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.

...I get nervous whenever I'm riding in a convertible/old American hardtop... Then again, I wonder how strong any vintage sedan/coupe's roof structure is anyway.

...It would have been interesting to see them compare to a 260/280... Actually, can anyone recall ANY magazine that's given the 260/280 any space? (other than to just give a passing mention to it being the "diluted successor to the 240" or something?)

Haha, great pics Stephen... I think I can pinpoint the day that the pic of the J30 was taken, iirc I had the street to myself that day as no one else wanted to drive in the snow I thought you mentioned having a 200SX of the prior generation than the one pictured, as it is I think the 510 is my favorite, love the color My car tally: 98 Camaro V6 (sold), 55 Chevy (still owned), 86 Lotus Esprit (for sale , 1980 Triumph TR7 (still owned), and the Z (only Datsun, my favorite )

I love back in the day pics, they intrigue me, I posted all mine a couple days ago, I believe they're now keeping page 10 warm I'd not mind my internet crashing to see all of SBlake's pics.

A Ford Granada is in common, it was a substitute Z for a while after the Air Force moved him somewhere else and he needed something to drive before he replaced the one he left behind... As I recall he hated that thing with a passion but thankfully I don't remember it well He also had a bug, but for some reason put a Ferrari Dino kit car on top of it, with sparkly speedboat paint. I really wish I had a picture of that. I don't know if I could have counted that in the "cars I miss" list though Mostly with my dad it was just a series of hot rodded and/or POS 55-65 Chevies, but there was a point when all my aunts and uncles had Datsuns (510s and pickups mostly, but my dad had to dissent with his Zs). I wonder if anyone else has Datsuns in their blood

haha, iirc Dauphine #1's points would rattle out every 100 miles or so, and he'd have to get out and affix them with a screwdriver when that happened... Usually in the snow somewhere. I'm not sure that Dauphine #2 ever ran often enough for that to happen, I'm pretty sure he traded it in either for his Corvair (with the gas powered heater negating any economy car aspect), or the Karmann Ghia with the punched in nose and no reverse gear. Still I think Caravelles are cool despite, and Alpines are lusted after... Other cars of his I miss are the aforementioned El Camino, a 356B, and a few MGB/Midgets... He's managed to hang on to all of his fun things since

I found an old family album with pics of the Zs I grew up with... My dad owned all these in the 70s/80s, decided they would almost be an interesting thing to make a thread about. Among my dad's first, (and apparently smog is not a new occurrence in San Bernardino)... 71 240 with mis-sized slot mags that would rub if he took a dip or turned hard enough, but damn do they look good... Can't tell if the hood is a bit wonky or if it's an illusion, but I think this one's the coolest From there to Hawaii, this one had oxidized paint so he had it redone in boring metallic blue (the same shade that my mom made him paint our flamed 59 El Camino after she was sick of being embarrassed by it sitting in the driveway). But I think it was his first, he was apparently hooked after his friend traded in an E type for one... The 260 is the car I was brought to the hospital in (to be borned, that had to induce some labor ), but unfortunately I believe I was taken back in a brand new Ford Tempo :ogre: My dad was never too enamored by this 260 anyway, it had been hooned a bit previously and had a broken aftermarket valence... ...and probably memories of beatings endured from the owners of the lowered Impala he obviously left on blocks to procure those wheels. HAHAHA LeCar, I actually sorta want one of those, luckily since it's a Renault it's probably still in the exact same position as pictured (somewhere in Colorado, 1986), hell, the hatch probably hasn't found the mood to stay down either (my dad also owned a Dauphine... and then ANOTHER Dauphine, so it wasn't always good times). The turbo versions were cool though. Bonjour le George!!! He felt obliged to get a ZX at some point, but "it wasn't the same", and his next sports car wound up being a Corvette. My brother drove this one to Phoenix to a skateboarding competition and "somehow" the transmission blew, my dad went through a few (JDM) trannies with the wrong ratios before he gave up and traded it in for a Ford Probe for my mom to tool around in, bah. I remember this one most vividly, being driven around San Bernardino, stopping at the 7-11 for slurpees

Haha, I tripped on the if/then statement. Though I was initially going to chime in with sympathy to the original poster seeing as there's nothing my car really needs, til I thought about things for two more seconds. If those fixes were more of a priority then I would have less readily admitted to anything...

...Ideally it needs paint a bit, and on top of that a color change... into some citrus hue. The dashboard has a half cap which pisses me off on occasion, I'd much rather have a full cap or a new dashboard entirely... Likely at some point I'll have a full cap. I think it would be excessively cool to have a car with an L28 turbo, 5 speed, lowered suspension etc... But that would be a project for another car, as this one is too pristinely original (aside from the paint).

hmm, it seems that for the price you're buying a VIN, most of the value has been leached out of that car already... Note that the seller won't ship internationally. From my loose grasp of things it seems like the engine and transmission are missing... (but it does seem to come with an owner's manual )