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Quite the production ....... in more ways than one. Congratulations.

Wonderful work!! You may have been quiet, but it looks like you were also busy. Nice to see you went through with making the shift gate.

Jim, Thank you for the head's up on this. I found Richard's contact info on the Phoenix Craigslist as you mention and picked up a shifter (a very helpful guy). Gary

I'm really interested in how your transmission mount worked out with the Corvette bellhousing.

You didn't take any pictures, did you? I have a 75 327 presently with a turbo 350 auto and am planning a swap to manual. Just about finished collecting the parts to do the same as your Z. Gary

Thanks, you are practically a partner in my car by now. I have been watching Ebay off and on for a couple of months for Nardi wheels and adapters. My heart is set on the same Anni 60 that espeery is using and I have a Ferrari horn button ready. Unfortunately I just spent my steering wheel money on a transmission, so I have more time to look around. I may yet take you up on your offer. Gary

Your instrument cluster came out really nice! Can I ask which steering wheel adapter you used (and are you happy with it)? Gary

On the second outing this year after a suspension refresh I took in a local classic car show. I was hoping to see any other Zs in the area, but the closest I got was a 1991 Nissan Figaro. I talked to a lot of people who used to have Zs though and the day ended on a high note. Stony, your car looks killer .... what were they thinking!

I have an early Autobooks 240z manual that shows the MC the same as in my car. The 280z FSM for the car shows the reservoirs reversed. post Sept 1971 I hope that's the only difference ..... but I've been wrong before. I won't be racing, so I'm trying out the stock MC first and upgrade to a larger one later, if needed.

Finishing some upgrades to a 1975 280z and I have been reading up on the brake master the past few days. I have (almost) installed a MM rear disc package and went to remove the check valve in the rear line at the MC. Something didn't look right as the MC installed does not agree with the 1975 FSM diagram.. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like a 240Z MC. Is there any problem using this in a 280z? The rear reservoir is hooked up to the rear brakes and they seemed to work OK last summer (when it was last on the road).

Looks like a great deal! A lot of work went into that car.

Since my boots were shot I tried heat, but the jam nuts still wouldn't budge. I had left the moustache bar nuts behind as I didn't want to try heat next to the fuel tank (I was going to leave the old bushings in if I didn't get the nuts off eventually). I agree though, the torch works great and had .......... up to the front end. 1975 280z where most hard jobs go without stress, but some of those simple ones

I used my new best friend today. This 3 foot pipe worked wonders on several problem nuts and bolts. I tried for a week to loosen the jam nuts to carry on working on the front suspension with no luck. I cut the end off of a 22mm wrench and fit it in the pipe -Voila! Along with a ratchet breaker bar, the moustache bar/differential nuts are now loose and I got the knuckle bar removed from the strut. 2012 fits and starts suspension restoration

I have to replace the steering rack boots on my 75 280Z (once I manage to get the outer tie rods off). I have searched and noticed some of the aftermarket boots don't fit that well. Has anyone used the Motorsport boots? Motorsport Auto On the other hand, are the OEM parts worth the (2X +) price for fit, quality and/or ease of installation? That last feature is becoming more important What started out as a rear brake conversion is now a suspension updating.

Hi Joe, I'm no Ferrari expert, but I don't think there were any factory 250 GTO Spyders, just some conversions of other Ferraris re-bodied. For my car, I found out details from some of the Ferrari forums around. There are some pictures of one of the Spyder replicas at Ferrarichat that you can see here (you have to register for the forum to see the pictures, but I found it worth it): 250 GTE/GTO Most of the Ferrari boards don't have a high opinion of replicas, but there are photos and information to be found. I've gotten Ferrari parts and replica parts from Ebay from time to time and reading through this thread on 250 GTOs right here is a gold mine of information.