Home-market S30 Factory Options

[HS30-H]

Here's the second section.

Again, reading from left to right across the top:

*Dual Exhaust. ( that's the full twin-pipe system, standard equipment on the Z432 )

*Leather Top. ( actually vinyl )

*Racing Stripe.

*Rubber Bumper. ( refers to the bumper trim which was standard on the Z-L and Z432 )

*Over Rider.

*Electrically Heated Rear Glass.

*Headlamp Covers.

*Roll Bar.

*Air Spoiler. ( that's the early-shape one, often mistakenly called the "BRE" spoiler in the USA )

*Assistant's Footrest.

*FM Pack.

There's a sub-note that says colours nos. 904 ( Grand Prix White ), 907 ( Grand Prix Green ) and 918 ( Grand Prix Orange ) are "Option" colours. 918 was actually standard on the Z432-R.

[EricB]

Alan,

Was Nissan actually the manufacturer of the twin pipe exhaust?

I ask because I recently found an exact match of it and now have it on the Z where it looks right at home... Mine though is not ex-Nissan it is actually a NLA exhaust from Trust from years ago... Just curious, not that it matters as I love it just the same.

Also what's a passing light? Just a shortcut for turning the lights on to indicate the old "please get out of my way"? I can't imagine that passing light would refer to turn signals... Also curious about that too.

-e

[HS30-H]

Hi Eric,

The TRUST system was still being made at least up until a year or so ago. It was a copy of Nissan's own twin pipe system. Sounds nice, doesn't it?

TRUST have been, and still are, OEM suppliers to the likes of Nissan. So have Fujitsubo. I don't know the exact maker of Nissan's twin pipe system ( as seen on the Z432, and offered as an Option on the other models ) but I would guess that it would possibly have been a company such as TRUST. I was told that Fujitsubo made some exhaust componentry for the early Z cars, but I think that might have been the Sports Option megaphone system or something else.

What I do know is that the original twin pipe system didn't have a maker's name on it. When you bought them over the counter they had a Nissan part number sticker ( see attached pic ).

Alan T.

[HS30-H]

Also what's a passing light? Just a shortcut for turning the lights on to indicate the old "please get out of my way"? I can't imagine that passing light would refer to turn signals... Also curious about that too.

-e

Yes, essentially just their description of the function of the Headlamp Flasher Knob on the end of the indicator stalk. Most models had this as standard equipment, but the S30-S Fairlady Z did not - so it was offered as an Option on that model.

Not to be confused with the Parking Light system, which was a different thing altogether.

[EricB]

Yes I like my Trust a lot - sounds great... looks even better. The only difference between mine and the one you pictured is that the tubes and muffler are painted black, leaving only the twin tips in chrome... as per all the pics I've seen in Nostalgic Hero... I saw no stamping in the steel, just a sticker that was affixed to the muffler with the Trust label on it which I removed prior to installation. Price wasn't bad either, like 60000yen for the whole thing and new too.

On the one hand I wish I could have found the matching header so it would have all bolted on without any mods, then again I've also heard the Trust headers weren't that good so... no big deal....

-e

[v12horse]

I have seen one TRUST setup for sale on ebay before, but that is it. I too have seen these setups for sale in nostalgic hero. I am going to need a exhaust system in the near future and this is the one of my choice, but I am not sure where to look if I were to purchase this. Do you think you could give me some pointers Alan or Eric. It would probably not be for another 4 months until I am ready to purchase, but I would really like to know where and how much I could get a TRUST system with the TRUST header as well.

Take care,

Ben

[EricB]

he he...

that is where i found the trust exhaust... the guy selling it apparently sold the header to one person when the auction didn't go through and i guess i was the first person to come through for the exhaust system...

Ben I'd say you need to hop a plane to Japan... off-season I've seen the tix as cheap as $350RT out of either SF or LA.... And EVERY time I've ever been I've brought back much more than the standard two suitcases and never (yet) been charged any kind of excess baggage fee...

One time I came back with 220lbs of car parts - the check-in lady didn't even flinch. Another time I had a set of ultra light weight 15" wheels as carry-on - no problem either. And yet another time a friend of mine came back with a 6pt roll cage, two bumpers, two sets of wheels, swaybars, etc... again with no problems... I love Japan.

Wonder how the wife will feel when as part of our honeymoon there we make some stops at my favorite Z stores and I see what else I can bring back... hahaha

-e

[v12horse]

That sounds great Eric. I would love to go one day. I dont want to hijack this thread as they would say so I will leave it at that. Thanks Eric, and if I have any more questions I will just send you a pm.

Ben

[Alfadog]

I have five questions, Alan and those in the know!

Firstly, the vinyl top I always thought was just a dealer addon to some cars (mainly in the US where that kind of thing was cool in the 70s), but apparently not. If my memory serves me correctly I've never seen a Z with a vinyl top. It sure wasn't a common option in Japan, was it? I could see why... Imagine one on a Z432 :dead:

The racing stripe does not look like Kats' one. It's quite unique isn't it. Did the design of the stripe change over the years? Did Nissan perhaps offer the "240Z" stripe on Kats' car as an option for export-market cars? Kats, are you listening?

Factory Rollbar? I think I saw a picture of this in a Z432 in one of your recent galleries, Alan... but anyway, was this a high-quality thing people would order and race with, or was it more common for aftermarket rollbars to be fitted to race-cars? Not doubting the abilities of Nissan, just wondering...

Fourthly, what exactly are "option colours"? Did buyers have to pay more if they wanted a Z432-R not in orange??

And finally, what is the "FM pack"?

The new, larger pictures are much clearer - thankyou!

[HS30-H]

Has anyone seen the original option fog lamps? Are they "Everwings" brand?

Hi Victor,

I think there is a very good chance that they were "EverWing" brand, but I've not seen the EverWing script on them - so not definite on that.

[HS30-H]

I have five questions, Alan and those in the know!

Firstly, the vinyl top I always thought was just a dealer addon to some cars (mainly in the US where that kind of thing was cool in the 70s), but apparently not. If my memory serves me correctly I've never seen a Z with a vinyl top. It sure wasn't a common option in Japan, was it? I could see why... Imagine one on a Z432 :dead:

No, certainly not commonly seen these days - but I bet there were originally more takers than we think. Luckily, I think most of the cars fitted with these either died of shame or got a haircut in later life. This is one early '70's style accessory that probably can't come back without a hint of irony.

The racing stripe does not look like Kats' one. It's quite unique isn't it. Did the design of the stripe change over the years? Did Nissan perhaps offer the "240Z" stripe on Kats' car as an option for export-market cars? Kats, are you listening?

Don't forget that the one in the picture is the Z432 version. I think there were a few different styles that replaced eachother? Kats would certainly know more about that.

Factory Rollbar? I think I saw a picture of this in a Z432 in one of your recent galleries, Alan... but anyway, was this a high-quality thing people would order and race with, or was it more common for aftermarket rollbars to be fitted to race-cars? Not doubting the abilities of Nissan, just wondering...

The Factory safety / roll-over bar bolted to the captive nuts inside the rear quarters ( which are sitting there quietly on ALL the first-generation cars, waiting to be called on to do their job ). We had a few discussions on the subject here a while ago ( I recall the thread was started by myself, and - I think - was called something like "what are these for?" ) and didn't somebody pour scorn on the idea.....? It was a nicely-made affair, and quite complicated in its bracketry. The Works race and rally cars used this design for the first few years of competition.

Fourthly, what exactly are "option colours"? Did buyers have to pay more if they wanted a Z432-R not in orange??

This simply meant that you would have to order them specially ( probably meaning a little bit of an extra wait while it was made and delivered ). The standard colours would have been more readily available.

Yes, the 432-R *only* came in 918 GP Orange. That was the standard colour for that model. One colour only. I'm told that nobody special-ordered another colour ( they'd have to be very lucky or influential to have it made ) but the race cars soon got repainted into team and sponsor colours anyway. My 432-R replica is in 920 'Safari Gold' just to be arch and all clever and knowing about it ha bloody ha etc.

And finally, what is the "FM pack"?

A radio with new-fangled Frequency Modulation capacity, I think. I don't know about the rest of the world, but there wasn't much FM radio in my neck of the woods around 1970. I suspect that Japan was slightly ahead of Blighty ( colour telly? what's that? ), but it was still probably relatively exotic back then?

The new, larger pictures are much clearer - thankyou!

I think it was worth the wait for the bigger pics, but the list / descriptions of the unpictured items are probably more important to our discussion in the long term. I'll put the late 1971 brochure Options up tomorrow.

Thanks for the thankyou.

Cheers,

Alan T.

[Gee]

I've seen a z with a factory vinyl roof - it was an auto 260 2 seater living in Sydney. I thought about it, but it did look pretty horrible so I passed on the car. Other than looking awful, vinyl can be a trap for rust..

I'd say an FM pack is an FM radio. Mine was/is AM only.