Please Help

[jaltman]

So.... if you got a 72-3 center console, hmmmm, what kind of condition is it in? Pictures? Choke mounting post intact? Lil pins to hold the the choke/belt/defog panel into place? If in good shape I might be interested in making a contribution to your "correct console purchase fund". Contact me with a private message if you're interested.

[chachacourt]

Photo of center console is attached. Not good quality because I used my phone. It is being held by one screw. Previous owner drilled a a hole in the back of where the original hole is for the original center console.

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[EScanlon]

Can you confirm that this is a 1970 Z? That Hazard Flasher seems to be the Pull Type and not the Toggle, which was used in later years and not on the 70.

Also, confirm the number of "stops" the Windshield Wiper knob has. Just two or three?

Post your VIN /MFG DATE, to help ascertain what you should / shouldn't have.

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[Arne]

Heater panel looks in the pictures as if it might be backlit, which would indicate a '73. I wonder if the entire dash and console from a '73 got transplanted?

[chachacourt]

Can you confirm that this is a 1970 Z? That Hazard Flasher seems to be the Pull Type and not the Toggle, which was used in later years and not on the 70.

Also, confirm the number of "stops" the Windshield Wiper knob has. Just two or three?

Post your VIN /MFG DATE, to help ascertain what you should / shouldn't have.

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Vin number is HLS30-02043 I cannot locate production date. Please advise where to look.

[motorman7]

Open the drivers side door and the production date will be on a plate just below the small triangular window. If you are HLS30-02043, I'm betting your a 3/70 production date.

[SteveJ]

The build date should be on the VIN plate in the driver's side door jamb.

[Arne]

Definitely a Series 1, then. But with the wrong hazard switch, back-lit heater panel and finned center vent, I'm willing to bet that's not the original dash either. Probably came from the same '73 240Z as the console did.

[EScanlon]

Arne, that second picture is deceptive as to the Heater Control Panel it makes it look "fuzzy" which is what the Lighted panel would look like. Look at the first picture and I think you'll agree it's a non-Light panel. Also look at the exit slots for the heater levers, tbey're not deep enough.

But, if the whole dash and center console DID get swapped out for a later model, the most important question is did they swap out the two harnesses on the dash AND the ones going to the engine/tail wires. If not, how much jerry-rigging did they do to get a 73 harness to mate with 70 engine and tail connectors.

What about his Windshield Wiper switch, TWO settings (technically three: OFF-LO-HI) or THREE (again technically four: OFF-INT-LO-HI)?

You can swap in an intermittent wiper motor AND the wiper switch into an older model, but it takes a bit of creative wiring to get it to work properly and it can still be problematic. (VOICE of EXP)

FWIW

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[Arne]

Arne, that second picture is deceptive as to the Heater Control Panel it makes it look "fuzzy" which is what the Lighted panel would look like. Look at the first picture and I think you'll agree it's a non-Light panel. Also look at the exit slots for the heater levers, tbey're not deep enough.

It's the first picture I'm looking at. The non-backlit panel is fully textured. The one in the picture looks to be glossy around the sliders and the fan switch. Whether it's a '73 backlit or not, it is NOT the same as any of the early cars I've had.

[chachacourt]

The build date should be on the VIN plate in the driver's side door jamb.

I did not have a chance to get to the shop until this AM. There is no vin plate by the door jam. It appears that it was removed. There is a square flat area there thou. The other plates are engine compartment by the battery and driver side dash/windshield.

[motorman7]

The other plates are engine compartment by the battery and driver side dash/windshield.

And what do those read?