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Well, the main reason I asked was because the holes in the hatch for the outside grilles was drilled out obviously for some reason as the barrel clips fall right thru the holes. Maybe someone thought that the barrel clips inserted into the vent box body itself and that not only held the grilles but also helped to hold the body of the drain box in place. Guess that means I'm gonna have to do some repair work on the hatch.. The boxes in mine are loose and the "face plates" are gone, no doubt loose somewhere inside the hatch....

Hmm, if it's just a clip I'm missing that is fine with me.... I was thinking their had to be either another clip or a different barrel clip for the outside grilles that went all the way into the drain. I've got new grilles, but they seem to have the "regular" style barrel clip that is used on all the emblems. My drains are in good shape, so if all I need is a clip that makes me feel better....

Looks great to me Craig:classic: But how did "the Boss" convince you to put your name on the passengers side?????

Geez, I didn't know these were still out there new.....:stupid: Chloe, one question, do the barrel clips on the outside vent grill insert into the plastic or the hatch metal itself. My hatch has holes that are way too big for the barrel clips, and the holes in the drains are too big as well for whatever reason. Guess that's why my car didn't have grilles on it when I bought it. I'm just trying to determine which holes are wrong before I mess with the hatch.

Their price on the Tamiya 1/12 ZG kit is great, but they are way high on the Kyosho die casts..... Odd that they have such a good price on something that is NLA, yet something that is still available is almost double what you would pay either on Ebay or another supplier...

My 71 has the latch as well as one of the 72's (very early car) and the late 72 has none. The 73 I had I do remember having the locking cover, as it froze up once in the winter and I had a %^## of a time getting it open when I was running around on fumes. Don't know if it was a dealer add on or not, as I've seen a few of the locking gas doors but not many. Another assembly line mystery maybe?

Look at the auction again, and notice where they are listed. Sometimes you need to do a broader search as not all the parts are listed under Z items, or Datsun items. Do a search and always remember to check off the box for titles and descriptions, you'll get a lot more listings.

Well, I've got one that as far as I know was never put on the ground. It was in the spare well of the 72 parts car, that was half full of water. Rim is rusted, tire is grimey and covered with rust from the well. I put it on the parts car to move it last fall, and it has held air fine all winter. Maybe this weekend I can find another tire/wheel to put on the car and try to clean it up a little and see how it looks.

They met reserve at 159, but I'd bet they are going to go a lot higher than that....... I wouldn't mind having a nice set, but can't afford them right now.... The basic shape is the pretty much the same over all the years Stephen, but if you notice the colors changed in the later ones. The earlier ones were a two-tone while these seem to be all painted one color with no trim around the cut-outs.

Well, the main reason I called them adjustable bushings is the fact that there are two ways to adjust the camber, either with the adjustable control arm bushings, or at the top of the strut with their adjustable "insulator". The link Mark just posted is what I am talking about. You should also get the wrench that goes with them, although you could make them yourself. They are made of a thin guage aluminum as there is very little room and a regular wrench won't fit. All you need to do is loosen the bolts on the mounting "cap" and you can then adjust them fairly easily if they are well lubricated, but you will need to jack up the tire just enough to get the weight off it.

I was sitting here thinking about how many of both styles of those clamps I've thrown in the trash over the years. If I'd only known.....:stupid:

Yeah, 70 series are still available, just not in what you might consider to be a "performance" tire.... the choices are getting more and more limited though. I've got a couple sets of the stock steel wheels, although at the moment they are holding cars up out of the mud...

Yeah, you and me both Mike. It's just perfect for me the way it is, and my Dad had no trouble with headroom and he was 6'4". If the roof had been 3 inches lower, it would have seriously compromised head room, not to mention the scale of the car itself. With the high beltline it would have also made the side windows way too small, talk about blind spots while driving......:cross-eye

Yes, the adjustable control arm bushings will allow you to adjust the toe in the rear, by adjusting one or the other of the bushings. They aren't cheap though, I think about 120 or so for the four bushings. They also require more maintanence than the stock replacements, as they are aluminum and delrin. You will have to lube them judiciously when you install them, and it is good to pull them and re-lube them every couple years, just to make sure they don't wear out the delrin.

At least it wasn't a Z.....:stupid: :sick:

Hybrid has been up all day today, must be their new address that is screwing things up... http://68.224.171.75/phpnuke/html/index.php Even ZDriver is down today, now I know why we've had so many online today....:cross-eye

Yeah, I second the virus scans.. I got hit 3 times this afternoon with the MiMail virus attached to one of the Paypal scam e-mails, so someone I know got hit....... :mad:

Check with Chloe at MidwestZ. I'm not sure of those fasteners are available separately or not. They are usually included with the replacement weatherstrips.

Bet no one will be in the back seat trying to "fog up" the back windows either....:devious:

Try swapping the plugs around, take the plug from 1 and 2 and swap them, drive it for a day, then check them again. It could be just a weak spark plug, if the same plug fouls in number 1, it's the plug. If the plug you put in number 2 fouls, you'll know it's the cylinder itself. How long since you adjusted the valves? And, have you re-adjusted the valves since you put the head on? If not, try re-adjusting the valves again. Drive it around a while and re-check the plugs. One thing to do while you have the valve cover off when you adjust the valves would be to check the wear pattern on the rockers, just to be sure the valves were set up with the proper lash pads when the head was worked on. If you look in this thread, you'll get a good idea what to look for as far as as the wear pattern and contact on the rockers. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6342&highlight=lash+pads See if that helps any......

Wasn't the one in "You Only Live Twice" a convertible?

I think it's only down temporarily over the weekend for whatever reason...at least that's what I read on another forum.

Seems I put my foot in my mouth again, as the console isn't in the shop... I guess when I sold the 280 I just started throwing all the 280 stuff in the back of his truck to get it out of my way and the console must have been in the pile....:stupid: Guess one thing I should do this spring is an inventory of what I have out there.....

As far as identifying the trans and what diff ratios were in what years, you just have to look here... http://www.geocities.com/inlinestroker/ratio.html

You'd miss the smell from the paper mill Will....:cross-eye But I guess they have them in CA too......