this site lives in, like, Iceland, or Ohio. Me and my big mouth.... No worries, it's all good. steve77/86

Saw one on a Z. Can't seem to find Zgarage tonight, but don't remember ever reading about an e-30 head. Am I having a brain-fart? steve77/86

Well, I am having it re-upholstered, put a new MAS/afm in it and put a new 5-speed in it and was planning on giving it to my wife for Valentine's Day. She still didn't know about it. BUT SOME BOZO at the CCZCC luncheon today goes AND TELLS HER ABOUT IT!!!! MAN! did I get the monobrow! I had some serious 'spaining to do on the drive home. But all is cool...she thinks it was 'cute' I was going to give her a red Z for Valentine's. Whew! steve77/86

>>>>Just a reminder about the luncheon tomorrow...Reservations are for 12 noon at The Jetty in Lompoc, so plan on being there by 11:30 or so. For those of you meeting at my house for a drive together down to Lompoc, we will be LEAVING at 10:30. I am at 746 Via Bandolero in Arroyo Grande, directly behind Trader Joe's. After lunch, I have heard of a Mission in Lompoc that is supposed to be really neat and some of us may hit a couple wineries. Who is bringing their wife/significant other? My wife is coming... >>>Big Bummer: The new shirts are not finished. However, I will be bringing some cool club and Nissan stuff to sell for money for the club. Off the top of my head: ===ONE XL CCZCC ORANGE T-SHIRT LEFT....$15 ===One heavy baseball cap, Black with large white Z embroideried on front and "240, 260, 280, ZX and 300zx" embroidered on back. $10 ===Another hat identical to above but dark blue with gold embroidery. $10 ===Three XL white t-shirts with a nice little screen print on the left breast "The Z lives on...240, 260, 280, 300..." $5 Steve McConnell Central Coast Z Car Club

That's not you!!!! steve77/86

Got the intake today...thanks a ton. I see you have been editing the post as you go along. I don't remember seeing any injectors on there before??? I would have bought those too! Oh, well...next time. Small, weird world how I received the entire upper end of my new engine project from you--in two scenarios! Thanks again. steve77/86

I think everybody has a pile of head bolts around...I put four of them on the bottom of my blocks (I have four or five in the garage in various stages of dismantling) and stand them up on these 'legs'. It gets them up off the ground and makes it easy to walk them around. See, I do'nt have a cute doggy like 2many and have to walk my L blocks around. steve77,86