Answering a few of the points raised while I was out....
15" were mentioned in conversation without either of us actually looking at the tyres! No Kaminari parts on the Standish V8 (or any other Z until very recently
). Kaminari parts were all supplied for 280ZX and 300ZX Z31 back in the eighties, but no 240Z or 260Z owners ever took up the look.
The Richard Wills "666" 240Z has disappeared as far as I know. The car originally was built with a Rover V8 in a mild state of tune (in fact I built the engine). Richard hankered for more power and went for the Chevy instead, but still experienced a few problems with the build. I subsequently lost track of what he was doing and where he went - a story not for public consumption...
My old Chevy V8 240Z went from "Best Z" award winning road car to fibreglass panelled, snorkel-scooped drag car during my ownership, but got sold to Rob Henshaw (later of ZXtra fame), receiving a makeover, a freshened engine and some road / race use. After a brief spell with Ken (ZXS) C. it went to Dean Bottriell who successfuly ran it in a drag race series, repainting it in yellow and orange with "JapCrap" in bamboo style script down each side and "Hiroshima Motor Corporation" on the rear (such taste the boy had!). When Dean had finished abusing it, it came back here and was sold to someone in the Midlands, appeared at some burnout displays at NHRA meets and the like and then disappeared. I then saw it fully refurbished as a road car, back in burgundy and offered for sale maybe five years ago and also had a more recent call from a new owner enquiring about this and that where I realised halfway through the conversation that we were discussing my creation. I've heard nothing in the past couple of years, but can only assume it is still lurking out there somewhere....
. The original 88 louvre bonnet from this car is actually the one on the Standish V8, so a bit of it remains...
