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Patcon and Siteunseen.....you guys crack me up! I love my Gator....I mean really love it. The Canadians make a damned good Gator......I do use it for deer hunting....it goes anywhere!

Finally stopped.......

I'm a little late on this thread, but I'll throw in my two cents worth. Getting the dimples flat is the key. Then, I put a little sealant (and I mean a little) where the front and rear bearing caps meet the block.....especially where the rear seal sticks are.....that's it....no more sealant. Then, I like the cork (it conforms to any low or high spots).....keep the torque to factory specs and re torque to those specs every 2 or so weeks for a couple months. None of my five Z's leak a drop. I find the premium gasket that MSA sells is too hard to conform to the irregularities of a Z oil pan. IMHO

Charles....... 10 to 12 inches so far. The snow is like a blizzard as we speak.....expected to stop at 10 pm tonight. I was hoping we'd get through the winter snow -free. Are you guys getting any in S.C. ? Don't know how our Canuck friends get through their winters.....guess that they must be laughing at us!

Still snowing in Virginia.... IMG_0512.MOV

One thing to point out. If you plug the water outlet ( and I'm one that thinks you should) at the thermostat housing and on the other side of the block (close the carb water circuit), just remember one thing......until the thermostat opens, you have nowhere for water to circulate. This means that water is limited to circulating in the block only, trying to circulate through the radiator. The thermostat is a dam, waiting to open. If you get down on a cool engine before your thermostat opens, a high RPM water pump is pushing against resistance.....you can blow a freeze plug like a missile projectile ( ask me how I know this). Just be patient like you are supposed to......let your engine come to full temp with an open thermostat before any quick right foot jabs!

Sleepy Time.......at least till April.

I'm with you moelk .......my guess is that Stephen will end up painting it the same color as the car......just my intuition.

Sarah. Hope the best for you and your friend. Guy

HLS30.com.....Will Stokes posted on Hardway's restoration thread last week. First time in awhile. @JimmyZ and X-ray?

My wife had this made for my Z garage.......

Very nice Cliff.....looks clean!

Nice shots Jim.....I love Safari gold !

I bought my BRE type spoilers from MSA, then used wood clamps to clamp them to the front valence. I drilled 5 holes and bolted on with stainless steel bolts and large flat washers. I can't remember how many bolts were in the rear spoiler, but we used a thin rubber spacer (O ring) around each bolt to allow a small space for water to pass under the spoiler and seal the bolt hole water tight. Whatever you like is the right way as far as color for the spoilers.

The dealer added spoilers ( both front and rear) were BRE type to mimic Morton's Road Race of Champions class winner. I'm guessing it was owners option. Personally I like the rear spoiler painted the color of the car....the front spoiler a charcoal gray or black.

Jim......Zcarsource.com has those if you can't find one from a member here. Being from Arizona, the items I've purchased from them have been very rust free. Good luck.

Cliff....If you aligned the two bright links correctly to the cam sprocket mark and crank sprocket mark, you don't have to pull the front cover. Just turn the engine to TDC compression and redo the distributor shaft. You are 180 degrees out!

Took this one in Savannah......

Thanks for digging that up Steve. I never get tired of reading that thread. Nice to see the old names from years ago too. There are some really great stories and examples of bringing the old Z cars back from the dead. There have been some really great restorations......Z's are incredibly beautiful and fun to drive.......I just love these little cars. BTW, You don't happen to have Bruce's restoration thread in your archives do you? ......and Jeff, thanks for your compliments.....hope to meet you some day, would love to show you my cars!

Yes Steve.....It was a scorpion nest in the Arizona desert before Bruce Deane worked his magic on the car. The engine is all mine. Here's the before and after. Good to hear from you again Steve. We all can look back and say "I wish I hadn't sold that one"! Guy BTW Red7......Your cars are fabulous......love orange too! .

Yes......Doesn't get much better than white....I'll bet you each have regretted selling those cars many times.....they were awesome cars!

Beautiful cars.....plenty out there for less than 40m, but keep the Z....sell the "flip Top" IMO

We all know you and the rest of us on this forum are crazy. That settled, just let me say this...."every Z I've ever sold, I regretted". I've owned 3 911's and currently own a really nice NSX....I enjoy driving the green 72 Z more than any of them. Porsches are awesome. really cool cars.....just don't take 'em in for repairs and let the wife see the bill. Also, I never really felt comfortable working on 'em....even changing the plugs was a pain. My opinion....sell the Roadster and buy a 1995 911 (best year for the 993's), or an NSX (no repairs needed).....keep that beautiful Z.

Great advice zKars.........I know exactly what you mean when it's almost perfect, but not quite. I just changed plugs a couple weeks ago in my green car.....eliminated that almost perfect running and ran perfect. The old plugs looked great. I'll check to see if a loose cap was the problem. Thanks........