Gary in NJ

The 911 has never been an "everyman's" sports car, so I don't place it into the same category as the 240Z. I'm sure there wasn't a lot of cross shopping between the two at the time. In 1970, if you wanted an affordable sports car, you were shopping mostly British brands (that were quite dated at the time), the 914 and perhaps the RX2 or RX3 (if you were "in the know"). The success of the 240Z brought us cars like the TR7 ("the shape of things to come"), RX7 and a bump in sales of the MGB. But by then, the 240Z had begun its metamorphosis into a bloated and smog-conforming GT, resulting in the sports-car insult that was the 280ZX.

Help, I have fuel squirting out of my fuel lines but more importantly I need to get my radio installed. I'm sorry Sledge, this struck me as funny on a slow Friday afternoon. I think yo may be in need of a FSM. Try looking under the resources tab www.XenonS30.com

The body of your car looks dang good. So does the paint. If the interior looks as good, that car is a keeper. Repairing small rust problems is certainly achievable. Leonard has given good advice, deal with the issues you know, rather then getting a different car and dealing with new issues.

That's a great outcome. I hope they locate the SOB that kept you a wake for a few nights.

Nice score.

It's obvious. The headlight covers.

That makes perfect sense as the torque peek of the engine occurs around 4400 rpm. If the flywheel was warped, you would feel a violent shimmy as you release the clutch. In any event it's good practice to have it resurfaced. If it's been resurfaced once before, you may need to replace it.

Good for you JC for taking a perfectly logical approach to entering motorsports.

This is starting to sound like 20 questions... Did you disconnect (intentionally or unintentionally) any of the connections at the coil when you were under the hood connecting the battery cables? Next.

I've heard of 10 and 20 foot cars, but 1500-mile is a new standard. A few years ago I had a really nice '89 KDX200 that I restored from a box of parts. I raced the bike in hare scrambles for two seasons and then retired it to fun-bike status. About the same time I came across a similar bike without an engine and figured I would buy it as a parts bike. I cleaned, tagged & bagged the entire bike. It was also about that time that I stopped breaking parts on my KDX. A few years later the KDX was sold, & I've been stuck with parts ever since. I have a collection of bike parts from the last 30 years from dozens of bikes. It's for that reason I wont purchase a parts car.

Isn't that the whole point of owning a car; to drive it. I once knew a man (who is now deceased) that owned a collection of vintage aircraft (YQC-6 & UPF-7 Waco's, Stearman, Beech Staggerwing to name a few). He would regulatory take me flying with him to have a second pilot on board. One day I asked him "aren't you concerned to put all of this time on aircraft that can't be easily repaired or replaced?" His reply; "These things were made to fly, not to be looked at in some museum." Don't loose sight of why we love these cars. They're fun.

Have you ruled-out my suggestion in #4 above. Do the easy things before looking for hard things.

The fuel pump would be a good place to start. Right before they fail it is not uncommon to get this type of sporadic operation. Do you have a pressure gauge that you can run some tests?

I don't think that's a repaint.

The colortune isn't the final word on whether the carbs are just right. It's purpose is to get you into the ballpark. In the end, it takes just the right about of voodoo to get the SU's right. It's a subjective call, not a value that can be measured (unless you have a dyno, that it).

The symptoms you describe are also indicative of a lean condition. A vacuum leak is a possibility and that would also explain the poor performance of the vacuum advance.

Welcome back to the fold.

Without pictures, it never happened

A quick search on the name "Kats" will keep you reading for days. You can also see who is active in those lively threads and perform further searches on their names as well. Even the "respected authority's" on the subject of early Z's don't have a unified consensus as to the world-wide history of these cars, but if you read the postings of just 3 or 4 of the players in these threads, you'll have a greater understanding of the S30 (et. al) and it's impact on the market. BTW, which '67 parts would you be referring to?

That car is outstanding. I will be interesting to see how much it sells for.

...I've be jonesn' for an MGB...

Were those pictures taken in heaven? Your RHD ZX looks great.

Holy crap that is a nice interior. I can't wait to see more.

Edit: Deleted question, I see it's sold...