#490 Listed on Ebay

[Carl Beck]

Never mind..... see edit above...

Carl B.

[lonetreesteve]

I emailed to ask if he has the numbers matching L24, no response yet.

I e-mailed him the same question a couple days ago and I also asked him if he still had the engine compartment data plate, showing the VIN & engine numbers. I haven't received a response from him either.

I think this guy is ignoring all questions that pertain to the old L24 since he probably got rid of it a along time ago and has spent so much time & money putting the V8 in the car. He doesn't want to hear from us "purists" who want to see to see the car's V8, tranny, etc dumped and the car restored back to stock.

[lonetreesteve]

Looks like it sold for $2,025.00 to "chevyfan770":

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=005&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=150066863065&rd=1,1

[Carl Beck]

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I didn't doubt the legitimacy ofthe car, just interested in when and why some early cars had expansion tanks, while others didn't.

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For cars produced in 1969 and up to March of 1970 (as I recall), the only State in the US that had a requirement for evaporative emission controls (gasoline vapors) was California.

Nonetheless, most of the DATSUN 240-Z's produced after Jan. first of 70 were equipped with the vapor recovery tanks. Cars that had no vapor recovery tanks were mostly sent to Canada or the East Coast Ports. (so they were less likely to wind up in California I would guess).

If the car didn't have the vapor recovery tank - it also did not have the vapor recovery tubes and control valve under the hood...

I'd have to go back and look it up again - but I believe that the US Federal Laws required evaporative emissions controls everywhere in the US for cars produced after March of 1970.

Why Nissan sent only a few cars without the vapor recovery systems - who knows.. Could be that at the start up of production the sub-supplier wasn't geared up to meet the HUGE demand.

Early cars sent to Canada did not have the Fresh Air Injection system either - as that too was not required in Canada at that time.

FWIW,

Carl B.