HISTORY
Discussions dedicated to the history of the Z.
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By July of 1970, the Nissan Factory Team had entered the 432R in four significant* endurance races. They did very well at quickly reaching number one place in a short period of time: January All Japan Suzuka 300Km (dnf) [it snowed too] March All Japan Stock Car Fuji 300Km (2nd) April Race de Nippon Fuji 6hrs (1st) May All Japan Suzuka 1000km (1st) 1970 All Japan Suzuka 300km (Jan 18, 1970) Car #68 Fairlady Z432R Moto KITANO (dnf) 1970 All Japan Stock Car (March 21/22, 1970) Fuji 300Km Car #20 Fairlady Z432 24 laps Time 39: 36.16 Moto KITANO (2nd) Car #16 Fairlady Z43…
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Hello together, so far I've only been a silent reader here and haven't contributed much to the community yet. I would like to change that. I myself have had 4 Zs, own a Cherry E10 van and have been infected with this virus for a very long time through my family (we have been driving Nissan/Datsun since the 70s). That's why I also founded the German platform www.datsun-autowerk.com. One big task was to describe the Goertz story a bit better and in detail (www.graf-goertz.de) . I learned a lot from this forum and talked to Alan and Carl. One thing in particular interested me: How early did the newspapers start telling this fairy tale? I came to the f…
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Here we are on 24th October 2009, exactly forty years to the day after Nissan's new S30-series 'Z' models debuted at the 1969 Tokyo Auto Show. The Japanese press had been invited to an exclusive preview of the new S30-series range at Nissan's Ginza HQ a week earlier, but at 9.55am on 24th October the doors to the 16th Tokyo Auto Show - held at the Tokyo International Trade Center in Harumi - were opened to the general public, with Prince Takamatsu of the Japanese royal family performing the opening ceremony. Over the next 14 days, over 1.5 million people would pass through the doors of the exhibition, viewing 722 vehicles and 256 exhibitors stands. This was the world p…
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Many of us will recognise the name and logo of Nissan-affiliate gauge and instrument makers KANTO SEIKI and their 'KS' trademark as they made most of the gauges in the S30-series Z, and a few other parts besides. Perhaps less well known may be the fact that KS had their own line of sporty aftermarket gauges and instruments, which they sold independently to owners who wanted to upgrade their cars for more sporting use. One of my current (long-running and sloooow...) project cars will have a 'Rally' theme, and will incorporate a few Kanto Seiki aftermarket parts that I have accumulated over the years. I have two of the KS 'Trip Counter' kits (one standard, one 'd…
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Anyone?
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I recently purchased a 1980 280ZX Convertible. From the research I have read Nissan commissioned Belvedere to convert ten 1980 280ZX automobiles to convertibles with substantial reinforcement to the frame. I have original literature from Nissan/Belvedere picturing the convertible with the invoice for the modification. Can anyone provide additional information regarding these 280ZX conversions.
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I Just found this in a collection of brochures: Anyone on the Forum own one? Keith
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The latest episode (dated 20th February 2023) of JAY LENO'S GARAGE has just arrived on YouTube. It is titled 'The Beginning Of Z Cars: Fairlady Z', and features the 1971 S30-S Fairlady Z of Mr Jay Ataka: YouTube link A lovely car and a great opportunity to discuss the topic in accordance with the episode's title, but it doesn't go that way. It seems that Jay Leno didn't manage to comprehend the structure of the S30-series family through the stages of concept, design, engineering and production and - despite having a Japanese home market variant in front of him, he constantly refers to the American market. He seems somewhat.... confused. I think it's …
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I've been prompted to start a new thread on this subject after reading - for what seems like the thousandth time - somebody describing the OEM steering wheel on a late 1970 production HLS30UV as "Plastic". No. The OEM steering wheel on the '1969 through 1973 production S30-series Z was WOOD. Real wood. They were manufactured for Nissan by specialist Izumi Motor Co. Ltd, based in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Izumi made a wide range of steering wheels for Nissan, as well as selling their own aftermarket 'sports' stering wheels with a cheeky 'Izumi' engraved script which aped Nardi, one of their inspirations. Izumi used a patented high-pressure heat moulding process. Re…
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The Last S30 1 2 3
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Question: Anyone know the vin# for the very last S30 ever produced?
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I decided to make a post to help owners find the Z registries on-line Here is a page on Carl Beck's excellent Z Home site and his work that long ago has done what I wanted to do here.... nothing new under the sun and Carl is a star! Carl Beck's Z Registry Links Here is the last recovered version of the on-line Excel based Z Car Registry that is now gone. The data is in the way back machine: Defunct Z Car Registry on Wayback Machine Jan 2013 snapshot I took the liberty of converting the early 240z part of the Z Car Registry to pdf and to XLS format. Z Car Registry Nov 2013 as a PDF Z Car Registry Nov 2013 as an XLS Z Car Reg…
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Most early Z's had clear glass but testing parts show defrost wires.
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