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Just for anyone doing a search who is looking for this information, the vented hood began with the 1977 model year. All will interchange...

Now that the bidding is over I want to thank BobC for his hard work and congratulate myself for being the winner of the Mr. K autographed 240Z glove box door. I will probably actually put it on my car as I think these cars need to be driven... When I saw this thread I instantly knew that the autograph was authentic as I watched Mr. K autograph one of the numbered edition 300ZX cars at Surfside about 10 years back. I thought it looked pretty cool. I think there was only one other bidder which is sad... 4 of the 7 bids were mine trying to find the reserve. The last bid was mine again to put it to bed with less than a minute left in the auction. Bob when you get that shipping price together let me know. Or I could just send you the auction price now and the shipping when you get the rechromed emblem. I usually pay within moments of auction end... I have a really old Datsun hood emblem which I don't know what it came from. Perhaps I could donate that to the museum cause. I will take a picture of it and post it here...

Hey! That's my wife! She thanks you for the compliment though...

Obviously from my screenname you might gather that I am an autocrosser. My own children were raised just as your father raised you. My 10 year old is being raised as your father raised you... There is a place for this. There is talent that needs to be developed. There are support people that need to be in place. I am glad my kids learned to autocross and do track days with me. They have skills they can use on the street. But most of those skills don't involve the pedal on the right... This is sad. Two families torn up and twisted because of stupidity and testosterone possibly even alcohol.

These pictures come from a Seattle Area paper. Yesterday, a 25 Year old driving a 350Z doing well over 100 according to witnesses. Skidded, turned sideways, hit a curb and flew through a wrought iron fence and 85 feet through the air into the yard of a house. The gas tank ruptured as it went over the curb and the car was on fire as it flew through the air. Both the driver and passenger were burned beyond recognition... First thumbnail is the house. It wasn't hit but as you can see the fire was pretty intense. Second thumbnail is the mangled wrought iron fence at a clinic 85 feet from the house. Third is the curb next to the fence. See the scrape marks from the bottom of the car?

In the Porsche world a prototype 914 was found in the Mojave desert. It was stolen from the guy who owned it by guys who knew what it was and sold to freind of mine. He got into a bit of trouble as he ignored police attempts to get a hold of him. The big thing about it and it was Chassis number 4 by the way, was that lots of things were different from the production cars. The turn signal lenses were one off as were many other things. The car was rusted as can be but my freind kept it and even wrote an artical about it for Excellence Magazine. The point is that it would be nearly impossible and prohibitively expensive to restore the car unless it uses the parts that were ultimately production. The car is however, an interesting museum car. My freind did jail time for possession of stolen property which ultimately was expunged. In case you're interested.

Agreed. The extreme low number of the chassis overrides any need to do a meticulous restoration that would have it in perfect condition. Just bringing it back to daily driver shape would still have it one of the most interesting Datsun cars in a museum. Especially if you can track some of the history of ownership and interview and document people's memories of the car.

Jon, You know what they say! If it was easy,... I think if I go back again it will be for a welding class or a paint and body class...:squareeye I actually got two Masters and the PhD since then... My '73 will be just as nice. I have an entirely new interior from MSA and CDM sitting in the garage. The paint is done and only the mirrors need to be put on. The engine is a strong 2.4 with an E31 head done by Rebello... It feels strong but I will probably pull it apart and rebuild it just to see what I have. While I am working on it, I have this to play with...

That is a very long story but Jon - you asked... about 5 years ago while I was doing my anesthesia residency I drove the car down to Oakland so some of my colleagues could see it. On the way back home, driving on 680 heading for 80 I see a red Firebird probably mid-90's coming up on me at 100+ MPH 680 is two lane in each direction and I am next to a Camry so he isn't going anywhere. Besides we are in heavy traffic. He comes up behind me and hits the binders and sits just inches off my rear bumper backing off and speeding up like he is trying to intimidate me. Finally, I hear him accelerate and I feel myself starting to spin. He had just nudged my right rear enough to make me light back there and I began to spin the rear toward the driver side. It was such a light nudge that I didn't even hear it. But, when he went by me he hit the right front pretty hard. Then, he veared off and NAILED the Camry in the left rear corner. I spun about 4 times and wound up facing traffic in the inside shoulder. I had gripped my steering wheel so hard I broke it from its center... But, I did see the Camry flying through the air. It landed out in some rice field off the outside of 680. I got out of the car and looked at the car in the field. I called 911 from my cell phone and said to send EMS. I looked up the highway and the Firebird was stopped in the middle of the road, the guy had one leg out the door and his airbag had deployed. He was arrested for DUI at the scene. I was able to drive my car home. I waited 6 weeks for CHP to finish their report and I was amazed that his freakin' insurance company didn't contact me. Finally, I stopped in Fairfield at the CHP office and picked up a copy of the report just as it was finished. His insurance was CAAA. I called information from my cell phone and got connected to the claims department and when I told the woman I had been involved in an accident with their insured on April something or other she said, "wow, he was in another accident that day on the 680 but it was a single car vs: guardrail" I explained to her that it was certainly not a guardrail and that a woman was airlifted out of there to UCD Med Center and she didn't look good. The woman said she would have a supervisor call me back. The supervisor checked my facts, CHP report number and such and had CHP fax her a copy then called me back. She said that they would "take care of me." The next day a woman called and offered me $1500 for the car. Luckily, I had it insured for $12,000. They called in an independent appraiser who valued it at $14,000. They offered me the 12K and I said, Ahh no... Your own appraiser said 14K so I will keep the car and we will go with your numbers. They took $700 for "salvage value" and I sold pretty much all the rest. Although, I still have a bunch of parts in boxes... I was so burned out after doing all that work and having it destroyed in an instant that I went to Porsche's and swore I would never have another Z. Then, I found a one owner '73 with just about every Nissan Motorsport part installed or in a box and here I am back with you ugly mugs...

My wife is about to become an agent representing them. She will probably do a banner ad or something if that is available. I insure 2 Porsche's and a 240Z with them and I also could not be more pleased. There is no argument over what I say it is worth and I always get prompt answers to questions. Good solid advice. My wife will be a broker for them soon... That is her in that avatar...

Oh!!! That stung! Today as I was leaving the driveway at 9:55am to go to a get-together I saw a very nice red 240Z go past my house and turn into the Fair Oaks Post Office parking lot... Anyone want to identify themselves? Z anything is welcome! I will be driving my Carrera and most Porsche cars are going to be 914's... Very low key. Just a bunch of car guys eating carbs and drinking coffee.

I am about to put a set of round tops on the classifieds here complete with the air cleaner manifolds and carbs for $150.00 I would think any four barrel set up would pool the fuel in the manifold. Not good.

Mat, Thanks, I don't really know my way around the site yet so I didn't know about the regional thing. Did I have the date wrong? Saturday is actually the 28th... Anyway, y'all come on down... Some Porsche friends will be there too. Let's see if we can outnumber them!

Mat, I think I know the management of his apartment building if I am seeing the picture correctly and it is taken there. If I had seen this earlier you could have put it on my property... Closer...

pregunta... My red interior has black window cranks. I notice a picture of red ones. Were they originally supposed to be red? My car is a '73 white with red interior... I bought the entire interior replacement parts from MSA and CDM... Now, I have to scramble to get them in before the ZONC Hooter's Show here in Sacramento... Anyone here in Sacramento a whiz with the vinyl glue up parts... Fat Tire is on me!!!

Ha!!! Well the title pretty clearly describes a car which you guys are all familiar with. I was going to put the yabo pics right next to Mike's thread titled "boobs." These were taken during the build of the cars which took only about 3 days if I recall... They had a rough season but will be back.

Dream Garage Huh???

Enjoy the ride!

I thought you guys might enjoy these pictures. A friend of mine was the crew chief for one of the Playboy 350Z cars last year and will probably be involved again...

E, I think that does help. I see a plastic nut with a post that can be threaded up or down. I suspect it got twisted a little by my 10 year old helper as it has some clean threads. Too late to mess with it tonight but I will put a wrench on it tomorrow and loosen it up... Rob

I feel like a newbie. I am putting my '73 240Z back together after paint and today I reassembled the door lock handle assemblies. They have been off the car for about a year and after I get them together the seem awfully tight. The handle hardly lifts and everything seems like it needs to be lubed... Do these things come back from the dead or do you have to buy new or hunt for good old? I have never had this problem with any of my old Z cars...

It matches up well with a phrase I am always telling my students. Common sense is not all that common anymore...

I do all have-to driving on my motorcycle. It seems to get 45mpg no matter what I do. Like clockwork. I turned 21500 on the way to work this morning. The bags allow me to haul pretty much anything I need to work. One tank of fuel lasts two weeks with my commute. Pretty nice.

Ummm... Me.