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Lucky! Very lucky indeed! Sweet Z.

Mine was also built in 9/71 but about 5000 after yours?!?! Wow they were really cranking 'em out weren't they? What engine # do you have? Nate

Here is one I took at this years convention http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=16883&cat=500&page=2

Sounds like you've got a great plan. I'm normally big on keeping the original color but gunmetal paint idea sounds great! What kind and size of wheels do you plan on using? Will you be keeping the interior stock or do you have big plans for that too? Best of luck on your Z and keep us posted with lot's of pics! Nate

Is this still looking at being made into a database? Here's mine... 1972 Datsun 240Z #HLS30-47945, mfd: 9/71, color: 918 Orange, Engine still original #L24 058290, 4 spd tranny and rear end are also original. Originally sold at Jack Ingram Motors Inc. Montgomery, AL 02-18-72 and had made it's way to California by the end of the year. Nate

Do you mean this event at Travis AFB? http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=16154&cat=500&page=5 I was there for a short while... and hey I got the T-shirt! (ZONC shirt that is) The konigs look good, esp. on your 280. Not quite my style, but they are nice... and what a deal too! The gunmetal looks great on a blue car, nice choice. Nate

Love the Sakuras! I will keep abreast of this and possibly consider going with them instead of Panasports. The Panas may be popular but they look so damn good on a Z. Sakuras would definettly look good too, but I couldn't go with pink on an orange car :sick: Nate

Awesome! you nailed it on the head the head vicky!

Yo, Dat be da phatest ride I ever did see - fo shizzle!!! I guess people have nothing else better to spend money on. I, like others, can't figure out what the hell he was thinking by relocated the fuel filler door the roof?!?!?! And i'm sure that HUGE tach is a requirement with an automatic.

Watch out... the new 06 civic will be coming with the 1.8L 140hp motor. A much better starting point than the non Si 127 now. Of course that's still not SE-R 165hp... on the other hand the new Si now no longer a hatchback, has a 2.0L and 197hp and that IS more than the Spec-V's 175!?!?!?! Hmmm, Nissan better get on the ball. The honda only has 139lb-ft of torque vs. the Spec-V's 180, but I don't know if it will help. I'll put my stock '72 up against ANY stock '72 Honda ANYDAY!!!

Hey Steven! Nope, only the two at the compressor. Nate

Here is a pic of the A/C controller on my '72 (09/71). http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=13891&cat=500&page=8 And the compressor... I could take a better pic of the compressor or condensor if you'ld like. http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=13889&cat=500&page=8 Mine seems to be pretty common... I've seen a few of the samae ones. Nate

Dude - Jack stands are perfectly safe when used properly and they are meant to hold the car up. Buy a quality set of jack stands and you'll have them around forever. If your worried about them buy the 3 - 3 1/2 ton set. They will more than adequately support the light weight Z. Good Luck, Nate

Here, here JMort! You are correct sir. Although raising an entire city or moving seem quite improbable... but on second thought Boston did shove the interstates underground... hmmm? As you said the design is a local problem not the current administrations. 1972zed... trust me the g'ment is not ignoring the people down there. They have to get to them first. Trees are down, the roads that aren't flooded are packed with debris. If they could drive HumVees and Deuce and a Half's in there to get them they would. Things are tuff all over down there. As a side note... I'm a huge Hip fan, got started on 'em when I lived in Buffalo, NY. Nate

Will, I have to disagree with you on this. In fact I would have to say that there is no way that these people didn't know the geographical blunders of New Orleans. I knew as a kid growing up in Charleston. Every time a hurricane thinks about going towards NOLA every news organization brings up the fact that NOLA sits below sea level, and is nearly surrounded by water. In fact a band called The Tragically Hip (our Canadian friends know who I'm talking about) had a song on their 1989 album Up To Here called "New Orleans is Sinking". This has been popular public knowledge for years. Nate "New Orleans is sinkin' man I don't wanna swim"

It's not that the vette had no bumper, It just didn't have a chunk of chrome attached to the front end anymore... and then they eventually did the rear the same way. The protection was "built" into the car, behind the fancy plastic and fiberglass. They did the same thing to the Z's on the 300zx, and virtually every car built since like the late 80's. edit... I just found info saying 72 was the last year for the vette to have a chrome front bumper and that in 73 it was changed to body-colored flexible plastic. Oh yeah. Looks like something is missing without it, I say either get a frontend kit, a 240 setup or put the bumper back on.

Chris, Rightly said and I do concur. FWIW, I appreciate the sarcasm in the first sentence... brought a much needed smile! Cheers, Nate

Here's what Nissan is doing to help... http://www.nissannews.com/corporate/news/current/20050831085043.shtml And here's a little something from the account's payable department... http://www.nissannews.com/corporate/news/current/20050901022713.shtml Nate

A review of the original post... zamog asks if they are worth it. A quick search on the web shows GR2's going for ~$40 a piece = ~$160 for a set. So at $130 including shipping it does seem like a decent deal. Although opinions have varied a bit. I'm having good luck with them so far, maybe it's a fluke. Some say they "suck", and others are saying to go with Tokicos, but at nearly twice the price. I will say that first hand experience is that I've sold (and taken warranty returns on) Gabriels before and they will never find their way onto any vehicle in my driveway. I also see that Monroes are going for about $50 each... and they are also an experienced company with an outstanding reputation for building a quality product... maybe this is the happy median? As far as Nissan and Tokico go... my Frontier has Tokicos, nothing to write home about but nothing bad to say either. Now the Titan can be had with Ranchos and the New Nismo Frontier gets Bilsteins. I don't see anything on the 350 right now, I can only assume it gets the Tokicos though.

If you honestly think that there was NOT an evacuation plan then the air in the big sky country is thinner than previously thought. I spent 22 years of my life living in the middle of hurricane alley, I will tell you this - ALL coastal cities and towns have evacuation routes, plans and guidelines in effect. The general populace hardly ever cares to pay any attention until it's too late. And to think that a city, town or county (parish) would have a plan to get the poverty stricken out and moved to an entirely different area that would offer protection from the rain and wind bands of the very same storm is purely ludacris! Okay so they move the entire welfare supported section of the city to high ground, now it becomes that same city's job, that is now in total chaos and underwater, to provide food water and shelter to these people that they moved - for the entire time it takes to make the city habitable again. Impossible. Impractical. And yes I can see your point, the situation would be sooo much better if the president had flown in a few days sooner... okay I'm lying... this would have no weight on the situation at all. NOLA would still be submerged, and people would still be rescued the exact same way... remember AF1 had to stay well above the helicopter flight lines. The best view of the city is the same ones that everyone got/gets to see on all major news networks... the 1500 ft and lower video footage from the helos. And if the President Vice President and Ms. Rice were all standing in the NOLA area exactly what would that accomplish? With all the press and enterage that follows them around they would be in the way more than anything. They can get more accomplished in a phone call than if they show up to the devastated city anyway. And these people still decide to live there. Now that statement will bring back more criticism of poverty and poor - but then again, God helps those who help themselves. Bickering does nothing and serves no purpose... Here's some food for thought. My new tour has me as the XO of a transmitting station, so I am in no way involved with water transit and safety. Today I got a call from a concerned citizen that thinks he has an idea on how to repair the levee. I have absolutely no idea what he's talking about but all he wanted to do was help. So I forwarded him to someone that knows what he's talking about and just maybe they will be able to use his idea down there. But even if they can't at least he tried. So I close again... "IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION, THEN YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!" Oh, boyblunda... You have made a rational and intelligent statement. I believe that you are dead on with... and I also think that this is similar to the San Fran quake of '89 (?) . There is just soooo much devastation that it will literally take months just to put out the main "fires", and really get started with the rebuild. I could go on for pages but it's not solving anything, therefore I am just adding to the problem.