Oldestzguy

If Florida you need: Separate physical office for the auto dealer function, can't be at a home or inside another existing business. Needs separate entrance Lot of signage requirements Spaces to park cars for sale Surety bond for $25,000, $250 per year, or a letter of credit from a bank, Proof of Garage Liability Insurance, at certain levels Certificate of Auto dealer's instructional class attendance $300 Perfect driving record Inspection of physical site (pretty lenient) by the DMV Letter from town zoning allowing car lot at physical site And a whole bunch of other little expensive stuff like Sparky said

The old military guys won't believe it, but Guam now makes Hawaii look llke a slum. It is the Asian honeymoon hotspot. Check out the Las Vegas type dinner theater with the tigers and the dancers you will never forget. Also go to the hotel where the ocean flows through the lobby and you can swim up to drink at the bar and swim with the fish, etc. By the way, you don't need a car there it's only 22 miles long and there is other transportation. You can't get parts anyway except airmail for weeks at a time. Watch out for the brown snakes, there are everywhere!!! There is a Z guy there I think.

Some of you other folks that haven't already started your dash yet might want to check this idea out. Go to ebay, type in "pontoon boat consoles" and see what comes up for the beginning of a custom dash. Seems like a good starting point. They have cup holders, switch plates, the right size holes and everything.

In Florida, I have a dealer's license. Somewhat hard to get, but you need it to go to any regular automotive auction and make a purchase at wholesale except for the classic car auctions that are generated for the public. Even those auctions require you to pre-register for purchasing. Repo auctions are everywhere and require a dealer's license also, but the repo ones actually even charge the dealer to bid there or at least charge an annual fee so they are even worse for access. The government surplus auctions are generally open to the general public and are posted on the net that you can find with a search. These notices generally are posted very early to accomodate every one getting a fair chance. I just bought a fabulous mini bus on Ebay from the state of Georgia which was ten times better than I had hoped and drove it 8 hours home with absolutely no problems; Cold air front and back that I did not know about, etc. Huge amount of new expensive parts. etc. , for $1300. Good luck, cash is King.

Silicone boy, I am curuous where you got that picture of my wife

Type in unlimited hood scoops on your internet search engine and you will find many quality scoops that one supplier offers that feature different cowl heights and shapes which can then be adapted to fiberglass hoods if need be. Cheaper but high quality and many variations. Not the abs plastic stuff.

The picture I have here does not do the flares justice. From the air, the car seemed twice as wide and definitely looked like it was coming out of the pits. The kid showed up. My current Z project is gone.

Supposed to be a great guy with great products; kit is just not quite wild (wide) enough for some of us. A kid is supposed to be picking up (buying) my Z project car today; hope he doesn't show up.

Probably get into trouble saying this here, but our project car is for sale under, guess what?, Project Cars for sale. Sure would like to convert it into the red car above.

Might want to try to cut down square type stepside pickup fiberglass fenders (maybe small pickup) and use them.

Since I have seen soldiers from Irag post here; my family and I want to wish every American in Iraq a happy Thanksgiving and a safe tour. We think about all the wonderful sons, daddys, husbands that are over there in that God forsaken place every day and all the people that miss them here at home. We want all of you to get back home as soon as possible.

Is anyone going to be at the Turkey Rod Run mega car show inside the Daytona Speedway this weekend with a v8 hybrid z? We go every year and I would sure like to "stumble" across one. Maybe I could change someone's thinking a little easier, or better yet, as I drool; decide to make one for myself.

I remember in 1958 and thereafter sliding around corners sideways on dirt roads in a "goat" downshifting like crazy trying to straighten the curves. No, not a GTO, but a totally stripped down orange grove work truck (basically a pickup) with no windshield, fenders doors, etc. No more fun can be had unless you involve females.

Congrats, clutchmaster, you've done better than most! Now, think about this; buy your dad the Alan Jackson CD titled, " When Daddy let me Drive" for a Christmas present. Trust me, it will "get to him". and neither he nor Grandpa will ever forget it. You will never really understand what it means to them until you teach your own son.

I've bought a bunch of the custom factory matched carpets over the years from the most famous suppliers. They were all supposed to be custom fitted to the application and be an improvement over the stock fit. Although most of them were installed by a pro installers; none of them even layed down properly, which was most evident in the small cars where the fit is a little more difficult. For about a 30% increase in price you can get an interior guy to make you a real custom carpet application with better material and it will be a great improvement as you can cover what you desire. In addition, I have tried what is called pipping (I think), which is a different color triming the seams of the seats where it is sewn together. This seems like it would look good when you think about it; but it always appears to look 'overdone" and is not subtle and stylish at all, unless you also like spray can chrome; especially if it is a third color. You might want to consider one color for your interior (like the nice hot rods) but with very high quality material with your own logo or something sewn in. All the expensive (and cheap) cars go with this look nowdays because it looks so rich. If you go with a light color, make sure the dash is a dark color on the top at least; otherwise you will not be able to see anything through the windshield except the reflection of the light colored dash top itself. Just my two cents.

Just a tip. This happened to me and I caught it immediately. When you get an ebay email stating that you have suddenly been awarded a "silver powerseller membership" or something of that nature; it is not ebay. Somehow, someone is getting into the email accounts that are connected to your ebay account and are sending fake notifications from ebay. The pages look PERFECT, but they are not real. I caught them and ebay is supposedly sending them to the proper authorities, whomever that is. However, I am still getting the same "notification" asking to VERIFY my personal account info to finalize my new "Power sellers" status on the old email account I don't use anymore. ONLY ANSWER EBAY EMAILS (especially from potential buyers, etc.) BY CHECKING INTO YOUR OWN EBAY ACCOUNT ITSELF AND READING THEM AND ANSWERING THEM THERE AND THERE ONLY. Then immediately change your ebay email account, password, paypal password, etc.

I hope "ALL" of us here realize how valuable all of this "filtered with experience" information is that Grumpyvette is so willing to share with us. Alone, some of us could throw thousands and thousands of dollars at each engine situation and still come up with nothing really productive. I am a GM of a Mercedes, BMW shop and can't get two mechanics to agree on how to change spark plugs, much less create reliable, cheap, horsepower from scratch..

SEM is a paint manufacturer that specializes in vinyl/leather/plastic (mostly interior stuff) paint in spray cans. Used properly (clean, clean, clean) you can do a very good job with it. You can find it in most auto body paint stores, and now, I think, they have come out with some factory colors, instead of generic, although, the generic ones look good also. There is a thread here somewhere with all the directions.

Look at the 2001 and up Lexus headlight combinations

I was going to say exactly what grumpyvette said but he beat me to it.

This guy Rob has more brains than the Harvard guys I've run into. Threw away all the corporate made junk that would not work, created his own tool that suited his own needs, made $5000 off of it so far before patent. Not too bad. Could have worked for Hughes Tool in the old days and become a millionaire like Howard did.

Sounds like you might have some moisture trapped in the paint. All those solvents have to get out. Did you let it dry properly, and for how long?

Would these mounts, adapters, etc. work for a 91 Q45 motor?

I had that scoop on my old Z originally, (you can see the front left tip of it in the picture). I disliked it so much, I traded that hood for a stock hood and had to repaint it. In person it just looks so "glued on" and out of place. It doesn't flow at all, and IMHO doesn't even look right on a race car.

I would be interested in two shirts, both XXLarge, if you have them. Do they come in just black, maybe white? Thanks