BadDog

please see my new post: '73 parts wanted Thanks!

Some pieces I'm looking for for my '73 (I would like very good condition or like new if possible. Yes, I know I could get most of these from MSA or VB but I thought I'd try here first ) 1) Driver's seat mechanism cover (any working condition) 2) door panels (mine have overspray ) 3) inside door handles & escutcheons 4) ashtray in good shape 5) rectangular black plastic Z emblem that goes in front of ashtray 6) rectangular interior trim piece on inside of hatch lid 7) door lock pull-knob trim rings 8) hand brake handle 9) window crank handles 10) Hood emblem <-------- got it! 11) 8-track radio faceplate

There are 2 seperate pull-out levers, mounted under the dash just above the hood release. It's a total KLUDGE I just ordered a new chook cable etc. from Motorsport...

like I said, I saw the picture of that restored silver 240 and fell in love....

I live in Oswego and work near Syracuse... BTW, does anybody know of something mild that I can use to try to remove overspray from door vinyl and weatherstripping without destorying those pieces?

Thanks for all the quick replies! There were only a few things that I was dissapointed with upon delivery: 1) How dirty the interior was. (2 hours of vacuming and plenty of Lexol did wonders...) 2) The quality of the repainting the car had. The finish is OK on a whole, but there is overspray on weatherstripping, door panels, etc. The roof is pretty dull, and the paint is flaking and cracking on the edged near the rear window, etc. 3) One frame rail has a small amount of bubbling but is solid. Floor pans are good, but there's a tiny pinhole (drain hole?) on the driver's side, and some rust in a depression right up aagainst the tranny tunnel vinyl (below throttle?) I'll have to find out how to tackle that.... 4) The passenger side threshold has rust bubbling, and the garage I had check it out for me in TN found rust on the hatch and passenger side rocker panel... I have to figure out how to tackle that, along with tackling the rust on the back side of the bumpers, the bubbling under the battery tray, and various little surface rust trouble spots around the hatch... 5) Yes, I know about motorsport and have their catalog, but not Victoria British. I'll try to find them on the web... in fact, this morning I will order some Necessary Parts like inner & outer shift boots (shredded) shift knob (there's an 8-ball on it now...) I will ask about the choke assembly. The original lever in my car may be broken? It's very short... Re: the tires, it pretty funny how inexpensive such small tires will be... I'm used to buying tires in the the hundred-dollar and up range for the kind of car I drive everyday I think I found some Potenza RE92's on Tire Rack for soemthing like $40 a piece Overall, I'm pretty pleased with the car. I've been looking all over the internet for months for an originally silver Z without body rot. I was originally looking for another black '78 280Z 5-speed like i used to have but after I saw this car I fell in love and had to have a 240 or early 260. Since I wanted "refresh" a silver Z to "original as possible" it was great to find the car I have because it had 1 owner and still had it's original hubcaps even, along with a box with the original carbs (which I'll just hold on to), 8-track radio, etc. Even the carpets are in pretty good condition. I can tackle the minor rust somehow, and have the car stripped to the metal and painted within a few years. In the mean time, I can enjoy working on a car and driving it on the weekends without worrying about how to get to work on Monday if my car is half apart BTW, Si|v3r72: Will 205/70/14's still fit on the same wheels that you have the 195/70/14's on? I'm afraid I'll have to get used to driving on skinny tires

I just got this '73 240Z http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1810300641&ed=1015520699&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOA:US:2 and it was just delivered to my door this morning... it's a beautiful feeling, but there's something i need to get figured out before I get it registered and actually drive it anywhere: It has '72 carbs, but the original choke was "bypassed" and 2 choke levers were installed, 1 for each carb, just above hte hood release lever. I'm just a couple years older than this car, and have never driven a car with a manual choke... my only other Z was a '78 I owned about twelve years ago, which was fuel injected, needless to say... How do I work these things? Is there a good reason why you would want 2 choke levers? Can anyone give me advice on what to do to get back to using the single original lever? I plan to "refresh" this car and keep it as original as I can... I'm even going to put back to original 8-track stereo Also, I think this car was stored for a long while. The tires are pretty old looking, all cracked, and are "Sears Sport Tread" or something like that.... what are people using for good "original-look" tires? I plan to keep using the original wheel covers...

I'm looking to buy a silver 240Z in the near future for a refreshing... interior condition unimportant, but I would prefer a car with as little rust as possible, and it must have a manual tranny. Must be driveable, and as original as possible. I had been thinking about getting another black '78 280Z 5-speed like I had when I was 19 but I can't get this image out of my mind.... I'm not sure what the major body differences are from the 240 to 260 to 280, but I think there are subtle nuances that make the 240 more attractive, but what's really getting to me are the 280's huge bumpers I also can't afford anything anywhere near what these guys are asking!!