corrrect placment of a fairladyz emblem on 260z

[rudds67]

howdy,

I have a 1974 260z and it currently has no fender and rear emblems. I love the name of the fair lady emblems and i was wondering the correct placment of it... as in the rear deck lid. Any help would be great!

Z you later,

Steve

[240ZX]

Steve, I think if you do a little searching you will find pictures that show the badging on the 260Z. I don't think any of the U.S. issue Z cars were badged with Failady badging!

[Alfadog]

There should be holes in the hatch for the pins of the badges. If not, someone's covered them up in the past. Try to get to the underneath of the hatch and you might be able to find where the holes originally were. If the holes for Japanese S30's and American S30's are the same (I would imagine so), that would be the correct placement.

[rudds67]

i have the holes there . Im just wondering how it went or how it read ? llike Datsun fairladyz underneath 260z

.. is that right?

[MikeW]

i have the holes there . Im just wondering how it went or how it read ? llike Datsun fairladyz underneath 260z

.. is that right?

As someone else suggested, why not look for a picture? I went to the galleries here and did a search for "fairlady". Here was one of the first hits:

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=11557&sort=1&cat=all&page=2

[Alfadog]

Hmm, sorry for the confusion. Anyway, that's a good pic Mike but I do not think it is correct for a home-market S30. I think they only had the diagonal "Fairlady Z" emblem, and nothing beneath. I'm not certain though... Got your radar on, Alan?

[rudds67]

kk that helps. I think i'll just go with the fair lady z...

thanks,

Steve

also,, im trying to post pic.s but it wont work.. i hit sumit and nothing happens bit it goes in to the 'ERROR 'page

[MikeW]

Hmm, sorry for the confusion. Anyway, that's a good pic Mike but I do not think it is correct for a home-market S30. I think they only had the diagonal "Fairlady Z" emblem, and nothing beneath. I'm not certain though... Got your radar on, Alan?

Ok, how about this one? :

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=11399&sort=1&cat=all&page=2

[Alfadog]

Perfect! Good picture. Thanks Mike ---- thanks Ben!

Steve, what kind of file are you trying to upload? I think some don't work at the moment. JPG's should be OK as long as they're not too big. Does the error page give any particular kind of error?

[sblake01]

Mike W, that looks right. Even though there are no LHD Fairladys AFAIK. (I know it's already been said). I think putting the 'Fairlady Z' emblem on above the '260Z' emblem looks kind of well. . .dumb. JMO.

[HS30-H]

rudds67,

It would seem that you are now clear about what you are going to do, but I just wanted to clarify a couple of points on what the original S30-series Fairladies had in the way of emblems:

*All the first-generation S30-series 2 litre cars used the "FairladyZ" emblem ( even the 432 ).

*When the L24 engined models debuted in Japan in late 1971, they used the new "Fairlady" emblem with the "240Z" emblem next to it on the bottom of the front wings / fenders and on the rear hatch / deck. If they were fitted with a rear spoiler then the "240Z" emblem was usually placed underneath the "Fairlady" script emblem.

NOTE that this "Fairlady" emblem is not the same as the "FairladyZ" emblem.......... they are two different pot-metal / mazak castings ( later plastic mouldings ). Sometimes people mix them up, and you see "FairladyZ" and "240Z" emblems on the sale car - which is technically incorrect.

*The "Fairlady 260Z" model with the L26 engine was released in Japan and then almost immediately withdrawn from sale. There are differing stories about just how far some of these cars actually got ( I am told that some of them made it as far as actually being bought by customers, but as far as I know most of them never got further than the dealerships, and many of them never even made it out of the Factory ). They had trouble with the engines passing the new super-strict Japanese emissions laws of the time ( especially on the cars fitted with Air Con ). Most of these cars were then converted back to L20 engined "Fairlady Z" models, with their VIN tags and firewall VIN codes being overstamped and amended.

So, technically speaking, there was never really any such thing as a fully-fledged "Fairlady 260Z" model.

However, if you want to do something interesting and creative you could try to combine the "Fairlady" emblem ( not the "FairladyZ" emblem ) with a "260Z" emblem and make your own "Fairlady 260Z". As long as they line up correctly I think it would look "correct" and would certainly be in the spirit of Nissan's original intentions to create an L26-engined Fairlady.

Good luck,

Alan T.

[240ZX]

Alan, I figured it would just be a matter of time before you read this post and set us all straight on the badging issue. You're terriffic....thanks!