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You told me at the winter car show, Vicky. Actually, I thought it was rather inspirational. I have a file cabinet in the royal archives dedicated to the financial transactions. Are we talking just parts? How about services, supplies and tools? Princess 27 has been showing at a local body club up in Tampa and doing special hurricane party engagements. So far, she has made $11.25, however if we have another hurricane, I'm sure she will make more. Her Majesty is a total priss and won't do anything unless I spend money on her.

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Here is a web site to start. http://www.rubbermoldcompounds.com/ I have this stuff and it works.

Hey Andrew, He is putting his car in show quality for the national convention next summer. Too bad. He was really hoping to get that choke plate. The price was totally insane. Tell me what your model friend did, Keith.

Sorry to take so long to get back. We had a hurricane today. Don't ask. I'm in a bad mood. Let's see...I don't do anything to my desktop screen setup. It is blank in one of the optional color schemes. I go into screen saver, set the reaction time real low - like one minute, and reference slide show from a saved file of jpg's. I don't know what version this is. Whatever you get with Dell these days. This computer is great. For the first time in all my computers, I have music. Internet radio is WAY cool. 3WK Thanks for the pics Gav! I sent that to one of my Porsche friends.

Yes. And the editorial discusses the reader poll / survey CM has been conducting. Classic Motorsports, evidently, was a British car magazine and CM reports the publication is now financially stable. They want to keep a different format from Grassroots, yet cover vintage racing, road tours, shows, etc. CM pointed out that there have been many requests for Japanese coverage and the 1970 Z is mentioned. This issue covers a patch panel installation on an MG. It is still a British oriented magazine, but I think there are a lot of similarities concerning restoration topics.

I set the screen saver to kick in real quick and have slide shows of my ten favorite cars at the moment. The file changes every now and then. Currently, I have shots from a Ferrari show mixed with Zrush.

I just ran a search through the archives for "floor pan replacement", "floor pan installation", and the member galleries for "floor pan". There is a ton of stuff here. Has anyone produced a video of this process? Is a home made video of this and other rust related stuff worth $20 ? The basic question of floor pan work is real common. I am going to do floor pan surgery on 27 and maybe 26. Everyone seems to agree that Charlie Osborne has the best deal going. Does everyone know seat brackets are available from John at www.baddogparts.com ? Eastwood sells videos of general welding and metal fabricating. I have those and they are very good. Seems all you have to do is spend 11 buzillion dollars on their tools!!!!!!!!!

Well that's very interesting. I wonder if it is a car I saw for sale not too long ago and talked to Ken Jones about. I think CM is over on the other coast getting blown away at the moment. I'll have to look in to this. Thanks

I hear ya! And that is my plan. A friend just paid $1200 and they are seriously drop dead gorgeous. They will be in Syracuse. Might we take the time to go over some old thread material for everyone's interest? The 'D' hubcap represents Datsun's initial wheel cover appearing on cars built up to mid 1971. The center hub sports a round plastic emblem with the letter D. The pressed metal spoked design was also used for a chromed hexagon symbol in the center and a few hubcaps are simply painted black with no emblem. Only the 'D' centers appeared in the American market. The stamped steel is chromed on both sides with lacquer paint finish on the outside spokes. The hubcaps press fit to the standard steel wheel using a series of spring clips around the circumference. The earliest metal stampings were bent with fairly large spaces between the clips - almost like a series of tabs. These caps had a tendency to fall off under hard cornering and were soon replaced with the later design offering more clips and much less space between them. The original chrome finish is typical of Datsun cost saving techniques of the time. Inspection "ken" markings are typically inked on the inside. Used hubcaps suffer from rust and brake dust corrosion. The paint finish does adhere to the chrome very well, but suffers from age. The plastic center 'D's were chromed plastic painted satin black on the surround. They pin through holes in the hubcap and metal backer clips. Generally speaking, they are fragile and a serious pleasure to find used in good condition. All of these pictures can be found in various threads on this site.

Greetings and welcome from the twins!

Yea. Scrub the surface rust with steel wool or a Scotch Bright pad. Wet sand it with Ospho (use rubber gloves) to remove the rust. Don't undercoat over rust or paint over rust. Bare metal only. I am interested to hear recommendations for spray applied undercoating products and paintable undercoating products. What is the slightly rippled body protectant stuff that has a painted finish?

I see the results of the first two auctions, but Ben had a third cap for sale. Does anyone know what he got for the third cap? Did the same guy buy it too? There used to be a Japanese guy in Canada who had brand new stuff. About a year ago he was getting $300 for a new hubcap. I'm with Mark; deal privately whenever possible. I bought the AM radio from your guy, Mark. Chloe turned me on to him. Frankly, I think the world has figured out these cars are finally worth something and we will see the prices of choice pieces soar in the future.

Can't wait to meet you, Ed. And all the rest of you who will be there!

The 2005 convention is in Syracuse, New York - August 1 - August 5. http://www.zccaconvention.com/ Also try www.northeastzadventure.com Most of the web site is up and running, but it is still pretty early. To the best of my knowledge, the 2006 convention has been selected for Dallas. I do not believe a location or host chapter has been selected for 2007. Hope this helps. Oh yes, Track day is Watkins Glen

There is a great discussion about the Z wiring and headlamps in the latest issue of SportZ magazine.

xray, Your choice of finish simply depends on how you want to use and present your car. "As delivered" was a chassis (unibody) painted as the body with variants of black for the suspension and other bolted on components. The black finish ranges between satin and gloss. There are certain areas of the chassis painted black. Three that come to mind are the front of the radiator support, seat brackets, and the vent behind the quarter emblem - satin.

Girls, I'm tired of the American bashing. It is non-productive, unfriendly, and it isn't funny. One does not make themselves better by putting others down.

Here is what I was looking for. I clipped this from the original brochure - 1970. See how the valance matches the hubcaps? The grill is the same color. It is not real dark charcoal..

Good to see you back CoastGuardZ.

Hell yes a 240Z is faster than a 280Z!!!! :tapemouth Take that door panel off and tune up your locking mechanisms! They are really simple. So simple, in fact, that they wear out...go figure. There are several plastic pieces and adjustment screws to fool with. Some times the plastic washer / spacers break and fall out leaving a lot of slop in the adjustment geometry. Make sure everything is in place and not worn out / replace the broken plastic so that the mechanism operates directly and snug. Lubricate the hell out of the mechanism and get it real clean. I prefer lithium grease when I put them all back together. For a 240 Z, the doors should only lock when they are closed.

Great blurb about what investment quality cars are doing in the market today. Compare the five year averages with the last year averages. Zeds are on the gain!!!! Great time to buy a collector Zed. Glad to see old Zeds are newsworthy. How about the "poor man's Corvette" comment? And the rust comment!!!!! A-men!!!!

The valve cover is cast aluminum which polishes very well. It can be chrome plated but it sounds like it was polished. The head gasket goes between the cast iron engine block (blue) and the cast aluminum head (silver). It sounds like you are looking at an engine that had a valve job recently?

Her Majesty has just been informed that the hose will be appearing at the national convention next summer. She is very fond of the car it will go on. It hails from the Banzai Spa, a most respected restoration authority. The buyer told Her Majesty that he thought the sale price was quite reasonable. Can you believe that? Reasonable..... Her Majesty is pursuing a relationship and has made advances with a fabrics suitor in the Northeast. Some scheme is afoot to cover regular hose with the new fabric (by hand, of course) and I will let you all know how that works out. Oh...and Ed, the hose was sold by the same guy who sold a lower hose about a month ago. I forget what it went for - $127?