240z Component build dates stamped and stuck on when manufactured

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Ian you are correct in what you say about the Australian compliance plate, from what I can gather from a mate that worked at Nissan head office the plate was attached to the car in the holding yard/port and shipped out to the dealers when say a person ordered a silver car. I have 3 lots of the factory microfiche including the one that you have and there are many discrepencies between them all. I managed to buy the miocrofishe when a Nissan dealership closed down and was having an auction to clear everything.

If you look at my 1974 car as a bare shell and look at it closely it looks very much like a 240z shell with a 260z dash. Even the suspension struts are the narrower type. Also the 1974 car has different electrical connectors compared to the 240z and the other year 260z's.

From what I have gathered from this site it took about 4 to 6 weeks for the cars to arrive in Australia from Japan. I wonder how long they sat in Japan in their holding yards. Also the cars in Australia at the holding yard could have been there for a period of time as well.

You are spot on Ian in saying that compliance dates are not the way to date a cars build date but in Australia that is how they are recognised by the Government. For example the car may have been built in Japan in Novemeber 1973 but not bought by a customer in Australia until February 1974 the next year. It will have a February/74 compliance plate attached. When we sell a car that is the date we have to quote. To make it more confusing for the HS30 model range these compliance plates were not law for the first year or so depending on what state or territory of Australia the car was sent to. This makes it a little more confusing for the 1970/71 cars in Australia.

Hope this helps a little

Greg