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Let me put my Pinin Farina hat on Maybe for a T-bucket or a Lead sled, but that style is a little too Victorian for a 60's GT.

Do you have a rear sway bar? Have you replaced rubber bushings?

I have been a regular reader of Hemmings Motor News for about 20 years. This month, as always, there are 4 ads for replica Ferraris of 1967 to 1999 models in the Replica and kit car section. The ads read like a professional press release, so I tend to believe they are placed by a business. Either a Kit Car builder or a re-seller corporation, not a regular Joe (Jane) Car Guy (Gal), nor a typical car collector . I find it curious that these ads go on for decades, apparently without Ferrari lawyers' harrasment. They must find it easier to dump on an individual than a corporation. Maybe Hemmings has more clout than eBay. Hemmings has approx. 150 "real" ads, and 4 replicas. eBay has 94 "real" auctions and 2 replicas, so the ratios in these used car markets are quite similar. Does the "real" Ferrari purchaser really believe the 2% dilution in the market takes any value away from his $100,000 subjective implant?

Are those photos distorted to look low & short, or are those 2+2s? Or is it my Monitor?

"Remember the Superbirds with the huge wing on the back?,...that looked cool as hell! Supra's, Lambos, even some newer Eclipses have big tails " Rear wheel drive, too.

I wonder what is in the TR-7 in the background? I have seen a couple with Buick V-6 and Ford V-8s in them.

Yellow Velo

I am using a MGB top frame - it is the right width, but the header bow needs to be replaced. Something that matches the curvature of the Z windshield. I have Scott Bruning's videos on making tops. He cuts, beats, snips, welds the header from flat sheet steel into shape. I was thinking about something like marine-grade plywood sandwiching a steel plate. ......Don't laugh..... OK laugh . but I thought it would work

Being a wear item, I was hoping a Miata top would work - due to availability. I'm sure that there are 100 Miata tops replaced for every TR-7 these days. I got a sample swatch from Caribou canvas, they make (or re-sell) nice canvas replacements for a few models of Healeys, Triumphs, FIATs. About $220 for a TR. Canvas just seems a little classier over vinyl.

Mr. Auri Goldfinger!

427 Ford is the Magic number!!! In a small block

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Supra parts - 1st gen......isn't that the early '80's? I know the 4-bolt Supra rear discs shared a nice vented rotor with the Cressida (later Lexus). Nifty thing about them is the parking brake is a miniature drum brake inside the "hat" of the rotor. It would take a lot of fabrication to convert all that to the ZX spindle and axle. Back to your front brakes. You hopefully know that The Toyota 4x4 caliper "upgrade" isn't an option on the 280ZX. After '78 the ZX front calipers are 1 piston, in-board, so the rotor offset doesn't work with 4 piston calipers. Look at Terry Oxendale's (Blueovalz) photos of BIG Supra brake parts on the front. Ask Ross Corrigan for ZX brake aftermarket parts upgrade guidance. Ross -I tried www.modern-motorsports.com a minute ago but the server was unavailable.

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shoot - how do you add "my picture" in the profile? maybe its too big?

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"The Road Warrior" goes to Greenland

What is with those organ pipes sticking up from the dash. Oh! real Ferrari air conditioning.

Good Idea, Let me see if I've got a 54mm tap!

It isn't just the youngsters who need etiquette lessons these days. At the ZCAR show last Saturday there was a 50-ish guy leaning his elbows on a pristine 240Z front fender to get a long close look at the engine bay. (No, it Wasn't his car) Worse even, he had a COKE can in his hand!!! Dripping condensate on paint that has never seen rain, risking a scratch or a dent. I was reminded of the overhead engine bay shot in the JTR book. You see feet standing on the fender - the caption says something like " don't do this - fenders dent easily".

I think this will do it.... You inserted the whole page address, instead of the image.