mperdue

I've got a gallery of representative Z's painted the stock colors. It's not finished yet but here it is anyway: http://www.utdallas.edu/~perdue/paintcodes.html As far as figuring out what color your car was, it's not coded in the VIN or anything like that. Dig under the carpets or under the dash or look for the sticker over the radiator like 2manyZ's said. Michael

Do they come with free whistler installation?

I don't need a new engine or transmission but maybe when I get to that point you could help me install mine! Are these rebuilt? Do you have a list of engines (blocks/heads and work done)? michael (also in dallas)

I was also going to make a wisecrack on the "Best head" post but thought that may be going to far (or have I already?) oh well... Michael

I frequently have weird noise coming from the rear too - normally after too much Mexican food. Sorry I haven't figured out a way to help that too much! Sorry - slow day at work.... Michael

Hi 350 - sorry but I've sold several of my black parts already and the rest are in pretty bad shape. If you decide to sell the parts sometime let me know. MIchael

Your "240Z in the Rain" pic is now my background image on my home PC. Thanks! Good luck on your search for original tires. Michael

I like the hall of shame. We could use one of those here (crashed Z's).

I had the same thoughts. The big bumpers do nothing for the body lines of the early Z. I like the way he did his amplifier mounting. Could have done a better job with the subwoofer and front speakers but not bad anyway. ALso I don't normally like the big front air dams but it really fits in this case. Maybe it makes the bumpers look smaller? Michael

Looks great! I'm hoping to be ther by summer too. What color are you going with?

I hate having hot air blowing in my face anyway so this won't bother me at all when I get my car running. My feet are always freezing! Also the Datsun Dude has mint condition factory service manuals for about $75. You can reach him at z@datsundude.com. You may not want to take it in the garage but it's all there. He's got a long list of NEW original parts. MIchael

Hey cardog. Beautiful '71! What are your plans for the car? WIll you drive it at all or keep it in a garage? Looks like an investment to me. Welcome to the club - I hope you can get past the "complicated" interface here and stick around. If you stop by enough it'll grow on you. Michael

It's not hard to remove the riser vinyl. Just take a look and see how it's held up. Mine had absolutely no rust and yours may be the same. As far as the transmission tunnel depending on how far up the rust went on the floors you may or may not need to mess with it. I had a little rust on my floors and my tranny tunnel was completely rust free. I'lll probably POR it anyway jsut becuase I've already started stripping and sandblasting it. It's a bit of a pain to inspect it becuase ther's a thick matting covering the tunnel under the vinyl - it's hard to remove without destroying it. In the rear hatch check the rear hatch deck panel and the spare tire well. It may need some work. The area under the tar (on the hatch area floor) may rust because there are lots of "wrinkles" in the metal that flood with water under the matting. Mine has some surface rust but not too bad. But again I'll probably POR it anyway and apply new soundproofing. Sounds like you're about where I am right now except mine is a little more stripped down. GOod luck! Remember POR15 requires a temperature of 75F so depending on where you are you may not be able to paint it for a few months. Michael

Hey 2Many, Don't like the color? I didn't care for it too much either but now that I've been looking at my 918 Orange 240Z coffee cup every day for 2 months it's starting to grow on me... Beautiful car - I'd love to see a '70 in that condition! Michael

Mockingbird/75 area. Michael

Are you prepared to do any body work? I"ve got one with a dent and I'm in Dallas. Let me know if you're interested and I can take a better look at it this weekend. Michael

Here's what it can look like underneath. The rust around the holes is what you can see with the stuff still on but it does get up under there too. The stuff at the front left and right was covered. These are actually pretty good floors - if you have much rust it can be a lot worse. http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=1996&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500 I'd recommend taking it all off and applying POR-15 to the whole thing, just to be safe. Have fun! Michael

What year? the '73's are different.

looks like a white batmobile - only crappier