26th-Z

I would hardly consider myself a pro, but this thread DOES take me back a few. I decided to go sports car racing and college got in my way. I built the engine for my race car in my dorm room. Ported the head with a dremel grinder on my desk in the room. $200 a month is a little high, perhaps. I pay $175 for a 16 x 20 dry garage for 26; including 20 amps of electricity. 27 is now parked in a humid carport with side curtains, but $15 a month makes it sound much better. I'm definitely on the same page with Daniel. Those who seek shall find. Now my advice....Focus on your studies. Propel yourself into your future armed with an education and a training to think. Your Z will be there when you get back.

Yea, it's confusing. The grill is made from "expanded diamond mesh" and appeared on the PS30 (432). I have also seen them on the S30-S, the stripped down version, and they may have been standard on those models. They never appeared on the North American imports. What Alan was saying is that the original 1970 era part had a finer expanded diamond mesh than what is currently available. Same look. The grills were still available new about 8 months ago. At the time they were around $150. I don't know why they exist. Perhaps the thinking was that the grill offered better air flow for performance purposes, but in talking with Matsuo san, I am under the impression that the design intent for the grill and the front of the car was the horizontal bar type of grill. Oh...BTW...I have one and think they are cool.

Just blow them out with compressed air and flush the system with new brake fluid when you get it togeather. You don't need to use alcohol.

It is not a "Nismo" grill either.

Here is where I got the info on the PZR and indeed credit is due. Page 23 http://www.ne.jp/asahi/club/s30/nl16/NL16.htm

We discussed this back in September http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14735&highlight=Wall+Street+Journal

The dark green (907) and tan interior is very common.

Join our club, Jeff! We have a member in Delray Beach and as far away as Atlanta. Check out the web site link and let me know what I can do to get you involved in our craZy group.

Thought you might enjoy some of these shots: Out of the misty dawn.....Zrush Channel Side...and Rick Fortney's 280 Z turbo

John Thomas brought his Solo II car. Jim Frederick brought four or his cars. Here is HLS30-00016 and a car built by Bob Sharp for actor Paul Newman.

Hi kids! The Suncoast Z Car Club http://www.suncoastzcarclub.homestead.com/ had a display of twenty Z cars last Saturday at the Tampa Bay International Auto Show. The promoters of the show invite local car clubs to exhibit and our club was invited this year. The event is held at the Tampa Convention Center and we arranged our display in the cul du'sac outside the "channel side" entrance of the Center. The Convention Center overlooks the water with a great view of Davis Island and the bay. The weather was a little hazy, but otherwise a nice sunny day and we had a great response. Here is what it looked like.

Yes, molded in grey and painted black finish

An opinion.... If you plan to fill the seams, you won't be able to hit anything without cracking the filler. A welting strip would normally be used for tape or screw attachment allowing some flex between the aero kit and the body. If I were going to fill the seams, I would bond the new body part - bare metal - to the car. But I wouldn't fill the seams. I would opt for flex because reality dictates that you ARE going to bump it.

A'men to that brother. Them's westerners done be way behind us come sunrise! Would someone copy it for me please? I am television impaired at the moment.

Historic Highway, I-10. Back in the fall of 1969, a couple of Japanese fellows drove two silver 240Zs from L.A. to New Orleans on I-10. Eiji Osawa and Hitoshi Uemura. That part of I-10 is sort of sacred; a pilgrimage trail - don't ya think? If you do a little looking around the archives, you will find some great info from Kats, et.al about the North American test sessions. I got this shot of them in the desert from kats. It may not be actually on I-10, but I remember it looking like this in Arizona. We ought to organize a caravan extravaganza over some of the sacred roadways of the test trials.

James, I'll have to look at mine, but I wouldn't be surprised.

I think this is what you are looking for, seerex. The very first ash trays were grey plastic painted black and later ones were black plastic. All the same design up to 8 / 71; 96500-E4101.

A couple of replies to this "good 'ol fashioned rust thread": I'll be doing reports from the field as I get along with the two babes. 26 is going to be dipped real soon and I think this process will be unique and interesting. The dip for the chassis alone will be $1200. I chose dipping for the very "rusting from the inside out" comment. I will probably do blurbs on hole patching with 26, but 27 is going to have her fender arches replaced with TABCO panels. This will require the inner lip to be repaired and fit. We seem to have an opportunity to to do a floor or two. I need to see what 26 looks like when she is dipped. If her driver's floor would be easier to replace than patch, I will do the passenger floor in 27 with a full kit from Charlie Osborne. The comments about finding someone willing to do the metal work are right on. My two favorite "pros" (you should see their work) laughed at me - told me I didn't have enough money - and turned me down flat. And that was discussing 26! They don't know about 27. Poor 27 is a disaster compared to 26. The body guy I am dealing with is stricktly time and materials. I will be paying him bi-weekly for his hours so as to not interfere with his business cash flow. $40 per hour is dirt cheap in this business. Some of my research is leading me to believe that the very early cars were produced in pairs of colors. Evidently, the dark green and "tan" interior scheme was quite popular and a higher percentage were made. I bought one like yours, Stephen, on eBay and never got it. One of my great eBay stories :stupid:

Sunday October 31 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4500189320&category=34206

That is what we are calling Z Mecca in Tampa. http://www.suncoastzcarclub.homestead.com/clubcarz_jimfrederick.html You should have seen that scene after the hurricanes! Princess 27 stopped here first so that I could raid Jim's spare parts. We have a lot of club parties here. It's a great place and Jim has a kick butt collection of Zs. Nice model, Stephen

wow! Very Nice!

So far, I have most of the sheet metal I am going to need. Still looking for a driver's fender.

Ben, I'm shooting for 2006 with Her Majesty. We'll see. Her Majesty gets finished first. Then I will start on Princess 27. At the moment, I am still spending money on getting the Princess stabilized and tucked away in storage. Almost finished, though. All of the major money has been spent!

This is a great thread - completely off topic, and some great pictures of stuff we never see. Here are three more from my files. How about we start ON topic and have a nice 300Z? Then an ALMS Ferrari would be a lot of fun. And reaching way back, a Chevron B8. Chevron is a British car builder. The 1969 coupe ran with a 2 liter Cosworth Engine, or in the case of one I have driven, a 2 liter BMW engine. They are fiberglass bodies around steel tube and box sections - typical of the period. Mid-engine layout with a five speed transaxle.