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Your dash looks like new! Nice job. Dennis

The wrap material mentioned earlier would certainly give various texture choices, like carbon fiber, but would not play well with the speaker holes on the rear side panels. The sprays look nice if a good cleaning doesn't work. Dennis

Whoever goes, please check in here before going and also when you get home. It's easy to find, first house on the left after you pass the dilapidated trailer park. Just enter though the gate. The pit bulls are friendly. Dennis

Plenty of space on the property to bury bodies. Could be how he acquired some of those cars. Just set a lure on Craigslist and sit back and wait for a bite. This has all the elements of a "Silence of the Lambs" type movie thriller. Anyone care to add to the story? Dennis

"54th imported" is a lot more difficult to prove than "54th built". Curious that he didn't list the VIN if it's such an early car. But, that's the charm of Craigslist. Dennis

54th Z imported into the US, he claims. I wonder how he knows that or where it's documented. Dennis

Your description makes it sound like scrap, so you may want to pay by the pound - $1,000 or less. Dennis

Fuel delivery is pretty straight forward. Gas in tank, electric pump with pressure rating adequate for your Z, clean fuel filter(s). If you've checked the pressure rating at the carbs and the carbs are working and adjusted correctly, you should be good to go. You've tried a few pumps if I remember correctly. Have you measured the current pump pressure or are you just guessing it's inadequate? What amount of pressure is your current pump putting out? Dennis

Everyone enjoying the new season? Lots of Zombie carnage in the first episode. Dennis

What's your budget for this restoration? Knowing that number would make planning a bit easier to accomplish. Dennis

It needs to be affordable and undercut the price of the alternatives to be successful in North America. If it carries a Porsche or Corvette price tag, it will lose the "entry level" appeal the Z has always held for sports car enthusiasts. Dennis

Beware the rust you don't see with a Z. Do you have a budget for this project? Don't forget to factor in a set of new rubber seals for the glass, rear hatch, and doors. cutting out the rust spots and welding in new metal will solve the visible problems, but add expense. Since you're in a tropical area, expect new rust spots to appear as time goes on. Did you get a couple estimates on body work and painting? Dennis

Unless that's a Morgan, something is seriously wrong with that picture. Dennis

It looks like a small version of the old "visible" gas pumps used in the 1920s and 1930s. Hand pump how much you want into the calibrated glass cylinder and pay by the gallon - or in this case, liter. Cool garage accessory. Dennis

Considering how little of the Z they use, I'm surprised they didn't just go with a purpose built tube frame and add the custom body and interior. I suppose there's a reason....like needing a VIN plate for registration purposes. Dennis

Painfully slow video presentation. But, the finished product is pretty slick. Dennis

If you watch the hatch lifting at the 14 minute point, you see only the left side of the hatch with the strut, not the right side. I'm sure a helping hand is lifting the hatch off camera on the right side. Movie magic! My '71 didn't do it when new or with a replacement factory strut more recently. Dennis

Trying to second guess the collector car market is like trying to out guess the stock market. Some cars will always have high, and increasing, value while others go in and out of favor. It's probably healthiest to just think of your collector car as a hole in the driveway into which you pour money. If you're fortunate enough to sell it for more than you have in it at some point, good for you. If not, just reflect on the pleasure it's given you along the way. In addition to my Z, I have owned a 1970 Porsche 914-6 for 23 years and a 1963 supercharge Studebaker Avanti for 40 years. Both are "rare" cars with production of just a few thousand each. The 914-6 is riding high currently with examples similar to mine selling more than twice what I paid for it. The value of the Avanti has barely kept up with inflation. I've put more money into my Z than I could ever hope to recoup. I enjoy them all and have no plans to sell any time soon. Dennis

Probably not enough Teslas making it to the local Pick A Part to be able to score a drive train. The 25 mile range makes it a fairly expensive golf cart. A nice experiment, but not likely to generate much excitement among buyers. Dennis

His web site says the range is 25 miles, although he's gotten over 50. Also says it has a tach. I wonder what RPMs it measures. Dennis

Quite nice, quite expensive. I'll stick with my 1970 air cooled and carbureted Porsche, however. Dennis

I think we may be adding this thread to the "Well Intentioned, But Unfulfilled" file along with all the others that have attempted to reproduce headlight covers over the years. The OP hasn't visited this site since the end of September, a couple weeks after opening the thread. It's a complicated and expensive process. Dennis

Thanks for the snow pictures. They remind me of why I left northern Wisconsin and moved to the desert. Dennis

Dead link. Removed from CL. Dennis

Now you get to be a detective. From underneath the tank, look to see if the gas is dripping directly from a small hole in the bottom of the tank or running down the side, then to the bottom middle, and then dripping. Is it a static drip or a pressurized drip when the car is running and pumping fuel? Did you fill with gas up to the top of the filler neck? That when mine used to leak due to a cracked filler neck. Good luck tracing the source. You may end up dropping the tank. Be safe. Dennis