inmocean
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Thank you for the input on my Z's Kanji... Of course it doesn't make sense...typical of my whole restoration! -
And this one, hr369? Thanks for the translations.
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http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/28848-kanji-found-when-removing-a-dash/?hl=%2Bdash+%2Bmarking#entry254930 Just found this one in mine: The original owner of the car had this to say about the symbol: "I tried to research the Japanese writing. I found a close match for the bottom portion of the symbol; the English interpretation for that portion is winter. In another symbol group it looks like part of the phrase for Safe Driving." I've been too busy fighting rust to translate it myself.
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2nd Owner. Acquired in September 2015. Looking at it since 2007. Hasn't been on the road since 2001. And that drive put it in a ditch...Needs a little love.
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From the album: 1970 240Z
Same 240Z with 2nd Owner, September 2015. Car has sat under a tarp since 2001. An icy road put it in a ditch, ruining the right fender and door. Unfortunately now it needs sills, chassis rails, and floors, in addition to the fender and door. Car is complete, aside from the heater control panel. It was removed with a stereo years ago and has gone missing...Came with the original title though! Looking forward to driving this one. -
From the album: 1970 240Z
240Z with original owner in 1971. -
Well, thanks guys, glad to know I'm not crazy. Anal, overly protective of the Z-Car, maybe. But not crazy. Nothing to be done now but move on...speaking of which...have to add a Z to my signature...
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I'll put the car on stands this weekend and look the arms over, and try to chase down the clunk, which may or may not be related. Just a bummer.
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OK Z community...had a new set of tires installed today and the shop lifted my 280z by the control arms, front and rear. I called them on it, citing the front cross-member, differential, rockers, even chassis rails, as a better lifting point...was told I was wrong. Now there is a new clunk over bumps, and wandering steering.
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Wheels and Tires. Going to 15x7 Konig Rewind Wheel with a 205/60 Tire transformed the way the car handles and looks.
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That's a pretty cool setup, BlackGold. Will keep that in mind just for the access to a lift...until I build my dream garage, that is. Short-term, for bigger stuff, I can use my brother's place up in Bellingham, but I'm hoping to find something closer to home for general maintenance...will probably go the storage locker route for now...I've seen a lot of nice Z's in the neighborhood already, was hoping (naively?) some Yakima Z owners would be on this site and would exchange some occasional shop/driveway space for a sixer or something...swap stories, talk about how cool our cars are, etc...I'm pretty good with the Z's, could even help someone with their own projects...
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From the album: 78 280Z
Passed through Craters of the Moon 4 years ago with Z in tow, heading East. Now heading West, 2015, under her own power. -
1978 Datsun 280Z purchased in 2002, at a ST Vincent De Paul thrift store in Eugene Oregon. Driven all over the country ever since, restored once in my care. Ready for another paint job and interior...and maybe a more interesting engine.
