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The glass guy who did mine put the stainless trim in the gasket before he installed the windshield.

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Look through the plug holes into the cylinders. If you can see rust in any cylinder (even just one), it's going to have to come apart. If you try to force it over serious rust in the cylinders you're just going to break something.

Yeah, I saw these results on the Porsche forums, too. Obviously, 911's & 260Z's are the ticket for rallying in Africa.

Carl, are you thinking of running the new lines over top of the original? Cutting it apart to adjust the spacing to match the Z's spacing? That might work. As Mike noted, you might need to use the paint/epoxy product to make the connection from the new lines to the bus-bars. But that would give you an entire new grid, rather than a grid with repaired spots. In my experience, while the repair spots work, they actually work better than the non-repaired spots. So my grid defogged in a rather spotty and irregular pattern. I had decided that if I were to try it again, I'd probably re-coat the entire grid, not just the gaps. I think I'd want to scrape off all of the original grid right up to the bus-bars, not apply the new lines over the old material. This might work really well. Good idea.

That's the voltage regulator. The original was cad plated, that is either the original after paint, or a replacement.The alternator is not a ZX unit, not if you still have an external regulator.

Actually, http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/ mostly.

The for sale page is still at http://1971.240z.home.comcast.net/~1971.240z/extras/for-sale/index.html I didn't get too many scammers, just one guy who was actually rather persistent - of course, I knew from the get-go it was a scam, so I might have led him on a bit, wasting a considerable bit of his time. It was the "I'm on a ship at sea, can only buy via PayPal" scam. The reality is that at the price level of your car, you can not expect it to sell on ebay. But you did put in your phone, which is good. You may well get followup calls after the auction. Definitely post more pictures showing the underside and documenting the restoration work, if you have any. Your car is a prime candidate for overseas sales - I firmly believe there are a lot more potential buyers of nice 240Zs in Europe than there are here in the USA. Speaking of - I too know about the Porsches going back home. One of the cars I was interested in sold to a broker for shipment to The Netherlands before I could get a chance to look at it.

My for sale post (same as I used on ebay, too) is still up on my website. Take a look at the pictures I included. I've been told by several people that these are the type of pictures that help sell a car like this to someone who can't see it in person. And don't be surprised if the only offers at your price come from overseas...

When I was offering my car locally and on eBay, I advertised it with all the spare parts included. Figured that just made sense. But for shipping overseas - well, technically there's not supposed to be stuff in the car when it is shipped. And shipping bulky stuff overseas isn't particularly cost-effective if it's not particularly necessary. I did pack a few odds and ends in the toolboxes and such, but most of my spares did not go with the car. That's why I've been cluttering the classifieds lately. 930 should be fun - way faster than I would need, but then even the chipped 3.2 in my Carrera is more than sufficient for me. I didn't look at Turbos as I intend to drive it fairly regularly, like the 240Z. A 930 is more of a special teams player....

I split this thread off from a different one, as the topic seems to have drifted.

Still selling off the remaining spare parts - 4 boxes to the post office today. Received word that my former Z is still here in the states, the ship doesn't sail until next Monday. Then about a month to Norway.

Looking at the wiring, this kit plugs into the existing headlight circuit, and the new system includes its own relay. Additional relays as we use for H4s are not necessary. If you already have relays, you could leave them in place, it would still work the same. But I don't see any benefit to them, and more relays are just more potential points of failure. So if it were me, I'd remove any existing relay kits before installing this setup.

I'm pretty certain that all of the above pictures are "Classic" except the last one (10 of 10).

Good advice, Rich. I had somewhere close to 75 pictures on the page I used to promote my car. Had I not done so, I'd still own it. If you are trying to sell a car to anyone who is not able to inspect it in person, you must provide enough detail and pictures to make them comfortable. That's a lot of pictures.

IMO, in today's market, $7000 would be very well-sold. From the pictures, and knowing that it has been sitting for 12 years, it will cost AT LEAST another $7000 to refresh the exterior and get it drivable, unless the buyer can do the paint/body him or herself. And that's assuming just the normal stuff - full hydraulic overhaul, all hoses (cooling, fuel, etc.), probably boil out the fuel tank. If the engine has seized from sitting, add a few grand more. And I know from personal experience what a clean, refreshed low miles 240Z goes for these days. It'll be impossible to make this pencil out at a starting point of $7k if the buyer has to pay someone to do the body/paint. Don't get me wrong, the car has a lot going for it. For the right person, it'd be a great project. But $7k will be a stretch, will take some time to find the right buyer. Time it doesn't sound like you have to spare.

Do it, Mark. Not only is it fun to get them out and on the road regularly, but I think it is important to make the cars visible - let people see them, spur some interest in people who may remember them fondly, but have forgotten about them because they haven't seen one in so long. For the 5 years I had it, I drove mine to work generally twice a week year 'round. To the end I got comments from people, and it wasn't unusual to see people in the parking lot just walking around the car gawking. (And this is on the West Coast, where early Zs are relatively plentiful.) I think that kind of exposure is important for the car hobby in general, and for early Zs in particular.

More than that. The carbs alone are worth $500 or more. But how much more will depend on the extent of the rust. We will need more detail - where is the rust? Any pictures of the rusty spots?

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You can view the page at http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/content.php?145-Modify-US-240Z-rear-turn-signal-wiring-(JDM-style)

Good point. Big difference in selling because you WANT to sell, and because you HAVE to. I do understand this perspective also. I'm sorry that life forced you to sell something you weren't ready to sell.

Nope, I agree with this as well. When I buy a car, it is mine to do with, drive and modify as I see fit. Once someone has bought it from me, the same is true - it's theirs to use and maintain however they like.

No, as much as I like cars, and as many fun vehicles I have owned - they are just cars. There are always more to experience. I've never gotten that attached to a car. When the time comes to sell, I sell. Good thing that doesn't apply to wives True. I should have specified cars in that statement. Same wife for 34 years and counting.....

I think that was the way I knew that it was time to sell mine and move on to something different - I had no problem selling it. My wife was more bothered by it that I was. It was a great car, but I can only stick with something for so long.

My car's original finish was satin black.