gogriz91

Dude, get one of your family members to put you in for an episode of "Overhaulin" or "Pimp my Ride". I'm hoping they'll do a Z one of these days. You get a hot new restored Z on someone else's dime, what could be better?

It seems to me like there's been better deals on full sets of Watanabe's before, you just have to be patient.

I don't know man, the Audi TT styling looks horrible compared to the 350. Hoodline's way too high, roofline's too low. Looks like a classic depressed German male design team came up with something to horrify their Italian counterparts with. The 350 has much more graceful lines, and performs better, for less money. It never was going to be a retro 240, but it just might be great styling and performance and all at a great price, like some other Datsun sports car I've heard of. If you really don't like the design, thank your counterparts who drive 300Z's. The designer from Nissan said he tried to combine the styling cues from the 240Z and the latest 300Z's to come up with the 350.

and the person selling them sure is proud. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7965898637&category=66481

when cold, or when i honk on the throttle, the little devil seems to backfire through the carbs. had this same problem when I had dual weber setup. any ideas?

Don't feel bad if you like them. i wonder if they are from that conversion kit you used to be able to buy to turn an early model Z into a 250GTO lookalike? They seem somewhat bland to me, but I am in ove with the traditional look, so just "Enjoy the ride" whatever the tail may look like. As these cars get older, it's less a function of how the lights look as it is how well they work! PS Where is Forest Grove? If you ever think you're having a bad day, I'll trade places with you. There's a lot of beautiful country in Oregon.

thanks Ed, I appreciate your time and info.

okay, it isn't a brand new 5-speed. It came out of some variety of 280. If it isn't the shifter not being able to make the throw, what could it be in the transmission, and am I looking at a rebuild, or a new transmission?

have a '73 240 with an L-28 and a new 5-speed. Runs through 1-4 just fine, but will slip out of 5th after 5-10 seconds unless I hold the shifter in place. have just replaced the clutch master and slave cylinder. Any ideas?