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So all you did was bolt it on? You haven't checked or set the timing at all?

According to my CD, yes. Shows from 08/76 on.

The bracket on the bottom of your strut bolts to a similar shaped tab on the body of the car. It should be on the left side, about halfway up the opening. It may have been removed or broken off of your car.

Well, Zs have 7 gauges, but only 5 holes in the dash. Sure the clock can go, but what else are you willing to lose? Plus you'd lose the turn signal indicators as well as the brake and high beam warning lights.

Ronnie, are both vent systems totally functional? Hatch - Do you have the louvered interior trim panel? All the vent stuff inside the hatch is good? Pillars - Do the interior plastic trim panels have holes near the vents, as if there were a speaker up there?

Ahhh! I'd never thought of that, Bruce. But it sure makes a whole lot of sense! Otherwise why would new ones off the shelf be bad. Good idea!

Is it your intention to rebuild it anyway? If not, I'd be leery of starting ann engine that has been sitting that long - if there's any rust in the pores, you will be REQUIRED to rebuild it.

How long has the engine been sitting?

Yup, BTDT. See post #38 on page 3 of this same thread for pictures.

That's not all that easy to answer. Transition occurred at some time during 1/70 for the most part - the first approximately 20,000 cars being considered so-called "Series 1" here in the US. But there is no hard and fast cut date, as hinted at by this thread.

No kidding! I don't think I can quite imagine the feeling to have that car on the road again after all this time. There was a time when I was kicking myself for not buying it from you a while back, but in hindsight I'm kinda glad I didn't - because this way we both have nice cars.Yours will be a great addition for the Oregon Z cruises this Summer!

I've also heard of one of these cars, I thought the build date was 1/71, but can't confirm that.

I totally agree. I've had three sets of 240Z SUs, and one set on an old MGB. The only set out of the four that weren't totally worn out are the set on the red 240Z - it only has 60,000 miles on it. All the other sets were shot and had huge vacuum leaks at the throttle shafts. Since the mixture throughout the range on an SU is dependent on the idle mixture adjustment, if the shafts suck air at idle, you're going to be way rich everywhere else. And if you lean it so it runs OK at higher RPM, the idle mixture will be dangerously lean.

As I mentioned early in this thread, #12748 has the screws, but neither #27602 nor #37705 were so equipped.

If you find his name, I'd be interested too, Bryan. Things are a bit more lax here in the Eugene area, you can get away with SI plates if they are vintage. At least some of the time. My parts car had a single blue plate on the back with the SI sticker. I know it was being driven fairly regularly prior to the previous owner's son wrecking it. But I won't go SI, I don't want to be limited.

Here in Oregon (where Mike, ZSaint and myself all live), the DMV has an "administrative rule" that repainted or restored plates are not supposed to be allowed. But since it is just a "rule" and not the law, the local DMV office staff who actually have to inspect the plates have some latitude. If they have been restored well (like those pictured at the link to Oregonplates.com above) I don't think you'd have any problems registering them as vanity or especially Special Interest. (In fact, they guarantee their plates will pass Oregon DMV muster.)On the other hand, I had a set restored in Florida by a prominent Hemmings advertiser for my old MG, and while the plate itself was great, the color of the yellow numbers was just plain wrong. Luckily, I didn't have to get that set approved because they were already registered to the car prior to the restoration.

Absolutely. When I bought my red car it already had the later style on it. I bought the early one from my local Nissan dealer. Gave them the part number myself, 46010-E4602. This was in November or December of 2006. Cost me $185 for the real thing, brand new.

I thought of that too, Loren. But I was hoping not to have to buy a whole car just for the plates!

In Oregon, we can use vintage plates in one of two ways. Either as "Special Interest/Antique" registration, or as "Custom" (vanity) plates. In either case, the number can't be in use (obviously), and the plates must be inspected and approved as real (not repro) Oregon plates in good enough condition to be legible by the law enforcement people. The repros at the two sites linked above by Zulatr wouldn't pass the inspection here in Oregon.

I don't really know for certain, but I think so. They have their own dyno and such, I know. I've bought plenty of stuff from them over the years (2 Sciroccos, one GTI, one Corrado and my wife's 16v Jetta),but never stopped by in person.But judging from my dealings with them over the years, even if they don't have a showroom, if you showed up at the office I'd bet they'd be happy to show you the tip in person. They seem to be good people.

Hey folks, I'm going to be in Phoenix for training in the middle of next month. I'll be staying downtown, without a car. Any suggestions of things do or see? Restaurants for dinner? I'm going to be at loose ends (assuming no homework) for 6 evenings...

Try the VW exhaust gurus in Sheridan, Mike, Techtonics Tuning. For example they have a weld-on stainless 3.5" tip for 2.5" pipe for $35. Part number 254.310. Go to their online catalog, look under Exhaust tips. A lot of their tips are for 2.25", but they've got a few for 2.5" too.

Both my cars have rivets in the door jamb plates, don't think either have ever been removed before. Don't know about the engine compartment plate off hand. I'll check it later.

I've got my car with me at work today, but not my camera. If no one posts before this evening, I'll post a picture then.

I agree. I haven't made it up to the shop to see it in person, but the pictures make it apparent that the job is first class all the way. The quality of the work really drives home just how fast the factory was cranking them out in '71. Because as impressive as the originality of my red car is, it's obvious that yours is much nicer. The assembly line people could be a bit sloppy... I don't think I'll be able to make it to Portland for the show, but someone needs to take pictures!!