?Mike , thanks for sharing your story, you are an engineer of designing mechanical components, are not you ? 

In 1984 ,  Van Halen was so popular in Japan , I was a little teenager just dreaming about playing like him . His guitar has a BIG Tremoro Brock , Floyd Rose ? No matter how hard you up and down the arm , tuning won’t be Iosen .

Kats

@kats Yes, I am mechanical designer but as a technologist, not a P. Eng., mainly in the mineral recovery area of the mining sector.  Also a Van Halen fan in my teens during the pre Sammy Hagar era.

 “ pre Sammy Hagar era “ I agreed !

I saw conversations about audio system of 240Z in another thread  , now I would like to post some pictures to distinguish the difference between an early 8 track system and a later 8 track system in Fairlady series . I did similar thing before ( on page 22 ) but , this time I want to show the more unique difference.

A first model of the stereo system is 

Hitachi CST-113ZA , this one is for Z432 and ZL . When Fairlady 240Z series was available in Nov 1971 , the system was taken by Hitachi CST-2000Z . This is for Z432 / 240ZG/ 240ZL . 

 The most biggest difference in looks between this and later CST- 2000Z is , a  window of the face plate .

113ZA has a plain clear window while 2000Z has numbers on the window. 

So you see the orange bar in front of the numbers in 113ZA , see the bar behind the numbers in 2000Z . 

I think the reason of this change would be  cost matter . Or to have more better reading in selecting station . However  I realized the early model has wonderful , but very subtle features in the window . 

You will see the function at night . The early model provide the reflection of the number of selected track on the window. 

This is very subtle but I really like it . 

Later 2000Z can’t have the reflection of the numbers due to its window has white numbers covered most of its area .

Please see the pictures of the early model , Hitachi CST-113ZA  at night operation.

Kats

 

Pictures for the comparison of the CST-113ZA and the 2000Z .

Another difference between 113ZA and 2000Z is the signal seeking function. 2000Z has an auto tuning system . In S30 cars , this system is also familiar with a car for US 240Z up to mid 1971 . 

You see the inside of CST-2000Z ,these are my spares .  Enjoy ! 

 

Kats

Edited June 5, 20195 yr by kats

Hmmm...I'll have to see which one I have.

I liked your post on de-mister hatch glass Kats.  I thought I had a new piece of vertical de-mister glass too.  So I got all my glass pieces out to see if I had the same tags as yours.  Such a surprise to what I had in storage.  I have a collection of clear glass, four pieces, and two of them are new.  Will post pictures.

1 hour ago, 26th-Z said:

Hmmm...I'll have to see which one I have.

I liked your post on de-mister hatch glass Kats.  I thought I had a new piece of vertical de-mister glass too.  So I got all my glass pieces out to see if I had the same tags as yours.  Such a surprise to what I had in storage.  I have a collection of clear glass, four pieces, and two of them are new.  Will post pictures.

Chris your are making us both drool and jealous at the same time ?

Oh thanks.  I have been collecting parts for many, many years anticipating my restorations that I am just now getting to.  I was well on my way with 26th when the economy fell apart in 2008 and everything went into storage.  Now I'm back on track and spending time organizing my parts stash.  26th is on a rotisserie and I'm expecting her green before the end of the summer.  Just now starting to take 27th apart.  As I restore components for 26th, I'm pulling parts off 27th to restore at the same time.  Just finished two perfect radiators from my collection of three.  Will start posting pictures soon.

18 minutes ago, 26th-Z said:

Oh thanks.  I have been collecting parts for many, many years anticipating my restorations that I am just now getting to.  I was well on my way with 26th when the economy fell apart in 2008 and everything went into storage.  Now I'm back on track and spending time organizing my parts stash.  26th is on a rotisserie and I'm expecting her green before the end of the summer.  Just now starting to take 27th apart.  As I restore components for 26th, I'm pulling parts off 27th to restore at the same time.  Just finished two perfect radiators from my collection of three.  Will start posting pictures soon.

Just in time for Mike's new Build topic in the forums!  Looking forward to your progress pics.

What do I do?  Set up a 26th-Z thread on the build topic?

26 minutes ago, 26th-Z said:

What do I do?  Set up a 26th-Z thread on the build topic?

Yes. That sounds great!

Hi Chris, great great , great !!

I am so glad that you are back on track . I was wondering how you are doing about  “ her Majesty “ . 

I can’t wait to seeing the progress.

Thanks a lot .

Kats

18 hours ago, 26th-Z said:

Hmmm...I'll have to see which one I have.

I liked your post on de-mister hatch glass Kats.  I thought I had a new piece of vertical de-mister glass too.  So I got all my glass pieces out to see if I had the same tags as yours.  Such a surprise to what I had in storage.  I have a collection of clear glass, four pieces, and two of them are new.  Will post pictures.

Chris , how did you obtain your 8 track stereo for Fairlady Z series ? Have you owned a Fairlady ? It must be Very hard to find one in the US . Even in Japan , a working condition player is very difficult.

Kats