gogriz91

If it were a show car I'd never drive it which would take the real pleasure out of owning it for me. I struggle putting money into it because I know I won't recoup it if I were to sell. I spend $400 on parts to make some thing better then something breaks and I just curse the damn thing for breaking after I just put money into it. I've come close to selling a few times but just can't imagine not having a Z around to tinker with and drive every now and then. I'm even willing to go to the desert for 3-5 months of tax free so I can feed it into my Z, although you wouldn't know it to look at the car close up.

Looks like a serious case of "Bring out yer dead!"

I went to the one last Spring in Tokyo and it was great, lots of Nissans and a bunch of Toyota 2000 GTs. The swap meet was so-so as most of the parts were for newer cars than S30s but, there were two vendors with a bunch of old magazines that featured older Japanese sports cars and I got some nice S30 magazines. It and the Sagamiko Spring meet would almost be worth the cost to make the trip and stay there long enough to attend both events.

Beautiful car, almost makes me want to go into debt to buy it. I think the sale will go through. The seller low balled it because he undervalued the car and wanted to make sure it would sell. (Just my HO)

As long as you've got the Frank Costanza attitude to go with it, you'll be good to go. A moment of silence for Don Knotts too if I may hijack this a little bit. I'm really going to miss Barney.

Any recommendations for a carpet set up that includes the transmission tunnel piece?

Are you going to get another Z, or another sports/GT car, or are you trying to put food on the table?

I'm going there next week for business and would like to do dinner at Humpy's one night (Tues-Thurs) with some fellow Z enthusiasts.

You're dedicated, I just farted around until they showed the Z. I'll bet a screenplay could be written for Wangan Midnight that would be a great movie, a cult classic today, not 20 years ago. This may have been posted here before but oh well, it's the intro to the video game. http://www.zippyvideos.com/70747806453375/w_m_intro/

I can't believe how bright its headlights are myself. Leave it to the Japanese to take a masculine theme and effeminate it.

If you'll be kicking yourself you should make the trip. Whether or not anything good comes out of it is still to be determined and rests solely in your lap. Chalk it up as a road trip and enjoy the scenery.

The folks on HybridZ.org have really come through on this one. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=107279&highlight=wangan It's in Japanese and a little corny but the S30 looks great and the street scenes look pretty sharp.

Since the initial rush seems to be waning here Dave have you thought about posting on ZCar.com or Hybridz.org since there are probably some Z owners who don't hit this site but might hit those instead?

If you're coming to the SEZ shootout or the Mitty, they have a huge store on I-75 just south of Atlanta near Atlanta Motor Speedway.

I think he's bored with it and wants the money to do something else. I'm just curious if he'll do another 1st gen Z project.

This car was well done, can't believe he's selling it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-Z-Series-1974-SR20DET-240Z-500hp_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6187QQitemZ4614944592QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW Related thread on HybridZ.org http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=104692

Go to HybridZ or even do a search here for the Honda wiper motor "upgrade". I've heard it's been done and I may be having to do it myself if my original wiper motor doesn't work any better soon.

I do!...but I'm in Middle GA right now....I guess I'll have to wait until I retire.

I'm getting all three to hedge my bets against God knows what. Is that a good answer?

Dave, got the P/L harness yesterday, thanks for the quick turnaround. Will let you know how the install goes. Todays project is the 105 amp alternator install. The reason I posted that your headlights might work better with it was based on this thread. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17571&highlight=105+amp I'm not planning on disconnecting/re-connecting my old wiring to test the new alternator so it's a moot point providing everything goes ok getting the alternator put on.

That trouble light is one of the most reliable pieces of engineering on the car!

My motto at work is no surprise...just dissapointment. I'm not surprised Nissan isn't going to put any effort into showing the flag at the Mitty, I'm just dissapointed because the decision chain that lead to a no answer from 3 separate sectors of the company would have made a great albeit dark episode of Seinfeld. Remember, Mr K was a pariah in the organization and was sent to America in part to get him out of the home office, no surprise...just dissapointment.

It seems like it would be a great venue to pair a BRE 240 with one of their R or S tune 350Z's, 5 generations of racing. If nothing else, they could sell a ton of NISMO labeled crap and probably cover their investemnt.

I bought an '05 Pathfinder last summer and just got a customer comment card after 6 motnhs of ownership. I guess I'll add a line or two about their support for their grassroots racing legacy.