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On a different note @SteveJ why does my ammeter wag like crazy? It seems to settle at idle but when driving it wags from one extreme to the other most of the time

On a different note, I drove my car today for the first time!!! It has never run since I've owned it. 16 years... I don't know if this will play IMG_4909.3gp So a very nice Christmas :)

This is the finished cigarette lighter I added some door seals but they need some more work. They didn't adhere very well Here is the broken strut Isolator

I have a front toyota setup that I could sell you for a lot less than that. I took it off my 240z

Thanks guys! Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

What is the proper way to mount the antenna in an early 240z? Pics?

That's an interesting car. We'll watch that one

Blacked out some of the lens Shroud installed lens Cluster

I pulled the front carb today and carefully took it apart. I never found a smoking gun blockage. Although the banjo filters might be letting pieces through. We put it back on the car and started it. The 1&2 cylinders were still dead. I used starting fluid and goosed it and 1&2 heated up. So it is a fueling issue. After messing with it some it appears to be running on all six again. Very strange and no real known cause which is disconcerting... oh well. Also, one of these is not like the other.. So the drivers side strut will have to come down enough to rework the insulator. I have another one but they appear to be available new now. Which is a nice option

We've been working on the tachometer for the 510. They are pretty rare. The one I bought didn't operate and the good Captain helped me with that, but I didn't get the bezel that the tachs had and they are pretty much unobtanium, So we decided to cannibalize the old dummy light panel to make a bezel. I made some more progress today. I will try to make the finished pictures tomorrow I also plastic welded and stapled the torsion bar cover for the hatch springs. This is also a difficult panel to source and is pretty thin. Lime maybe 2mm. Hard to repair We will try to add some texture and paint it black

You should have no trouble selling that fan

It's pretty difficult to make the correct flair if you don't have a really quality tool

The tool I would recommend is expensive but a very nice tool... https://www.eastwood.com/professional-brake-tubing-flaring-tool.html?wickedsource=google&wickedid=Cj0KCQiAr5nKBhCpARIsACa_NiOCxo9Tdb7ZxmHMruB2h5o6q90RPhM5N2lJ1bggqy0RMY7xCKeZeJwaAjSrEALw_wcB&wickedid=730838757115&wcid=22174107587&wv=4&wickedsource=google&wickedid=Cj0KCQiAr5nKBhCpARIsACa_NiOCxo9Tdb7ZxmHMruB2h5o6q90RPhM5N2lJ1bggqy0RMY7xCKeZeJwaAjSrEALw_wcB&creativeid=730838757115&wcid=22174107587&wv=4&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22174107587&gclid=Cj0KCQiAr5nKBhCpARIsACa_NiOCxo9Tdb7ZxmHMruB2h5o6q90RPhM5N2lJ1bggqy0RMY7xCKeZeJwaAjSrEALw_wcB

I had seen the Toyota on BaT and was going to post it up... Many of the cars from this era are too small for me. It one reason I probably won't ever have a Ferrari. The ones I can afford are too small. The 240Z is nice and roomy an anomaly of the day it seems

@wutsin I don't have a good answer for you. We are still working on getting that car on the road. So it doesn't have any miles on it yet...

Matchboxes appear to be available here https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/nissan,1980,280zx,2.8l+l6,1209316,ignition,ignition+control+module+(icm),7172

200k seems like a stretch. I like it but it wouldn't be worth the cost of admission to me

I was thinking the oil drain plug was an SAE bolt thread?

What was the technique for the choke knob?

Thats not vapor lock. Different issue entirely Depends how high it climbs on whether its an issue or not. Lots of things can contribute to not being able to shed heat.

That's a lot of money in tools!

It's unfortunate so many cool looking concept cars don't get built or the coolness gets lost in the transition to production line

5 days, that's pretty good

Be careful of the lead fumes!