Bad Dog!

[sscanf]

Like many of you, I purchased a Bad Dog frame rail kit for my Z (they are made slightly over-sized so that they can fit over the old , holey - but cleaned up - frame rails). Unlike many of you, John Jeffery (Bad Dog) lives so close that he dropped them off. I did most of the work on my 280 myself but I did pay to have these welded in and have it gone over by my guy. These surely saved me lots of money and materials cost. My welder said that they worked out great and were made from nice heavy material.

Anyway, while John was over he told me all of the parts he could help me out with so I contacted him a couple of weeks ago about finding a 240Z bumper, an uncracked 280Z center console, and a 240Z steering wheel. Well, he came through with all three (and he gave me the bumper because of a couple of imperfections). He also gave me a really nice deal on the beautiful steering wheel and the console.

While I was there, I got a chance to see his teams 240Z race car (and his 240Z street car - each a site to behold) and chat about Z's and racing. John is a really nice guy and knows his stuff and his team's 240 race car is quite something to see. He was getting ready for some upcoming races and teaching. While I was there I snapped a photo, and I thought you all might like to see it:

[rossiz]

nice!

always cool to meet the man behind the products - so easy to forget that there actually IS a real person behind the things we purchase these days. i picked up a couple of tools yesterday from a local "mom & pop" industrial supply house (no storefront, just a sign painted on the metal siding, dot matrix, perforated continuous feed perforated full size receipt printer) and it was so refreshing to see a business run by owners. they stayed 20 min. late to let me get there (traffic) and even though i was just buying a couple of taps, i was treated with great service.

do snap some pics of the frame rails in place - would love to see how they came out.