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Painting on a really humid day can give you the orange peel issues because the paint flashes slower. So if you don't give it some time to lay down and flash off, the next coat can cause build up, sagging and orange peel...my 2 cents. I love the transformation and even with some flows the car looks really good and infinitely better. C

Love it! Sounds great... C

Currently $9,000 with 2 days to go. That seems really amazing... C

That's cool. Never tried that and have been doing a lot of trenching at work lately. C

From the aerial pictures on Google he appears to 100-125 cars outside and 3-5 buildings. three are quite large C

Thanks C

HaZmatt, When you worked on the rubber parts, what product did you use for the degreasing? Thanks, Charles

Sweet. thanks for posting here... Charles

Steve, UPS delivers world wide... Charles

I parted a 76 280z several years ago. I know the dash or instruments are in my shop some where but I can't locate them currently... Charles

Very cool...great detective work. C

I might, I will have to look... Charles

Steve & Leon, Thanks for the responses. I love the idea of a period correct looking install with the custom programability... Now to just get one of my Z's running C

That's a good sized coil, I did some looking around at Summit Racing to see what else Mallory had listed. Thanks for the response. I have found this whole thread very interesting and much easier than trying to go trigger wheel and Megajolt. Would Megajolt be superior in any way? Just wondering out loud... Charles

I have a question. Mike W what coil are you currently running and what kind of spark strength is it putting out? When I saw the smaller distributor cap, I was wondering how large of a coil could be run before cross firing became a problem? Many times the caps are larger to allow running stronger coils... Charles

Go with gas as soon as possible. Easier, cleaner and the wire is more durable... C

Casey_z I work outside on my tools most of the year. That's hard work welding up pipe outside in the cold. You have my sympathies... Charles

Will they go on and stay if the door panel is off the door? Narrow down the source of the problem. If they fit with door panel off then its the panel thickness or hole cutout. If they wont its the handle, stud or clip... Charles

So the metal thickness in the front frame rails is still good? Whenever I see rust thru in the reinforcing plates, the front frame rails tend to have gotten pretty thin. My wife is from Texas and there is no shortage of guys who are good welders there. You will be proficient in no time. Just use a good machine or it can be frustrating especially on the thin metal in these cars. Charles

Stud welder is the way to go. It will take a number of close welded studs and work from the outside in towards the center of the dent. If the metal is good and not thinned out by corrosion a stud welder should work fine. Drilling holes is a bad idea because this area of the hood tends to get water up into the structure and the holes will rust from the back side if you don't weld them closed. To drill out the spot welds and open the structure up will require a lot of drilling because you don't want to stretch the pieces to get access because they won't go back the way you want when you try to reassemble it. You will probably have to do some filler work because this is a very hard area to work on and it will be very difficult to get it perfectly smooth... Charles

So it appears you cut the end off the jet tubes and threaded them. What did you use for jets to thread into the modified tube? Charles

Sorry about the paint job not turning out the way you thought it would. Paint work is time consuming and time is money unless they work for free. I would not be happy about all the over spray, though. It is a simple thing to protect some of these areas with light gauge poly sheeting. It is surprising how many things show up when pretty shiny paint is laid down. C

FYI be careful with the AC parts in the footwell. I have found they can be brittle after 40+ years and are not easily repaired or replaced... Charles

I have started dealing in BMW Z3's at my dealership. I have a 2001 BMW M roadster that has front end damage. We will be repairing it soon. I am looking forward to driving that one. 315 HP M3 motor only available in the USA for 2 years. Aught to scoot... C

Good idea, very sharp. I will be doing this soon. Thanks for the tip... Charles