My two swiss S30Z Fairlady Restoration build thread

[JDMjunkies.ch]

thought it's time to show you my other part of the car, chassis number one, and all the aftermarket parts i bought so far:

Chassis Nr 1 and the rotisserie i built for the Z's:

it's totally stripped now, but has a few problem-zones, so i will see which one i'll complete as soon as the black one is stripped too

and the parts:

Saito Rollcage from japan:

Kyo-Ei (Japan) extended wheel studs:

Rocky Auto Japan Tension rods:

NAMS (Nagisa Auto Motor sport japan) Tierod end links (compared to the OEM ones):

Zedd findings replacement floor panels:

Energy suspension Master bushing kit (plus a few extra bushings for the swaybars):

HKB Japan steering boss kit:

Trust Japan Header:

Tow hooks (custom made in Japan):

Kameari Japan leather "Z" shift knob:

Tokico (Japan) Blue shocks:

Got all the sub-floor parts sandblasted and powedercoated in satin black:

[JDMjunkies.ch]

and the holy grail:

a brand new NOS RS-Watanabe "Falcon" steering wheel:

also a whole bunch of OEM-parts ready for the re-install like Ball joints, wheel bearings, seals and stuff:

also bought a few used panels, taillights and a set of JDM Datsun 510 Fender mirrors, which will be reassembled with the longer 240Z bases i have to a set of OEM JDM 240Z mirrors:

and a lot of other small pieces and a few truckloads still need to be ordered - hope you see where my project goes

here we have two better pics of the chassis nr one

1) when i bought it:

2) how it looks now (completely stripped to bare shell):

[JDMjunkies.ch]

Long time no update. I‘ve been busy making some extra space in the garage and clean up the mess there Also I removed a lot of paint and thought it wouldn’t make sense to post pictures of every bit of junk I removed so far

This is how it looks on the outside currently, lot of paint removed just for fun:

Lots of surface rust underneath. anyway i continued with removing some of the insulation in the trunk:

next on the list was get out the interieur behind the seats and look how the structure is underneath:

Found a big hole on the passenger side rear inner wheel well:

Now after i've seen a few things on the black car i feel like i have a plan again:

The white (first car) seems to have better base structures, so at the moment i think i'll go with the white car. If the front end of the black one is good (on the white it isn't, also due to a lot of bad repair-attempts) i'll use the entire front-end of the black car. So Disassembly of the black car's front end is what's up next:

more to come on the front-end

In the meanwhile it got pretty freezy in the garage again and i feel a bit sorry for the white shell sitting outside in the cold, will put it back into the garage soon, or find another home while i work on the black car:

Then i had a few dollars left on my paypal account last month so i thought this is a good excuse to buy some small parts from MSA (zcarparts): Got a set of NOS rear pillar emblems as well as a hood emblem:

[EuroDat]

Hi Nils, Looking good. Nice parts gathering your got going. Well you have a good parts car for your project.

Is the black z a euro or a us import with euro taillights? Sounds like the white one was us, with the corvette taillight mod.

My z is a us import. I spent 18 months looking for one. All the euro models are in pretty bad condition due to the salt in winter.

Chas

[JDMjunkies.ch]

Hi Chas, thanks for the feedback.

both are genuine swiss market Z's, Every car was marked in japan to which market/Counry it will be delivered:

How i know this? On the glove box liner there are three japanese katakana characters (ス イ ス) which means Su-I-Su and stands for Suisse, see here:

Also both of the cars came with non american features like a 5-speed manual gearbox and without the terrible us-bumpers.

Swiss models have specific corner-lights on top of the bumper

istead of underneath them, because of the minimum-hight corner lights had to have here these days and the OEM ones were to low.

The Corvette tail-light conversion (or maybe it was a Opel GT conversion) was done here by one of the previous owners i think. this was something "cool" back in the "manta, manta days"

[JDMjunkies.ch]

oh and i totally forgot, i have the registration documents from the swiss car which has been registered in switzerland 1972 still waiting to pick up the documents from the black car...

[JDMjunkies.ch]

It's currently -3°C in the garage (26.6°F) in the garage, but some good work keeps me warm Started disassembly of the front end today, t his will alow me to remove the fenders to check the structure of the chassis in the front.

1) Removed the front-bumper with the swiss-spec Corner lights. It's slightly dented but repairable.

here it's gone:

2) next was the front lower panel, it's quite bent but usable:

next on the list was the grille, but i wasn't able to remove all the screws so i let them soak in some WD40 for a while While working i found the VIN-tag plate:

and noticed a weird thing: Even if both cars are 1972 Swiss-spec cars they have different oil filler caps. here's the one i found in the black car:

and here the "elephant" type oil filler cap from the white one. Of course i'll go with this one

[TQ24TZ]

Those headers are the same ones that came with my parts car...I had never seen them before any information on them?

[EuroDat]

Hi Nils,

I was wondering about the turn signal light above the front bumper. Never seen them before. In NL they wouldnt pass my CA Import until I disabled the turn signals on the side for safety reasons, but he coul not explain why:stupid:. Crazy when you think about it. Now you cant see the indicators from the side because 280z front indicators are zunk in the grill above the bumper.

Chas

PS: did Heiko pick up his roadster from a guy near Groningen NL? There is a guy there with 7 or 8 off them ( cant remember exactly) and a true roadster fan.

[JDMjunkies.ch]

Those headers are the same ones that came with my parts car...I had never seen them before any information on them?

you mean the blue one? It's a trust / greddy one, it's out of production since a while. i have part numbers and drawings if you need more information. just let me know

i got one of the last NOS parts from the greddy japan stock, but now it's no mor avialeble.

[JDMjunkies.ch]

Those headers are the same ones that came with my parts car...I had never seen them before any information on them?

you mean the blue one? It's a trust / greddy one, it's out of production since a while. i have part numbers and drawings if you need more information. just let me know

i got one of the last NOS parts from the greddy japan stock, but now it's no mor avialeble.

[JDMjunkies.ch]

Hi Nils,

I was wondering about the turn signal light above the front bumper. Never seen them before. In NL they wouldnt pass my CA Import until I disabled the turn signals on the side for safety reasons, but he coul not explain why:stupid:. Crazy when you think about it. Now you cant see the indicators from the side because 280z front indicators are zunk in the grill above the bumper.

Chas

PS: did Heiko pick up his roadster from a guy near Groningen NL? There is a guy there with 7 or 8 off them ( cant remember exactly) and a true roadster fan.

Yeah those turn signals are some swiss specific because original location was to low for swiss law, but i will change them to standard under-the-bumper type now, already got some panels and stuff

Yeah Heiko changed his roadster with a guy from netherlands. so the guy in netherlands now got a rarer year model from heiko and heiko has got one in better condition, but i don't know whick guy he got it from, only know he swapped cars with a guy from the netherlands