Hi guys

I'm Andy and I'm a first time Z owner. I picked up the old ITS ZX that was for sale here and on craigslist. The car will live to race again as my track toy and LeMons racer.

Thanks
-Andy

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'79 280ZX LeMons racer
'79 210 LeMons racer (future L20 candidate)

Welcome to the club!
Be sure to post when/where you're racing;never know who'll show up.

Al

AH HAA! NOW I know who you are! You're Liam's and Kevin Fitz's buddy from CART!

Great to have you with us, and we're rooting for your ZX. Please DO tell us where/when you're running it, so we can come out and support you.

By the way, I just tonight finished a WELCOME letter to you, telling you some info about the CTZCC you'll want to know. I hope you can join us in North Haven for next month's meeting, and get to know some of us. We're fun.

Regret the delay on your letter ~ we've had 10 new applicants in the past week and I am behind on my paperwork. And the first 2 times I tried to send it, your email returned it as undeliverable (plz check that?). But you're registered with us now, and a full-fledged member of the greatest Z Club on the planet.

Hey everybody ~ say hello to Andy, our newest Z brother! (And ask him to explain his interesting screen name )

Frank

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1970 240Z

Yup, I race with Liam and Kevin. How did I forget to mention the screen name? A much longer term project I started with my father a few years ago was to build a Lotus 7 replica from scratch, powered by the L16 from my dad's old 510. We've taken to calling it the Brotus as its a combination of our last name and obviously the original car. The frame is complete, drivetrain mounted, and the next step is to fabricate the control arms.

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'79 280ZX LeMons racer
'79 210 LeMons racer (future L20 candidate)

welcome to the club!

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Mike Tubiak
1978 Datsun 280Z - HLS30-438694

Well, after buying a house and moving, it's finally time to get to work.

We started cutting the old cage out and reassembling the engine. If I can find the hardware we need, we'll be installing the engine this weekend.

We'll be running carbs since the wiring in the car is suspect and we want to simplify everything we can. However, the SU's that came with the car aren't complete. I know I'm at least missing the link w/sockets at both ends that relays the rotation of the thottle input to the shaft controlling the butterflies. Does anyone know where I could pick up said piece? Am I missing anything else besides the air cleaner? I plan on taking the carbs apart and cleaning them. Can't spend much money on them, but I think the SM needles are a go.

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'79 280ZX LeMons racer
'79 210 LeMons racer (future L20 candidate)

Somebody (Phrog, maybe?) recently told us about a replacement part for those little plastic ball sockets, if I recall correctly. I might have some left around, but they'd be pretty old and brittle. And you know about Murphy in racing ~ anything which CAN break, WILL break.

Let me zee what I have, anyway. Are you making it to the meeting at Miller Nissan in Fairfield tmrw night?

Frank

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1970 240Z

Frank

Thanks for looking for me. EVen if it's a little brittle, that's OK. It'll buy me some time to test the car while I look for a better piece. I was thinking that the ball size may be similar to what the RC airplane guys use on their linkages, but I have to do some more research on that.

Fairfield is a bit far to drive friom Manchester for me on a weeknight. I should be able to make the next event that's closer to me though.
-Andy

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'79 280ZX LeMons racer
'79 210 LeMons racer (future L20 candidate)

Andy, I was unable to find those little plastic linkage connector balls. I know Vinny Bedini has a box of them at his Z speed shop (806.355.18 twenty-nine) and he could mail some ~ don't know what they're worth.

If I come across my old spare linkage I'll recontact you.

Frank

Welcome to the club. I like the idea of the ZX racer. I hope it does well, can't wait to Z the results. Any parts needed, I might have. air cleaner, linkage, etc. lots of zx parts.

280ZX racing... way to go! Congrats
Boomer

Thanks for looking Frank.

Engine and transmission are now in the car. Ripped out the poorly done rust patches. Today I install the R200 I have. Next week I hope to weld in some good material.

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'79 280ZX LeMons racer
'79 210 LeMons racer (future L20 candidate)