v12horse

Hi everyone, Marc (280z) and I have been talking and we want to have another meet. Last time there was 5 of us old school Z's and hopefully there will be a better turn out for this upcoming meet. When: The time to meet would be on a weekend obviously, but what weekend I am not sure. Lets have a meet no sooner than 2 weekends from now. Saturday or Sunday is fine with me. Where: I don't know, throw out some ideas. Marc and I are in the Bay area so, somewhere in that vicinity. Okay, who ever would be interested in having a meet post here. Post when you are availible and what would be cool for a meet. The last meet that we had was a drive up Mt. Diablo. I was thinking of another drive like that and lunch, but throw out some suggestions. -Ben:classic:

I am not sure, but yours is most likely a black pearl then. Post some pictures. I am sure someone could tell you how to distinguish if it was a black pearl. Check the paint code plate. That will tell you since the black pearl was the first to be black. If you have the black paint code on that plate, chances are that it is a black pearl. I hope that is helpful. Maybe someone with some more knowledge could speak on this topic. Take care, Ben

Just og to www.zhome.com and scroll down and it has information on the 1978 black pearl edition 280z. Here is a really nice example that did not sell on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2474975093&category=6187&sspagename=WDVW

Here you are: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11710 Ben

The only place that I really see watanabe's for sale is on ebay motors. 16'' would be harder to find for a Z, but they are out there. I totally agree with you on keeping the car JDM because a set of Wats would look great on your car. Talk to 26th-Z because I think he knows a guy that sells watanabe wheels. Ben

Oh no guys, stop with the physics. I have a physics final next week and I come here to talk Z's and now it is physics. Ahhhhhh!!!! You guys take care. You know you are all a bunch of nerds. And I am not going to get out my physics and chem books to varify this stuff and jump in on the nerd bandwagon. It's okay, nerds are cool. I am leaving now. Ben*snorting*:classic:

This was all I could find. I personally think you would be better off taking apart an old datsun knob. http://www.flameball.com/Accessories/ACC-Spline.htm

That sounds awesome. Hmmm, there are a lot of junky shift knobs on ebay, maybe you could just take the metal peice with the treads in it and fit it onto the knob that you are making. I think that is awesome that you are going to make your own knobs. In high school, I took woodshop and I loved it. Keep us posted and post pics of your progress.

You are right on the dot on this one Carl. I have seen the 16 by 7 Panasports from msa with 225 wide tires and they fit well. What is the offset of those Panasports that they offer? I am thinking it was +11mm, but I am not positive. Signal, for the tires to clear the strut towers, there must be no more than 4 inches of tire back there(Sorry for the jargon. The lack of it).

Welcome to the forum! I am not an expert on this, but I have seen 225 wide tires on a zed and they seemed to fit well. That was with the stock suspension. That is awesome that you own a Fairlady Z:). You should post some pics of your car. -Ben

Hey Victor, I thought you were joking. Now I remember seeing pictures that you posted of the event. I would love to go to this too if it was late this summer/early fall. I am still not sure if I am going to attend the Z nationionals in long beach. I really want to, but I am taking a class during that time. I am sure it wouldn't affect my studies since I would only go for the Saturday show. Errr. How many of you LAer's going to the nationals? Convince me to go. Ben

I would be up for that one. Hehehehe, I wonder how many z's go to concours.

Awe, that would be a bummer if that show was cancelled because it is literally up the street from my house. I went last year(with my old school Z) and there was a lot more new Z's than old ones, but I would expect that I guess. We have to do something about that or the show is never going to be there again. They should give a discount to the old school Z guys to get them to go. I don't know if that would be fair, but I still think they shouldn't cancel the show for that alone. Keep us posted. Ben

This is pre-cobra. There were 3-4 of these at the show.

...I think this one raced at the Pan-American rally in Mexico. Does this sound right?

This was the most modern car there, with Panasports and XM radio. However, it is still a beauty.

Here is a nice Porsche. I thought it was a speedster, but it is 356A roadster.

Thanks Alan for the correction. I guess the XKSS is the street version of the D-type, no? I would love to see one of these cars setting off car alarms. I saw this one drive by and it sounded mean with the side pipe. The nicest car one of my neighbors has is a red Pantera and he only drives it once a month. It is not always sunny at the car shows here, we were just lucky that day. Okay, they plan to have them when it is sunny. Hehehe, no boxing up the sun. I have a few more, so I will post them this afternoon. Thanks for the positive feedback, Ben

I am going to check those out too. Keep the photos coming. Thank you everyone.