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That doesn't mean the engine he's selling has 450hp, which certainly sounds high for that combination of parts.

They did film an s30 for Fast Five, but I don't know how they were using it in the movie. They were originally looking for a 510, but settled on a local s30 since they couldn't find the exact 510 they wanted for the shot. I got approached by a guy working on the movie at a car show about my wagon (but they really wanted a coupe) and my silver 240 (got the impression they wanted something less radical). They were supposed to come look at my 240, but emailed the same day that they found a suitable s30.

I know several painters that I can tell you to avoid at all costs Dickey will have two more projects from me this year: my wagon and my 280. I just sent you a PM about the storage doors.

Wow, last update was August. Time flies and I still have too much to do. So, a few things have happened since then... both of them seemingly backwards in terms of progress for this project. Firstly, I found a lot wrong with my paintjob the more I worked on the car. What really irked me was when I went to wipe a layer of dust off the roof and not all the dust in the path of my hand moved. The roof was not nearly as smooth as it should be and dust was left in many imperfections. We showed the car to a guy named Dickey, who I originally wanted to paint the car. Dickey's first impression of the car resulted in a recommendation involving guns, the other painter, and kneecaps, but I'm not really that kind of guy. He offered to fix the paint job for me by scuffing it down and respraying it for a very reasonable price. His favorite color to paint is black and he's definitely got a keen eye for what it should look like. Part of my delay since August has been trying to schedule getting the car into his shop. In the meantime, I've been helping my friend Paul (who originally put this 260 together with a v8) with his current project, a 71 240Z getting a 383. Dickey also painted Paul's 240, which was an excellent opportunity for me to see what Dickey can do with a Datsun. Let's just say I was extremely jealous of this paintjob for a while: Before: During: After: Powah: More pics of Paul's latest project car here: http://picasaweb.google.com/nullproject/1971240zWith383# Back to my car... An opening came in Dickey's shop in the first week of December, so I basically took the car back apart in November so that Dickey could do his thing. Unfortunately for him, he found a lot of questionable work as he started sanding and ended up doing a lot more body work than even he initially imagined. Some parts of the car had really thin paint, others were extremely thick. The paint used was cheap and Dickey didn't like it. The metalwork was good, though. It's just all the stuff involving paint that had issues. Regardless, Dickey is making it all right and I know I can rest easy with the car in his hands. Here's some shots showing my 260 as it was when I dropped it off with Dickey, and a few drop-ins to check progress: Dickey's going to spray the color and clear this week and get it ready for me to pick up next Saturday. I said firstly above to talk about the paint situation... The other update is that I bought the engine that was in this car when Paul had it. It's yet another 377 (gives me 3 now), with 6" rods, Edelbrock Performer RPM heads and the exact same cam as listed above. I need to clean it up and put a new front timing cover seal on it, but a very recent compression check by Paul shows it to be in excellent shape. I hit the Summit catalog tonight for a few things I need for it and should have some updates on it next weekend.

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For an early 260, use the 240 rails. You can use the rear sections, too. I had the same installed on my early 260 a few months ago.

I've used http://www.thepowdercoater.com/ with great results. Mike G. used to have a Z and is a member here on the forum, though I'm not sure if he's still posting here.

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Looks amazing!

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