Racer X

And here it is. Correct size, color and type for the car classification in Japan for 1972. The characters to the left of the year are for Kanagawa prefecture, where Datsun 240Zs were manufactured. I forget what the character to the left is for. I chose 240-Z for obvious reasons. My plan is to hang it on the front, as I am not required to have a front plate using year of manufacture permanent licensing. Also a shot of the rear plate on my 72.

Probably reproduction plates. There is a place in Florida that makes them, I had one made for my 72. I'll post a picture later.

One thing I don't get. The bumper has two tabs in the center for mounting a license plate. So why mount it to the left side? With all the "100's of hours spent on meticulous details", one would expect more. Looks stoopit.

Exmark mower? Do y'all mow this time of year down that way?

Even if you don't drive enough miles to require an oil change, changing it once a year is a must do thing. So get out there and do it!

Even if one doesn't like it, you have to admit the guy did an excellent job. The car looks awesome. The automatic transmission sucks though. These are sports cars, and sports cars were meant to have manual transmissions.

^^^^^ This. ^^^^^

The six in the Camaro was evolved from the six in the pickup. That six cylinder engine was produced in one form or another from 1929 though 1954, then beginning in 1955 became the base engine with the introduction of the 265 cubic inch small block V8.

The 454 was never offered in a Camaro. The SS396 was the only big block Camaro, in the first generation car. Other engines in the '67 to '69 Camaro were the 230 and 250 cubic inch inline six, the 302, 307, 327 and 350 cubic inch small block engines. The 250 cubic inch inline sixwas the base engine for the second generation Camaro beginning in 1970. The small block engines available were the 307 and 350 cubic inch engines. The Camaro SS 396 had the 396 cubic inch V8 starting in 1970 (the 396 cu in actually displaced 402 cubic inches, yet Chevrolet chose to retain the 396 badges) was discontinued after 1972. Two 454 cubic inch engines (the LS6 and LS7) were listed on early specification sheets and in some sales brochures but never made it into production. By 1973 the federal emissions standards had choked the life out of the Camaro. In 1980 the inline six was replaced by the 3.8 liter V6 as the base engine. The third generation Camaro, introduced in 1982 saw the 151 cubic inch 4 cylinder engine as the base model. Other available engines were the 173 and 191 cubic inch V6 engines, and the 305 and 350 cubic inch V8 engines. The fourth generation Camaro, introduced in 1993, had the 207 and 231 cubic inch V6 engines, and the new generation small block 350 and 346 cubic inch V8 engines. The fifth generation Camaro, introduced in 2009, saw a rebirth of the powerful Camaro of the early days. Still having a base model with a 3.6 liter V6, other available engines were the supercharged 5.3 liter V8, and the 6.2 and 7.0 liter normally aspirated V8 engines. The sixth generation Camaro, introduced in 2016 is available with the 2.0 liter turbocharged 4 cylinder engine, 3.6 liter V6 or the 6.2 liter V8, either normally aspirated or supercharged.

The poor man's positraction. Would be better with the Subaru limited slip R180.

I see. The senate is dominated by the Republicants, and it sounds like they are against the $2,000, so it isn't a sure thing yet. On the first go around I got the $2,000. Last July I maxed out (the union contract provides for a jump to the top of the pay scale at 6 years). So even if they do approve it, I make too much now.

Wow, $37,000, for a "vintage" racecar with no vintage racing history. My 71 Z has been a ICSCC and SCCA production based club racer since 1979, and has logbooks (2), to establish racing history. When I first got the car in 1989, SOVREN said I couldn't run it in their vintage events, as it had no vintage racing history. Those vintage guys must have lowered their standards. Oh, and my welds look much better, and lots of coffee has been consumed over the years during late night thrashes to get it ready to race. But John Coffey never touched it, and probably didn't even know it exists.

What are you talking about?

An interesting recreated vintage C production race car. Since no logbook is mentioned, or shown, one can only assume the car does not have racing history beyond the guy who built it. Still, not too bad looking of a car. I do question the ad copy though. For sure the front brakes are as described. But the rear brakes are solid rotors, not ventilated. And the adjustable camber struts must be a bitch to adjust and set. Also note the welds on the "14 point cage" look a bit sketchy to me. The tubing attached to the front strut towers looks amateurish. The ad copy doesn't mention the frame rail reinforcement and extension, but there are a few pictures, again with very poor looking welds. Looks like bubble gum wadded up and stuck to the car. And I guess bump steer spacers aren't available anymore, eh? Oh well, a bit of tubing should work.

The blinkers aren't controlled by the combo switch, rather they are switched on a plate at the center of the steering column under the steering wheel. If the low beams don't come on, look for an open circuit. The one bright, one dim high beam could be caused by a poor ground.

The leftovers are going fast. The oldest grandson got an 18 day holiday furlough, and that boy can eat!

I have this L28 engine, with SU carbs and a supposed Datsun Comp 5 speed. The guy I got it from said the engine was something special, I don’t recall the specific details as it was over 30 years ago, and he is long gone so I can’t call on him to fill me in. Anyway, I was looking it over the other day and noticed four threaded holes around the oil filter boss. Never seen anything like it before on an L series engine, I even looked at every L series block in my collection (16 or so), and none have this. It is an L28, N42 block. Can anyone give me a clue here? Thanks in advance, Racer

Wow, the day after Christmas is Pogues day! Woot! Woot!

We had onion bagels, cream cheese with scallions, and lox for breakfast yesterday (Mrs. Racer is Norwegian). For Christmas dinner I fixed large rib roast, with pearl and onions, small red, purple and yellow potatoes, crimini mushrooms, celery, scallions and my secret concoction of seasonings, roasted in a roasting bag to 140 degrees, then allowed to rest for 15 minutes. Dessert was fresh baked apple pie, with butter pecan ice cream. Fixing dinner was one of many gifts for Mrs. Racer as she takes such great care of our home and table all year long. We also had a surprise, the oldest grandson came home from Fort Benning. He went to basic training last July, and is currently going through the second phase of training. They gave everyone an 18 day holiday furlough, and he surprised us by showing up last Sunday. It is nice to have some family for the holidays.

Merry Christmas from Racer’s Z Farm!

I would send it back, and insist on a full refund. As far as I know, no one has successfully repaired any of the Z anyday interior plastic panels. Reproduction panels are available, for a reasonable cost.

Deck the halls.

Ah, now I get it. Yep, I ate it, we several times recently. With beer, eh?