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Well here's some more photos from White Head Performance, block is machined, LSD installed and head assembled. Body work has just started apparently, so no photos of that yet.Here is a before photo of the engine for comparison. May Long weekend is still roughly the target date, getting excited!

check out the windchills forecast for Saskatchewan! -50 to-65 C!!!! It is only going to -33 or so here inEdmonton. Think I will go for a walk!

Looks great E- Tek, is that the Eastwood cad paint on those nuts and washers? I'll be passing through Saskatoon this May, bringing my car back from White Head. Maybe I'll stop by to see your work in person! Mark

By the way, it was -35C here with the wind chill as I went to work today. I want out.

Just wait, soon the melting polar ice cap will put enough fresh water in the North Atlantic to subvert the Gulfstream current and voila, a mini ice age for EuropeLOL

I would like to complain, too about the solid week with lows to -20C, but I can't summon the energy! Seasonal Affective Disorder from lack of sunlight has sapped my energy. At least the town bladed our street today, reducing the 7 inch ruts in the road to a smooth sheet of ice!

Here's a link that shows the jack and wheel chock storage http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/interior-s30/43902-correct-storage-jack-chalks-bag-o-tools.html

Hey Guys, I do remember having this conversation with Mike now and he just confirmed it by email. The larger valves would be shrouded by the small combustion chamber without a lot of hours to open up each chamber. We are going with a 268 dg Comp Cam and with the street porting should flow very well and suit the Z Therapy carbs perfectly.Anything more extreme would need stiffer valve springs, making it harder on the valve train. I didn't want to sacrifice drive ability, or longevity of the engine. It would be great to meet you all in May, as we get closer to completion I will let you know my plans. The car is stuck at White Head for the moment, too much salt and slush on the road to get to the body shop! Mark

Hey Chris, I was thinking the same thing! I am going with the 2.7 l, but I have left the details to Mike. I know the head has it's new seats, so the valve size isn't changing at this point! Hey Hank, your car sounds like it's going to be amazing! I'd love to see some pics. I am trying to stay stock looking for the most part, I will have a Quaife posi as well, but in the original rear end with the four speed, eibach springs to lower the stance a bit, but staying with the 14 inch wheels. I am getting the Fujitsubo exhaust, that thing is just art! Mike also has a model correct KMH speedo for me ( no coloured warning bands) which is quite rare. We are aiming fo May long weekend for mine to be ready. I don't know Ian, is he a member here?

Some more pics.Valve seats are done, porting done, just waiting for the cam!

I definitely agree, driving a stick keeps your brain involved in whats going on, around town at least. Driving a 43 year old sports car definitely keeps you involved!

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Hey Hank, Chris Awesome! More pics would be great! I am very excited to say the least. This is the only thing getting me through this brutal winter. 120 kmh winds yesterday and I got stuck in the foot deep slush at the end of my driveway! Hank, what work are you having done? mARK

I've taught my boys this skill, I call car body language, it's amazing how well you can predict another drivers actions by watching the way they move in their lane! It's saved me more times than I can count. Drivers here in Edmonton are not just bad, they are actively aggressive and dangerous, got to get to work 30 seconds sooner by passing on a blind crest:stupid:I think it's more noticeable now just due to increasing population. Still, it is depressing, I hope this is not a result of the aging process

Progress!Here are some pictures of the engine out and disassembled.Intake seats were pounded and chambers were full of carbon. Car is on rusty suspension to roll around the shop. Should be in the body shop now. Will post more pics when they come.

Here is a before and two after photos of my first Zed, circa 1980!

Here are some more pics, before Lookin good at the hill. First Hairpin Second Hairpin, I know, my line is terrible! My buddies m510 with a 2.4 out of a zed in it! Hope you like the pics!

Okay, As promised while I await pics from White Head Performance, here are some old Pics circa 1979! I only have 2 before pics of the car. I think it was a 1972. Here is one! The re-paint is already under way! Tremclad Yellow! Blue hood because I bought all the Yellow in the store!The second pic is on the start line of the 1980 Knox Mountain Hillclimb, Canada's longest running Motorsport Event! The second two pics are of my 1968 or 69 510 wagon which I used for ice racing! In the background is my 69 two door 510. Enjoy!

Oh Yes, and now for the traditional airing of grievances.....

Hi Chris2(Chris also?) Castlegar was a wild place to work, we used to say 3/4 of the control zone was granite! I was there only nine months, they closed the tower and I moved on to YVR centre. I would gladly have spent my career in Castlegar if they'd let me, the lower mainland was not my cup of tea however, hence the move to Edmonton. I am really looking forward to the completed car, everything I've heard about Whitehead is positive. The engine will retain the original head. Mike has been absolutley fantastic about breaking down the costs for me so I don't expect any surprises, other than the HST which I only thought about yesterday! The car was becoming unusable so it was either sell it or bite the bullet.I'll have about twice what it's worth into it, but in 20 years I'll hopefully maintain or improve that ratio, better than most cars. I'll post pics as soon as I get them, in the meantime I'll dig out some old racing photos. Don't have too many of them, didn't seem important at the time! I sent a complete urethane bushing set to Mike with the car, an impulse buy right after I got the car before realizing that the roads here made that choice unwise. Mike has recommended a mix of OEM rubber and I think it was NVH bushings for the control arms as a good compromise. I think it was NVH, I am at work so can't check his e-mail. Later Mark

Hey Chris, you'll note I never said I beat Greg Moore! I did finish ahead of him but only because he tangled with a back marker before catching up to me! He had a brand new Ray FF that weekend and was still sorting it so he missed qualifying and started last. He was a true talent, one of the best Canada has ever produced and a true Canadian, polite and mild mannered out of the car, absolutely comitted and ferocious in it. I am a B.C. boy temporarily in Alberta, if you can call 17 yrs temporary! I don't work in the patch, I am an Air traffic Controller. Started in Castlegar Tower, then YVR centre now Edmonton centre. Hope to move back to the interior when I retire. Haven't thought about adjustable TC rods, I'll take it up with Mike as the project advances. The Whistler run would be a lot of fun, I could just keep going through Pemberton, I think, and on home! Later Mark

Hey Chris, the car looks good in pics, and it is a good low rust Cali car, but it is showing it's age! The car will have a bare metal repaint and new dog legs welded in. The car was repainted once, badly, in Mercedes blue. I am going back to the 903 factory blue. No body mods, not even a spook. The louvers are kinda cool, and protect the hatch area from sun damage, but the lock on one side is buggered so I can't open it to clean the window, they will probably go as will the side moulding. The engine bay will be stripped and painted as well while the engine is out. The engine will be bored and stroked to 2.7 litres with new valve seats and a mild cam. More HP while keeping it numbers matching! Eibach springs and a mix of Poly and OEM bushings will be done, suspension parts will be powder coated, and sway bars added. The interior will be refreshed and all new rubber done, hopefully solving the fumes in the cockpit problem! Might not make it back to AB otherwise! I would love to make that run to Whistler in this car! My first car was a 72 240 which I refurbished and ran in the 1980 Knox Mountain Hillclimb. Finished second in class! Next year I rolled it!(the sway bar ripped out of the front mount mid corner due to rust!) This was the start of a few forgettable years of racing Formula Ford, but I did have a few highlights, winning a race in Portland, racing against Greg Moore in Calgary, and attending the Winfield Racing School in Magny-Cours, France.(same school Alain Prost, Jacques Laffite and Francois Cevert attended) During this time I had another 240 and a sweet 69 510 with an 1800cc engine with SSS head! Wish I still had that one! Anyway, suffice it to say I have an emotional attachment to these cars(don't we all?) and that is why I am doing this work now. I will pass this car on to one of my sons, and in the meantime I'll get back into some Autocross and track days here at Castrol Raceway! I'll see if I can transfer some old pics to the computer for those that might be interested. Anyway, got to go take the dog for a walk, it's only -30 or so!

Hey all, I am starting a thread to document the restoration of my blue on blue '71. I have driven the car for 4 years now, and have finally accepted that I lack the time and heated space and, let's face it, the skill and determination to do the work myself! I have always admired the work done by the members on this site in preserving and modifying these great cars. I feel slightly ashamed that I am not in this category! Here are some pictures of the car being loaded in Beaumont AB in -25 C! Thanks to advice from members here I hired Mackie Moving Services to provide covered door to door transport. The car should arrive at Whitehead Performance Monday. Mike Hansen, the manager, has promised pictures every week as the work progresses, which I will share with you all. Work should be complete by April or May at which point the best part will be the drive back to Alberta!:D Hope you enjoy the ride as much as I will! Mark

Thanks for the info! I have decided to use Mackie Moving Systems, the car will be in an enclosed trailer door to door.$1375, which is middle of the road for the quotes I received and the recommendations here sealed the deal. I am quite excited to get this project underway, after driving the car for 3 years and trying to decide how to proceed, it is a relief to know that the car will get the restoration it deserves! I can hardly wait to fly out this spring and drive her home! I'll start a separate thread to detail the work being done by Mike and the boys at White Head Performance.