Racer X

When I try to join up I get the 403 error too, left click, right click, new window, my laptop, tablet, phone, desktop. I get a 403 error on another link too, the searchable membership list.

Just had a look on my laptop, and it works, so, stoopit tablet, eh? A nice cross section of rides there. The 69 Camaro is my favorite of the model. Those early Mustangs are also a favorite. I really like the red Ferrari, those old Jags too. Porsches, and Austin Healey, the Chevelle, the Ford pickup . . . . . . . . I wish I could have one of each.

I get an error message when I follow the link. This site can’t be reached The webpage at intent://photos.app.goo.gl/k76JqGTjErk1JcFTA#Intent;package=com.google.android.gms;scheme=https;S.browser_fallback_url=https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMKV7RWLFwyvJBkP_WH1Y3eB64P6QPfLNgn1ip6p6lZSssxIw2-dDiHZ7F-9xcqiw%3Fkey%3Dc3RWcTNvckYyR2U4ckFWYlIwN3BWNEptWlFlRENR;end; might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.

There is only a small gap between the ring gear and the bell housing, not enough to get a mirror through, then the clutch cover behind that. The clutch fork opening gives more access, but is still not really useful. The starter opening gives the best opportunity, two bolts, a nut and a plug. Pull it out and reach a small mirror in, have a look.

You won't get access to much more than the front of the flywheel.

Just over 18 hours to go, and this is at $9,999.99. I'm having a hard time getting my head around an incomplete car getting ten grand at auction. Mrs. Racer 2.0 is watching this feeding frenzy on old, incomplete, rusty Z cars and asking why I don't sell a few of the 14 Z cars that I have.

Lemmings.

Well I did make the triangular opening larger, moving out to the limits of the block/bell housing mating surfaces, but left the outside looking stock.

I always check the headbolts after running the valve adjustment. Set the torque wrench to the specified torque, and pull on each bolt, following the sequence specified in the manual. Not trying to make them tighter, simply checking that they are all tight. Occasionally one or two will turn a bit, but generally they are OK. Just like rechecking wheel nut torque. Easy, squeezy, no pain, no stain.

Nice work Captain. Way back in 1989, I made one out of aluminium for the race Z. I did it as part of the diet to get the overall weight of the car down. Don't recall the actual weight savings, but it added to the roughly 200 pounds I took off the car. Since I was running a stock class, I painted it black and never fessed up to until now. 🤫😅😅😅😅

(I was going to post this in the joke section, but felt the need for some levity. We need to keep a sense of humor during this thing.)

That's impressive. Is the number scale thousands, tens of thousands?

Now, with all the oil fracking in North America, there is a glut of oil, and OPEC has to accept some competition on the global oil market.

OK, so you guys don’t like Chinese metal, how about Japanese metal?

I think Elon Musk already did that.

That dude’s got cleavage all the way to his chin!

So sorry for your loss. This thing has touched all of us, to one degree or another. Last spring a coworker where I work died suddenly from this thing. Yesterday I learned that several other coworkers have tested positive, and have been sent home. I have been sent home twice for quarantine due to contact tracing, because of my age (I’m over 60), for 2 weeks last August, and again for 3 days the first week of September. Working for a very large company (150,000 employees worldwide, about 45,000 here in Everett, WA), presents potential for infection every day. I have 10 months to retirement, and hope I can get there without getting this thing. My brother in-law has tested positive, but is asymptomatic, he is also over 60. Be well, and take all the precautions you can to avoid getting infected.

Free? It will cost money. The taxpayers will foot the bill. Doesn’t sound free from where I stand.

Better wax those skis up!

Congratulations on an awesome score. So in the video, all that work was done to clean the car, and reassemble everything the original owner had removed, and then everyone pushed it outside for pictures. Why didn't we get to see it run? Don't be holding out on us now.

Just the thing to improve my already great heel/toe technique. Do they come in Nomex?

Processed some images I made of the car recently. A closeup of the factory mismatch of the rear valance and the right quarter panel. The assembly line mechanic managed to get a pucker when spot welding the rear valance and right rear quarter panels together, and simply filled the gap with seam sealer and it was primed and painted. It has held up well for 48 years. HLS3056539 1972 240Z by Racer, on Flickr HLS3056539 1972 240Z by Racer, on Flickr

That bodywork. Racer wants.

Waiting on a part for the waste oil furnace. A transformer that makes the spark for igniting the oil, 120 volts in, 10,000 volts out. Well, when it works like it should. Mine doesn't, and the package guy will have a new one here next week. So I got a wild hair and decided to rearrange the shop a bit, do some cleaning. I cleared a path, and dragged HLS305957, build date 6/70 out and assess its condition. Managed to get it out and have a cursory look, but need to move all the stuff into the slot it was in and then free up the right rear brake so I can roll it up on the lift. I got this car not long after the race Z and the brown 72. A friend of a friend connected me with a guy who was under threat of divorce if he didn't clean house. I can't remember if I got it free, or paid a couple hundred bucks for it. It was last registered 1991. The original color was yellow, and it has those stupid dealer installed rub rails on the sides. One of the previous owners changed it to red. It was later painted red oxide primer, the badges removed (why didn't they take off those stupid rub rails?), and an attempt was made to graft the headlight buckets to the fenders. The front marker/turnsignal assemblies are missing, and someone has gotten creative and uses stainless lockwire (like is used to secure assemblies in aircraft) to suspend the bulbs in the middle of the openings. The bumpers are trashed, the rear looking like someone had a trailer hitch on it at one time. I'll get some pictures up, after I get the shop cleaned back up, and the brake freed up. OK, lunch is over, back out to the shop.

I use a needle nosed pliers, with no side cutter. Works a treat.