Original interiors of series 1 cars

[AZ-240z]

I have a couple of questions for those with good knowledge of these early cars.

First, I have noticed on a few 1970 cars, that the interior door panels have a couple of chromed phillips heat screws with finish washers which help attach the panels to the inside door frame, and are located on either side of the door release latch at the bottom of each door. Can anyone confirm that these are a stock items, and, if so, which vin #s would apply?

Also, apparently some early series 1 cars had a black plastic seat cushion guard located at the forward, outside edge of the seat cushions, and attached with machine screws beneath the seat to the seat frames.

Does anyone have a very early parts book which would have the part numbers for these guards and the attachment hardware? Any help would be appreciated?

Although I am the original owner of this car, I am afraid my long term memory

is a little cloudy on some of these original items. My car has morphed through many changes, and now is going back to, hopefully, 100% original.

Thanks for any thoughts. This club, I believe, has the best concentration of the most knowledgable Z fans on the web.

Dan

hls30-20419

[zpizzaman20]

Dan,

I have the screws on the door panels on #40 and #95 which are both 10/69 cars. I will have to check about the other parts you mentioned.

Fred

[Arne]

My car is a late series 1 (#12746, 10/70) which appears to have all its original interior trim. My car does have the chrome Phillips head screws on the door panel, but does not have the plastic scuff plates on the seat cushions.

[26th-Z]

Have never been able to find the part number for the seat cushion guards. I do not have any screws fastening the interior door panel to the door. All my panels clip into place.

[AZ-240z]

Fred, Arne, Chris,

Thanks for getting back to me with these replys. I hate to put holes in my door panels without being 100% certain that hls30-20419 had these screws originally.

I may have snagged a pair of the seat cushion guards and would love to have these on my car if it was possibly original to my car.

Some of my confusion comes from the fact that I am almost certain that the inside rear hatch plastic panel had four of these phillips head screws, so why not the door panels.

[bobc]

Dan,

My series one #1321 doesn't have the seat cushion guards or screws in the panels. I've seen screws in the door panels before, but never thought they were factory. After reading this, guess they could have been. My back panel does have the 4 phillips heads as well.

Good luck with the restoration!

Bob

[26th-Z]

Here is the old thread from Kats about the seat cusion guards.

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9188

I just went through two of my parts books looking for the door panel screws. All I come up with is 80919-22500; clip-trim board which is the spring clip that fits in the door panel board and clips into the door. No screw. I am almost positive there are four chrome screws and grommets that fit the rear hatch panel to the hatch, but all the parts books list plastic rivets. Indeed there are rivets involved, but I would have to look at my hatch and panel to see what it looks like.

[Arne]

My series 1 hatch trim panel has screws as well, four of them, I believe.

On the other hand, my car came to me with a 280Z hatch on it, and I don't know the VIN of the car that my series 1 hatch came off of. The donor car was orange...

[zed2]

There is no USA domestic part number for the seat protector. Several years ago (15-20), the local Nissan Parts Manager sent a request to NMA to determine the part number. Since there were not OEM seat units in the warehouse, NMA could not confirm the existence of a replacement protector. The message the PM received back was that the protector was mounted on the first few USA bound production vehicles and then dropped from production. I have thought over the years about having reproductions produced, but hesitate because there is no certain way of determining a demand.

Keith

[AZ-240z]

I found, on the "ZCar CD", in the L26, L28E sub-section of the Body section, page 143-4, item #s 66 & 67, the screw and finish washers used on the rear hatch interior panel. I don't know if the 260 or 280 Z had these, or are just in the wrong place on the CD. I could find no reference to there use on the door panels, though.

Thanks Chris and Keith, for the info. I am slowly closing in on the truth.

[26th-Z]

I have one broken seat cushion guard for the passenger side. I know of a couple in North Carolina, but more so, I know of several cars which would wear them proudly and correctly. If you decide to make repros, let me know if you need help and count me in for at least three sets - maybe more.

Chris

[AZ-240z]

Chris

If I am able to get a good set of these cushion guards, and Keith doesn't mind, I may look into having these reproduced. It would, obviously, depend on cost of reproduction, and demand, as Keith mentioned. Have you looked into approx costs for this type of fabrications, Chris? As mentioned in another thread, I have also reproduced several decals for the series 1 cars

which are available to anyone interested. I do enjoy doing this, as it gets me parts that I need, and, providing them for other restorers so I can recoup my costs. It would be great if the demand was high enough to do these guards.

Dan