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George and Wayne, Thank you both for your years of service. I am lucky enough to be able to go to brunch with my grandfather (85 years old and counting) a couple of Sundays a month and sometimes I get to listen to his recollections of being in the Army Air Corps in England during WWII. Even better when I get a chance to visit Florida my stepfather (88 years old and counting) loves to talk about being in the Navy in WWII in the Pacific Theater. The fun part is when we walk out to the garage to see a Ford Mustang GT parked next to the Nissan 350Z and the inevitable comparisons about Japanese and American made cars. I used to get irked by the not so nice comments about the rusty old Z cars I seem to drag home but now I miss them.

Walter, How about this (from my signature line): 70 240Z--owned since June 2005; accumulated some extra parts and cleaned it a bunch and that's about it. 72 Celica--owned since Jan. 2004; is drivable and gets exercised fairly often (once a week) and still have parts to install. 77 280Z--owned for the same time as Celica; was drivable until two weeks ago; braking system needs to be overhauled; sits outside and it is getting too cold so will have to wait until spring. 78 280Z--owned since October 2004; needs to have heating system overhauled; plan on pulling dash and replacing with uncracked dash; again it is cold. 78 280Z--for sale and yet I still have to work on it! Owned since Dec. 1998 and have driven it maybe 200 miles in all that time! Alot of work has gone into this one and it still doesn't show. Check the ad here: http://www.grmotorsports.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=222092#222092 81 280ZX--owned since April 2004; parked in Florida; get to drive it in Dec. when I go home for Christmas break. 82 280ZX--owned since Dec. 2005; also parked in Florida; same as the '81. 86 300ZX--owned since Dec. 2001; still needs work but is getting there; lots done since I bought it. 86 300ZX--owned since March 2006; friendly Nissan mechanic is working on this one at the moment; maybe I will get to drive it in Dec. knwowing Dave's schedule. 87 Supra--owned since October 2004; almost everything works on this car. I still need to finish the clotch seat swap on the rear seats and then i cans ell the leather interior to someone. 91 Mustang GT--owned since April 2004; this car needs nothing--wow what a concept! This one is also parked in Florida. 03 350Z--owned since Jan. 03; this car needs two new rear tires but they are bald enough to hook up which was not the case when they were new. Just slip the clutch a bit and you're off. I hope it starts when i return to florida in Dec. as the last time it sat for three months the battery was not happy until I put it on the battery charger.

A possible 'quick' fix would be to run a contsant hot wire to the BCDD valve thereby taking it out of the loop. Here is a couple of other sources I found a while back: http://www.zcar.com/forums/read.php?f=1&i=620867&t=620794#reply_620867 It is in the last post.

I have uploaded some new photos of the Z which were taken this evening at Andrews AFB. I haven't taken any photos of the replacement fenders or urethane front air dam which will will go with the Z. The fenders are rust free Nissan replacements which still have the parts sticker visible on the backside. The price is $2400 o.b.o. without the 15x7 Enkei 92's. The photos are here: http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=3015