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All in all, it looks to be pretty clean and might be worth 10-12k for someone who didn't want to do a refresh themselves, but it's still a fairly nice example of the 1st gen Datsun Z car. Honestly, I hope he get's close to what he's asking for as it only helps drive up the resale value of our own cars. Unfortauntely, it can also drive up the cost of the parts....

Has anyone gotten the Nissan EFAST or E-Fast software working on Vista. I got it installed/configured and can open the E-FAST program, but I can't seem to do any lookups. When I click the Model List button at the bottom, I see an SQL Manager icon flashing on and off in the systray, but the lookup fails and E-Fast displays the folllowing error: "CD Player Error". See attached for image of this error. Note that I ran the installer successsfully and installed to C:\NISSAN, created the Fast and E-Fast subdirectories under there, copied the nfastkey to c:\windows, and ran nfset.exe to point the program to the two database dirs (c:\nissan\fast & c:\nissan\e-fast). I have this working fine on WinXP so I know how to install it, but something's just not right on Vista. A search of the web gave me nothing to work with. Any suggestions?

After all the recommendations above and you still left it at the place the insurance company recommended? Man I hope this turns out well and you don't end up with 100 lbs of bondo on your rear end. Looking right and being right are two entirely differnet things. Just look at Brittany Spears.

I'm about 5' short of a 14' ceiling in my garage....:disappoin No lift for me...

Here's a couple references on the Zap and Black Pearl editions from the Buyer's Guide at Zhome, as well as a link to IZCC Reference Pics. . .

I'm betting it's 72 mfg in late 71 and the seller is just going by the date on the door plate. I wish there were more pictures, but I have to say that if it is a 72, that price is a little steep, frame off resto or not. Which brings up an interesting question.....how do you do a "frame off resto" on a unibody car anyway...... Oh wait, it says "frame on resto".....Sorry, I couldn't resist. Perhaps someone on the East coast would be willing to pay this amount for a clean rust free (if it is in fact rust free) California car. I agree with you Arne, that "cad" looks too much like gold paint. We've seen that a few times recently but without quality pics it's too hard to tell.

Looking great man. Is that a lift I see in your garage?

I figured someone would say that. It's awfully pretty. Unfortunately it still has holes for mounting the rubber strips which I wish had been filled in. Perhaps a few chrome buttons would fix it up. Anyone have a source for these?

I had the same issue and it went away when I replaced the plug wires and coil. I did them at the same time so I can't which was the culprit in my case, and I know you already replaced the wires. Could it be a bad coil? have you tried swapping that out?

Anyone know who belongs to this Z? Kinda hard to tell what condition it's in with the few pics that were provided. The engine compartments look pretty clean anyway. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/ctd/1051720835.html Apparently someone doesn't know what the 71 hubcaps looked like. Quote: "original hub caps", "All original, no modifications true stock". I don't think so........ .

I believe the ends of the 73 bumper will make contact with the body if you try to mount it with the earlier brackets. My fillers are kind of mushed, hardened and in need of replacement as well. I'm undecided on switching to the earlier bumper because I'm trying to keep the original look of the 73 profile and not follow the pack. That decision is made harder every time see the freshly triple chromed early bumper sitting in the garage.

Wow, thanks for the heads-up Carl. I guess I shouldn't be so trusting that a particular source is accurate. When I see that much information and level of detail, it's easy to assume that someone knows what they are talking about. One item of note; the first link you provided makes no mention of more than one E88 design and references only the later E88 w/44.7 cc combustion chamber. It also references an N33 head with a mfg date of 8/72 - 7/73. What the hell is that? I thought the N33 number was only used for an intake manifold! Is this accurate? My Z is a one owner 4/73 with an E88 head, and according to the PO the only thing done to the engine was a swap out of the flat tops. Now I'm really confused.......but that's part of what makes these cars so fun.

Dunno about the mounting points, but in the 73 they moved the cigarette lighter from the console to the dash above the emergency flasher switch, and changed the emergency switch from a toggle style to a push/pull style switch, so you be giving up the lighter. Not a big deal really. I'm sure someone has been through this so you should find answer by searching the forums. That said, I recommend trying to find the proper dash or use a dash cap if this is all about trying to deal with a cracked dash. There's also a thread on fixing a cracked dash in here somewhere.

Well the head cound be either an E31 or an E88. The E31 is more valuable and offers higher compression. It came on and came on early 69/70 240Zs. The E88 supposedly came in two flavors. I thinkthe one on the 260z had a largeer exhaust valve but I haven't been able to confirm that myself. Here's a good read on the different heads. http://datsunzgarage.com/heads/

Good one Stephen!

With your goals stated, and both cars in roughly the same condition, I would probably go for the 260z and save the extra $2000 for the engine swap. If you like the smaller bumpers of the 240z, you can always swap some in later, and there are after market options for these as well in fiberglass and carbon fiber if you're going the mod route. A couple things you didn't share which could make a difference are other modifications already made to each car such as transmissions, differenentials, wheels, brakes, carbs, FI conversion etc.

Asuming dished pistons, a Nissan or 1mm gasket, no shaving of the head or reshaping of the combustion chamber, this combo would put you somewhere between 7.31 to 7.46 compression. That's pretty low and not a great combo IMHO. http://www.atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/calcs/engine%20builder/

For what it's worth, mine were painted. Build date is 4/73.

Wow, I love the Zeal poster. That one looks especially great with the red and blue detail on the matting. I need ot go get my done now.

Where's the closeup pics of the rust prone areas? Frame rails, battery tray area, dog legs, hatch tray, floor pans. You can't make a "rust free" post like this without showing those areas..........Just kidding with ya. Looks like a good find, especially at that price.

Another diZeaZe victim arrives. Congrats. It sound like the Z fell into the right hands. This shameless plug for an awsome product gave me a much needed laugh. Thanks for that Bruce. Seriously though, the Just SUs DVD is highly recommended. He's got some other great products as well. Definitely check out his site. . . .

What's funny is that I had no idea they even made a Z32 in 2+2 form.

Congrats on your find. Sounds like a hell of a deal. Can't want to see detailed pics.

AT + Flat Tops + 300lbs = slowest Z ever. Although, the 280ZX 2+2 at roughly 3000lbs w/132HP couldn't have been much faster. The more I look at the early 2+2s the more they grow on me, but not the 280ZX 2+2. No disco for me thanks.

Glutton for punishment?