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rossiz, I agree its all Blue's fault, but I'm good with it. Now you need to show me the way, because I would love to do the exact same thing. Lot's of pictures please.

Give us a picture of your manifold setup showing the vacuum taps

I would think it threads on. Cutting it off and welding sounds like a bad idea. Even if you can get it welded back on; which you might not be able to do depending on what it's made out of. How are you gonna keep it from rusting? The original is plated. The new welds won't be.

Do you see anything wrong in this picture? Was messing with the car some today, voltage would be good on the coil with the points closed then weird then good... Finally looked at the gap and they were scorched. A little sandpaper to clean then up and it sparks like it should. And the answer is....... No Condenser. Will have to locate one... Now I need to sort the brakes. We rebuilt a booster but the pedal still travels too far. Might start a thread on that... Thanks for everyones help

Coil on plug, Love it. You should have know someone on the forum could count and would comment...

Zed, I don't know, that part doesn't look that bad... I know, duct tape!!!

I would also try Ebay for the wide coverage. Just be careful, no shipping and no title until funds are delivered and verified. I have sold cars to Europe before and most buyers understand the process. Someone who won't deal with your terms is either ignorant or a scammer. I have heard of people losing their cars to scammers because the funds came back bad.

I think Z's are probably cheaper on the West coast. I almost never see them on the road here and the projects I see all have some rust. I agree with Zed, I have the skills and tools for body work and mechanical work but would much rather do mechanical work. Doing rust repairs can be like "root canal" for me

Many times the issues with the exterior lighting is caused by the switches on the steering column or the hazard switch. They carry full current so they tend to get scorched. Read through Hazmats build thread. He reconditioned his recently

I found this on craigslist. Dash for a 72. Looks pretty good. Probably worth what he's asking... http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/pts/4977726287.html

Thanks Mike

Love the throttle bodies. Would love to try my hand at that some time.

I agree with SteveJ. If you are working with a relatively low budget, find the most rust free car you can 240z or 260z.

Love the red.

That's a nice looking car. I would think 12k or above easily according to what I have been seeing lately.

On the O2 sensors. When you are done tuning you may want to pull the sensors and put the bung plugs back in. I ran an Innovate on my truck for a year or so until the O2 sensor went bad. At $54 for the replacement that starts to add up. I have read that depending on the location and heat as well as moisture in the exhaust system they can have a short life

I third the Badlands - Montana route. The badlands are amazing and in Montana at the time I don't believe they had a posted speed limit. Was following a Convertible LeBaron with the top down at triple digits. Went by a state trooper. He didn't bat an eye...

That's funny... "...private no privates..." ::

73str86 the first car is in the NC and probably has the typical rust for my area, maybe worse since NC salts their roads. The other Ebay car which is sold would be a great project platform. I wasn't really thinking of buying this particular car or any car for that matter, but I am always looking. My larger point is that our Z market seems to be appreciating rapidly .

Be sure and add the VIN to the Z registry so we know its gone

An engine test stand would make it much easier. That's a great idea

I didn't see the no title part. I wouldn't go for that except a super low car. Titles can be acquired through places like Broadway title and I have done it but it does add some money. Also if the car shows up as stolen you can be out of luck. That's my part of the world. I am not surprised, sometimes we have nice Z's in our area at decent prices. I am not sure that is not becoming a thing of the past. It's been 3 years and in those years it seems like the cheap cars and projects have disappeared. I routinely see what I consider basket case cars at 3-6k prices. That will make it harder to catch up with Deseazd

Roller rockers would be very cool. They would also mitigate the ZDDP discussion as well as facilitate high spring seal pressures. Keep us informed. It will be curious to see what kind of price they come out at.

What is the source for the roller rocker arm?

Oh well, worth a try