Hi Katz, 

I see you purchased 2146 off of eBay - did I help you become aware of it?

 

8 hours ago, inline6 said:

Hi Katz, 

I see you purchased 2146 off of eBay - did I help you become aware of it?

 

Hi inline6 ! Actually I found the car on eBay just 6 hours before the ending . So please don’t feel guilty about me struggling with such a rough condition car 😁 I saw the thread after I bought it, I was impressed that you and Terrapin Z were talking about the car as if you were actually seeing it. Yes the engine had rebuilt at some point , and it was a 4 speed , and hit front in the past so newer bonnet was applied. 
 

One thing you were wondering about the engine was matched or not , this was the biggest concern to me too . 
 

Terrapin Z said “ this seller really doesn’t know these cars well , as he was asked about the engine number and provided a picture of the casting number “ 

Yes , I was feeling exactly the same way too , and this led to me to think “ the seller not trying to sell it high “ . 
 

Why did I decide to go for it ? Because I was able to see portions of left edge of number “ 2 “ just a little bit , I was for sure this engine would be made in February 1970 just like my #2156 . I was drawing on our knowledge which was shared in classiczcars.com , and it succeeded.
 

Kats

Edited July 3, 20222 yr by kats

Hi, yesterday I was at Fuji Speedway to see a practice of a racing Z432. Hayakawa san did 30 minutes test run for two sets ,  the car runs fantastic.
We have some  popular S20 engine builder in Japan , but today I don’t know there is a serious racing Z432 fighting on a track except Hayakawa san . 

Built and Tuned by Toyozumi san , he is doing my spare S20 too . I can’t wait the engine finished.

Honestly, the Z432 was the best of sound among the circuit yesterday. It is true . There were many modern super fast monsters like AMG GT300 , Ferraris , Porches etc . But none of them were making fantastic sound . Maybe Ferraris? But not even close.

Kats

 

Running no bonnet? What's with the circular hook on the strut tower? Some interesting things going on with that car.

Looks like the same loop on the rear left

Hi Gavin, Patcon is right , the red round hook on the front left  strut is for towing. I don’t know why it is there , maybe there will be some reasons. 
 

The car has a FRP bonnet when running, I saw it was bent on the long straight , I felt it was not good for performance. G-Nose is certainly much better for racing on a track. 
 

Kats

Nothing to tell recently except this alternator, I had my old spare one rebuilt at a local shop. I am so happy with the result , they did what I wanted to have . I said don’t paint green on the center portion, leave it as it is . They said it needs to be painted for some reasons , then we agreed paint clear coat on it .
 

Unfortunately model number and Nissan part number have gone , actually they have already gone when I got it a long time ago . 
 

I will put this in my first 240Z , then previous one on my first 240Z will go to my second 240Z .

Kats

On 7/3/2022 at 4:39 AM, kats said:

Hi, yesterday I was at Fuji Speedway to see a practice of a racing Z432.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The rust monster is busy again I see ....

Today I touched up a choke lever facia of HLS30-02146 .

I have heard of ‘ GUNDAM MARKER ‘ which is a marker pen for painting ‘GUNDAM’ robot. I tried , and I am so satisfied with the results. To achieve the best results, sand it and get it smooth  before painting. 
 

Kats  

 

 

Edited September 2, 20222 yr by kats

Cool, I've used a Silver sharpie before for similar but that looks more "chrome" like the original.

Thanks Gavin, this time I skip doing prep , So it is not the best . Next time I will take care much better than this , I will see more shining chrome .

It is really fun to paint ! 
 

Kats

8 minutes ago, kats said:

Thanks Gavin, this time I skip doing prep , So it is not the best . Next time I will take care much better than this , I will see more shining chrome .

It is really fun to paint ! 
 

Kats

I just bought a pen on eBay and will have it shipped here, I've got a couple of steering wheel horns to restore along with Hitachi Radio surrounds and centre choke assembly finisher panels in my S30Z's. Also my door cards are missing the original chrome vertical line. I was going to try chrome tape, but this might be just as good!

If anyone else is looking the code for the product is XGM100 and I found a cool video review showing how good the chrome can look here also.