Hand Throttle

[Mike B]

Thanks Kats. I don't know that mine is the best example of a blue 69, but it has survived mostly intact and it is one of the earliest blue cars (maybe the second surviving one according to Zhome.com). I understand that Charlie Osborne has a very pristine blue #126. I have only seen the one picture of it on his Zedd Findings website, but I would like to see more pictures of his car. It does have about 79,000 miles on it, so it not immaculate like your cars, but I will work on it. The person I bought #32 from was the second owner and had it for 30 years. Most of that time it was in storage. He wasn't into Datsuns or Z's, but it was his first car and he knew that it was special because it was a very low VIN, and so he kept it as stock as possible. He tried to keep any parts that were removed from the car. For instance, he took it to PierreZ a couple of years ago for a tune up and some other minor maintenance and they replaced his round choke knob with a new square one for some reason. He drove back and made them find the original knob and give it back to him. I'm working on posting some more pictures of #32. The weather is supposed to finally warm up a little here in Seattle this weekend, so I am hoping to drive it a little and take some more pictures.

-Mike

[Bonzi Lon]

My (new to me) 68 1600 roadster has the hand throttle but didn't know it could be twisted and locked. Haven't driven it much and would be a little nervous to use it as a cruise control, just a warm up feature.

Bonzi Lon

[bpilati]

They were welded to the underside of the cowl area at the factory. The brackets on low VIN cars are different than the bracket on later 1970's. See my post #28 in this thread for pictures of the differences. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29554&highlight=hand+throttle

I had a 3/71 parts car that didn't have a bracket, so I think they were eliminated in the US when they went to series 2 production.

-Mike

I'd really appreciate it if someone would rip that thing loose from under their dash and send it to me. PM me for the address.