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    Well glass and front brakes
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    Brakes
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    Some of the details
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    Hood install
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    The color is Liquid Platnum K-23
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    rust cut out of the usual spots
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    Molded fenders
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    More of the metal work.
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    I first saw a 240Z in 1970 when a neighbor purchased one. I was 6 yr. old. I thought WoW that is cool. All the neighbors were gathered around checking it out. Fast forward to 19 yr. old and my mom had a friend that had a 240Z that had been garaged at home and work through the 1970. Then the car was only driven to church on Sundays when the weather was good. In 1987 I was contacted and asked if I wanted the car, it only had 73000 miles on it with an Auto trans and air conditioning. I drove the heck out of that car on the mountain roads for years. I had Koni struts, Tokico touring springs and Enkie 92 15x7 -0 off set. At one point I had a 240 block with tripple webers and a 5 speed. The car was orange with gold centered wheels. I do not have any digital pictures of the car in its original form or first modified form, but here is the rest of the story in pictures. Starting with the day I got it back from the bead blaster.
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    I found them on ebay by a seller named Gira 777, he is in Thailand. It appears that he sells a lot on ebay and has a good reputation. He seems to have a lot of Datsun parts that were never imported into the USA. I had no difficulty with him although he did not leave feed back. A guy in Oregon that is on Hybrid Z (azcarbum)also has a contact in Japan for hard to find parts. I have talked to him (nice guy) and almost bought mirrors from him but his prices have a lot to be desired. I was able to get a nicer set on ebay delivered for about $60 less than his asking price. I did end up buying a head gasket from him that had to be ordered out of Japan, it was $350. azcarbum was the best source for a needed item and he came through with the product and it works great. You may already know but I will mention this incase you dont know. Fairlady mirrors are black and they are harder to locate than the chrome ones that came on many other cars and you see being used as fairlady mirrors frequently.

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    Where did you get the mirrors from? I'm looking for a pair to go in the front, Fairlady Z style.

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    Thank for the complements, I guess I will need to do my own post with start to finish photos that show some of the detail work that is not visable from the larger pictures. The Bumpers came from Motorsport Auto in Orange Ca. Not the best quality but they did fit and they were needed to finish off the car. Hay! Love the 350Z in action, especally the smoke from the rear tires. You know what they say "smokem if you can". Your car looks great and awsome photo.
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    I got mine from a guy that is frequently on ebay with 240z parts that are hard to find in America. He is in Thailand and goes by Gira777 Shipping can be expensive so remember to calulate that into your bid. Shipping took about two weeks. Black is proper on a Fairlady, Chrome of the same style came on other cars. The black ones are harder to get a hold of.
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    You are right. MDF a bead of silocone and stainless steel sheetmetal screws. The lid does not have to attempt to hold the kind of presures a sealed box does. It needs to be solid of course but due to the ports there is much less presure trying to blow the top off. Good luck from a fellow KTM owner, 2005 525 EXC.
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    Well as this page has gone off topic I will give more on the subs. I was going to use a sealed box at first. Then a friend from Custom Works called Polk Auido and told them were the box would go and what we were working with. The folks at Polk said you already have a sub enclosier (the spair tire well). If you try to seal it, it wont work. So porting the box was the best option. Polk informed us of exactly how long to make the tubes and what diameter. The ported encloiser also produces more volume per watt whish makes the system more efficent, so I have read. There does need to be damping materal placed on the walls of the spair tire well, see pictures, a Dynamat product and it is expensive. But it does sound great and it is easer to build than a sealed box in that spot for the Z.
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    Then it would look like all the others. Wanted to do something different. Something people don't see at every show. These are the mirrors American cars should have gotten. In the place American mirrors are placed, on the doors. They look great on the fenders also. Thanks for the complment and your opinion.
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    I am having difficulty down loading the pictures of the seats. I will try again later. Thank for the intrest in my car.
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    The seats are vintage Recaro's, deak Eclispe CD5000 and Polk MOMO carbon series amps and speakers, wireing is Street Wires.
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    A few more photos.
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    There are some pictures in the photo section here on this web site. Sence you asked and this is your thred I will post a few pictures. The motor is a Pettersen Motorworks 3100cc with Weber DCOE 45, E88 head with extensive work done to it, TMW intake, 10.2 CR, custom carbon fiber air box, Jacobs electronic ignition.
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    I purchased the springs 23 years ago. The car has been on jackstands most of the past 23 years until I finished a bare metal restoration that I finished 4-23-09 just in time to get to the MSA show. The springs are Tokico touring springs, (that stated like most preformance springs) they will lower the car 1 to 1.5 in. As I recall the car was a full 1.5 in. lower after first installing the springs. Then I realized that camber kits were a nessary part of the lowering process.
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    Not that it is any fun working with tools in the cold but being in Colorado in about one month you could open your garage door in the morning for a few hours. Then you will not need the dry ice only the hammer. I used the cold enviroment to my advantage on this process it definetly helps. Another option that is not very enviromentally frendly and is extreemly messy and smelly is soaking rags in diesel fuel and then let sit on the tough spots. Diesel will eat asphalt under coatings. After all that hard work mine went to the bead blaster.
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    These are BBS 16x8 - 0 offset with Bridgestone 225-50-16. The lips are rolled in front and I ground the rear lips to the spot welds. The stock front valence was not usable, as when the tires were turned they would be 0.030 in. from touching the valence. The valence shown on the car works fine. The front wheels have a 3/8 in. spacer used for caliper clearence not tire clearence. 225-45-16 would fit my car fine with either valence. I have struts, not coil overs. Everything is close but nothing rubs under any condition. Be careful with tire brands they are not all what they say they are. The TireRack.com has great information online about each tire under tire specs. You can see the measurement and variations amoung like size tires.
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    Well, as I recall those wheels in a 15x7 - 0 offset sold in the late 1980s for $168. each. That is why I bought a set of Enkie 92 at only $118. each. I could not afford the better looking BBS. I always thought those were the best looking wheels for the price and they look great on a Z. There is nothing wrong with the old school look but you may have trouble finding a decient road tire in 14 or 15 in. I ran 195-60-15 for years on a 7 in. wheel and you might be able to run a 205-60-15 which will fill up the wheel well if your car is slightly lowered. I would not spend much over $300 for the set as they need to be polished. That will run you at least $75 a wheel. I cant rember if they are three piece wheels or not but if they are the wheel seals most likely will not hold air. Wheel seals for BBS wheels cost $50 each and bolts are a $1 each and there are 20 per wheel, they MUST be replaced. You may be able to get by with out replacing the nuts. I spent $500 in polishing and part to rebuild my BBS wheels.
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    It is not going to matter what you put those wheels on, it is going to look bitchen.
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