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Old 01-04-21, 12:01 AM
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Truer words.

Im at a point where I have all the hard to find bits. Massive challenge but worth it. One part I’m glad I did was to get the passenger door hinges from Australia. So my drivers door feels amazing. No sloppy hinges.

I should have the brake system completed in a few weeks. Cooling system should be done, minus an electric fan. And the parts for the turbo header will likely be ordered in a couple of days. My build page should be on fire soon

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yep- get 'em while you can! Been doing so over the last 20 yrs and it saddens me to see the stuff I used to be able to walk into a dealership and order - and now is NLA!!! I dreamt we might get the aftermarket support for parts the 240Zs enjoy, but it does not look like that will ever happen...

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Old 01-04-21, 07:32 PM
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Finally painted a set of GS/GSL/SE mirrors to match. The paint match came out perfectly, just not sure they look how I envisioned them. I’ll live with it for a while and can always re-spray. I painted a buddy’s bumpers and decided to do these too. No sense wasting expensive paint.
Nicely done Chris. Hope the weather up there is treating you well. Happy Holidays!
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Old 01-04-21, 07:40 PM
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Thanks Tim, a bit cold for me, but I've been enjoying the 7 as rain permits. I hope you had a great holiday season as well!
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Old 01-06-21, 11:39 PM
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Some parts for the turbo manifold and down pipe arrived along with a new radiator!
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Old 01-07-21, 12:07 PM
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^^^^^Beginning to look pretty Bad A$$^^^^
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Old 01-07-21, 11:50 PM
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^^^^^Beginning to look pretty Bad A$$^^^^

thanks.

tomorrow I hopefully make my last salvage yard visit for this project. Short list. That said my GaugeArt gauge should be arriving tomorrow as well. Then I can get the dash buttoned up.
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Old 01-10-21, 01:38 PM
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Replaced speakers
I finally upgraded my speakers. The new ones are a definite improvement over the old alpines. The old ones may have worked better after I re-ran all new wire. I’m surprised they worked at all with all the botched wiring Jerry, the PO did.

The second picture is just the left side speaker wiring. Nine splices! If you don’t know what you’re doing, get someone to do it for you, the right way.

Next year, I’ll get a new head unit. Nothing fancy, just a little better than the crappy pioneer.
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Should have just used coat hangers :P

https://gizmodo.com/audiophile-death...-hanger-363154
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Could have saved myself 20 bucks!
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Old 01-12-21, 08:47 PM
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Gauge installed. Center console is done.😎🎶🥳
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Cool vintage-ish Panasonic. I'm a sucker for VU meters.
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Old 02-09-21, 06:43 PM
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I noticed today that my tach was getting stuck right before 7k, and then I noticed why:




Well, just another thing to put on the to-do list....

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Old 02-09-21, 07:24 PM
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I noticed today that my tach was getting stuck right before 7k, and then I noticed why:
Well, just another thing to put on the to-do list....
Well at least thats an easy fix. No new parts needed just some time with the car.
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Old 02-09-21, 07:34 PM
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Well at least thats an easy fix. No new parts needed just some time with the car.
Indeed. It's nice to not need to put the car on stands for once.
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Old 02-09-21, 11:35 PM
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I noticed today that my tach was getting stuck right before 7k, and then I noticed why:

Well, just another thing to put on the to-do list....
Good grief. Would never have seen THAT one coming!!
Easy to see how one could plunder the whole electric system trying to solve this, then squint at the dash: "....waaaaait a minute...!"
d-OH!
What a pain to have to burrow into the whole cluster to fix!!

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Old 02-10-21, 01:29 PM
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I looked at a car F/S a couple weeks ago with an advanced stage of that very same condition....



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I looked at a car F/S a couple weeks ago with an advanced stage of that very same condition....
Ha, and it's even the same screw!
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well. This is a disturbing trend...


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That screw was one of the first things I did to my SA when I got it. The PO had solid mounts on the engine so I figured that's why it was backed out.
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Old 03-01-21, 12:54 AM
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Energized the Haltech and made the tach do things.
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Just made an order for the parts to finish the front end and ordered also the 3 row aluminum radiator and the e-fan...

Just getting closer to finish her...
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Repainted the faded hatch area plastic trim pieces using Dupli-color Trim and bumper paint in the dark gray.


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Added USB and AUX port connections to my Alpine radio. Located the connections in the center console bin.


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Looks nice, mine just has a cord underneath the dash😂. I guess it's time to fix that.
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Repainted the faded hatch area plastic trim pieces using Dupli-color Trim and bumper paint in the dark gray.

Nice work....mine next :-) looks good!
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