NOS Z car ski rack on Ebay

[76Datsun280z]

Maybe I'm the only that didn't know this, but I didn't know Datsun made a ski rack for first generation Z cars! At first I thought it was in the wrong section, but then I saw the picture of it mounted up there and was surprised! That's pretty cool, one of those types of things that would be fun to display at shows!

Check it out,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DATSUN-240Z-260-280ZX-SKI-RACK-NEW-NOS-IN-BOX_W0QQitemZ110173392814QQihZ001QQcategoryZ6763QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Fun_in_my_z]

I think its a dealer add on.

[26th-Z]

Datsun didn't make a ski rack for the S30. You're safe! That is an aftermarket product.

One of the things that contributes to the fame of the Z car is the influence it had on the development of the accessories aftermarket. We commonly see many items that were developed by emerging companies for the 240Z. This ski rack is one of them.

[Zak's Z]

It says 280z(x?) 2+2 on the box in black marker...will it still fit an s30 if its for a zx?

[MikeW]

The picture clearly shows an S30 2+2 so I wouldn't count on it fitting a later model.

[geezer]

This is the ski carrier attachment for the Amco roof rack. It is also lockable.

[Carl Beck]

The Ski Rack on E-Bay, is strictly an "After-Market" item. Rare, neat to have for the collector... but not quite as neat as having the Datsun Ski Rack, Part: #99990-00042, as part of the Datsun Roof Rack #99990-00041

So what is the difference - between having an AMCO roof rack/ski rack, and having a DATUSN Roof Rack / Ski Rack?

Mostly the box they came in, and who you purchased them from, or when you purchased them. AMCO was a subcontractor to Nissan, and they supplied accessory items, packed in DATSUN Packaging, with the assigned DATSUN Part Numbers, to NISSAN USA; NISSAN in turn sold them to their Factory Authorized Dealers. The Dealers installed many of these items on Z's prior to selling the cars and in many cases the items were purchased by the retail customers though the Datsun Parts and Service counters at the Dealerships, after they bought their cars.

AMCO continued to sell these items in the "After-Market", after Nissn stopped production of specific models. (so AMCO never competed directly with Nissan for sales of the items).

So what's the difference? About 100% or more in the value between them. I have an AMCO roof rack new in the box, and I have the after-market ski rack (used) - - - My roof rack is in the original AMCO box... Neat to have from a collector perspective - but worth about half or less of what a DATSUN Roof Rack, NIB ( New-In-Box ie. DATSUN box) would be worth to a "Collector".

Still looking for that DATSUN Ski-Rack NIB..... to complete my collection of the Factory Authorized DATSUN Accessory Items for 1972. (well, so I have a couple of posers in the collection, you'd never know if you didn't see the dam box - vbg -)

FWIW,

Carl B.

[geezer]

This is an impressive list of manufacturers providing accessories for Datsun. I'm sure there were many more. Note how many of these companies are still active today.

[240ZGL]

I have a set of the same one's on E-bay. I guess for the ski types there a nice item. They hold 2 sets of ski's.

[TomoHawk]

Will that thing really fit 240Z - 260Z - 280Z - 280ZX ? :hurt: I wouldn't be surprized if you saw fuel injection parts on eBay labeled "240Z - 260Z - 280Z"

[BRE-240Z]

Will that thing really fit 240Z - 260Z - 280Z - 280ZX ?

Likely not. The seller put 'ZX' in the listing title just to get more page views.

The box, clearly, is labeled "280Z 2+2".

[Rockr69]

the question really is "would you drive your Z to a ski hill to use the rack?