Tony D
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I like the tires as well. I want them on the 240...
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You know, that is a damn good ploy, except that it's recently passed smog and has good registration for hte full year...
But if there were no takers at the end of that time...pulling a couple of vacuum hoses to intentionally fail smog, then going in, having it tested (failing miserably) and then using the crusher rebate program to pay me $1000 for my efforts seems a laudabule way to milk the state of California out of a $1000 rebate of my tax dollars. It's all in the name of saving it for our kids, right???
I hadn't thought of that angle of attack to discard of the behemoth.... It meets all the criteria for the crusher programs: Currently Registered, Forced to be a Gross Polluter, everything there looks functional...
Muahahahaha! The deviousness which it now incites goads me to persistence! LOL
Only drawback is the sin of wasting a perfectly good rat motor that could well go into the Norskog just for S&G!
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There are now plenty of aluminum block engines without sleeves...
Kind of sad pushing technology to the failure point made GM so gunshy.
If the Corvair didn't do that 10 years earlier...
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If you have click on cold startup days that goes away, you are using the wrong weight oil for the temperature.
If it is getting cold, you should be using a 10W or 5W30 oil.
People put these ungawdly heavy weight oils into cars thinking it protects their bearings but that's the direct opposite effect it has, as during startup because it's so viscous and thick the pumping effort to get it circulating through all the components of the engine is phenomenal, and stuff simply runs dry till the molasses gets pumped up to properly lubricate it.
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I'm with Z-Ya on the 'I want several, undrilled'!
Set a price, and let me know where to sign up!
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Yeah, that is my 'current' listing as well, not 'past ownership', nor did it include partial vehicles saved in 'clip form'. That would add 3 1/3 more, excluding roof sections and engines stored in the first storage continer.
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Mmmmm, MP5, my favorite.
Though I've been told of an MP7 and it's supposed to be much better.
Now to read the blog to figure out who "T.I." is...
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Thats how my buddies last divorce started over a R1 Yamaha. He told me the same thing about the begging for forgiveness deal. She said talk to my lawyer.
There was more there than simply an R1, if you think it was about the bike, you're woefully wrong. If your friend thinks it's about the bike, he's woefully wrong as well.
As for Legends of the Fall, we watched that a week or so ago. I like Bradd Pitt in that movie, though not as much as Anthony Hopkin's character. Shohuld have checked back on Joe Greensleeves in Fontana...now I have an ace in the hole to go as a special surprise...
I think she has preconceived notions about what the truck is... I really wasn't looking for a combination, and I wasn't looking for an enclosed trailer.
BUT...
Several times over the past year she has made the comment that "why don't you buy an enclosed trailer like Daves, so you could use it as a portable garage and store one of hte cars in it?" (Seriously...she has said that to my response of "Dave's trailer was $14,000 and I'm not paying 14K for a damned trailer!")
I will need this trailer in the future for some stuff, so it's really a 'target of opportunity', and really the truck is coming along for the ride. I would 'fire sale it' for $1K to anybody who wanted it once the trailer was at the house. I will buy a smaller truck, but when will you find a set trailer with storage and the ability to pull and engine using the roof beams for under $5K???
It's not what I wanted, but the plans for the future, as well as convienence of transporting some of the cars to and from the painter's it would come in handy---and if need be I can borrow someone's F350 Diesel to tow it for that purpose.
But it's getting the trailer. And having it at that price. The truck is her sticking point---she is convinced that another trailer will come up that is cheaper...or somehow 'a perfect match.' "But it's a dually" is her refrain. IMO, it's an overbuilt trailer and that's a good thing. If it sits for a comple of years, at least its enclosed storage for a car, or a nice easily heated with a space heater portable shop for the back yard (plus, I can store building materials inside it for the drywall I need to do... But we won't get into the selling of my Moby Van back in '01 because that phase of home improvements as done...bought it off-lease for $900 from the company, sold it three years later on Christmas Day for $3500!)
Frankly, all I want and have a need for immediately is the TRAILER. I would sell the damn truck for whatever I could get for it and move on with my selection of an older Chevy C20 or C30 from 67-72 for a work truck (which I don't really need since I don't technically do any wrenching any more, but having a truck to pull up onto a jobsite is psychologically soothing for customers compared to a rat-trap Blue 260Z with a 'You are being Overtaken' flag painted across the hood.)
I think I will mention the building materials storage angle. She seems to have a soft spot for the old White Chevy G30 Van I had, and she knows the only reason I bought it was to store drywall and building materials, because it was mobile, and cheaper than a Tuffshed at the time!
Kinda the exact same situation now, in my mind at least.
I think my holding on to vehicles once I get them (please see my list under the thread 'how many S30's do you own') makes her think I will keep this Dually around for a while. Other than an immediate couple of scrap runs (including some of the Z-s I'm willing to part with) if someone comes up with the cash---it's gone. So that's a non-starter in my mind.
But not in hers.
I think this afternoon I'm cashing a check for my offer, and will set up a viewing of the package tomorrow since we will be in the area for a party.
MY CONCERN: I didn't inspect this truck, someone else FAR more finikey that I did, and by his description it's pretty nice. I am afraid once we take a look at it she will want me to KEEP the truck longer than I have any plans for it! This is kind of what happened with my Van. I wanted it gone. I hate big vehicles unless I have a constant need for them (er...like towing a 20 foot trailer). I usually go with the smallest vehicle that will do the job reliably. I just need to get her to go look at it.
There, it's fleshed out some more. Space is not an issue. Money is not an issue. And as for giving her an equivalent ammount...christmas is two days away, and there aren't any visible presents under the tree from me to her...
Lets say big $ can come in small packages. If not an equivalent ammount, it's far more than I would ever spend on such foolish baubles to ornament my body...
Oh, and she knew about my car craze when we got married. She painted her Supra when we lived in Japan. I had headers hanging in the spare bedroom closet there! I had a house on a small lot and 6 Z Cars, her 1980 Suzuki Jeep, her 1980 Celica XX (Surpa) and my Yamaha XS650 Special on that little postage stamp lot...with a HiAce Van up at the hobby shop for Body and Paint Supply Storage!
And I forgot to mention my last words on the subject to her on the 21st: "And don't think just because I don't buy it, that means it won't end up stored in our backyard anyway, honey!"
The guy I sent it to for his purchase, doesn't have the space, so the bastard batted it back to my court! If I don't buy it, he's already lined up a buyer for the truck, and would end up storing the trailer at my place anyway (with the Lemons Car in it!)
Oh Oh, now John C can deduce two of the players in this Shakesperian Drama...
As for using sex as a tool against me...remember I am a Field Service Person. By nature, I have evolved into a Sexual Dromedary. One hump can last me for months through the drought!
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Scenario:
1990 Chevy 3+3 Dually, 454 Big Block, new registration and smog current.
Late 70's 22 Foot enclosed trailer, with rollaround box, workbench, dual lighting system (110 and 12V)
This package has towed for the current owner for years, and he's lost storage so has to sell.
Price is "Dutch Auction" due to possible tow/impound starting 1Jan (and the police have been cruising his place daily to monitor 'the disposal')
Price was $6000 for the pair, now down to $5000 'Negotiable'.
MUST BE BOUGHT TOGETHER WILL NOT SEPARATE!
Besides my attempts, what on earth can convince my wife that 'Dually' is not a bad thing, and really, if I buy the package for $4000-4500 and sell the dually for $1K I'm still out ahead on the deal. Was a former Drag Racer's Pit Trailer, and because it was bought and paid for they never really considered selling it because they just parked it at their shop. Now, that is no longer possible, so 'fire sale' pricing.
Nice trailer (though heavy) with 1.5" Box Tubing skeleton (including overhead) which you can attach a beam to the roof and pull a Big Block Engine inside the trailer if need be.
How, gentlemen. How do I convince her that I need this.
I have already offered up 7 Z's to the Crusher/Scrap man to clear more than enough space for this acquisition.
Give me some ideas, men. I'm at a loss...
Did I mention this is my 24th wedding anniversary today. So any of your suggestions has to be broached after today...
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Check out what JeffP has done with his car, Art.
He is currently running a VG30DE Box from a Maxima using a distributor...but firing individual coils.
Having the OBD port on an 80-83 car would really send the SMOG people into fits! It would be clean, pass visual, but have an OBD which their system says is not supposed to be there!
Muahahahaha!
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Yep, the N42 for the Carburetted Saloons from mid 74 onwards, till some time in mid 75 had a carburetted bolt flange only. No injector ports.
My bud has one in his 75 Fairlady Z Coupe.
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To contribute to Z-Ya's self-jacking...er...
It makes you think when those crybabies in car 929 protested our little L20A powered 280Z 2+2, huh?
That Cosworth engine and EFI combination is worth 345HP at 12,000 rpms if they have the ability to tune it properly. They went out and bumped the record (I guess because we lit the fire under their butt...)
But that protest...bad form!
I think the Cosworth Vega is the only engine I've seen with an Emission Control Device that is so pretty, the engine looks WORSE (if not less intimidating) with it off, than with it on...
That being the A.I.R. Injection Tubes across the top of the head. Nice big chrome things that scream 'KILLER TECHNOLOGY! DON'T MESS WITH ME! LOOK AT MY CHROME!!!'
LOL
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Just for the Record...
There was a full bodied 280ZX featured in some hot Rod Magazine in the late 80's built by Richard's Z & ZX Service in L.A. that turned 11's on the L28 using a draw-through four barrel setup...
Remember his location: SoCal...
There will be smog compliance issues for the next few years on his setup if he wants to drive it on the street.
Legally.
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That pricing is only minimally increased over the prices from the 80's and early 90's.
Considering the yen-dollar conversion rate, I'd say that's about right...
If you guys think it's an inflated price now, what would you have thought of the price in 1986 dollars (about 3X less in dollar price, but exactly the same in Yen Price...around 250,000)
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It's been a week... still waiting for them to settle out... Was 20/15 the day after.... then 20/20 3 days after... And the candlepins at the end of the bowling alley are now fuzzy after 6 days... Starting to get pissed.
Like I said, the biggest thing I noticed was how much of my PRIOR sight problems were due to DRY EYES.
If you start seeting 'fuzzy' put your artificial tears in immediately. Whenever it popped up on me, the tears INSTANTLY restored razor-sharp vision.
And that made me realize how important that proper hydration and blinking is to actually seeing clearly!
People are chronically dehydrated, and that leads to dry eyes which 'fuzz' over the surface resulting in blurred and fuzzy vision. You don't notice it till you start watching for it.
And the artificial tears are important so your eyelids don't abrade the surface of the eye after surgery. When in doubt, put in drops!
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Ever close a door at -40 and have the glass shatter?
What sucks is then driving back to the rental car agency with no driver's window...
The unsympathetic rental agency people conveyed that 'external forces' (i.e. me slamming the door "excessively hard") caused the breakage, and therefore I would have to pay for it.
Curiously, when I got the bill, it was for TWO windows. Apparently the other glass broke when they took it to the replacement shop. They got the CC Charge Protested, and I gave them the 'go pound sand' letter after a month or so of arguing.
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My favorite is not stored here right now.
It's kind of like something you currently have in storage.
Which is why I wanted that covered trailer.
You know the car...red blue and silver 1976 280Z 2+2 with tinted windows... The one that will get the cows mooing, and the neighbors out on the porch gawking when it's fired up... And oh gawd, DON'T start it in the trailer! (That car is sitting in Los Alamitos in a 20 foot trailer, resting...)
After that one, the 73 Shark-Car is my favorite, and the Blue 260 Coupe is the daily driver for work right now. Whenever the covered work area is completed, work progresses towards restoration of any one of them as a 'thing to do to stay busy when I have the time'...
Each one in my list has a story probably as long as the list itself, so I now just refer to them like the Tower Controllers do at the EAA Oshkosh Fly-In, by a number and a color...LOL
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Uh....
1969 510 2-Dr Black
1970 510 Wagon Black
1970 240Z Yellow
1971 510 Wagon Gold
1971 240Z Green
1971 240Z Orange
1971 240Z White
1971 Fairlady Z (S) White
1972 240Z Red
1973 240Z Green
1973 240Z Black (Sharkie)
1974 260Z Grey
1974 260Z Blue
1974 260Z Orange (Getting Cut to Parts soon...)
1974 Norskog 350Z 2+2 Conversion (HybridZ Sourced) Maroon
1974 260Z(T) 2+2 Red (Fat Bumper)
1975 280Z 2+2
1976 Fairlady Z 2/2 (Standard with Plastic Mats)
1976 280Z Blue (non A/C Car)
1976 280Z Silver (with A/C)
1977 280Z Brown (LeMons Car)
1977 280Z Brown (Cutting to parts currently)
1977 280Z Brown (Last Years LeMons Car, Cut to bits awaiting trailer)
1977 Fairlady Z 2/2 (GL with Power Windows)
1978 Fairlady 280Z (Manufactured July 1977)
1979 280ZX 2+2
1980 280ZX 2+2
1981 280ZXT 2+2
1983 280ZXT 2+2 (5 Speed)
2000 Frontier
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Non Datsuns in the Yard:
1960 Corvair 700 4-Dr (First Sold, December 23rd, 1959...)
1962 VW Deluxe Microbus
1966 VW Standard Microbus
1966 Corvair Corsa Turbo
1969 Opel GT
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Datsuns (And Others) that aren't mine, but are stored here:
1978 Black Pearl (Owner is in Delaware)
1980 280ZX White (Owner is in Holland/Utrecht)
1982 280ZXT Blue on Silver (Owner is in Holland/Utrecht)
1970 240Z Red (Owner is in Holland/Rotterdam)
1970 240Z White
1970 240Z Blue
1971 240Z Red (Owner is in an Apartment in L.A. All Previous Three)
1977 280Z Brown (LeMons Spare Car for next year if needed)
1990 Chevy 3500 Service Body Pickup (Temporary Guest's Conveyance)
1994 300ZX 2+2 (JeffP's Wife-Wreck!)
1972 Toyota Celica (TG's Beater)
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I now will say 3 Hail Marys for Absolution of my sin of coveting that 22 Foot Enclosed Trailer and Chevy Dually Big Block for $5000
For now, I'll make due with the Wheel Dolly and the Tow Bar.
Yeah, that guy in Ventura got nothing on me!!!
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I want a RHD 240-280z because I want to build a replica of the devil Z from wangan midnight. I love that car.
Devil Z was not a 240.
I have several:
S30 S46 (1971) Fairlady Z (S)
GS31 S51 (1976) Fairlady Z 2/2 (S)
GS31 S52 (1977) Fairlady Z 2/2 (L)
HGS130 S53 (1978) Fairlady 280Z (S)
Then, there are the North American Market ones I own as well...
My company is based in Export PA...maybe I'll drive one of the Fairlady's back East so you can drool over it...LOL
I drove through there coming back from the San Antonio ZCON a few years back with the Grey 2/2 Fairlady towing my spares trailer on the way to visit relatives in Michigan.
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You now have the throttle plate equivalent cross sectional area of a Cosworth Vega (twin 50mm)...
Just had to throw that in there!
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Most aftermarket vendors will give you the choice of buying the glove box FLAT or ASSEMBLED.
Clark's Corvair Parts in Shelburne Falls MA ONLY ships their repop gloveboxes unassembled so they can go in a flat postage box and save on shipping.
This is something you may want to consider. not everyone has a sheetmetal brake at home to make the proper bends in the sheetmetal, so the increased price of shipping is the price they have to pay for not being equipped!
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You win! Where on earth were you?
Given recent sour-note developments on another thread regarding "OPSEC" I can not say...
Though, truthfully, to this day...I'm not exactly certain, outside of the veiled reference I made earlier. It wasn't Canada...at least they told me it wasn't Canada.
All I can say is my boy-scout training, and growing up in Da U.P. served me well during that extended deployment.
14 days after returning to a tropical base, we deployed to somewhere other where the ambient was 40C+
Curiously, I realized this past year, I have actually operated in environments where I have personally experienced a 100 degree differential...both in F and in C! How many people can say that?
And 53-55C is freakin' HOT! Personally, I'd almost prefer -50C....
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I used the stock electric pump that came in the 73 240 and 74 260 to feed my surge tank, along with running the return line into the top of the tank.
I have never had an issue with that setup. Frankly, I think once that tank is full, just the return flow on it's own is likely to sustain the main pump.
I set up another 240 some years ago with a low-pressure carter fuel pump for carburettors that had an internal 4psi cutout switch. At idle I could hear that pump come on before I started the car, and then shut off at idle. I eventually put a light on the circuit, and found that unless I was on boost, the pump usually was shut off! But in corners it would come on... so it's there 'if you need it'!
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Do you need your speedometer? The speed sensor from the 240SX (91 is where I got mine from) fits in the early transmissions, and is driven by the speedo drive gear. The most you might have to do to make it mesh properly is cut the retainer groove 180 degrees from where it currently is, to accomodate the earlier transmission orientation. They fit directly in the 83 five speed I have in mine for driving an electric speedo without cable. I've put cables into SX trannies doing the opposite as well.
Good Luck....though thinking about it, you can always drill the trans case and stick a standard MPU to read the gear teeth on the output shaft if is comes to the absolutely worst case scenario.
T.I. Weapons Charges
in Non Tech Board
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After looking up specs on the MP-7 it's obvious the person recommending it to me has never operated using one. I'll stick with the 9mm, I don't have need for body-armor piercing capability.
If I want that, I can use my SKS with the old Chinese Surplus Ammo that was steel-core copper jacketed (which Wikipedia lauds as a great oddity in the 4.x mm MP7 round)
I've worked with an MP5 before, and I like it. I see no need to go with an MP7 at this point, unless I get into sustained close-quarters combat with US Marines invading my compound.
And then again, like I said, the SKS and AK would do just as well. Some claymores wouldn't hurt in that situation, either though.
Back to filling the sandbags!
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