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Changing the registered email address prompts a re-verification.

FWIW - that flag was retired long before any of these cars were introduced, so I personally have a hard time seeing the relevance. Why the Imperial flag? Why not Japan's current flag? Do JDM folks use the Imperial flag just BECAUSE it's a bit shocking to some?

Mike, it may be working for you, but I'm not receiving PM notices via email, nor do the "Report posts" notices seem to get through. Just sayin'...

Randy, the email notification is not working (again). PM me which email address you need to use with the original account and I'll take care of it. Mike, the email notification is broken again....

I'm 50/50 on this. Selling the Lime car to buy a similar car in the color you prefer would probably be the best path. That is assuming that you can find a silver car that is as good as (or better than) your current car for no more than what you sell the Lime car for. Frankly, shopping for a solid 240Z these days is tough enough w/o being locked in on a single color.

How about incorporating a round Datsun emblem (hood emblem?) into the headlight area instead?

I spotted the shape. Isn't enough to make me like it.

Hmmm. Not a fan today. Maybe it'll grow on me...

Don't get me wrong - since I drive my "fun" cars at least semi-daily and year-round, practicality is important to me too. But too many car people don't want to pay big dollars for a "practical" car, they'd rather spend their money on something more "special".

Plus, IMO, practicality is a detriment to Z values, not a plus. When buying something special, who wants practical? first generation Zs are great cars, but they have way too many perceived things (production volume, country of origin, etc.) keeping them from catching on with most moneyed collectors.

Yeah, many glass guys seem to prefer installing windshields dry (no sealant) these days. I've seen this on several cars in the past. Trying to use sealant w/o removing the windshield is worth a try, but might not fix it. The proper cure is to remove the windshield and use sealant before installing.

Not being a judge, nor ever involved with a Gold Medallion car, I'm not sure how the judges react to a non-stock size tire. I can say that - assuming you have the correct 4 1/2" wide rims as fitted to all '70 & '71 cars in the US - if you don't use the 175-14 (only made by Vredstein these days, as best I could determine), the only other size that really fits those narrow wheels is 185/75R14. Same overall diameter, 10mm (3/8") wider section width. Considerably more choices in that size. None of them are particularly inspiring tires by today's standards, but the originals wouldn't be either. And in this case we aren't really worried about today's standards anyway - they would just have to fit and look correct. If you have fitted a set of later steel wheels (either 5" as fitted on '72 through '78 280Zs, or 5 1/2" as fitted to 280ZXs), you could fit 195/70-14 tires. Again, same overall diameter, just a bit wider. It might be worth noting that the Vintage Program cars all got this size tire fitted, although I can't remember which rim size they used.

I think I prefer the car to the girl - she scares me a bit. On a serious note - this car is supposed to be local to me, I've never seen it before, nor does the dealer's name ring any bells. Gonna have to look into this a bit. Update: Ridley's rides is a Harley dealer in Salem, about 60 miles away, even though the eBay location is said to be Eugene. Probably the car belongs to a friend and they are assisting with the auction.

Details? What don't you like? If you don't explain, there's not much of a way to make them better....

KYB's documentation specifically states that their inserts are not to be used with lowering springs. My personal experiences (non-Z) when ignoring that advise was that the inserts were ineffective in very short order. I'd recommend new inserts designed as suitable for a lowered car.

Soi disant "Series 1" cars include both 1970 and early '71 models, through about 1/71 build dates. "Series 2" cars (aka "late '71") are the remaining '71s. For Series 1, the hooks were actually mounted on the seat back, not the rear quarter panel. So it sounds like you have a Series 2. I may also have one or two left in my stash of misc. plastic parts. I'll look tomorrow.

Same story as the cylinder heads. If it doesn't come in a factory sealed package, I wouldn't chance it.

I'm with Steve, it isn't worth the gamble. I've heard of a few heads from him that weren't too terrible, but some that were total cr@p. I've never heard anyone say theirs was great, or totally ready-to-go out of the box. Do ya feel lucky?

Normal, in that yours are not a matched set. I can't recall which was which, but the early 'D' cap were one style, the later were the other. The one with the hole below the D will probably have a different style of retainer clips as well.

Take it from someone who spent an inordinate amount of time and money on this - to replicate these things is not as simple as it looks. The biggest problem to using most of the off-the-shelf splitters like Blue shows is the center-to-center spacing of the outlets. If the spacing is too large, the tips look odd (to me). To best replicate the Ansa-style dual tips, I found that a pair of 2 1/2" tips on 2 3/4" spacing was perfect. That was why I selected the particular Magnaflow muffler that I used on my car.

Yeah, my PCA region has discussed this topic as well. Not the kind of press coverage you want for your club...

I agree. find the best Z you can, regardless of A/C. Any A/C kit you put in today will be superior to the vintage kits. In fact, even if the Z you select has A/C, I'd plan on updating it with modern parts anyway.

Good work, Mike. Those things can be a b!tch to diagnose.

bump.

UPDATE - CLOSED UPDATE - The problem is resisting diagnostic efforts, so outside experts are being brought in to help. Still no ETA. Gang - it has been pointed out that the authentication system for this website is currently broken. This is mostly affecting people who login separately on each visit, they can not login or post at all. It has no affect on users who have checked the "Remember me" box on login. Those users can get in and post normally. Mike has been notified, but we have no current ETA on getting this fixed.