Mdantonio

I went ahead and stripped all Datsun wiring out, put in a painless harness for a Chevy small block and mated all the Datsun connectors. Wasn't easy but it turned out outstanding. This may be something worth paying someone to do if you've never done it...prior to I had all kinds of electrical issues, post painless absolutely zero electrical trouble.

I meant Datsun steering rack not data in....typing on iphone sorry

Typing on an iPhone so please excuse grammar and spelling...

Thanks and while we wanted to continue the scarab concepts for conversions (v8) we didn't want to create confusion with the factory scarabs. I'll send pics of mine when it's done and there are holes drilled where a factory plate would have been, then engine was in the right place to be a factory scarab, it has quarter window scarab labels, there was a dash scarab label I found in the car when the interior was removed, it had a blue velour interior, metallic blue paint, suspension, but no exterior scarab emblems although the z car exterior emblems were brand new and the guy sold it o me was a weasel. It was originally owned by a purported collector out of Canada who was the original owner of the car. it is a 383 stroker v8 engine that was in the position of the original factory scarabs. I just suspect it was a clever conversion by someone who had enough information to match the factory scarab. The most odd thing about this car was a reverse gear box in the steering column that allowed the use of the original data in steering rack, truly bizarre if that helps. It's now a mustang II steering rack in the car but that was odd. The reverse get box was mounted on the driver side wheel well under the hood. If someone is talking to morrow ask him about that and see if it rings a bell? I can tell you after driving the car with the engine more forward and having had the engine moved back toward the firewall (professionally) the car is WAY more balanced and handling is incredibly improved. Thanks for your support and I am confident all of us wanting the emblems would be very interested in your input on the designs. Kind Regards, Charles

Sounds great and of course I'll post the designers images within the next two weeks. Lets put together a complete emblem set! What was important to me was making sure the materials are high quality. Billet aluminum and chrome is good for what I'm doing but we will have options to powder coat, leave billet aluminum, or chrome. Send in jpg for now if that's okay?

Great! Let's start by coming up with a standard v8 conversion set of emblems to share with everyone and a registration database. We should start with the emblems, I'll have samples in two weeks! Anyone else interested in participating?

Been awhile since I have posted here but its great to be back! In 2004 I purchased a purported rust free 260z touted as the last Scarab out of California and while some of the markings were there I believe it was a scarb kit zcar. It was certainly anything but rust free and needed tons-o-work with many improvements such as setting back the engine, Mustang II steering etc etc. Should be wrapping up this summer and as we all know these cars are certainly not going to bring big dollars but are absolutely fun vehicles and most significantly personalized vehicles. That said, so what of the V8 conversions out there that were kits from Scarab, or JTR, or any other V8 converted zcar? An undeniable fact is whether they carry a number and logo from the now defunct "Scarab" manufacturing facility in California the term Scarab has become synonomous with zcar V8 conversions. While putting the final touches to my car and looking at the logos I just cannot bring myself to class the car as a 260z Datsun, while it carries the Datsun body style, its something else in terms of the engine, performance, etcetera....a v8 conversion with all the modern upgrades and technology to a v8 conversion not avaialble in the 1970s. And, quite frankly, I have to believe if Morrow were still building Scarabs he would be using things like the Vintage Air Front Runner Drive Kit etcetera etcetera etcetera.... So for all of us V8 Zcar converts how do we mark the unique vehicle that is the zcar v8? It certainly wouldn't be fair to simply replicate Morrows logos/emblems. Therefore, I am having custom logos made for my 260z from billet aluminum that will be chromed with a 2012 flair. While I am using the scarab in the logo there will be no mistaking this modern logo in its sleek nature, finish, or design with that of Morrows. As I was having these logos prepped it occurred to me that other V8 Converts may want to document their unique vehicle in both logo but also a registry highlighting the modifications to their zcar? My suggestion/question is this: Is anyone interested in the emblems I am having machined (All emblems)? If so, when they come back from Graphics I will post them here for all to comment. And, if yes, would anyone be interested in starting (or does one exist) a numbered registry of current v8 conversions (We define whats required to register etcetera) wherein we could carry our own unique number for our conversions? Thoughts and/or comments?