Decals for Z's

[Travel'n Man]

Check out post #22 - you may need more decals for the different years on the wheel weight..........

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?35809-Post-Your-Original-Decal-Pictures-Here&highlight=datsun+decal

[mgood]

Here is what I have so far. I did find a corner cutter and it works great.

Emission decals as follows:

1971 there are two, one I guess for early and one for late. First one is silver (early) and second one Gold (late).

Third one for 1972 Gold.

Forth one is for Inertia and Fifth on is Emissions for 1974.

Sixth on is Emission and Seventh is Inertia, both in gold for 1976

Eight is Emission for non-catalyst and ninth is catalyst (California) for 1978.

Ninth one is for Paint, I have it both ways for early and this for later Z's.

I also have the Coolant (correct) and Hot (fixed) for Rad.

I do not have or have no photos of Emission decals for 1969, 1970, 1973, 1975 and 1977. I have a picture of 69,70 emission decal but no dimensions. If any one has them let me know.

I also need the Inertia for 69,70,71,72,73,75, 77 and 78. I need pictures and dimensions is any one has them.

Notice: that the 1978 Emission decal has a Datsun logo and all the others have a Nissan logo. Also on the 1978 Catalyst Emission decal on the bottom right corner it says "L24" not "L28" like the non-Catalyst. I know this is right because I have a picture of it.

Mototman7 I will need the year you want decals, let me know. I used you dimensions for the 1972 and they worked.

Any help with the decals is appreciated, thanks.

[AZ-240z]

Here is what I have so far. I did find a corner cutter and it works great.

Emission decals as follows:

1971 there are two, one I guess for early and one for late. First one is silver (early) and second one Gold (late).

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Michael,

With reference to the second attached decal, the 1971 Calif. with part number, the font on the top line appears a little small, and spacing of the words on this top line is off. The word neutral has no quotation marks on this particular decal, and toward the bottom, the 6 %, the % symbol has a small line connection the top of the left zero to the top of the diagonal slash. At first glance, everything else looks real good, and, your are correct in that it is gold. The tuff part will be to get a real good match to the original gold finish. Good luck.

Also, the part number should be 14605 E4603, not E4503. Hope this helps.

Dan

Edited May 10, 2011 by AZ-240z

[mgood]

Thanks, Don - AZ-240z for the feedback. Here is the original picture I copied from and the fixed version. The first line was off, I fixed it. Also there are quotation marks on the original.

There could be even more versions out there, let see.

I also attached some from me car that I made, they are affixed by a very thin magnet so they can be removed and used at shows. The pictures were from this past Saturday.

[AZ-240z]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]45212[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]45210[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]45209[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]45211[/ATTACH]

The first line was off, I fixed it. Also there are quotation marks on the original.

Michael. Sorry, but I still don't see any quotation marks on the pic of your original decal (attachment #2). I'll try to attach a picture from my files for clarification. I meant to say that the part number is 14805 E4603, which you corrected.

Dan

Edited May 10, 2011 by AZ-240z

[mgood]

Dan, sorry I thought you were talking about the brackets, I do see the " " marks and did remove them.

The 1 on a lot of decals look like capital " i 's ", so I have been using that and not the number 1.

Thanks again.

[AZ-240z]

Michael,

I'll try, again, to add pictures from my files of these decals. The first attachment is a gold, not silver, of a '71 decal that does not have the part number. The other is also gold with the part number. I've done the first one without part number on gold, and am still trying to get the other decal with part number correct to my satisfaction. I'll also try to upload a picture of the first one I did later.

Dan

[AZ-240z]

Michael, this is the last emissions decal that I have reproduced. The pictures shows the gold material with kind of a mottled finish. This is

scanner reflection as the decal is very uniform in color.

Dan

[mgood]

Dan, here the latest revised, both early and late. Can you confirm that the early one is gold and not silver?

[AZ-240z]

Michael, I can only confirm that the two decals I have pictured are gold. I also think that they were made in a silver material originally but have no first hand knowledge or evidence of this.

I don't necessarily agree that yours represent "early" and "late" examples. The decal with the part number was meant for cars in the California market as stated on the decal, but both, as indicated on the decals, were applicable to 1971 model year cars. My car was acquired from a California dealer when I purchased it in Tucson, had the 1971 California gold decal on it, but it was destroyed in the restoration process, thus my need to reproduce one.

Your decal, as revised, look real good. I will mention, in my experience, that the things that you really need to pay attention to is, not only the font style, but the different degrees of boldness of the type. Too bold, or visa versa, and it doesn't look authentic. Also, the finish of the gold is a satin, not glossy, finish. Too glossy and it look reproduced. The gold is more of a gold/silver color with just a hint of a greenish cast. Hope this hasn't confused the issue, just things I have struggled with when I did mine.

I'll be a buyer when you get them finished to your satifaction.

Dan

[esprist]

We have few decals available from Japan (4 pages)

http://shop.jdm-car-parts.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&zenid=nnru1r6o5r32pmot2ti23q8j55&keyword=decal;)

[Arne]

Mike, I thought your late version of the 1971 sticker above looked pretty good - until I printed a copy to compare side by side with the original.

Besides the couple of typo-type errors (annotated in my attachment), the font is obviously not quite right. The one you used has the wrong height/width ratio. Too tall, too narrow. I have no idea if you have the ability to tweak that or not.