Go240Zags

I know you posted a question on HybridZ, did you see this post?: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=96799&highlight=p90a+solid+lifters

Perhaps he's from Michigan maybe?

Great idea, very easy to sign up, I encourage all to do so. Thanks for the link.

Just some "chit chat" would be my guess.

Here's a parts supplier in Wash. State, not a junkyard, but they have many spares I've been told, plus some specialty items like hi voltage alternators. http://www.zspecialties.com/

I've been very close to coyotes, they are generally more afraid of you than you need be of them -- unless they were rabid, or have lost their sense of fear of man because they've been living off people's garbage in urban areas. I've watched them stalking cattle, but it looked more like a study in tactics than something they were actually going foward with. Maybe take a stray calf or wounded cow, but I've never seen it. I've been on a rural road before with groups of cayotes on both sides, some in the valley and some on a hillside, calling out, howling and yipping back and forth to each other. Kind of cool, somewhat creepy -- if you answer back with your best coyote impression they'll often reply. Where I used to live you had to keep an eye on your dogs as coyotes will try and lure your pet to them and then you can lose your animal -- especially if they are still a pup. Coyotes are more likely to eat a wounded animal or mice and rabbits. Statement of the obvious follows: Overall I think the videos is more for the jump factor.

They look great, makes me want to have the center and spokes of my 15x7 Panasports painted gunmetal. I wonder how hard that would be?

I'm interested and would like to see a photo if you have one. Any idea of price, especially sending it to the states. Of course it would fit in a padded envelope and shipping might not be too bad. Keep me in mind and maybe we will hear from Zedrally on the quality. Gary D.

On my 12/70 build date Series I 240Z the side (fender, wing) Datsun badges are metal as are the non-vented pillar badges and both the Datsun and 240Z hatch badges. My hood badge was missing, and all I have seen since are plastic, but I have heard they too were metal. My vent grill badges on the hatch are plastic though - both the originals (at least the ones on there when the car found me) and the replacements. All the NOS badges I've seen being sold are chromed plastic. Would like a metal hood emblem, maybe I'll see if I can't have one made somewhere.

Bill, If you can wait a little longer for the rust to kick in I'll send you a self-addressed stamped envelop and you can send it to me. Gary

I'd like to meet and have a chat some time. I've got a 12/70 in the garage I've been slowly trying to restore. It needs lots of work, but it is definately a learning experience. I go to Spokane on occassion and plan on attending at least one Gonzaga basketball game this year. If I am going to be in the area I'll send you a PM beforehand. Gary D.

Check out these pics. Look familiar. Yeah I was talking to the Shores about that car. I'm glad to see it went to a good home. This is the second Series I I've seen sold from the Wenatchee area in the last couple of years. Never got to see the orange car in person, but the photos they sent me looked very nice... just couldn't swing the price at this time. Gary D.

Hello back at you from Oroville, WA. about 3.5 hours north of you in NCWash. Where'd you find your new Z? Please post some pictures so we can have a look. I went to college at G.U. in Spokane and have a daughter and son-in-law living there. As you've discovered this site can be a great resource. Gary D.

Looking at the Union 76 from my office window I see $2.85 for regular unleaded and $2.95 for Performance Plus. At the cheapo station up the street it's usually a few cents less per gallon, but I can't see it from here. Same guy owns both stations and three or four more in the county.

Same to Washington State I see, sorry didn't even think to check shipping as I wasn'tlooking to buy for myself -- it just looked in good shape for jmark.. Nearly $30 to ship, that's obsene, going to have to put this seller on by Don't_Buy-It-Now list. His idea of living on "Earth" and mine must be different -- I'd keep looking. If I see another listing, with better shipping practices I'll pass it along to jmark.

Here's one listed on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DATSUN-240Z-AIR-CLEANER-ASSM-240-Z-70-71-72-73-74-75_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ34198QQitemZ4569687087QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

For a moment there I thought your post was heading for "Dear Penthouse, I never thought this could happen to me, but a couple of ladies came out of the shop and approached...."

Woody also holds a special place for many of us who grew up in Washington State because he wrote "Roll on Columbia" and when I was in elementary school we all learned the song, which is set to Leadbelly's Goodnight Irene. (Woody Guthrie / Michael Loring) Chorus: "Roll on, Columbia, roll on, roll on, Columbia, roll on Your power is turning our darkness to dawn Roll on, Columbia, roll on Green Douglas fir where the water cuts through Down her wild canyons and mountains she flew Canadian Northwest to the ocean so blue It's roll on, Columbia, roll on Other great rivers add power to you Yakima, Snake, and the Klickitat, too Sandy, Williamette, and Hood River, too It's roll on, Columbia, roll on At Bonneville now there are ships in the locks The water has risen and cleared all the rocks Soon shiploads of plenty will sail through your docks So roll on, Columbia, roll on On up the river is Grand Coulee Dam The mightiest thing ever built by a man To run the great factories and water our land It's roll on, Columbia, roll on These mighty men labored by day and by night Matching their strength 'gainst the river's wild flight Through rapids and falls they won the hard fight Roll on, Columbia, roll on" It doesn't explain however, the British Documentary about Woody Guthrie and the Bonneville Power Administration which shows Woody singing with the Grand Coulee Dam in the background and it says it is in Oregon on the screen. That one time wonder of the western world is still in Washington State right here in my beautiful county of Okanogan, at least half of it anyway since the river is the county line.

The second to the last photo is the one I'd like. If it follows the N.American pattern (except as a mirror image, pun intended) it would be angled to fit on the door just right for our passenger side.

I think I'd be interested depending on finish and price. Price would probably be dependent on the number of orders I'd guess. It's nice to see people take an interest in reproducing rare parts and I hope the trend continues. Can hardly wait for Will's headlight covers... hint, hint. No worries, no hurries. GoZags

I'd go get that one myself, but a second car in my backyard, even covered, might lead to a neighborhood revolt.

Welcome, my youngest brother married a Slovakian girl that was studying here in the U.S. and she is very charming. Together they have a young son and daughter. We are about one-quarter Chech, so there are probably some close ties back in the "old country." I wish my 240Z was in half as good a shape as your car. These cars are truly "works of art."

I believe the hatch vents are important to the ventilation system. Maybe it is early emblems covering the vent holes on the C pillar. I've seen at least one Z where the owner "hallowed" out the early emblem circle to allow fresh air to enter on the side of a later car.

First car I drove was a WWII surplus Willey's Jeep up on the family ranch when I was about 12. The first car I drove legally was my dad's old 70's LTD and my mom's Datsun B210 (also the first car of her very own). Then it was a series of motorcycles in high school and early college. My first car that I owned was a 2 door 1964 Chevy Chevelle Malibu SS, 283 V8, factory 4 speed, semi-metalic brakes - all options but the Tach. My father bought it for me for about $2500 cash and a deer rifle he'd won off a guy in a poker game. I guess the guy wanted his rifle back. He had a son who was about 8 years old then who told me it was his car every time he saw me with it. By my count I was the 7th owner and it was in great shape. A former U.S. Border Patrolman in Oroville I know was the original owner who bought it new off the lot in Tonasket. He was re-assigned from the Canadian border to the Mexican border in Texas and his family was growing so he traded it in for a Chevy stationwagon. His father-in-law back in Oroville had said if he ever wanted to sell he'd buy it. The father-in-law just happened to travel to Texas to see his daughter and family and found out it was for sale on a lot down there. He bought it and drove it all the way back to Washington State. It had four more local owners before I got it. When I sold it I sold it to the kid who said it was his car and finally he was right (should have made his dad throw in the deer rifle). Anyway they were messing with the brand new 4 barrel carb I had installed and had a carb fire and sold it about two months later. Another local guy bought it and put 350 in it. Why couldn't he leave well enough alone, that little 283 got over 20 miles per gallon and went like a bat out of hell. Now it sits fading away uncovered near an apple orchard with the once perfect dash full of cracks and going no where because the guy has too many cars and trucks to insure them all. When my college friends are in town we go visit it and remember the good times we had cruising around Spokane and taking it on roadtrips to Idaho and Montana and how the California girls would squeel when we took them to "spin donuts" in the snow. Or as my old college roommate from El Salvado used to say "Let's go spin some Cuk-A-Nut Dun-Nuts." One girl, name of Nancy Longo (her dad was supposed to have owned the biggest Toyota dealership in the U.S.) I thought was going to pass out. I guess they don't do donuts in California. Next "car" was a '74 Bronco (the original, little Wrangler size one, and no, not a Bronco II) with a 302 V8. I'd put the soft top on in the summer and go topless until it got too cold in early September. It too was a fun ride. My daily driver now is a '92 Chevy Silverado K1500 4X4 pickup I bought new (last new rig I'll buy, lose to much value after you drive it off the lot). It has been a great rig, but even with the V6 it still only gets a max of 20 mpg on its best days and with gas prices at $2.60+ a gallon here it's getting expensive. My next cars were a 1971 (12/70 build date) 240Z that needs lots of work and a 1972 240Z parts car. It was a 2 cars for $400 deal. Still working on the 71, the parts car was parted out and the shell carted off. Earned way more than my $400 selling extra parts on eBay, unfortunately I've bought well over that in parts for the remaining 240Z. Also have an '83 280ZX Turbo 2+2 for sale to the right buyer (it needs work, but it's mostly all there). I have rambled on way past replying to the original question, it's someone else's turn.