c david

those flares are one of a kind and 20 plus years old. the car spent most all of it's life in california where the original custom body work was done. thank you three very much for the kind words, this car is my, "pride and joy". cdavid

http://homepage.mac.com/cdavidwilder/PhotoAlbum30.html ppg silver from the merc/maclaren slr 2 cowls shown 1 shaved the other not. cheers cdavid

rest in peace carl and thank you.

http://homepage.mac.com/cdavidwilder/iMovieTheater6.html cheers cd

1. cursing the imature biotch who hit me in the right rear. $100.00 2. praising her for not totaling my beloved z. -$50.00 3. thanking the lord of car enthusiast she had state farm ins. -$5,000 4 loss of work for a day and 20 hrs of contacting the insurance adjusters, getting rental cars, tow trucks, dertermining the extent of the damage, realizing i can't reliably drive the car without getting stranded as a result of the wiring harness damage. $1,000.00 5. being blessed to get an ins adjuster who had just bought a 30k 25 year old car. -$950.00 6. spending 3 days getting quotes from quality shops who don't want the job and from jerkoffs who think it would be fun. -$350.00 7. the pain of haveing your first choice of shops say no because a former good friend brought him 2 cars and was such an arse the painter vowed not get involed. $2,500.00 8. pulling into a new shop of guys with skills that have just opened thier first bodyshop and haveing them salivate for the oppourtunity to work on your car. -$3,000.00 9. a month later seeing more cars than they could finish in a year arrive at thier shop. -$2,000.00 10. warning said skilled shop owners about the pitfalls of owning a new business and the consequences to me. -$50.00 11. watching the pitfalls become reality over the course of a full year to do a 3 month job. $2,000.00 12. paying for services included in the qoute but not credited as payment. $ 600.00 (soda blast) 13. paying for parts. wiring harness, floor pans, rear bumpers, weather strip kit, spoilers, $1347.68 14. a collective 120 hours calling said part suppliers, cleaning and storing and restoring parts not replaced. $300.00 15. haveing body shop not admit to business difficulties and the subsequent roller coast ride of believeing they will actually finish the car knowing they paid a very skilled employee more than my qoute to get the car to 80% done. $2,000.00 -$1,500.00 $2,500.00 16. buying a beater to drive during the year my daily driver zcar is in the shop. $250.00 selling said car -$750.00 realizing you spent $750.00 keeping the beater road worthy only to get your money back. $0.00 17. equating the pride of ride quality of the beater (1981 benz) to the head turning stance of the z and adding in the cost of insuring 2 cars with only one on the road. $37,356.00 18. arriving at body shop to see your car outside. $16,000.00 19. telling jackass tow truck driver to stop and get my car off his truck $45.00 20. calling another tow truck to transport from a construction site. $138.00 21. car arriving at first choice of shops and expertly skilled shop owner accepting the prior work as quality and willingness to finish the car. - $ 23,000.00 22. sleeping easy knowing my love is in the best place she can be and focusing on getting her back on the road. -$3,000.00 23. not adding the above cost because you know that you can't put a price on love. - $4,100,000.00 which equates to the current highest winning bid for a vehicle at barett auto autions. cheers, cdavid

i have a rear center piece available that is at it's best "workable". i will sell for $100.00 plus shipping. some would say it is not worth trying and others would say it's a good buy. i will provide pictures if you are interested. cdavid

the car is a 1971, my mistake. if you know of only one 15k car and owner then you know who he is and he did buy a new 350.

a man in indiana has reportedly bought a 15k mile 1970 for $29,000 dolloars us. i have driven this car and it is worth every dime. i say cheers to both buyer and seller..... cdavid

http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/articles.hsx hemmings jan 2006 issue has a 240 z cover, 69 bluebird 1800 ss as a top article, a full page on mr. k as a visionary, and three pages on the inagural japanese classic car show. cheers, cd

my harnesss is for sale. vin 11546 built 10/70. it worked well and served a power antenne, power windows, high power stereo, two extra guages, electric fuel pump, two alarm type computer "brains", updated headlamps,an msd and was push by a 94 amp alternator. cd

buy a running car on the cheap. do your swap and later sell the car. you'll be removing the engine in your space not the yard, you will pick up parts from the donor car and reduce the chance of a bad motor. when you are done you will have some thing to sell and in every move it will lbe easier to drive a car than to man handle an engine. that alone is worth the initial higher cost. end the end it will be easier, less risky and less expensive. i found a running 240 in the paper for $250.00 and later bought a benz sedan for $250.00. then benz had $300.00 worth of tires on it and i would trust it cross counrty if need be. youd be amazed what you might find in the paper... good luck cdavid

tire size calculator is always helpful http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp cd

holy moses! i can't remember the last time i liked a set of wheels and that includes going to the international car show tampa just yesterday. i am exceedingly finicky about what i like and i must say you've got me smileing at what these wheels will look like. good on ya..... also good luck with the sizes. i have 8 inch front and rear with custom flares and when i uped the tire size from 265/50/15 to 275/50/15 (which is .20 inches wider and slightly taller) it blew out the "look". i hope you have a way to know or a very patient tire guy to let you play cause i found it to be very tricky without seeing the tire on the wheel on the car. do you have coil overs? cdavid

e, if you register, you will get access to the link but full access as a registered user comes later. these are the cars i need to see and i would like to thank you in advance for saving me many hours of gallery viewing as the search function is not nearly as efficient as your memory. cdavid

that is just the type of response i was looking for. i would love to see an early car in a blend of the eclipse and maclrean colors. if i were a tech guru, i might take a picture of my car and magically put it's possible new paint on it for a look see. cdave thank you for the pics...

if so, please let me know. i'm down to two choices and one of these might be one. if i could see a zcar in a simular color, it would me much easier to decide. cdave the link will show you the colors. http://homepage.mac.com/cdavidwilder/PhotoAlbum17.html sorry i was not very specific. i'm looking for a 240z in an updated version of the original burnt orange.

i'm not saying i could do it twice or even prove that i did it once, but believe it or not. i tightend my chain with the front cover on. serisously cd

vin 11546 was fpr built in oct of 1970. when i removed them for body work one threaded stud out of three on each side broke and later another eventually fell out. i have replaced them with metal for the ease of getting them to fit properly. my original fpr set is available. cd

sir burton's rath was ended at about 1604 eastern with 41 posts in less than 12 hours. i'm sure he was pleased with his latest mosh pit creation and most of those who attacked him were in fact feeding him. he relished all of the banter and simply sees your hurt feelings as a sign of weekness. in the future love it or leave it. i happen to love it but i feel for those who get hurt by his lack of consideration. it is not easy to see him as i do, partially because he could not care less what anyone thinks and has no value for promoting himself as good or safegaurding himself from anyone in this very small part of his life. i have not engaged him for over a year but i can say if you spent enough time with him you might see some good. as bad as he acts out, i would help him if in need and i dare say he would help most others. remember, his words only have value if you place value on them.

this car deserves the best of homes. burt has provided a very worthy space amougnst his collection but if he is truley willing to give her up then i hope he gets 30k. if he gets his best bid from all the auctions and backs out then he should be banned from torturing us with his "need to validate the value" and from "basking in the bidding war of wannabe owners". if you see this burt, i will take you off my blocked email list so you may engage in a frothy debate. if burt keeps it then let it go on tour. as for you mr. wenzel, hooters called and the girls have nominated you for best dance atop a table. i could never follow one of your preformances and you know my most recent hooter meal would gladly be my last. hows about we go to ruth chris?

this car is not unknown and after it's third (mabye more) ebay auction; he just might let it go. all of what i read on the car in this auction is true. it was bought and cared for as stated and is certainly worth every penny the high bidder chooses to spend. i've spent enough time with this car and owner to remind me why we all invest in these cars. be it a skeletal parts car for $200.00 bucks or the unchallenged "lowest mileage 240z" for "$22,000.00 dollars." dogburt is a very unique person and his love for the zcar is just a fullfilling as mine. i can't begin to "dog" anyone for the choices made modifying thier car even though i find it easy to be cynical about most cars including his, mine and the original design of " the most successfull line of sports cars ever produced ". bottom line for me is, if you've got the stank to buy more show cars than oj has aquittals then you can cut a hole in the roof and call it air conditioning.