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Weirdly enough, the signature is now showing up. Pretty sure the firewall at work screws with this site... never seem to remember to look at it at home. Guess I've got my priorities straight...
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Just dropping by to say Hi.
Been a long while. Guess I missed some drama. (when wasnt there)
Might even look at one of the Zs once the snow clears and it warms up.
I've got a few other projects opened a nonprofit makerspace, working on a few Suzuki Bikes, got an M45 and D22 Frontier SC.
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There are chrome plugins that will allow those photobucket images to show up, i can see the one in your signature, but if the links are dead then yeah, reconstructing a build thread and keeping the image context would be a huge pain in the ass.
The chrome plugins i use are:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...fegnfnflicjjgj
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...alioapbifiaedg
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Hey folks... looking forward to diving back into my Z project after a fairly long hiatus. My youngest son graduated college and got a job, so I'm about to get a hefty pay raise. Just need to save up a little to take care of some debts, then the Z will be my top priority.
It's been nice scrolling through the pages here... reading about someone else who bought back their Z was cool and definitely struck a chord with me. I agree with the OP sentiment about FB groups and would love to see this forum do well. For my part, I just need to figure out what to do about my build thread and all the white space that was once Photobucket links. I have all the pics, so I may take the time to go through and update with the pictures uploaded to this site. I'll need to read up and figure out what my options are. The original file calls look like they've been scrubbed from the html so as not to display all those "Photobucket hates you" images, so it may be a lost cause trying to reconstruct something I started 7 years ago.
Just noticed my signature isn't showing up... just another thing to go figure out (again).
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I discovered Sunday that a 2004 front tire/rim from a 350Z will bolt to a 2019 Leaf. Offset puts the edge of the tire flush with the outside of the fender. Go figure. Same bolt pattern and center bore. TIre was a 225/50r17 vs factory 215/50r17, so only slightly oversized.
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Is it weird that I like the brown interiors? If I didnt live halfway across the country Id be interested lol
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Quick tip. If all you want is the blacked out brake vents, spray em with paint, use a hair drier to get them to tack up, and take a paper towel with lacquer thinner to the face. I figured this out after painting one with a q-tip took me an hour, and masking tape was overboard.
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Those look great, I think I have a set of those wheels from an 85T. Will have to give that a try.
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Actually, my health is pretty good. I did have the stage 3B melanoma scare in 2009, and 3 vertebra fused earlier in 2009. According to my oncologist who checks my blood for like 80 things every few months, I have the blood of an 18 year old. Normal everything. No high BP, no high cholesterol, sugar is fine, I don't take meds for anything. Don't need them. I won the lottery with beating the cancer. Stats say I had a 15 to 25% chance of being alive after 5 years. I am now at 10 years post cancer with no trace of it anywhere.
My problems are more muscular skeletal. Both wrists are screwed with calcium crystals destroying the cartilage, called CPPD. Both thumbs also screwed up most likely from the CPPD. My back also only got slightly better from the spinal fusion from 2009. hurts all the time. 3 years ago I blew out by right knee with 3 of the quadricept muscle tendons completely tearing off my knee, putting me on my back for 2 months and not able to walk at all for 4 months. Also not being able to drive for a year without pain.
So the projects I started a few years ago got put on the back burner. My worry is, is my body going to allow me to finish the resto I started in 2005? All I have to do is get the brakes working and finish the resto on the interior. I am feeling reasonably good enough to restart my projects, until something else happens again. Like 3 weeks ago when I broke a rib go karting when I hit the wall hard at 50MPH.
Anyway, I am excited to get this finished and be able to drive a car I have owned for over 34 years and driven over 300K miles. The car looks brand new inside and out and has been garaged since 2005. Other than the brakes, everything mechanical has been restored. Wish me luck on completing it, I can't wait.Last edited by FlyingT; 09-18-2019, 05:47 PM.
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