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Give Brian my best and hope he recovers soon. I have backtracked through a bunch of posts in which he was involved and have learned a lot from his responses.

Had I been lucky enough to have the original radio in my 280Z that is exactly what I would have done. Let us know how the install goes and the quality of the sound. BTW, what was the cost of conversion?

Below is my post on the HybridZ Forum re my stereo install and shows a pair of ABS panels that I fabricated to hold the two speakers that I placed under the dash in my 280Z. You have a lot more room under there in a 240Z so I'm sure you can do something similar. I added a very small amp because I'm also running rear 6x9 speakers but you could get away with only front speakers without an amp. So even though I like the way everything is hidden I must say that I'm not totally satisfied with the sound on this set up and have purchased kick panel pods to change the location of the under dash speakers and I will be installing Polk Audio DB522 5.25"coaxials in those. I"m also going to change the amp to a much better Kenwood KAC-M3004 unit also mounted in a similar position under the carpet over the transmission tunnel toward the firewall. I'll report back when I have the new set up ready. "Starting with the Retrosound radio which I discussed previously in this topic, the sound upgrade is complete and and I'm enjoying balanced, crisp highs and mids from the front and side speakers with excellent bass response form the rear 6x9 Infinity speakers. It's being all pumped from a very compact Miura amplifier (80 watts x 4 channels) which we located beneath the carpeting to the right side of the console (close to the firewall) and is quite undetectable. The front speakers are McClaren Prosound 5 inch sealed basket units which are closed in the rear (not vented like usual speakers) so there's no need to add a box or enclosure making them very easy to fit in tight places. We fabricated custom panels out of 1/4 inch black ABS plastic (with similar texture to the OEM dash) into which the 2 front speakers were fixed and tucked away under each side of the dash. Although ideally high frequency sound should be directed toward the listener, in virtue of keeping everything "invisible", we had to count on the power and quality of the front under dash speakers to bounce sound off the floor. It has proven to work very well. I also decided to remove the rear speaker grills and make them less noticeable by simply covering them with black speaker fabric. Here are a few pics to illustrate the set up: Speakers and ABS panel: Driver and passenger side mocked up under the dash (before speaker grill installed): Amplifier location: One of two USB ports in the glove box: Overview of the final install:

That's the guy. That shot of your 6 Zs is a dream!

Here's my Markaryan rendering:

That's Oleg Markaryan, he is Russian. You'll notice his beautiful renderings are computer generated. The Polish artist (Przemek) does it all by hand with pens and pencils.

I would be very disappointed if he didn't put down his pens !

Correct Grannyknot. I sent him about 10 pics and asked him to include a front view, rear view and dash. He chose the ones he liked best.

A young artist in Poland produced this realistic drawing of my 280Z. Amazing talent. Thought I would share with you guys.

... and has had all the bugs worked out . Hey, someone has to stick up for the ole 280Z.

Absolutely, check and clean all the electrical connections and reassemble with some dielectric grease. Also check that the floats attached to the bottom of each master cylinder cap are moving freely. If those floats don't move all the way up when the reservoirs are filled to the correct level, the dash warning light will also come on.

Seriously nice job!

Nice job on that stitch Charlie! Maybe we could work together

What are your plans for a fuel filler? Fuel cell? Fill via the trunk?

Seats look good. If you put them out in the sun and heat for a couple of hours the material will conform better and smooth out some of the wrinkles.

My engine bay might be a bit extreme for some on our forum (hopefully not ) but I also used the darker grey components to bring out the shiny plumbing:

Looks like beautiful intricate jewelry. I think your choice of grey ceramic coating for your exhaust manifold really sets up the contrasting yellow zinc perfectly. Well done!

This should remind all of the correct procedure to determine if she really is a witch:

Thanks guys. It is an amazing job and I think I was fortunate to pick the specialty that suited me best but medicine (if done correctly) is more a religion than a career, requiring all your effort with very little respite. I've been at it for 33 years though and I've put myself on a "pre-retirement protocol" . I promised my kids I would retire by 60 which comes up in March of next year and I plan to honor my promise. I'm sure I'll miss surgery terribly and a lot of free time will be tough to manage but I'm sure working on my toys (cars, motorcycles, house, etc), maybe a new business venture, and spending time with the people I truly care for will take up a lot of it very pleasantly.

I'm a plastic and reconstructive surgeon. It takes me 45 minutes just to suture each breast after a complete mammoplasty. Considering at that point that I've been working non-stop for 3 hours by the time I start to do the final stitching (we call it suturing just to be fancy), I wish I had a Speedy Stitcher from Amazon!

I concur with Capn' O and prefer hand stitching myself

Stance looks stock, nice. Ride quality and tracking report will be important.

Totally agree with you guys. This is the kind of thing that can become a huge headache anytime. Thanks for the heads up and advice. Just placed an order from Amazon. Dave

Please pardon my ignorance guys, I have the factory AC unit on my "78 and it runs perfectly. Is the drier in question something that craps out often and was impossible to find previously? Is it worth just having one "just in case"?