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Since my 71Z is almost done I thought I would enter it in a local car show in Moline, IL. There were over 400 cars entered. A friend told me this was a car club show, and if I wasn't a member don't expect any awards. Since this was my first car show ever i didn't have any high expectations. In the end over 40 awards were handed out. I noticed that there really wasn't any category for foriegn cars anyway. However, as my wife and I sat by our Z car that day, I noticed something kinda funny. Although we were surrounded by old hotrods, 67 Camaros, Mustangs, 57 Chevys, ect..ect...Almost every person that walked past our car would stop and talk to me about it. I even noticed the people on either side of me were acting a little jealous that I was getting so much attention. In fact I found it difficult to get away at times. I think since I'm here in the Mid-west, you just don't see these cars around here. Even with over 400 cars, I had seen everything in the hour or so. It turned out to be a really long day waiting for the awards to be announced. My wife and I agree that we will simply enjoy this car on our own terms, and maybe pop into a car show once in a while if we have nothing better to do that day.

I had Goodyear Eagle GT's mounted on them. I was trying to get these Goodyears with white letters. The guys at the tire shop said I could get the white lettered tires. But, when they called in the order they were told none were available. They said they are still made, but they're made in small batches and might be available in a few weeks or six months or who know's. They couldn't give me a definate time frame so I settled for these. Tomorrow morning the front bumper goes on.

So here it is. I think eliminating the resonator was a mistake. Since this has an automatic transmission, I think the louder sound, sounds crappy. If this were a manual, it would sound great going through the gears. At least I can always add the resonator. Or maybe a manual transmission....Hmmmmmm.

Custom, from the end of the header to the tailpipe. No resonator, with stainless steel magna flow and single SS tip. I'M ok with the muffler showing, I just wondered if there was a specific reason for hanging the muffler vertical.

My Z is going into the muffler shop at 1:30 today. I've noticed most early Z's have the muffler more vertical than horizontal. Is there a reason for that or is it personal preference? I even showed the muffler shop guy some pictures of Z's with the muffler hung vertical and he says that it looks bad. I do prefer to hang it horizontal, but I don't want to find out later that hanging it horizontal creates issues with something else.

Yes, I know that I would be filling in existing black lettering. I think I'll try it on a used tire I have laying around and see how it turns out.