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Obviously some answers are right for some people and some are not. Just because one person does not feel that an answer from 30 years ago with an obvious deteriation problem(?) is the better value against the application of todays technology does not necessarily mean that there is a screw loose! Innovation is more frequently born from shade trees than from conglomerates, especially when 30 year old discontinued cars come into play. Is $100 to much for a part that lasts 30 years? No. Is 30 year old technology the most cost effective answer given the advances in polymer engineering? No-I seriously doubt there is one Z in this club that is still running OE tires. They are still available, but no one uses them, they cost more, and they don't hold the road as well-was I just talking about advances in polymer engineering? Do you make a part you know you will need when it is convenient, or wait until the car can't move and the part is NLA to stop you cold until you do? Sounds kind of like preventative maintenance to me! Will

I feel your pain-I am working on my '72-finally shiney side down! and had the same portion crumble when I dropped the tank. I am thinking about a couple of different options: (in no particular order) A)making a fiberglass or composite piece and using two pieces of rubber sleeve(and clamps) at the ends. trimming up the original tube and cutting a piece of suitable flex hose to extend it, using MEK or a suitable solvent to bond the two pieces of tubing together. c) Using a piece of silicone Intercooler hose for a replacement and splicing in the smaller hoses with hard nipples(Contain your excitement-you pervs!) sealed with silicone. d) spend the money, time, and energy to buy a new one, sacrifice it to make a casting of the tube, and reproduce a cheeper copy much like MikeW did so successfully on the glove box. I am at least 60 days from needing the part, and I have more than plenty to do in the meantime. Will

I wonder if whoever is making the changes in the website has realized that there are a big bunch of us consergned types here at Classiczcar-even if there are business problems, a word of her condition is not forbidden, Will

What he said! Will

Only you and your "connections" Carl... Will

Painting female attributes on the car. Speaking of mobile decency, I was on I95 yesterday, and saw a guy get pulled for having "Truck Nutz" hanging off his trailer hitch. I suppose that if you can't have indecent bumper stickers, now the powers that be will be patrolling for phalic symbols as well-no more pickup with the boy weeing on another make of truck-what a loss! Will

OOPS! Still, Chrysler and GM have been swapping spit and pieces for years! Still an existing parts bin raid on wheels! Not that that is necessarily a bad thing, just not new and different! Will

Bill, I don't think anyone would want to steal your idea! Will

OK Carl, UNIT! Crossfire is something new and different out of the GM parts bins-sort of like a Fierro revisited! A new skin, some new interior pieces, and a modified chassis, everything else taken from existing models-looking that way, it really doesn't sound too new and different... The Z was something new and different A few parts were shared, but until later in life, most were not. New drivetrain, new body, new chassis, new suspension, new brakes, new glass, new interior, looking that way, it still looks like it was new and different... Yes, I think 4 wheels about covered it... Will

Sounds like 26th is getting a taste of the twins in Austin Powers! Mercy!

Ouch Carl, he is a freshman afterall-and constantly-well occasionally-working on either his Zs or a good duck swap! You're all right Bill, don't you worry! We know it'll happen-If an embarrassing bafoon with no charactor from your home state can be President and lie under oath about getting some, you'll get some too! Will NO VIcky, they would be completely original-no replaced parts! The pieces that wear would all be broken in properly, not damaged. ANd the upholstery would have charactor lines, not worn spots or cracks. The car would look loved and extreemly well maintained. Not only that, but think about what it would have shared the garage with-nudge, nudge, wink, wink!

I have called the following hospitals in and around Wichita: Wesley Medical Center-all centers Via Christi-all centers Surgi-Care Witchata Surgery Center of Kansas Wichita Specialty Hospital Cypress Surgery Center Kansas Surgery & Recovery Center Halstead Hospital Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital William Newton Hospital Hutchinson Hospital No Chloe Zarte is registered at any of them-they are upto 40 miles from Wichata. Will

Carl is right on-except with his avitar. If you want the 70 look, buy some 70 jewelry and fit it to the 72. Fitting the hatch vents and the quarter trim isn't a difficult thing to do, and will not affect the value of the heavily modified '72. Will

I am going to hold out a while longer to order from her, and hope everything is getting better. Carl-I would comment on the calisthenics of your avitar except for one thing- who puts a toilet on a pedistal that high? -OOP, you do, I guess I better go before I visit-I'm not as spry as I used to be! Will

AlphaDog is right. If you use other seats, keep the original ones as well so that one day when(and if) you get older and wiser you can put the car back to factory. My car is getting different seats as well-obviously I haven't hit the "old fart" stage either, but I am keeping the old seats just in case! If your block number matches your data plate, and isn't in bad shape, I would keep it too, and any parts you need to modify in the course of updating, find a spare and modify the one in worst shape.(It is a bite in the arse to cut a piece to make something fit only to find out a replacement part is worth more than the the whole modification you had cut the piece for) Especially with an early Z, I would keep all of the original pieces that are unique an traceable to the car. What you sell them for today you will have to put money(probably big) with to buy them back tomorrow. Will

No matter what he does,or which bottle he adds, the value of his car value will go down-too many millions of his cars everywhere. As long as you take care of, and don't cut yours up, your car value will continue to go up. Ask him how much his car has depreciated since it was made(6 short years), then show him how much value your car has appreciated in the last 32 years. Ask him why the value of your car is constantly going up, and the value of his is constantly going down. I am certaian his next comment will prove that he has a slow brain and fast mouth. I hope he has a suitable MOS. Here are Nada and Msrp Values 1972 240Z Original MSRP: $4,106 Low Retail $5,600 Appreciated 36% Average Retail $9,350 Appreciated 122% High Retail $17,500 Appreciated 326% 1998 PontiacV8 T/A Original MSRP $19,235 Avg trade $9,275 Depreciated 51% Avg retail $10,232 Depreciated 47% As with time slips, the numbers don't lie! Will

Ben, Read this out loud with a Tony The Tiger inflection. "They're great!" Will

I just returned from Visiting a friend in Kettering, OH. When I set up for the visit(about a month ago) I thought "Why don't I try to get a tour of the Dayton Wire Wheel factory.(I have an Alpha 1 GTO (Ferrrarri GTO Body) I built on a '77 280Z chassis that I want some real knock-off wire wheels for)-before some of you shout "Blasphoemer!", label me a ricer, and generally get off on how much of a wanker I am, the body was gone-the rear fender lips were 2" strips of air, the doors were missing more skin than was left, the hood, front fenders, and metal ahead of the radiator was fubar by a moron PO who is right up there with the maker of the Catepillar yellow snowplow ZX. I emailed DWW, and asked for a tour, and a measurement sheet. I called DWW on Tuesday and arranged to meet Mike (one of the sales managers) at the factory, he informed me that while a "tour" was not some thing they offerred, but, he would see what he could do. I drove over Wednesday afternoon, and while Mike did not give me a tour, He did give me tons of info, and some serious insight into how their wheels are made. He asked abot my project and went over the measurement sheet that I need to fill out and return to be certian that m wheels are fitted just the way I want. He also informed me that DWW was getting ready to take a set of vintage looking, but larger wheels to market. I expressed interest in them, and He said with a wink in his eye, that he would send me application data and pictures after I sent back the measurement forms. I will post pictures of the new offerings as soon as I get them. Hopefully we will get a few more options on wheels to fit our cars! I am taking the measurements tomorrow, and emailing them to Mike. Hopefully I will figure out what I want, and pick the set of Knock-offs up at the Factory about 6-8 weeks from now. Will PS, among their historical DWW artifacts, there is an absolutely huge honkin' wire wheel in the lobby, it must be 26" in diameter by 12"-16" wide-somebody just try to fit that to a Z!

A mixed quart of each coating used is enough for an exterior respray-with a correctly setup gun, and a good technique, get a mixed gallon of every coating for complete repsray. add two to three quarts for not being familiar with setting up the gun, and/or spraying technique! Will

A mixed quart of each coating used is enough for an exterior respray-with a correctly setup gun, and a good technique, get a mixed gallon of every coating for complete repsray. add two to three quarts for not being familiar with setting up the gun, and/or spraying technique! Will

A mixed quart of each coating used is enough for an exterior respray-with a correctly setup gun, and a good technique, get a mixed gallon of every coating for complete repsray. add two to three quarts for not being familiar with setting up the gun, and/or spraying technique! Will

A mixed quart of each coating used is enough for an exterior respray-with a correctly setup gun, and a good technique, get a mixed gallon of every coating for complete repsray. add two to three quarts for not being familiar with setting up the gun, and/or spraying technique! Will

A mixed quart of each coating used is enough for an exterior respray-with a correctly setup gun, and a good technique, get a mixed gallon of every coating for complete repsray. add two to three quarts for not being familiar with setting up the gun, and/or spraying technique! Will

I am getting one back from DashRestoration in the next several days. If you put a full cap on right, only a car show judge would notice it, and even then only if he was really looking. The install is the invitation for the cheese. The cover on my '73 fit so well, many Z nuts missed that it was a cover until I pointed it out. http://www.hls30.com/hls30_003.htm The only places that will give it away if it is carefully installed are the edges at the sides. The openings for the guages are another place that careful installation can hide. If you ever saw one properly installed with the doors shut, my guess is you would be hard pressed to tell. Most people just want the cracks covered, and do not take the time and energy to make the fit as close to perfect as possable-resulting in a cheesy look! I prefer a restored dash as well, but in a daily driver, $100 and and an afternoon of work beats $600 plus about $100 in shipping, and two afternoons of work! I will post pictures to sho the differences betweeen the two when the dash gets here-check my gallery for prerestoration shots, adn search the archives for the other thread we have on this. Will

Carl, you left out quite a few..... But far be it for me to throw my kidney stones in the ring! Carl is right, With time of the essence, local is always better! Will