MikeW

The word is actually "moron"; Moran is a small town in Wyoming.

If your '73 flat tops are like earlier models the carbs actually have a insulator between them and the intake manifold. Therefore the carbs themselves do not directly get hot like the rest of the engine and the water that flows to them is actually used to warm them up, not cool them off.

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I got it from Chloe at MidwestZ in June just before she disappeared.

You can polish glass to remove small imperfections and scratches but it's a lot of work if you need to do the whole windshield. I used <A HRef=http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=2024&itemType=PRODUCT&iProductID=2024>this kit</a> from Eastwood to remove some fairly deep scratches from when a previous owner ran the wipers with no blades. Keep in mind that you can probably get a new windshield installed for around $250 so when you add up the cost of the kit and a polisher to use it with and a whole bunch of hours of your time you have to make a decision.

After driving for months with a big hole where the heater control panel goes I spent most of the afternoon trying to get a brand new panel installed. This ended up being more difficult than expected as the restored dash makes the vinyl a bit thicker and I didn't want to crack the $135 piece of plastic by trying to force it. In addition to the dash I've got new carpet and insulation. Take a look here: http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=11942&sort=1&cat=500&page=1

As Stephen already pointed out, I'm using the car's original 14" wheels with 205/60-14 tires. If you go with 15" or even 16" wheels you must go with lower profile tires. That's the whole point of using bigger wheels. You must go with a lower profile in order to retain roughly the same tire diameter.

Here ya go ...

I was just in the middle of trying to get my cables hooked back up properly and found this post. As always thanks for the useful information. I do note that, at least on my car, the diverter flap control mentioned above is actually on the upper left side.

A few posts up it looks like someone recently received a shipment. Perhaps if there is a new owner they're just now getting previous orders out. I hope that's the case.

I tried searching Kansas bankruptcy records but didn't find anything. My guess at this point is that things were not going well and the business (or just the parts stock) ended up getting sold to someone else who doesn't quite have their act together yet. If they did they would be here explaining everything. Instead there's simply a bare web page that says "new improved site coming soon". No one would shut down a working web page in order to redo it. You work on the new site offline and replace the old site only when the new one is ready.

Just for some extra information, here's a very good example of one of these cars. Even though it's from the Florida club Jesse and Michelle now live here in Georgia and belong to our club: http://www.suncoastzcarclub.homestead.com/carz_jessespage.html

Well, I suppose it already has a V6. From the ad: "The block is from a 300Z"

Quotes and links don't work because people persist in posting to top-level groups. It would be nice if there was a way to prevent that.

Quite a few of us have called already but can only leave a message on the answering machine. Obviously none of the calls have been returned or else you would have heard something already.

I don't know what they're really for but I'm missing them. It's apparently called a "deck lid jamb plug" according to these guys: http://www.zzxdatsun.com/rubber.html

I use one of the clear glass inline filters that contains a replaceable element. This makes it very easy to inspect the filter. It's quite obvious that my gas tank has some rust and getting it cleaned up and resealed properly is on the todo list.

Yes, that's the first one I've put on eBay. I'm still willing to sell to club members at a discount but have decided to increase the price after receiving feedback that $20 was too low. Here's the deal: I'll sell them to club members for $30 but donate $5 of that to the club to help keep this place going.

I ended up buying two new switches. They're hard to find, unfortunately. I'd check and make sure you don't have a wiring problem first. You can disconnect the driver's side door switch up under the dash and simply connect the two wires together which will bypass the switch and should turn on the light.

I must be dreaming. I distinctly remember doing a ring job on my car around 1986 and I surely had to pull the oil pan off to do that. I know that I didn't pull the engine from the car and I don't remember doing some other trick. What am I missing here? :stupid:

http://people.yahoo.com only lists 7 in the whole country. Perhaps someone could call those people to see if any are relatives. http://phone.people.yahoo.com/py/psPhoneSearch.py?srch=bas&D=1&FirstName=&LastName=zarte&City=&State=&Phone=&Search=Yahoo%21+Search I also searched the Wichita newspapers. At this point the only possibilities I see is that she's: a) Incarcerated Seriously incapacitated Dead

In other countries people are free to sell plates to other people which causes a market (with huge markups) for desirable plates. Here's are some examples: http://www.newreg.co.uk/ http://www.classmarks.co.uk/

I didn't bother because I was really just playing around to see what metal tape might look like. However, it could be done with some careful trimming of the metal tape. You'd need a shape something like what's in the crude image attached. Note that the only thing that would show would be a small split down the middle of each end.

I agree that the chrome is the biggest problem. A couple of hours ago I tried adding some polished metal tape on top of one of the two chrome strips with reasonable results. The entire "chrome" piece can actually be removed from the rest of the tail light housing but it's hard to do without breaking the two outer plastic pins that lock it in place. As another experiment I'm thinking of seeing how it will look with just some "chrome" spray paint. Once again this is my old beat up tail light so I don't care if I ruin it. You can see the difference in the bottom of the two strips in this picture.