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Not yet! We do have a New Year’s Day drive coming up, though. Info here: https://www.breakfastclubrally.com/drives/bcr01012021

Here's a link to our route. Two start locations- 830am in Santa Rosa; 9am in Petaluma. We'll be driving out to Point Reyes and through to Sebastopol. https://goo.gl/maps/Zz24VDaiYeez5tLD6

Awesome, happy to have you along. Here’s the full address. Acre Coffee 2365 Midway Dr, Santa Rosa, CA 95405.

People of Northern California: a couple of us have been doing a loose gathering & drive the last couple of months, and our next outing is this coming Saturday, June 20th. We meet up in Santa Rosa at Acre Coffee in Montgomery Village at 9am, and head out through some amazing roads around Sonoma and Napa. We aren't fussy about car makes- there may be Porsches and MGs with us, anyone is welcome, but obviously it's great to get a bunch of Datsuns together. Let us know if you're interested in coming and I'll get a route to you.

you may be talking about this outfit: http://www.ultimatepedals.com/ I bought all pedals for my 77 from these guys and I HIGHLY recommend them.

Steve, thanx for the help- looks like I need to pick up a voltmeter. I'll be back with more questions, I'm sure.

hey guys- thanx for the replies. yes, everything was working OK electrically before, except the alternator was not charging the battery. also, sorry, i should have mentioned that I did follow Blue's directions- as close as I could, anyway, my mechanical skills are novice- there were a few things I'm unclear on. one of them being the part highlighted in pink in the attached photo (not a photo of my alternator)- on my original alternator, that part was wired back to the harness via a green wire, whereas on the 280zx alternator, that "capsule" part is wired to the alternator itself, just as in the photo attached. so, i'm confused as to what to do with the original "capsule" part that is now unattached. do i use it, or the one that came attached to my new alternator? thanx, -g

Hi all- Just dropped in a 280zx alternator in my 77 280z. Started it up and it seems to run great, except the VOLTMETER and WINDSHIELD WIPERS do not work. The voltmeter needle is just dead, and the charge light is on, very faintly. Any ideas where i should start trouble shooting? thanx, -g

that pristine white z looks great against that old wood floor.

ah. i thought that may be the case- interesting choice.

Stock passenger seat?

ah, that's a great color. i also really liked the San Marino Blue they had for the 350z for a while.

thanx! no rust issues, just some surface stuff, which they sanded and treated. all in, it cost me $2400- that includes door jambs, etc, as well as painting my spare hood off the car, and the stripe, which was $400 alone. I just got the car color-sanded at a local detail shop, and it looks like a much more expensive paintjob now- no more orange peel.

they're called corner-cutters or corner-rounders. also, without looking at the original decals, i can say with near 100% certainty that the typeface used originally is Helvetica. arial is a wizz-poor approximation of Helvetica brought to you by Microsoft. having said that, the stickers look great printed. the devil's in the details, tho...

Very cool. As an art director, I can't help but notice the stretched and squeezed type, which I'm sure aren't on the originals. Also an incorrect hyphenation: s/be "sum-mer."

Hmmm. Is there more info about this? Specifically the lap portion?

What color are you going with?

Thanx, Leon! I went to Miracle Collision in Alameda- check them out on Yelp!, they seem to have a lot of great reviews. They mostly do collisions/insurance type work, but they seem to get a lot of vintage cars through the shop and have no problem spending time with you working to get what you want, and they understood my budget.

hi all- Obviously I don't normally post here (not sure I ever have, actually), but I've been reading religiously since I began restoring my early 77 280z (6 years ago). Well now I have something to post about, because I just got my z back from paint. I couldn't bring myself to do the Earl Scheib thing OR the $7k high-end shop thing, so i went somewhere in between. I'm in the SF Bay Area, so if anyone has been looking for an affordable, reputable, locally owned shop, let me know. Anyway, I went with a Ford GT color- Midnight Blue, with a satin black stripe. I've already been asked a few times why I didn't do a dual Wimbledon White stripe, and really, I was just going for simplicity & subtlety- I wanted a single, low-contrast stripe, and I made sure to measure the width of the stripe in ratio to the other dimensions of the car body. I'm happy with the way it turned out, and it's made me nuts about my z again- can't leave it alone now; new dash cover and aluminum pedals went in today, stereo tomorrow. I highly recommend anyone considering painting their z just go ahead and do it- it's worth it, if only to remind yourself why you got into the car hobby and to give you a kick in the arse to finish your project. thanx for reading!