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Last one. <img src="http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/attachment.php?postid=38218">

And I have no idea what this was. <img src="http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/attachment.php?postid=38217">

Another view <img src="http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/attachment.php?postid=38216">

Yeah I saw a few of those in Hong Kong last month. Lemme see if I can post a few. This should be a Skyline I saw in Wan Chai. <img src="http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/attachment.php?postid=38215">

Well my first two Z's were 280ZX's as well. Good for you. You'll notiuce the rear shocks are alot easier to swap out too. Three bolts on top and one on bottom.

Nope. That draft-dodger is still on television. And of course he gets to retain the title of "Mr President". And as far as his legacy, lets not forget the office ploy. Every former President gets $100K per year until they die. They also get an office paid for by Uncle Sam. Most, like former President Carter, use it for good things like his Habitat for the Homeless Campaign. Unfortunatly there is not a cap on what it can cost the taxpayers. So Clinton gets an ungodly huge office in New York at the taxpayers cost. No doubt to be with his carpet-bagging wife-now-Senetor. Bottom line: Clinton did more to hurt our nation than the last 20 Presidents. His name and legacy are a joke. And a deep embarrassment.

Hey great job! Clarification: great job on the milage, not getting pulled over. Thats the one nice thing about Oklahoma is we have no front plates.

But I did say yet...:devious:

Well its not THAT bad...

Well I think they were laying on a bit thick. Look at it this way, none of them are dead yet.

I priced this a few years ago and it ended up being more than the engine would cost.

Alot more than we do actually. If DVD had not made such a push in the last few years, we would be on VHS for another 10 years.

$152 so far...

Well I just got back a few weeks ago from a great trip to Hong Kong and Southern China. Wow! Its been far too long! I grew up over there when I was a kid, and moved back to the States when I was 20. Great times. In any case I had the opportunity and went over there and visited friends and family (my parents and sisters live over there). Too much fun. Hong Kong has really not changed much since I was a local. Sure the money has changed a bit and the flag is different now that China is in charge, but other than that, everything is pretty much as it was. This SARS thing is definatly getting alot more exposure (pardon the pun) than it needs. Hey, I am fine. I took about 400 photos and may post a few up here in the next little bit. For those that are inclined, we are praying about moving back ourselves; so if you would like something to pray about. Dad is ministering there and can definatly use the help and I can definatly use the experience. Plus there is just no substitute for living in Hong Kong and in Southern China. It totally rocks. Yeah, its not America, but most everything you could want is already there. Except Dr Pepper. Savages. They have this stored value card over there called the Octopus card. Basically it is like a magnetic key card that holds a set value in Hong Kong Dollars on it. When you go to get on the subway (called the MTR - Mass Transit Railway), it automatically deducts the fare. These cards work on all the trains in Hong Kong. Also in all the buses. Also in all the local 7-Elevens. Circle-K's. Most soda/pop machines! When the value on the card is getting low, you can put more HKD on it and use it again. Isn't that cool? The readers are all at hip level. Where else in the world but Hong Kong can you rub your butt against a pop machine and get a pop to come out? And of course they drive on the left hand side there. Takes a little getting use to. Hardest part is when you step off a curb, remember to look right not left. Of course in Hong Kong, you might want to look both directions. :stupid:

Well the Hong Kong SARS thing is being blown a little out of proportion. I was just there in Hong Kong two weeks ago for three weeks and I seem fine. Although three of my coworkers did get sick when I came back. I sold my spare 5-speed and just have a decent 4-speed right now. And two R200 rear ends, alot of heads. Alot of wiring and EFI parts. Actually I have too many parts really.

>>>Alphadog wrote: I refer to my Z as a male, because after all it's pretty damn masculine if you ask me. A female name doesn't fit, IMO. >>> I agree. I have had alot of Z's. Named them all. First was an '80 280ZX. Named it after the Chinese God of Nine Hells: Yenlowong. After the brakes failed and the car crashed, I suppose in retropect naming a car after this was not such a good idea. Second Z (bought exactly 3 hours after crashing my first) was a '81 280ZX. Named it SunhouTzu after the Monkey King or the Iron Monkey, a popular Chinese character in mythology. He stormed the gates of hell and tricked the Devil several times. I thought it appropriate. That is until some pregnant woman in a Geo Tracker broadsided me in a construction zone. Yep, she was speeding too. But she cried. And the officer didn't ticket her and refused to acknowledge the construction zone limit. So I got nothing. Third, Forth, and Fifth Z came as a package at the same time on an estate sale. I got a '77 280Z, '78 208Z, and a '70 240Z. The 240Z was in bad shape but I called it Cujo because it ran decent enough. I ended up selling it for a few hundred to a local kid who didn't realize what a nice car it could be if he had only taken his time with it and took it apart and scraped it shortly later. the '77 was named Gloria, due to its gold color and gawdy rims. I drive her for awhile but I suspected frame damage due to the fact I was buying used tires every other week for it. I sold her to a friend who still has it. The '78 never really ran right. The FI was ripped out and Webber Carbs put in. It smoked and whined alot, hense I named it Andrea after a woman I knew who did the same. I parked it at a junk yard that sold Z's. Got 20 bucks. Sixth Z was a pleasure. I bought a '73 240Z from a guy in Oklahoma city. Body on the car looked great but the original L24 in it was shot. Hard. I still had my Webber carbs from Andrea so spent an hour putting them on and got it somewhat running and limped it home to Tulsa. Since I still had SunHouTzu sitting in my dirveway, wrecked under a cover, I decided that I since I had gotten rid of the other Z's and it had a L28, might as well kill two birds with one stone. I spent 4 months rebuilding that L28. It looked so sweet when it was done. Got my Z therapy carbs on it and had all the machine work done locally. Dropped the '81 5-speed in it and it looked great! I drove it everyday for 2 years afterwords. Decided to name it Neo. Not original considering the Matrix had just come out but it was cool to me and thus it stuck. Money issues forced me to sell it. Which stunk because it was probably my funnest Z to drive. Seventh Z, my current Z, is named Miyamoto; a '75 280Z named after the famous Japanese Samauri Miyamoto Mushashi from the book of the five rings. I picked her up from a SWAT team member from Sapulpa. I had originally planned to keep two Z's. Neo for the summer and Miyamoto for the winter. Neo was carbed so ran best during the summer but Miyamoto is FI. Like I said, money issues forced me to get rid of one. I still to this day wonder if I chose the right one. Miyamoto runs and drives very nicely. The guy I got it from had stripped it down and sandblasted it and then rebuilt it and painted it. The engine seemed quite strong and ran great so I never had the heart to rebuild it. Although it does not rev or run quite like Neo did.

>>>Alphadog wrote: I refer to my Z as a male, because after all it's pretty damn masculine if you ask me. A female name doesn't fit, IMO. >>> I agree. I have had alot of Z's. Named them all. First was an '80 280ZX. Named it after the Chinese God of Nine Hells: Yenlowong. After the brakes failed and the car crashed, I suppose in retropect naming a car after this was not such a good idea. Second Z (bought exactly 3 hours after crashing my first) was a '81 280ZX. Named it SunhouTzu after the Monkey King or the Iron Monkey, a popular Chinese character in mythology. He stormed the gates of hell and tricked the Devil several times. I thought it appropriate. That is until some pregnant woman in a Geo Tracker broadsided me in a construction zone. Yep, she was speeding too. But she cried. And the officer didn't ticket her and refused to acknowledge the construction zone limit. So I got nothing. Third, Forth, and Fifth Z came as a package at the same time on an estate sale. I got a '77 280Z, '78 208Z, and a '70 240Z. The 240Z was in bad shape but I called it Cujo because it ran decent enough. I ended up selling it for a few hundred to a local kid who didn't realize what a nice car it could be if he had only taken his time with it and took it apart and scraped it shortly later. the '77 was named Gloria, due to its gold color and gawdy rims. I drive her for awhile but I suspected frame damage due to the fact I was buying used tires every other week for it. I sold her to a friend who still has it. The '78 never really ran right. The FI was ripped out and Webber Carbs put in. It smoked and whined alot, hense I named it Andrea after a woman I knew who did the same. I parked it at a junk yard that sold Z's. Got 20 bucks. Sixth Z was a pleasure. I bought a '73 240Z from a guy in Oklahoma city. Body on the car looked great but the original L24 in it was shot. Hard. I still had my Webber carbs from Andrea so spent an hour putting them on and got it somewhat running and limped it home to Tulsa. Since I still had SunHouTzu sitting in my dirveway, wrecked under a cover, I decided that I since I had gotten rid of the other Z's and it had a L28, might as well kill two birds with one stone. I spent 4 months rebuilding that L28. It looked so sweet when it was done. Got my Z therapy carbs on it and had all the machine work done locally. Dropped the '81 5-speed in it and it looked great! I drove it everyday for 2 years afterwords. Decided to name it Neo. Not original considering the Matrix had just come out but it was cool to me and thus it stuck. Money issues forced me to sell it. Which stunk because it was probably my funnest Z to drive. Seventh Z, my current Z, is named Miyamoto; a '75 280Z named after the famous Japanese Samauri Miyamoto Mushashi from the book of the five rings. I picked her up from a SWAT team member from Sapulpa. I had originally planned to keep two Z's. Neo for the summer and Miyamoto for the winter. Neo was carbed so ran best during the summer but Miyamoto is FI. Like I said, money issues forced me to get rid of one. I still to this day wonder if I chose the right one. Miyamoto runs and drives very nicely. The guy I got it from had stripped it down and sandblasted it and then rebuilt it and painted it. The engine seemed quite strong and ran great so I never had the heart to rebuild it. Although it does not rev or run quite like Neo did. This is turning into a book. I'll probably copy this into a post of its own.

Just posted a dozen pics up in my gallery. Man I look at those photos and I wonder if there was any way I coudl store this car rather than sell her. Of course thats not an option, is it? Damn I wish I could. *sniff*

Sounds...yucky.

Got my gallery up in the gallery section. Woo hoo. Photos actually came out pretty good considering I only have a 1.2MP camera. Anycase enjoy.