Series 1 Tool Box Hinges

[Phred]

These are originals, off of a 71'. What years did they make plastic lids, or hinges?

BTW, anyone can use these pics for anything they want. Heck, you can even claim you took them. Plain enough?

Phred

[Go240Zags]

Those are the Series II toolbox covers they came after the transition which took place some time in 1971 w/ some cars having a mixture of features from the Series I and Series II types appearing that year. This is what I understand anyway. So, the years for the plastic toolboxes on the floor behind the seats were in 1969, 1970 and some 1971.

[Phred]

Thanks for the clairification Gary. FWIW, my 71' has a build date of 7/71.

HLS30-37700

Phred

[26th-Z]

I would think 7 / 71 is a little early, Phred, but I have seen chassis with both the lid / boxes fitted. THe switch-over came when Datsun built cars for the '72 model year. You should write to Beck with your VIN to see how early the chassis changed. I always thought it was in September with HLS30-46001

[Go240Zags]

My 1971 has a build date of 12/70 and has all the Series I features -- E31 Head, vertical defrost lines, square holes not punched out in steering wheel, console with ashtray/fuse cover in front of gear shift with cigar lighter, vents in the hatch, "winged" 240Z emblems on the pillars, pointy "t" in the Datsun on the hatch, plastic toolbox covers and no bins in the rear deck, early style dash, speedo starts at 20 mph, NISSAN 2400 valve cover, wierd seat tilt knobs. I guess that's it, no throttle control lever next to the choke lever, tho (too bad). Got lots of rust too, but that will get fixed one of these days.

[mdbrandy]

I appologize in advance if these are someone's images, I promise I downloaded them for reference purposes only and hope it's all right to share this info.

The rusty silver silver pic is from my #215 car. Glad it could be of service! Pictures are about all the car is good for right now...and for a while longer

[DJACEY(UK)]

Just to let you guys know that I won a pair of nice tool boxes including the original hinges of Ebay for $28 plus shipping. Not bad hey ?

[mdbrandy]

Just to let you guys know that I won a pair of nice tool boxes including the original hinges of Ebay for $28 plus shipping. Not bad hey ?

I was going to bid on those, but forgot. Enjoy!

[abas]

Just to let you guys know that I won a pair of nice tool boxes including the original hinges of Ebay for $28 plus shipping. Not bad hey ?

Well done Dave!!!!