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Paul, Do you have a mechanical fuel pump on the front of the engine? There is no reason a gasket prepared with something like permatex should leak. But the "weeping you describe on the #1 and #2 spark plug wires sounds like the trouble I have had with a leaking fuel pump. Something like that will mist oil like you describe.

Greetings Al! It's raining here tonight...thinking of you.

This in the noon e-mail. I can't get the link to work in a timely manner. Perhaps someone could help? This takes forever to load on my computer. Award-winners from this year's convention have been uploaded to the website at the following location: Here's a direct link to the PowerPoint with winners across car-shows, autocross, etc... http://www.clevelandrockz.com/docs/ClevelandRockZ_Awards_Banquet.pdf Thanks, Christopher Karl (Former) 21st Annual ZCCA Z Car Convention Chairman :-) Event info: www.clevelandrockz.com

Without meaning to diss anyone or their business, Zedd Finding floor pans are the way to go.

Yep! My apologies. The parts book shows 76807-E4600 and 76808-E4600 up to February 1970. I keep thinking it was later.

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Confirming what has been said. The rear deck vent grills have always been plastic on the S30. They do exist in metal but were never part of the S30 production. All the rest of the emblems were metal on 3/70. The plastic replacement quarter emblem "240Z" has a white painted Z and there are white painted Z metal emblems, however I believe that a 3/70 car would have had chromed Z emblems.

Patrick, I have been tuned into the ZCCA chatter for the last few months. As you all may know, I am now part of the executive committee. The ZCCA is organizing major changes in the way it conducts business. Three new officers were elected in Cleveland. The web site is going for a revamp. And the computers are getting a software update. The ZCCA maintains convention computers, including the car show, with a fairly significant database. In the past, getting the car show result has been a long ordeal and the recent chatter amongst the executive committee leads me to believe that the results should come pretty soon along with mailing of the judging sheets to each entrant. There is a thankyou letter included now. While I'm talking about it, thanks again to Cleveland for a great show, look for new ZCCA judging rules in the near future. There will be an attempt to clarify the car classification rules and a judging proceedures guideline is being dicussed. Chris

I drove up to Beck's and forgot about the show competely! How was it? Sorry to hear about your mishap. I had one thrown at me going over the Howard Frankenstein bridge in Tampa once. Took out my turn signal.

That nose piece really looked sharp, didn't it?

Optional fog lights

Got an e-mail from Mike this morning. Katy is out of the hospital and they think they will be getting home by the end of the week. He thanked everyone for their thoughtful cards, e-mails and wishes. EZ was totaled.

Yea, that's the car.

Early fuel door knob pictures from the ZCCA national convention in Cleveland, October 2008.

I took a couple of pictures of the early fuel door knob. The plastic one. I'm goingto look for the thread on fuel door knobs and post the pictures there.

I forgot to pick up one of those yellow nut and bolt guages. They looked quite handy. I did come home with an extra tote bag. Best damned tote bag of the last five conventions, by crackie!

Dan, Cleveland was my first "digital" automotive outing. I bought a little Canon powershot A590 and didn't lug the film camera equipment this year. I wasn't real sure how to use the buttons and features completely. Sorry I didn't take any pictures of the fasteners. I did manage to take some shots during a conversation we were having about original finishes and I think they turned out nicely. These two unruley characters were examining the paint and chrome finish on the 1973 240Z. Notice the very faint orange peel finish and the plating quality of the chrome bumper. These "as original" finishes are not so common. Re-chrome work today is highly polished with few, if any, undersurface blemishes. In comparison to the blue paint on this example, there was a black 240Z at the show that had the most remarkable mirror quality paint finish.

Dan, It took me forever to find this thread again! I took your question to Cleveland this past week and looked at several "original" cars. The inspection lid screws were painted and the tapered screws used to attach the hatch to the hinge is unpainted - finished in a super light cad yelow finish, almost silver zink. Chris

From the Z Car Club Association web site; http://www.zcca.org/pages/SiteMap.htm The ZCCA was started during the second Annual Z Car Convention held in Phoenix, Arizona in the summer of 1990. The Club representatives had lunch with Nissan's VP of Marketing, Mr. Hadley Chamberlain, who stressed the company was very supportive of the grass roots Z Car Club movement but could not interface effectively with each individual Club. It was therefore decided by the Clubs represented at that meeting to form the ZCCA. After a few years of coordination and setting up the Constitution and By-Laws, the current formalized ZCCA was set in operation, complete with a dues structure, etc. The Charter Member Clubs of the current ZCCA are: ARIZONA Z-CAR CLUB BLUE RIDGE Z CLUB BRAZOS VALLEY Z CAR CLUB BRITISH COLUMBIA Z REGISTRY CAROLINA Z CLUB DATSUN ZOOM CLUB [MONTREAL] GATEWAY Z CLUB INC GROUP Z MARYLAND Z CLUB OKLAHOMA Z CLUB SMOKY MOUNTAIN Z CAR CLUB THOUSAND ISLAND Z CAR CLUB TRIAD Z CLUB TRIANGLE Z CLUB WHITE ROSE Z & ZX CLUB Z CAR ASSOCIATION OF RICHMOND Z CAR CLUB OF COLORADO Z CAR CLUB OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA Z CLUB OF ALBUQUERQUE Z CLUB OF GEORGIA Z CLUB OF HOUSTON Z CLUB OF OHIO Z CLUB OF SAN DIEGO Z CLUB OF TEXAS Z SPORT ZOOM [Z CLUB OF MN] The time of year depends on the preference of the organizing local club. Daytona was scheduled because it was off season and the rates were lowest and the freebees plentiful (supposedly). San Antonio is scheduled for the same reason. I like the enthusiasm I'm reading about putting on a convention. One of things I like about the conventions is the ability to go places I wouldn't normally go. Cleveland is a perfect example and I have no problem with the "its too far to drive my car" thing. I just fly there, rent a car, and party - so what! Another thing I'm noticing about the conventions is the attendance of "Internet" clubs. I propose that at San Antonio, ClassicZ hosts a dinner party of our own for one of the off evenings, OR sponsors an event at the convention. We had a real nice turnout at Cleveland and I was delighted to meet several of the guys from here. Collectively, our ClassicZ site had a noticable presence at Cleveland. Our voice could be a significant contribution to the Z conventions.

Will, You sound like I did when I returned from the Long Beach convention. There I met Mr. K for the first time and Matsuo san. I was most impressed by the hotel Embassy Suites. Jim Frederick and I shared a room and it was exactly what we needed - each having our own "room" to pile our crap in. To my delight, breakfast was free every morning and drinks were free every afternoon. OMG! I had omlettes every day and rum every evening. It was sik! I gained weight! Monday the suds day was the best time getting to talk to people and look at their cars. Carl, Jimbo and I spent a lot of time being impressed with the number and quality of S30s that came to the show. But the car show Tuesday was a very long day. This would be my second national show in the rain, however it wasn't anywhere near as bad as Daytona. Inside parking was gracious and the planners really had thier act together parking the cars and setting up. One of the buildings had a collection of previous "gold" award winners. Mark and Barbara Lambert took the opportunity to bring a little Amelia Island flavor to the show and dressed in period clothing to show off Mark's stunning 240Z. I don't think anyone "got" it! Ray Herin? brought back his silver 240 that gave him a gold cup in Syracuse. The judging took place in two more buildings; one for S30s and S31s and the other for S32s and S33s. The lighting (fluorescent tube yellow/green) was pretty good - considering it was dark grey outside. The judges scored over twenty cars into the gold cup/medallion round and we tried to get the cars out in the sunlight, but no sooner had we started judging than it started to rain again and everyone had to move their cars back inside! Oh brother! Even so, Roger Casanova of Syracuse took home his second gold medallion in his pearlescent yellow N/A S32. Roger really gets it about making a car clean. I got back in time to make the driver's meeting for track day. That morning, Dave Palermo and John Jefferies asked me to be an instructor. As it seemed to turn out, Cleveland had a lot of novice drivers for track day. The ZCCA business meeting was two hours long and Fred Buoni was assigned the duties of drink bitch. Look for the ZCCA to improve over the coming year. The web site is going to get a revamp with the intention that all future registration be handled on line through the ZCCA site. Also look for changes and clarifications in the car show rules and proceedures. Fred and I were given our marching orders. I will also explain that with the Nissan move from California to Tennessee, the relationship between Nissan and the Z-Car community changed. The ZCCA is actively involved in keeping this relationship strong. The ZCCA has new officers as well. Chris Karl will be the new executive vice president, Bob Bosse will be the new treasurer, and Todd Wagner will become secretary. Paul Hollander will chair the car show events with Todd, Fred, and myself making up the chief judge positions. The Mid Ohio race course was a one and one-half hour drive away but well worth it. Because of the conventions, I have driven two courses I always wanted to drive; Watkins Glen and Mid Ohio. It was a dry day until the last session but cold. Cold tires vs tire barrier took out a 240Z in the first session and a new 350Z later. Ouch! My student, Chris Ford, had a very nice Z32 and we both quickly learned that Mid Ohio was a late apex course. Chris was impressively smooth right off the bat and my job was very easy. Todd Wagner gave me a ride in his 350Z to show off his brakes. Nice brakes. Then as the fates would have it, I copped a ride in the new GT-R. I couldn't stop giggling. Caught up with Art Singer for dinner when I got back to the hotel and then sat up to God knows what hour drinking in the bar with Mike Taylor, John Yukawa and the Japanese guys from ADVAN/Yokohama. Atsu Ishikawa is a scream! It was so damned cold that I skipped the auto-cross and opted for the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame on Thursday. Thursday night was the dinner boat cruise and I was Fred's bitch for the evening. Todd's girlfriend, Mandy, was all over us to dance but we decided that there would be no pictures. Cleveland is the Northern end of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and I did the Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor train ride on Friday. Mr. K talked to the convention via Skype for both the opening and closing banquet. He looks to be in very good health and we had the chance to joke around with him. Came home with five more t-shirts and a ton of other stuff. The goodie bags were a duffle style this year (best goodie bags of all the conventions I have attended) and I picked up a signed Shin drawing of the BRE 240Z to add to my poster collection. That was my experience. Cleveland definitely DID rock and I'm looking forward to San Antonio. I was told to keep my mouth shut about 2010, but I threw my hat into the ring for planning and I'll let everyone know what's in the future when this gig unfolds.

Real good to meet all of you! Wasn't that a blast?!?!!! Boy, did I get the Z-immersion for the past week! Whew! Great car show even if it was horrible weather. Cleveland did a bang-up job. For me, track day was the highlight culminating with a ride in the GT-R Nissan sent up for the day. Spent more time on the track at Mid Ohio than I ever thought I would. I'm very glad I made it to the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame. Cleveland doesn't have a Hooters so the pervs went to Outback and harrased some poor young bimbo named Jamie. Did the dinner cruise and the train ride also. Talked to John Yukawa one evening. Got my fill of ZCCA politics and future plans. Just a great time!

That is indeed Mr. K's personal car and it is an HLS30 with a g-nose. Johnnie Gable's son owns the car. I would like to see the article as Fumio Yashida may be taken out of context. Design credit is correctly given to the design team of Yoshihiko Matsuo.

All of the above. Did you have a good time, Will?