gundee

William of Ockham strikes again.

Nice Vintage race motor for someone. If the price is right. https://www.ebay.com/itm/72-Datsun-240Z-Bob-Sharp-built-engine-NEVER-RUN-Stored-indoors-35-years/253228268208?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Found my invoice. I purchased p/n C92PD Custom Polycotton Cover with driver door mirror pocket. Mine is stored inside. Looks well made and should last a long time.

Its cold and wet here. Put the Z up on jackstands. Installed the new Covercraft fitted car cover. I'm done for the year. Storage time again. Probably end of April 2018 before its back on the ground.

Personally those carb to manifold gaskets look like junk. If o-ring type. Toss them. They like to pop out if not installed carefully. I have replaced a couple at the track for guys having issues. Install bakelite style with gaskets on both sides. Then start your tuning all over.

Oct 21, 2017 https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/z-all-modified-datsun-old-school-look/

Good idea. Mine is weak also. Ever since I installed a rear spoiler it added enough weight it no longer wants to stay open.

That looks similar to a Ford T5 shifter. A person could find one cheap and weld Ford top portion to the ZX shifter. Not sure if it would work. Would have to experiment unless someone has already done it.

Boxing it up tonight. You should have it soon.

What are you saying? You going to put the dented one on the car rather than find a better one?

I also have a ZX shifter I will never use. If any one else needs it.

I still do not have a AFR for my triples. Still on my list. I have gotten the plug reading to a nice light tan color with out it so far. Are you running an electric fuel pump? Stock mechanical pump? Both together? Do you have a FPR installed? 5 psi is a little too high. It could be actually even higher. I am not too keen on some of those gauges. Float levels definitely need to be verified as well before anything else.

I can remember the old days when people would say its got a 3/4 race cam. Still have no idea what that meant. Sort of a way I guess to say it had a aftermarket cam. But really didn't tell you anything about the specs.

Bring the Datsun. https://www.themitty.com/#about

The retainer color looks like Racer Brown p/n LSA-312 to me but do not seem to be the same shape.

To be safe remove the bumper with the shocks attached if you can. No one will buy them separate anyway and will just go to the scrap yard with the rest of the car when he is finished with it.

I have a nice straight camshaft spray bar available. The issue is the ends are a little loose. I am not able to braze myself but maybe some one has the equipment and skill. Just sitting here taking up space.

What a stroke of luck. I hope everything is as good as it looks. I was wondering if the front bumper shocks are the same for both the early and late model 280Z. Did they bolt the late bumper to her early bumper shocks or did they remove her early style and install the late style shock with the bumper? Yes get any hard to find interior parts and switches as spares.

That seems high to me. I can get that for less than half of that at the yard by me but I would have to pull it myself. A good fender should be sourced too as the cost of repair typically is more than the replacement part and the result is full of bondo.

Nope not me. I would not even pay half that price for a fat bumper 260Z. Even if it had only half the miles. Good luck but that is a car that will not be much of an investment as far as I am concerned.

I have to agree with this. In my case I put a 78 5 speed in my 72 Z. I used a new 240Z Centerforce clutch kit. All I recall doing was reusing the TO bearing collar, clutch fork and slave cylinder from the original 4 speed. I had no issues with this set up.

Is it a red one with white interior and A/C installed. There was one that has been sitting in storage 20 years in the Dallas area. His widow put it away for their son and I think he showed no interest. Might be sold or still sitting for all I know.

I have a box of parts stripped from a 280Z N42 intake manifold if anyone needs something or all of them.

Not sure if you purchased another alt yet. I bought this ZX alt from Advance Auto and used the jumper plug from MSA. I paid $55.99 for the alternator at the time. It looked nicely rebuilt and has really worked well. (5 years)

Covercraft makes custom fit for 240Z in several different materials. A little pricey. I had one of theirs for over 20 years and replaced it with a new one from them recently.