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Looks good. I love new parts. So clean... So shiny...

Site That's pretty glossy. Obviously glossier than the crossmember and dust shield. I will aim for the gloss finish I already have. That will prevent so much rework. Thanks Guys

Thanks Dan

Cliff, Is "gloss", really glossy or sort of glossy?

These parts I have are from a customer who restored 280z's he is older now and didn't have a use for them. So I have them now. If you need anything Steve drop me a PM or a note here in this thread. I will get it to you...

So he left the copper tubing in the pipe and that holds the form. Correct?

I am painting my suspension but I switched flattening agents and the new one makes it much flatter than the old one. I am trying to figure out which one is close to correct This is the early flattener I was using not very flat. Fairly glossy and looks nice This is the later flattener. Much flatter. almost no gloss Cross member is pretty flat too Table full of parts Can someone give me some direction on which finish is correct. The glossy one is the easiest but I'd like to shoot for the most correct finish.

Jai I wouldn't order anything Steve doesn't ask you to order. I have many of the parts he mentioned. Some are new, he is welcome to any of them for your car. unknown intake manifold with FPR new in box FPR unsure of application Unknown fuel pump

Did he heat form the hoses in the oven or something similar?

Thanks Steve

Where is the FPR located on a 280z?

Thanks JeffG

I believe her 280z is a low mileage car. Her 240z has the 256,000 on it but it has bigger issues than miles

Jim, what kind of negative feedback on the people's choice? What were the complaints?

John Coffey Is Bill Coffey related to you somehow? He had a blue raced prepped Z at Zcon and I thought there might be a connection. Also the John Morton car was a tribute car correct? I made a good many pictures under the hood to log the details

Tire "scrubbing" the wheel arch

Got it. Thanks for the help guys, figured out the resize pretty easy but took me a while to find the right profile page to use it on If you don't recognize it, that is painting of Beale Street that was in the hotel. I thought that would be a good start. Great memories... Site I laughed out loud when I saw that. That was exactly the picture I had in mind and it fits the username quite well!

Is that the slow 280 that comes flying by on the right. They looked like they were out for a Sunday drive. Looked good and sounds great!

I showed these pics to my family and they were blow away with the amount of rust. I am glad the car is being saved and if it were mine I would make sure all the VIN's were on the finished car in the correct locations. Since there is no intent to defraud and I assume you have a title for #19 there should be no problem with that. Even if I had to stitch some metal in to make that happen. Also in most states the VIN on the chassis is the one that matters most all of the attached tags are secondary...

If it is an "after fire" as you describe then I will toss out a theory for thought. What if the loss of power is an event where fuel is not being burnt and being dumped into the exhaust and something hot like a cat or hot muffler pipe or flange is lighting it off and then for what ever reason the fuel starts burning again and the power comes back?

Good travels Steve. I think you will get it sorted quickly. Blue, I was not sure whether that was rich or some oil deposits. I didn't look at them that close on Sunday because we were shot and a huge thunderstorm rolled through. Like the avatar, have you ever used a blue M&M character?

The red hoses on the fuel filter may be ok. They are Gates multi use but I haven't researched the part number yet.

Closer view

I visited Jai (pronounced "Jay") on the way back from Zcon15. I looked at her 240z and will make a thread later on that. On her 280z she had me pull the plugs and make pictures while I was there. This is viewed from the spark plug side of the engine #6 is on the far left and #1 is on the right

Thanks guys. I will work on it. It would be nice to know how to do it myself so I can keep up with some of the others and they're ever changing avatars.