What goes where

[Caen Fred]

Alan, my older car, a LHD French one is equipped with this footrest. I am thinking of reusing it in the LHD one. My question is : is there a place to find the rubber protection that goes on the bar ? I can restore the metal part to good enough condition but it will be just time wasted if I cannot put a decent clean rubber part on it after the new powder coating !

[HS30-H]

Hi Fred,

Has the car got the spot-welded reinforcements on the floor where the mounting goes through? I wonder if a former owner installed it or the factory made some European versions of the HLS30 with the footrest in????

That ribbed rubber is probably unobtainable from Nissan now ( I don't have a separate part number for it ) but its really similar to the material that some car floor-mats are made from. You could cut it and wrap it around the top bar, and try to glue it on securely.

Why are you powdercoating it? I think the original finish is chrome ( at least it is on both of my cars ).

Regards,

Alan T.

[Caen Fred]

Hello Alan, mine is black... I will crawl under to check if there is anything special about it. I never thought about having it chromed but it's not a bad idea, in fact it's a very good one...

Would you go to a Zutopia meeting ? In UK or in an other euro country ?

[2ManyZs]

It's odd that you are discussing the footrest, I just saw one on Ebay last week and it had me curious as there were never any in US cars. Unfortunately it is no longer up for bid. It looked like it was almost new. It was the first time I had ever seen one advertised (aftermarket or otherwise) and was curious if it was offered somewhere else as an option or if it were dealer installed.

Wish I had saved the auction now. :stupid:

[HS30-H]

Fred,

Are you sure its black? My data says that the original ones were always chrome. They had little hinges on them so that you could flick them up and out of the way too. Maybe somebody decided to Paint It Black?

As far as I can tell, I don't think that your car should have had one fitted by the factory. The floor should tell the truth though; so check if it has the original spot-welded on reinforcements or not.

As for your question about a "Zutopia" meeting in Europe, I will answer this in Sean's original thread. See you over there.........

Regards,

Alan T.

[Dazza]

Hi Alan,

Thanks for the info on the footrests. You answered all my questions and then some

Cheers

Dazza

:beard:

[Alfadog]

Originally posted by HS30-H

I think the original finish is chrome ( at least it is on both of my cars ).

Both!? Don't let that ZG steal the spotlight of the other one! Show us some pics, I know I wont be disappointed

[HS30-H]

Alfadog,

The "other" car ( an early 1970 Fairlady Z-L that is metamorphosing into a Z432-R replica ) is now in the queue at the body shop awaiting paint ( 920 Gold ). It probably will not get painted before Christmas now - but that suits me as it means that I will not have to pay for the paint job until its done!

I've also got lots of money to find for other parts of the project ( like a full rebuild, including new cylinder liners and pistons, on an S20 twin cam engine ). I've already got a ton of special stuff for it, but its all stashed away awaiting the return of the rolling bodyshell.

It's going to have a replica of the 100 Litre fuel tank ( I was given a present of a super-rare 100 Litre tank gauge in Japan ) and it already has the spare wheelwell deleted and the flat floor to make room for it. The idea is to make a 432-R with all the trick bits, but at less than a quarter of the cost of a real one. There are myriad differences between a PS30 and a PS30-SB, let alone between a PS30 and an S30 - so hunting them all down or replicating them is like archaeology ( or Carchaeology, as I like to say ).

All this and "her indoors" still does not know about the project yet!.........

Regards,

Alan T.

[HS30-H]

Here's a pic of what the rear floor area looks like at the moment:

[Alfadog]

you're so cool !!!!!!! :classic: :classic: :classic: