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You are right on that one! In my '73 I removed the tail light access covers (flat) from the rear panel and enlarged the holes to accommodate some 6X9 speakers. Had to remove the outer pins on the back panel so that I could slightly flex the panel so the speaker magnets would not be touching the tail light bulbs. I mounted my Sony TC-30 cassette deck on a slide off bracket on the vertical wall behind the passenger seat. This had better access to the cassette player from the drivers seat. Took a way different approach for my current '71 car. RetroSound in dash bluetooth radio and this week I scored a used 6X9 speaker panel that thezstore used to sell. This way I keep the stock taillight cover panel to go with the car if I ever sell it. I then conned a friend into 3D printing a radio cover plate that looks closer to stock with labels.

Don't forget the PCV valve at the carb balance tube. I've never seen a plated one like in your picture.

It did feel larger, but not very much. Looking at the nose to nose they are not that different on length, but the new one is higher and definitely heavier. Sitting in it kind of felt like home but it's definitely not as roomy as my 240z. The 3 gauges on the dash were left - low speed turbo, center - high speed turbo and I think the right was a clock (I didn't get that far right on the gauges). The dash is a screen that you can set up how you want it. Driving the car was night and day different from my 240Z (I do need to go through my suspension). Man, it's a goer! I would need some time to get used to it. The car was definingly silent! I killed it right off the bat. The controls are way tight. Feels like electric power steering, really touchy brakes. 1st gear seemed like it was lower than I expected it to be, but when you stomp on it in 2nd (pointed in the direction you want to go) it just GOES! It feels like it's very agile.

Got a text from our cousin who is at a local Nissan dealer said "It's here". Since the weather is clear I took mine down. Yes, I drove it! Had no trouble doing a little fishtail accelerating on the freeway on ramp.

What about these? I thought the diff between 44-180 and 43-180 is plastic frame vs steel respectively. All Years Chevrolet Camaro Parts | F309 | Trico-Style Wiper Blade Insert; 18"; Each; Replaces 43-180 | Classic Industries This is an unproven guess though.

Here's all I can say about how long they took. I checked my email in my Z folder and found that I ordered 0n 13 June 2017. I would guess that my thread on doing the seats was within days (16 July 2017) of receipt of the goods. Looks like it was about a month from order to go to work on the install. Could be longer in today's world, I know they're in India and didn't really seem to be "heavy" on the communication side. They did come through and I'm very happy with what I got.

I used Interior Innovations for my seats and they turned out great! Here's the thread I posted on the seats and you wouldn't believe who requested more pictures. I also did the shift and e-brake boots from them. Of course this was 6 years ago so if you're like me the memory isn't what it used to be! 😉

When I did all LED in 2017 on the external bulbs I user this 2 pin flasher from Amazon and it works just fine, but it isn't adjustable.

No, it's not. Ashtray should be in front of the shifter and it should have a wooden shift knob.

Just checked on my Mfg 12/70 car - 4SP. The clip looks the same as the one pictured but there are no markings at all on either side of the plastic wire clip.

From Hallmark for 2023.

From this post by Woodworker B I found the jbugs hose to be very nice. 240Z – Fuel Tank | WoodWorkerB EDIT: these were fuel tank hoses, not coolant, sorry.

My experience with new Z Therapy carbs is I put them on the car and they ran just fine out of the box. Didn't touch them. I live at almost 5,000 ft and think they might be a little rich because I bet Z therapy probably sets them up for lower altitudes.

Interesting that the prior owner manually wired for an electric fuel pump. Must not have known that the stock harness from day one provisioned for an electric pump. Even Datsun dealer service used it when they came out with some of the mitigation for the vapor locking issue most prevalent in the 73 240z (ask me how I know).

I don't think you can go wrong with this stuff. Driven Racing Oil 03807 HR5 Conventional 10W40 Motor Oil, 12 Quarts (speedwaymotors.com)

My car had a nap for some years and I had heard of a local Z club. A few years ago I was at a show and a blue 280Z parked next to me. He told me that he was in the group for a while but there was some bad blood that happened between some of the folks and the whole thing went away, probably 10 to 15 years ago.

None that I can find, but good suggestion.

A couple of weeks ago I was at the Grand America hotel for a dinner in downtown Salt Lake City. As I was leaving, I spied with my little eye a white early vintage 240Z that appeared to be original down to the "D" hubcaps. The owner and partner were just getting in so I yelled and asked what year and he yelled back to me 1970. I was in a queue so not able to stop and chat or I would have. The car did have Utah vintage plates so it should probably be within about 50 miles of downtown SLC. These cars are few and far between in this neck of the woods. Looking at the community map I wasn't able to zero in on anybody. Would be nice to meet this person and their car.

News flash... Just walked past our 2006 Infiniti M35x (Nissan Fuga in Japan) and thought about this glass etching question. The passenger windows on the M35x are etched on the inside so appear reversed when viewed from outside the car and the driver side is etched on the outside and not reversed from outside the car... But wait, there's more. Last year I bought a 2022 Nissan Frontier (from the Kentucky facility) and the side window etching is on the outside of the glass and non-reversed Nissan from the outside all around.

Just checked my 12/70 build car and it has the same as the OP quarter windows with the passenger side Nissan etched on the inside of the glass so appears reversed from outside the car.

After you get things put back together you should get the "Smoke replacement kit". These were initially created for Lucas wiring in British cars, but I think they'll work in ours too. 🤣🤣

Just watched the announcement of the new ROLLING STONES studio album titled “Hackney Diamonds” with Jimmy Fallen. They have a new music video of the track titled “Angry”; https://youtu.be/_mEC54eTuGw You can watch Jimmy’s announcement interview with Mick, Keith and Ronnie here. There’s a countdown at the start that you have to wait through. https://hackneydiamonds.com Here’s a CBS news article that came out yesterday about the new album. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-rolling-stones-hackney-diamonds-first-new-album-nearly-20-years/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=233345964&fbclid=IwAR34p4_K-Q-JPxOvrMEnjngg2KlyvTrzSnQyH2_V5POn0cVlSi_egGRvVO8 We have to wait until late October to get the album.

I think this WoodWorkerB page is what I used for hose sizes and lengths along with where he sourced the hoses from and it is a VW parts site. 240Z – Fuel Tank | WoodWorkerB

I used to have this little money pit and it had Turbo LAG! 1977 930 When I bought it the guy said "have it pointed in the direction you want to go before you put your foot in it, if you don't pay attention and skip this rule the back of the car will pass the front". It was a blast for a few years, but to rich for my blood.