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ebay is buyer beware for sure. research or pay too much. i had a transaction with this particular seller where he claimed that a 240Z console was NOS, when what arrived was a new repro. no interest in making it right, and not even a real apology. my loss. in that case it was actual misrepresentation. this is just inflated silliness. sort of insulting... but not dishonest.

skip. not worth it. whatever it i$. sadly. just my opinion of course, but i agree with BGM above. nice ones (NA S130) are still cheap enough and available that restoring one the needs its own value in body work and paint alone isn't really the way to go. best ~ rob.

at about the 5 year mark on my own "continuous work in progress", my wife decided that she wants one of her own. currently we're looking (not too diligently until next year sometime) for a '77 280Z for her ~ then we'll have one of each, and not so coincidentally, they'll match the years we were born. that may be your end route to getting both in the driveway. good luck with the project. best ~ rob.

thanks for the lead... i sent him an email. we shall see. best ~ rob.

that would be a little too rich for me most likely. the last set i saw on ebay was closer to $300 than $400 (though there may have been others listed after). i might be able to talk myself into them in that range ~ after a couple shots of tequila.

bump. still in the market.

welcome... nice work so far.

the early '74 2+2 is actually one of my favorite iterations. i like the stretched body with the short bumpers. i plan to have one if i come across the right car at the right time... but... i'm DEFINITELY in the minority there... and i'm NOT selling the 2 seater to buy one.

i was watching it for a while. great story indeed. it does deserve a full and proper restoration from what i can see... but it's not going to be a particularly "easy" one. concerned about the previous damage repair, including the switch to the '73 bumpers, and the closer i looked the more some of the initially striking original aspects faded. small but important things like the condition of the D hubcaps, and the addition of a switch of some sort in the spot on the dash that should be a blank indent on the early cars to the right of the steering wheel. nothing that i could see is insurmountable, but there's much work to be done, and time and irrecoverable money to be spent. so... in other words, just like most every other restoration project. . i do hope she finds a good home. she was bought new on the exact day i was born. maybe if i win the lottery within the next day or so...

agreed... sounds like a dealer installed Amco.

welcome... love the color ;~}. just another quick observation of the parts swapping over the past few decades, in that the hood is from a '77-'78 model 280z. i guess since they left the rear half of the car "ventless", they wanted to add some vents to the hood. looking forward to seeing where she goes. best ~ rob.

like the condom my best friend stashed in his glove box back in high school. i'd like to figure it out, but warding it off isn't a bad 2nd choice. researching the symptoms often leads to answers that relate to a lean running situation... at whim... but in general car seems to run rich if anything. especially when this is happening, i'm getting chimney soot specks on the back bumper.

i'm not turned off by the shotgun approach. i'll have a can on hand. saturday when this was at it's worst i stopped at an auto parts store, and one of the things i double checked was that the hoses under the carbs weren't kinked. i didn't specifically check for float bowl temp, but didn't notice any excessive heat when i was fondling the carbs to check the hoses. i even used the downtime as an excuse to top off the oil in the carbs, which i seldom have to do. no immediate improvement.

last season's plugs came out clean at about 1,500 miles... slightly carboned up, but not significant.. i can start by pulling the new ones next month, but they have less than 1,000 miles on them (NGK). it was pretty warm (high 80s ambient temp) last month when i had the first occurrence, but this weekend was high 60s to low 70s. engine temp never hits mid gauge... though i understand engine temp and fuel temp are not the same. pertronix is in the distributor... less than 2 years old, but not new enough to have not been seasoned. might have 2,500 miles on the pertronix distributor insert and matching coil set.

thanks guys... first, it occurred to me today that i've used the term backfiring incorrectly. this is popping from the exhaust rather than backfiring. Captain Obvious, you have the symptoms exactly. we used the car for over 100 miles today with no issue at all. started and parked 4 times, local and highway mix, but no long back to back red lights or construction delays. madkaw... 1971, stock OE mechanical pump, not yet checked for flow rate, fuel filter was fresh and changed again yesterday, adjusted by a local brit-car-guru, ignition is pertronix/flame thrower, mixture screw... sadly i won't be able to answer until november, as we're only where the z lives for one weekend each month, and she's in the rear view mirror for october. olzed... NOT only when hot. if the car is in "problem state" when parked, the condition remains when she's restarted cold.

i decided to limp it home (another 40 miles or so)... the symptoms persisted until i got back to the highway, and another couple miles at 70mph, then cleared up like somebody flipped a switch. i can almost guarantee that the car will be totally fine until the next time i get into an extended idle or stop and go situation. checking vacuum lines now... but most are fresh.

sorry to come back to this so long after... but the first real use the car has had since the last post was today. after some city driving, the problem is back full force, and doesn't seem to be clearing up on its own after 20 miles or so on the highway. not terrible at steady throttle, but even the slightest pressure on the gas peddle gets spits and sputters and small backfires out the exhaust. choke seems to have no beneficial effect at all. ran fine for 100 miles or so before the stop and go traffic. any insight will be greatly appreciated... i'm poking it with a stick an an autozone parking lot as we speak. many miles to go. thanks ~ rob.

Far East Movement has S30 cars in a couple of their videos too... Rocketeer and Like a G6. There are 5 Z-Cars total between the 2 videos IIRC... and a pretty girl or 2 as well.

i'd be in for a set of tail light trim an am radio face plate... as well as a set of "DATSUN" thresholds and a new early gas cap...

thank you bruce... a great place to start. it would be truly ironic if, after years of trying to get the car to stop running rich, we'd gotten her to the point of negatively opposite. typical... but ironic.

i think i'm facing over-influx of information. hoping that someone has experienced exactly what i'm facing and may intersperse some clarity into what i've "learned" with the search and print sources. z-therapy video is on the way as well... anyway: 4 screw SU carbs... recent rebuild and "professional adjustment"... runs well cold and warm, and runs fairly efficiently. until. you get. stuck in traffic. after a few minutes of stop and go (warm), i get smallish backfiring under acceleration, which clears up on its own after a few minutes at steady speed. can't find exactly this issue related anywhere with a "cure". any and all insight appreciated. best ~ rob

the seats look like they may be reupholstered with the cloth insert upholstery kit that motorsport sold a few years back... but more and better photos would be a great idea. the wheels would be gone on day one, and a few other small personal concerns. i don't like to see bumper guards gone at one end and retained at the other... but, overall looks like a pretty solid car. makes me remember why i waited for green/black when i bought mine, but that's a personal preference issue for certain. should be worth within a best offer concession of what they're asking i think...

welcome... the Hitachi Radio model # for the signal seeking am radio in the early cars is TM-1081ZB . best ~ rob.

not mine: Datsun : Z-Series off the truck green | eBay

i will indeed. it's a great story... and if either you or gary are ever passing through the raleigh area, and want to visit an early car in dark green just for the sake of reminiscence... z people are always welcome. best ~ r.