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The interesting part for me is that this person apparently joined this site primarily to sell parts. See this thread: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36989 He has several ads posted now.

Well, I'd say that they are being fairly up front and ethical about it. No way any decent body-paint shop or person wants to paint over someone else's filler work, especially filler that has not been sealed to keep moisture out of it. No good can come of that. From their perspective, to do a decent job that they can be reasonably certain will hold up, all the exposed filler needs to be re-done. And that's way more work than they are willing to trade for advertising, that's all.

Dental floss. Use a fairly heavy, waxed variety. Slide it under the emblem and gently saw through the adhesive.

I'm with Alan on this one. Tooling up for a very limited run of cast wheels is incredibly expensive, even more so for magnesium. While the end result is very expensive, they will be lucky to just break even, let alone make a small profit. Projects like this are more of a labor of love, not a money-making opportunity.

Nope. And no squeak so far.

Actually, I did just that. I cut my bumpstop so that it is already applying firm pressure at all times. Had to squish it a bit during install. Did that on purpose to firm things up as much as possible. Seems to work well that way, and I notice no increase in NVH over stock.

A quick update. Mine has been in the car for several weeks now. I installed it with the stock lower mount and upper bumpstop, not because I had a clunk, but as a preventative measure. My limit strap was original, but intact and appeared to be in fine shape. But I've found that the combination of stock mount and bumpstop locates the diff much more firmly in place than the rubber strap can. My car is much easier to drive smoothly, much less slop (lash) in the drivetrain now. The difference is noticeable, even in normal in-town traffic. I'd rate this as a BIG improvement, even for a stock 240Z that isn't driven all that hard.

No, the surface texture is quite different than what is left after the cloth braid goes away.Since I drove mine to work today, I walked out to verify. (No camera with me at work, so old pictures will have to do.) And I was both right and wrong. The crankcase breather hose is cloth braid-covered, and the fuel supply hoses have been replaced with modern generic fuel hose. But I was correct that I had seen this hose used somewhere, as all the smog pump hoses use it. The attached picture shows it all around the AB valve.

FWIW Rich, the EGR and fuel supply hoses on my car (7/71) also appear to be that same rubber-dipped cloth finish. I am 99% certain that mine are original.

I've been through this before. (http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19793) If the 7/71 harness is also for an automatic, there will be some differences, but you should be able to make it work. Will take some fiddling, and some connectors may be different. If the 7/71 harness is for a manual transmission, there will be several wires and circuits missing that your automatic car needs.

When I rebuilt the heater box on the yellow Z, I used 1/4" thick closed cell foam that was self-adhesive on one side. It was about 1/2" wide. Worked great. I probably need to do that on the red car too, but I'm not excited about pulling the heater box out.

I don't have the experience to recommend brands of parts for your Z, as I've not rebuilt a Datsun engine (yet), and so I've never done the homework to find the good stuff. If you were rebuilding an old British engine, I'd give you my opinions. But not for a Datsun, not yet.

Those are correct for a '76 280Z as well. They used those from '72-76.Welcome, boflyer!

No experience there, or with any kits as I've never been interested in buying rebuild parts that way. I much prefer to select and buy the parts individually, so that I know exactly what I have and that it is what I want, not what some kit packager thinks I need. Might cost me a bit more that way, but if the kit is cheaper, there's likely been a corner or two cut somewhere, and I don't like cut corners inside my engines. Just my opinion...

Z's of that era were unusual in that they were fuel injected. So the compromises brought on by the emission controls were less onerous than in many carburated cars. That said, a classic Z is not a speed demon by today's standards, so I'd recommend a test drive to make sure that the car is what you expect.

Yes, but...No matter how bad, they were (and still are, here in the West) functional cars that can serve as reasonable transportation. Not so, those HELLAFLUSH doohickeys. If you think I get worked up about cars that are trailered around and not driven so that they can be kept pristine, that's nothing compared to my contempt for a "style" that ruins a car for no good reason.

Total waste of a good car. Doesn't matter if it's a Z, a Pacer, a Kia or a '70s Ford Granada. Total waste.

Nope. After the last go-round on stuff like this, I will no longer selectively delete individual posts, unless they are obvious spam. If necessary I will lock or delete the entire thread, but not single posts. I will say that "Chrissimmons" joined today, location listed as "U.S.". There was another brand new account created from the very same IP address about an hour earlier with the location of "Indiana". I will be watching both accounts, and also any new accounts from the same IP address.

Yes, they are laminated, and much superior to the paper gaskets.

You might want to take a look at the Hooker gasket set, I found the set to be quite nice. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24505 http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HOK-10852HKR/

Quick update, the sunshades are in the final stages of production and should be ready to ship to me within 2-3 business days. Stay tuned...

Looking good, Dave. Are you happy with it so far?

Yup, I've seen that car. As Bruce noted, it's a 1200 (Sunny). Watch how the thing leaps off the line...

At least the typeface (font) of the new 5 speed appears to be correct, unlike the typeface on the new 4 speed knobs. Good job!

From what I've seen those screws were common even on fairly late Series 1 cars. #12746 (10/70) had 'em...