Danglybanger

...On the driver's side... ...Passenger's... Both buried under the dash as shown, discovered while I was attempting to get the heater blower motor working again (isn't the motor itself btw, now suspecting bad selector lever?) Anyway, I'm puzzled as to what the above do... I can indeed "push" and "pull" them, and when pushed or pulled they appear to block air flow out of a slot, and when in the middle air can freely exit that slot... Which seems a bit useless, and as the heater blower motor still doesn't work, it's harder to tell in practice what their function must be, doesn't seem to be in any manuals, I'd love to hear what they do :laugh: ...Also, extra credit... In this bundle of wires in the passenger footwell on the tunnel, the red and green lead to connectors which have been pulled and taped in that way to the harness... My theories are that they either lead at one point to the cat/floor lights, or is it possible that these are a holdover from the 74MY when they might have been a part of the won't-start-unless-your-seatbelt-is-fastned system? Thanks!

Welcome, red one is gorgeous I'd remove the whaletail, and then never touch it (except for maybe an L28ET, if it doesn't already )

...I clicked just about all of them. But was the only person to click one for the mileage option, . Ideally I'd have my 280, a lime 240 with an L28ET, and an orange one with an RB25det (just because that's really the only way to have that engine in CA, ). Both otherwise stock looking, maybe with ZG flares I'd love a 510 but would rather a 610 coupe, for the swishier, more feminine look... And a B210 or 710 with an SR20, just to be ridiculous, just as a base for the engine. Could see myself in a 350, but not before a Z32 TT... I'd have an early Infiniti Q for a family car, likely. Any classic Skyline, Silvia etc... Pulsar GTiR... But I think if I had my choice of bringing anything over from the JDM side, it would probably be one of these...

Haha, the swastikas aren't ever to my taste, nor are kits, but it's the right color and looks smooth as hell... I'd love that car. What are the plans for the rear bumper? I'd continue the mesh motif in the upper grille to make things match up. Looks great

I really wish I could dismantle the emblems on the Z to the point where they just said "YO". That's really the only advantage Toyota ownership gives.

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...haha. Most gearheads happen to be Republican, and at least a few other threads here cued me in to that a bit. Granted, enthusiasts of classic Japanese cars might be a bit less than traditional in that or any other regard, but... It doesn't really matter, other than the fact that no one really seems to be engaging in the common idiom in threads such as this, involving gloating/whining.

If you want to invest, get into stocks or currencies. If you want to drive/work on a car, buy a car. All things equal, you'll probably get a better return on the stock market than foolishly being certain of your car's future value. For sentimental objects like that, there's no telling what the market will do... In twenty or thirty years it's hard to know the state of cars powered by gasoline in general, so... It's just too impossible with stuff like this to tell what will go up and keep its value.

Phone calls and whatnot? God, it must suck to live in a battleground state I've never had a single piece of campaign material directed at me personally, in CA I only saw a handful of ads in the first place (all for Obama, actually). Then again I'm not big on TV, then again I only watch cable when I do... Anyway, I'm glad to see that no one seems to be taking the bait for controversy in this thread, I'm sure most people on this board supported McCain, which means that a great many people who have the potential to whine about this are in fact being honorable and, like all of us, watching to see what Obama can do.

. While any one of those four might catastrophically happen a few times in a given decade, I feel more secure here than being subject to the near annual certainty of hurricane (Or for that matter, I feel more secure with enduring any of the above rather than enduring snow, as applies to other geographical locales ) Though I occasionally get Phoenix envy, nice town that has everthing, but a bit too isolated from everywhere else... In any case, I'm not a huge fan of the 370's design as compared to the 350 (which I thought was gorgeous), but it's growing on me and I might just show up for whatever they do with it. I'd at least like to see it in some better colors.

...I may not have been concieved in a Z (actually I've never asked), but moving up a stage to birth, my mom was driven to the hospital in a 260Z, . (That had to have induced labor...) Though I was brought home from the hospital in a Ford Tempo, so... I'd rather go to Vegas and then get married IN my Z. And then get a divorce, in my Z

...Purely speculative and to further my curiosity/knowledge, as I don't plan on doing it to my car, but will the taillight surround from a 2+2 (with the two little fake vents) interchange with a two seater? Always thought it was an interesting look at any rate... Only recently discovered that it was stock to 2+2s rather than aftermarket

...Impressive, even though deer aren't a danger here (not much bigger than lizards, rabbits and roadrunners, and thankfully they don't get to bumper height), in this area other drivers are the ones who typically push for your extinction, though good to know they're deer safe :bandit: Despite many citing the ugliness that the safety bumper has imposed on automotive design even up to this decade, new bumpers seem more deficient than the old, stiff chrome 70s monsters as the 280 has (which I've heard were often designed to withstand 10, 15, or even 20mph impacts, in anticipation of pending stricter regulation which never came)... And even if the modern bumpers do protect the car's structure, it hardly matters if you then have to pay over $1000 to replace/repaint/repair the painted cover, bumper structure etc. ...Well look at it this way. Your car is a 76, and at least doesn't have the biggest, most monstrous bumpers. Though I go back and forth between which 280 bumper actually looks best...

...Totally with you on hating the look of air dams, thanks for not cutting apart another 280 Only sort of with you on stock bumper hating, they're ugly, but do provide much more protection, and they're also unique and make your car stand out a bit... It's a period look Though it's hard to blame you for wanting the earlier bumpers... But really, what puts me over the edge on keeping mine is that they provide much, much more protection (than the 240 bumpers, which give nearly none).

The orange one is truly gorgeous... The first thing I'd do is add bumper guards, it's a shame so many of these don't have them I REALLY like the tube/mesh grilles on those.