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Sold the set I had offered for sale.

Hope Wing doesn't mind the hijack, but I have one of his restored OEM Twinstacks that I will sell for $300 shipped anywhere in the contiguous 48 states for free, as pictured in Wing's post from the first page. Not sure I'll ever get to my Z project, been sitting in my garage for several years now. Need some money so I'm selling some of the parts collection. If required I'll start my own post, but if not just PM me if you're interested.

I guess the best thing about living in a rural, sort of poor area, is the mechanics adjust their rates to reflect the wages. Most still charge around $50/hour is my experience. The nearest BMW Motorcycle dealer to me is over 100 miles away in Kelowna, BC and they charge $85/hour, but that is the set rate at all BMW MC dealers/service centers. At least my US dollars are worth around 20%+ so I would actually save some money in BC. Still, the cost is why I'm learning to do everything I can myself, changed out my first tire the other day. All the tire places around here no longer change MC tires. For me I got both the satisfaction of knowing you've saved big bucks and done the work myself. Changing spark plugs on a Z is about as easy as it gets -- buy or borrow the right tools and do it yourself. You'll feel great.

First pin in Eastern Washington, come on I know there are more of you hiding out there -- Spokane, etc. Anyone, anyone...?

Love the Alpha, have always wanted one -- something about my being half Italian and the car is just sexy. There was a shop nearby that specialized in them when I lived on Lake Union in Seattle. For American iron, of course I loved the Corvette from Route 66 with Marty Milner and George Maharis (sp). I watched those shows in reruns when I was a kid, at least I think they were reruns. Not sure at 6'6" whether I'd be a good fit. For something practical a nice BMW 2002tti w/ sunroof. I'm German, French and Czech on my mom's side and not particularly fond of any French cars I can think of and not sure the Czechs make any at all unless they were making FIATs under license.

Bakelite' date=' kind of like an old time plastic -- used in those old black dial phones people used to have, pot and lid handles, insulating material for electrical parts, lots of different things modern plastics are used for nowadays.Bakelite, Wikipedia

That's a bummer, especially the part about the reproduction lenses as I have two oem rings, but need a driver's side lens. I was hoping to get a replacement lens or both lenses, to complete my set. I'd just go for the one side, but was afraid the old lens and new one wouldn't match - clarity wise, now it just sounds like they don't fit well. Gary D.

I remember getting my dad a bottle of Hai Karate when I was a kid for Father's Day. Not sure that he ever used it. But then again he was a big Jade East fan. Before he passed on a couple years back my mom found him some Jade East and it brought back memories of dad getting ready to head to work or he and mom heading out on the town. He was color blind and had a hip sportcoat in a shiny dark green color. He used to always ask us how we liked his purple jacket. He also used to make sure he took mom along whenever he got a new car -- said he didn't want to come home with some color the dealer was trying to schlep off on someone. Of course that doesn't explain the Lincoln Mark V with the Quadraphonic 8 Track long after cassettes had won the format battle. I prefer the yellow pine trees with the vanilla smell. If you hang your air freshener from the hood release, a lady's garter always makes a 70's sorta statement swinging from the rear view mirror.

Most 240Zs actually came with the E88, see this chart: http://datsunzgarage.com/heads/. So, there's a good chance it was designed for your 240Z depending on the year. Of course, maybe the PN makes it of the 260Z era, I'm no expert. I do know the E88 on the 1973 240Z and 1974 260Z were different. I think there were actually three different types of E88s. Carl Beck and others know much more, this is just what I've learned from osmosis hanging around this site. Also see this thread: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5416&highlight=E88+types

Wing, tried to PM you about your reply to my previous PM, it seems your PM box is at its quota and will not accept more.

WingZrO, I'll take a one set of the vertical twin tip/stacks. Please let me know how you want to be paid. I have a PayPal account. I've been counting my pennies and this is the first thing I've bought for my Z project in quite awhile, but could not pass up the deal. Thanks, Gary

Pretty close to mine -- 7273, but one slooooowly moving project at a time. Maybe I'll have mine ready before my 50tb Bday. Good luck, looking forward to seeing some more photos.

Shill, or as my ex used to call them when we'd go to estate sales, "The Bidder in the Rafters.":rolleyes:

I voted for too hard to contact when there's a problem. I have to agree about the greedy fees, with a caveat: Where else can someone living in Oroville, Wash. list his surplus/junk/someone else's treasures and reach the literally multi-millions of potential buyers sitting out there? No where, not even in the classifieds in the nation's biggest dailies. You can end up selling to people who didn't even know they couldn't live without your item but accidentally stumbled on it when they were searching for something else. I guess really the fees aren't so bad when you think of it that way and list it for a price where you know you've got them covered. I dislike that people bid up used items for more than they cost new like Mike said -- I've been watching sev'l auctions for Twin Max carb balancers for my motorcycle and they either start out at higher than new prices or end up selling for more. About trying to contact eBay I remember trying to find a phone number to call someone and at the time it was impossible, however, they recently sent me a contact number even without me soliciting one. 1-800-701-3229. The worst part of eBay is there are liars and scammers out there and even when they get caught eBay does not seem to do much about them -- they just change their names and go on doing business. Also, as others have said, never bid on something unless you know the shipping and handling fees first, you're just asking to get screwed. I either put a calculator or conspicuously list a flat shipping fee. Would like to always use the calculator for exact shipping costs, but the U.S. Mail has made it harder to do as they have so many variables with sending to different parts of the country now. It used to be all the same (in the lower 48) but isn't any longer -- guess that was replaced by the flat rate box.

Ron, We've had it in the U.S. for a year or two. I signed up as soon as I could and signed up my folks too. You still need to be careful here and watch who you do business with because if you have a preexisting relationship they still think they can call you and try to sell you stuff. The phone companies are some of the worst offenders. It is so nice telling people who do offend who you've never done business with that you are on the Do Not Call list, that usually stops repeat offenses. There are still some offenders out there, but it has vastly reduced irritating telemarketers. Gary

Andy, no help with your search, but I was surprised you couldn't fit in a 240Z etc. I too am 6'6", but most of my height is in my legs -- I pretty much sit about the same height as my 6'1 -" 6'3" tall friends. However, in the early Z there is not a heck of a lot of room and if I needed to wear a helmet I'd probably be in trouble. The first gen Zs have spacers that can be removed under the seat -- I wonder if that is the problem. Also have read here that people who put in seats from other cars or more modern aftermarket ones (with thicker cushion/padding) often lose headroom. Anyway, good luck on your search and I hope you will fit in a Hakosuka/Kenmeri it would be a cool car to own.

I'm just shy a driver's side lens and I'll have a full set with the OEM trim rings. It took me awhile to put the three out of four big pieces together and they're not perfect, but didn't cost anything like $300 to $600 on up. The passenger side and lens came from Hawaii from a nice guy who had smashed up his driver's side cover and ring. I think he sent it to me for the cost of shipping. My driver's side ring came from a great ClassicZCar member who had the rings, but no lenses and bought a set of repos with both and let me have the ring for a more than fair price. I am still curious to see how Will and Jay work things out. It would be nice to have new and improved covers and rings that look like OEM. Even the improved lenses would be a start if the price is right. Gary D.

Try here or click the classifieds link at the top of the page: http://www.classiczcars.com/classifieds/index.php

Mark, we also have at least one commercial reactor online as far as I know. Wash. state was also a destination for waste from all over the country from other region's reactors. So we are dealing with far more than just what came from Hanford, if that wasn't bad enough. As I said in a different post. I wouldn't mind so much if it was a case of if your state benefits then you keep your share of the waste. My favorite example is: "828 radioactive dead beagles were shipped from California in 55-gallon drums to Hanford, Washington for burial. The cold-war experimental dogs also produced 17.5 tons of radioactive excrement which also must be buried under federal rules governing low-level radioactive waste. Taxpayers can rejoice in the knowledge that they will pay $22 million dollars to have all this crap buried." See: http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19901015&slug=1098419 Also, they've spent millions of dollars on waste glassification and have little to show for it.

And from my cousin who thinks I'm some sort of crazed anti-ANWAR-drilling liberal: http://www.politicsandcurrentaffairs.co.uk/Forum/peak-oil-economics-environment/47674-200-billion-barrel-oil.html

Here's a tool I've been using, you still have to keep hitting next city, but it is much easier to search the entire U.S. or customize by region -- can even search Canada and Mexico, all at the same time if you want. http://www.craigshelper.com/

Jon, you're probably right about some group in Cali that would oppose it. Maybe Nevada it would be a better bet -- they seem to be a little less stringent on a lot of things. Ironic that something that could produce clean, renewable power -- what should be the Holy Grail to the environmental community -- would actually be opposed because of a kangaroo mouse or something. Of course, many (not all) environmental movements are actually professions nowadays and it is not in the higher ups in these groups' best interest for the problems to actually be resolved. We have the same thing here with the salmon debate. A whole industry of "Save the Salmon" has sprung up -- people getting paid to find ways to make our electric rates in the Northwest go up, take water away from the farmers and just generally try to grab control of our water rights. Even when scientists proved that hatchery salmon and wild salmon are genetically identical the enviros were able to throw out "Best Science" (the standard they expect everyone else to adhere to) and get people to believe they weren't. Funny part is, most wild salmon and steelhead are actually second or third generation offspring of hatchery fish. Go figure. Sorry, just another one of my rants.

There was a great show on Science Friday on NPR where they said we could build a solar array big enough to power ALL the electrical needs of the United States. The array would take up a huge piece of desert, but is possible with the technology available today. In the past the question has always been how do we transmit the power from say California, Arizona or Nevada to the East Coast and all points of the U.S. because of the great transmission loss. However, according to the program and its guest experts, there is only a 10% loss in transmission from the west to the east coast. Not bad if you're getting otherwise nearly-free power. With that electricity you can make all the hydrogen you want to power the clean-car of the future. Yes, building the thing would be hugely expensive, but so is building a nuclear plant. Cold fusion would be great, let's find a way to do it. Nuclear would work as well to generate electricity to make hydrogen, but as I said in another post, until they get a handle on what to do with the nuclear waste it just doesn't make sense. Living in Washington State, we already have a giant mess of nuclear waste slowly leaking into the Columbia River. We just don't need any more.

I've been rereading this thread with interest. I haven't posted in awhile, but thought I'd share my thoughts. In a lot of ways nuclear is a green energy, but we have that pesky nuclear waste to deal with. In the U.S. I've always been in favor of if you have the nuclear plant or you benefit from it you keep your share of the waste. Why, because in Washington State we have been storing nuclear waste not only left over from Hanford (produced material for bombs dropped on Japan) and our few other active plants, but from across the country. We even have a bunch of long-dead radiated beagals left over from some ages-old experiment. We have huge storage tanks that literally burb radiated gas at regular intervals and have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a "glassification" program that is supposed to make the waste safer and has yet to show any real progress. In this region of the U.S. we had the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) or as it was more commonly known "Whoops." It was a boondoggle that wasted millions of dollars in an attempt to build several nuclear plants sold to us on the lie that this region's power needs were going to grow far faster than they actually have. Even so, the plants might have been beneficial if the builders weren't so busy cutting corners at every turn even if it meant approving faulty welds, etc. (reusing the same Xrays of good welds while allowing bad ones, etc). I just won't trust nuclear until they figure out the waste problem. That said, we in Wash. State and our cousins just north in British Columbia, Canada produce tons of electricity thru hydroelectric power which is about as green as it gets in my opinion. Yet, the greenies still refuse to count this as a renewable energy source. In our county we have enjoyed the second or third lowest electrical rates in the nation for decades due to the mighty Columbia River and having part ownership of a dam. Despite an otherwise poor and agriculture reliant region our electrical rates were one of our best features to attract investment -- however, like the rest of the nation and thanks to Enron and the phony power crisis from Calif. the rates have tripled in the last decade. Long story longer -- give me an all electric car that can go 70 mph and a 100 miles or so between charges and I'm with you. However, living in the largest county in area in the state (one of the biggest in the country) gas/electric hybrids in their current form just don't cut it because they rely on braking to charge and work best in more urban areas and stop and go traffic. We have long stretches of highways between towns and a high mileage car like, God-forbid, a Geo or other micro box would be better. At 6'6" tall (approx. 2 meters I guess) those cars just won't work for me. Maybe a shrink ray for the world's population would work best all around. I've attached (I hope) photos of one reason I haven't been on the forum as much and my answer to the high gas prices. I've been getting to know my new-to-me '99 BMW R1100GS. good for highways and rural gravel roads. It's been a good 20 years since I did any serious motorcyle riding and I've been getting in as much practice as I can. Unfortunately we seem to be having much more rain than normal this May and June. Dang riding gear (just purchased, no photos yet) is way to expensive and kind of goofing looking -- but safety first and all that. P.S. I think my dog hates the bike and would much prefer I take the pickup (tired 6 cylinder, averaging about 17 mph) because she gets left at home more now. The GS is supposed to get a high of 51 mpg, but the PO says to expect about 40+. Zero to 100 kph/62 mph in 4.3 seconds. I'm sticking to the speed limit tho. (http://www.bmbikes.co.uk/specpages/R1100GS.htm) The R1150GS in Beandip Yellow belongs to a friend of mine. PPS: If you stopped reading this post 10 minutes ago, I don't blame you.

Hey Will, I hadn't checked my mail at the P.O. for a couple of days and imagine my surprise when I got both Nissan Sport and Japanese Nostalgic Car at the same time. Someone really doesn't want me to get any work done today. Gary D.