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Richard1, Just a bit of advise about Hubcaps.com.... I bought a set of 4 Z caps from them and the paint was too dark, the backs were painted black and the "Z" center palstic emblems were faded, so I returned them. My advise would be to watch Ebay. I just missed out on a perfect & rare single "D" hubcap a couple weeks back that went for just over $50.00!! A "D" in that condition should have gone for at least $250.00. The "Z" hubcaps are a lot more common and you may have to buy more than one, but you can sell the extras.

My '71 has a nice metal hood badge, but the rest are all plastic (except for the vent badges). My '72 has all plastic badges, again except for the vent badges. I have a metal rear hatch "Datsun" that I bought off a junked '70, but it has some small pits in the chrome. I'd love to find another metal hood badge in nice condition and put it on my '72 when my son and I complete the restoration.

Well, I finally have gotten to the point of actually doing this to the 4 door panels of our 2 cars. A little earlier tonight I bought the shiny chrome HVAC tape, a new exacto knife and a spare blade at Home Depot. The problem I have run into is trying to get all of the old chrome material off the blue plastic strips. I don't want to damage the plastic or the the vinyl panels in the process. Some of it flakes off easily, while some of it doesn't want to come off at all. Can I just apply the new tape over the strip the way it is or do I need to remove all of the old chrome material? If so, any ideas on how to remove the old chome without damaging anything?

You need to go back through and read everything again. You totally snapped, then apologized a couple times for it, and now you act like you did nothing wrong.

HDC is a brand new member (only 3 posts at the time of this post and 2 of them are in this thread!) and some of you act like he's a long-time member that didn't do his homework before starting a new thread. I don't know about you guys (& gals), but I always try to give people the benefit of the doubt before I open up my mouth (or type something). I know a couple of you said it was nothing personal, but if I were HDC, I certainly would have taken it way, especially if I were a brand new member! If you don't like a particular thread or subject, just ignore it, rather than making such a big deal about it.

Try this. There are some other links on this site as well that may help. Good luck! http://www.switchboard.com/

Cool! Do you mind telling us what Rebello Racing charged you?

I think the 280 looks great with the 240 bumpers! The only thing that I would change are the front turn signals...I think the signals mounted high on the grill look funny with the much smaller 240 bumpers. I wonder how difficult it would be to install a 240 grill and lower valances (with the 240 turnsignals). Has anyone ever done this before? I have attached the pics from the link that Hypertek posted.

Zhead240, The '73 Vette had an "Enduro" front bumper and the metal rear bumper of the previous years. The 1973 was the only Vette to have this combination. The following model year in 1974, the Vette also had the rear "Enduro" bumper. GM first came out with the Enduro bumper (front) on the 1968 Pontiac GTO. I liked the older metal bumpers on the Vettes better, like the 240Zs, they had a much more classic look to them.

Didn't a member spot one of these waiting to get crushed in a California junkyard a while back? Well, I hope he bought it!

Here's a nice rust-free project that was started and the guy has no time to finish it. At the time of this posting it was only a little over $1,500.00. His loss and someone else's gain: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-Z-Series-1972-DATSUN-240Z-RUST-FREE-PERFECT-BODY_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6187QQitemZ4572206566QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

The car went for a cool $13,600.00!

The chrome plating sounds expensive. The rear bumpers on both of Zs are in good shape and only need some polishing. The front bumpers aren't bad, but have some small dings in them. Is there any way to take the small dings out without damaging the chrome?

It's getting harder & harder to find origianl, low-mileage 240's. This #918 Orange Z with only 43,000 original miles and located in Sacramento is at $11,100.00 with 2 days left at the time of this posting. Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=4570311383&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT

Okay, here's your chance: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/240z-260z-dash-AMAZING_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ42612QQitemZ7995740110QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Kurt, My son and I are changing our interior on our '72 White 240z from the original red to black. Red interiors were fairly rare to begin with and are next to impossible to find in good condition today. I know how hot it gets down there in Arizona, but I would try to retrofit an A/C system and install the black, rather than changing to white. I use to have a '72 240Z when in was in college and I hated the white interior. It shows all the dirt and to be honest, it looks kinda cheap compared to black or the other available colors (at least on 240s).

At the time of my post, there is almost 3 days left and it is at $2,650.00 with 29 bids.... I think it will go for about $3,500.00 to $4,000.00 when the auction ends on Saturday afternoon. If the car were located in California, I think it would go for more money.

Sorry, Bemmerguy! I didn't mean to offend anyone by my statement. Look at the bright side, as you can see in the pics in my last post, 30-year + original uncracked dashes do exist and as long as you take care of yours and don't keep the car parked too long in the warm California sun, it should last at least 30 years! I think those of us who live in states where there truly are 4 seasons, are more at risk. In Colorado, we can have hot, dry summer days and very cold, wet winter days. And in here in Colorado, this can all happen on the same day in the Spring or early Fall! This kind of fluctuation in temperature and humidity reeks havoc on old car dashes! My main point was that with today's plastic technology, the restorations will last a lot longer, (even if neglected) and cost half of the $1,400.00 NOS price tag. I saw in your gallery that you only paid $1,000.00, which is actually pretty good and a lot less than what they are selling for as of late.

My son and I had a near-perfect dash without a single crack that came along with a bunch of other spare parts when we purchased our '71 240z in May of 2004. The dash was from a '72 and we decided to sell it on ebay. The main reason we sold it was because we felt like we had a time bomb on our hands... it could crack when we tried to install it into our '72 or it could crack 6 months later or even the next day. We decided to either go through Dash Restorations or to buy full dash caps at a later date for both of our Zs. We got over $500.00 for the dash on Ebay, and we don't regret selling it at all. I wouldn't pay $1,400.00 for a NOS dash, they are made of cheap old vinyl plastic and could crack. Dash Restorations uses high-quality materials that should last a lifetime for about half as much as an NOS. Here's some pics of our dash that we got a cool $500.00 for:

Go240Zags fka GaryZ240, Thanks! Yes the Internet is definitley an amazing place! I hate too ham it up, but here are a few more picks of my old car. The interior looks exactly the same as it did 28 years ago when I last saw it, right down to the wood shifter handle. The new owner restored the car back to its original Mariner Turquoise Blue & black vinyl top. When I first bought the car in 11/76 the car had just been repainted silver and a new white vinyl top had just been installed. The car was only 10 years old at the time and I was only 17! I really like the original colors a lot better! It looks like the same 400 engine that I installed in it (after the original one blew), but I had a Holly 4-barrel and someone must have put the 6-pack in at some later point in time. I just hope my son and I can do as nice a job of restoring our two 240Zs as this guy restored my old GTO! This is one of the better threads I have seen on Classic Zcar Club.....nothing like strolling down Memory Lane, thinking about our very first cars. For some of us, it was a very long time ago and for the younger members, only a few years ago. But we still all get the same great feelings when we talk about our own cars and hear the member's stories. We may not have our old cars anymore and most of us will probably never see them again, but it sure has been a lot of fun discussing each others cars and hearing about not only the cars themselves, but the great memories each member has of their their very first car!

Pontiac had a Solstice on display at the Denver Auto show last Spring.... nice looking little car, looked a little like a modern version of the old Datsun Roadster of the late 1960s. Ford had their 2005 version of their old '60s race machine, the GT Car there as well.. .. now that is an AWESOME car.... if you have $150k- plus to spend on a toy!

Valanon, Like Bill said, all 4 years of the 240z, '70 thru '73 are the same. If it turns out that what you have won't work, let me know. A Z-Car repair shop here in the Denver area (a little over 400 miles away from you) has a number of 240Zs that he sells for parts or the entire car.

My first car was a 1967 Pontiac GTO hardtop, 400, 4-speed. I bought it my senior year of high school in November of 1976 for $1,000.00. The car was in excellent condition, with a perfect interior. This was the best time to buy muscle cars since the price of gas had shot way up, they were gas guzzlers and a lot of people were buying 4 or 6-cylinder cars to save money. Recently, I was going through an old box of stuff I kept as a kid and came across the original temporary paper license. It had the VIN number on it, so I thought I would try to check the Internet to see if I could find it anywhere. Well, I did an advanced, specific search of the VIN on Google and found my old car! Here's the link: http://ultimategto.com/cgi-bin/showcar.cgi?type=dream&pic=/1967/67_00185_1

If he still lives in California, he may be one of the Brian Morrows listed under the first 8, the next 3 under "Public Records" (2 of them might be, but they are probably too young, the 21 year old could be his son) or the others listed under "E-mail" at the link below: (There is also an option to do a nationwide search). http://www.switchboard.com/bin/cgiQA.dll?MEM=1&LNK=3%3A154&QV=822CAF75B81943DD8B35A4691EA1D1D0l02A33065925A0D4325313203O01A33165925A0D4327313203O07A30E65925A0D4320313203O03A32F3D925A0D43AF303203&SR=&F=brian&L=morrow&T=&S=ca&Z=&image1.x=27&image1.y=7

Bill, Your block casting date of June of '70 would make sense, since the build date is 7/70. Let's try to decode your block #0660K: I would assume that the "0" stands for 1970, the first "6" (or second "6" stands for June), the K for 11th day? I know a lot of the american engine blocks use letters for weeks of the month and sometimes days, not sure what Datsun did. Do you know or does anyone else know how to decode these casting numbers?