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Let us know what you get

Keep in mind that all of the repair work in this area needs to be done on the jig, not on the rotisserie. The lever idea might work really well if the radiator support was out of the way. Put some force on the lever and then dolly the crumpled area behind the radiator support. Does anyone know if the radiator support is plumb in the car or square (90d) to the frame rail?

The interior appears to have custom door panels and stitched tunnel vinyl, but they removed all the heater controls?? Really? The car has some nice mods Zstory exhaust, triples - says Mikuni, 5 spd etc

Also even some of the new mechanical fuel pumps can be bad right out of the box

So first thing, do not overtighten any mixture screws in a Weber carb!! You can damage the seats in the carb... The white smoke coming out of the carb might be atomized fuel Remove the any linkage from the gas pedal and see if the butterflies will close any more. Also an small inline fuel pressure gage can be very helpful Do these carbs have any electrical solenoids on them? I believe some of these carbs had anti dieseling solenoids on them

So what are your plans? This will be hard for me to explain but I will try. Ok, the holes aren't level. So either the front hole has to move up or the back hole has to move down. The material above the holes appears fairly smooth, so where does the extra metal come from to move a hole down? Or where does the extra metal go to move the hole up? Now one possiblity Is the wrinkling behind the radiator support if smoothed would allow the bottom of the radiator suppprt to move forward. This would allow the whole triangle of the head light bucket to pivot making the bolt holes more level. Does anyone know if the radiator support is supposed to be plumb in the chassis? Ryan was your radiator support removed or replaced?

Monty python "The Holy Grail"

Even better!

Probably, PM me She's pretty familiar with Z cars

Love the color! the results look really good and you did that really fast!

I'm not surprised it didn't come cleaner. The chemicals get less and less aggressive every year

Has the fuel tank been lined or restored? Sometimes tank liner can block up the lines. I would take a little piece of SS aircraft cable and route it into the tank line to make sure it's clear. I have even chucked long pieces up in a cordless drill for stopped up hardlines

I would drive as far as it took to get the car I wanted, but I like to drive. Not a huge fan of planes either but we have had people from the forum fly in to look at cars and then drive them home. I prefer to trailer an unkown to me car. Ask for a couple of days off. Maybe a Friday and Monday. That gives you 4 days. Where in Ohio? My daughter is in Columbus

In todays market, if you find a decent car for a reasonable price you have to move on it. Go see it, give a deposit, something...

I am more than willing to lose the Hp to run AC

Synching all those would be fun!!

Z therapy?

I was thinking the pump was a hardened material? If so it took something significant to damage it like that

I will do some looking around California Datsun has one and may do it but I wouldn't deal with him for any reason https://www.ebay.com/itm/Datsun-240Z-260Z-280Z-REBUILT-steering-rack-pinion-complete-with-new-boots-/154016286981 I did find these two. I don't know if they would handle a vintage rack or not... https://turnonesteering.com/rebuilding-services/rack-and-pinion-rebuilding/ https://www.rackdoctor.net/

I won't tell!

Griots makes good stuff. They are a little proud of it...

I dont really have recommendations on tires because size dictates the options. There are several threads about tire selection. The bigger the contact patch, the higher the grip. Even when turning

Yes, I call that scrubbing. Struts, fender lips or an air dam if you have one. If they dont scrub then I would run as wide as I could

There maybe be part numbers either on the ends of the caps or on the center yoke

Do they scrub?