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That is too cool! What a great find, Kats!

Oh my... http://sacramento.craigslist.org/pts/1006292117.html

My seats have never been recovered. They both have a noticeable gap. I've always considered that normal.

A local upholstery supply house. Look for a shop that caters to upholsterers. I paid bout $1.50 per yard. Five yards will do two seats.

I can accept that. Even with FM in mine now, I drive with the radio off much of the time. No Ansas on mine, but the sound with my single 24" glasspack muffler is similar to Ansas I owned in the past.

Mike is correct, the original strapping was beige rubber stuff. I replaced mine a while back, the stuff I used was black elastic webbing. Rather coarse weave.

^^ I agree, sounds like the level is too low in front float. To test that, you could try to adjust the front nozzle down farther. You said they were both set at 2 1/2 turns down. Try turning the front only an additional 2 1/2 and see if that's any better. If it is, that would confirm that the level is too low. Don't leave it that way, correct the level so that both adjustments are similar (they don't need to be identical).

Any chance you could post a picture of the tip of the mast?

They originally used little barrel clips.

Same here, decals, but no mufflers. Heck, as a cheap high school student, I couldn't even afford real Cherry Bombs, I saved a couple of bucks each on a pair of Orange Peelers instead.

My original '71 antenna is the same, just two leads. As I recall, one is blue with a red trace, the other blue with a white trace.

The bleeder needs to be at the top, regardless of piston size preferences. Otherwise you'll never get the air bled out.

An original radio for '71 is AM-only, and they sound pretty bad. Are you sure that's what you want?

Where is the third belt? I don't see the shoulder belt, nor the spot on the latch tab to attach it. Also note that the tag says "Rear". Are those rear lap belts from some sedan?

I have my original packed away with the original AM radio. The old Supertuner I have in the car has a power antenna lead, so I installed a modern automatic antenna to go with. If you are going to use a modern head unit, I'd probably use the modern antenna. And if you ever find a source for more of those replacement masts for the original antenna, I'd love to have one.

The issue - as I understand it - is that the DOT regs require brake hoses to have a smooth, non-abrasive surface. Obviously, the braid-covered lines don't meet that requirement. I have seen DOT-approved stainless hoses, they had a shrink-fit sleeve covering the braid.

Good show! Now he owes you...

I'm quite pleased with my KYBs, but I'm also one of those guys Dave mentioned who warn against KYBs with lowering springs, for two reasons. One is that KYB themselves state that GR-2 shocks and strut inserts should not be used with lowering springs. On a more personal note, I myself have done just that on a previous (non-Datsun) car, and the struts were toast after about 6 months due to either damage from bottoming (I don't think so), or being overworked and over heated as they tried to control spring rates and travel that they weren't designed for. Granted, that was many years ago, when GR-2s were fairly new on the market. And your results may vary (as Dave has found). But I think I'd go with Tokicos or Konis if I were lowering my Z. Just my thoughts...

I can't make up my mind either. White on red shows up best, but it would seem odd to me to have black interior and white stripes. Black stripes to match the interior color don't show as well on the red. Same was true for the spook - when it was black it didn't accent as well as I thought it might. That's why it's red now. And my indecision is why my car has no stripes (so far).

Same here. I had never noticed that before. Stacked vertically like the old Clifford system would make more sense for a 240Z, but not for a 280Z that has no cutout in the valance.

Series 1 car, but '72 hubcaps! Interesting!

The usual place is to center the stripe over the fender emblem holes, so that the emblem is centered in the middle stripe.

The Holley 4-bbl conversion is not even in the same league as any of the triples - Weber, Mikuni, OER, whatever. Triples are way better than a Holley.

That's one fine looking car there, Stephen. I like the clear front turn signals on the silver car. Haven't quite accepted the clear sidemarker lenses yet though... Which is a bit funny, as I've changed to clear lenses all around our BMW (except for the rear red, of course).

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