{"id":318,"date":"2015-07-09T20:53:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T03:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/?p=318"},"modified":"2015-07-09T20:55:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T03:55:50","slug":"mystery-brown-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/?p=318","title":{"rendered":"mystery brown Z"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>i&#8217;ve been seeing a clean rootbeer brown Z on the streets around mariners the last few weeks, typically during lunch.<\/p>\n<p>today, i need a sylvania 2721 bulb to replace the impossible to find holder that fits into the EDU on my 9000&#8217;s dash. o&#8217;riley had one!<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;d already had one great Z story in the parking lot, (see <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/?p=311\">mariner blue miata<\/a><\/strong> story) so i had no idea that my brief interaction with the salesperson would lead to another.<\/p>\n<p>you see, when i mentioned that this bulb was for a digital display on my 1986 saab, he mentioned that his car too had a digital display. a little more curious questioning and i found out that his car was a 1983 280ZX with a digital dash, 102,000 original miles and 5-speed of course. i reminisced about my 1987 300ZX Z31. he commented how he really liked the looks of the Z31. when i told him i had to sell it because it was an automatic, he completely understood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/201071-1000-0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-321 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/201071-1000-0.jpg\" alt=\"201071-1000-0\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/201071-1000-0.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/201071-1000-0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/201071-1000-0-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>this young man was obviously quite proud of his ride. he told me too that another employee (who had stepped out for a moment) also had a 280\u00a0Z&#8230;\u00a0when i learned a bit more, i mentioned seeing a similar car behind\u00a0UCI and that i worked at mariners. he lives over there and it quite likely was him that i saw. i told him i&#8217;d wave next time i saw him.<\/p>\n<p>he popped the bulb out of the package, and i was able to firmly fit it into the holder. it was a perfect fit.<\/p>\n<p>not only had i solved the dash light delima, i&#8217;d made 2\u00a0Z friend within a few\u00a0minutes of each other. important and interesting to note, on opposite ends of the demographic spectrum. over 60 and under 25. all different nationalities. yet\u00a0all 3 of us with a passion for driving and a love for the Z cars.<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;ve got to stop by this shopping center more often!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i&#8217;ve been seeing a clean rootbeer brown Z on the streets around mariners the last few weeks, typically during lunch. today, i need a sylvania 2721 bulb to replace the impossible to find holder that fits into the EDU on my 9000&#8217;s dash. o&#8217;riley had&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/?p=318\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-240z","category-280z","category-280zx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323,"href":"https:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions\/323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zstoryz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}