1976 280Z Restoration Project

[siteunseen]

Don't get zipper locked like Levis jeans. Do they make button fly baggies?

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Picked up a splash pan! Can’t believe I found one locally in great shape. A little dollying and media blasting and it is ready for powder coat. I’m thinking a nice satin silver.

 

 

 

 

[Patcon]

That is in really good shape!

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On 11/7/2019 at 5:51 AM, Patcon said:

That is in really good shape!

No one was more surprised than me. I am looking forward to powder coating it soon and bolting it up. I did a test fit and even after all the frame and rad support work I did, the only bolt holes that don't line up are the ones on the 240Z front frame rails that I bought with pre-welded capture nuts. Maybe the 240 had a different bolt position?

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Dug up a little Nissan OEM gold at the local dealer too. Found new wiper stalk boots for $3 each, new hood bumpers that bolt to the fender for $8 each, and two new OEM hood dampers that bolt in front of the cowl for $12 each! Canadian! Delivered! crazy...

Apparently the Calgary parts distribution centre has some of the largest stock of old Datsun parts in North America. The problem is, the searchable database no longer includes the references for the S30 vehicles. The part number has to be manually input in order for them to search for parts. They can't look up the part under the year and model for our cars! Crazy. They really have no idea what they have there until someone enters a part number and searches for it. The warehouse is apparently the "size of four large American Walmarts"...

[Patcon]

13 minutes ago, wheee! said:

Dug up a little Nissan OEM gold at the local dealer too. Found new wiper stalk boots for $3 each, new hood bumpers that bolt to the fender for $8 each, and two new OEM hood dampers that bolt in front of the cowl for $12 each! Canadian! Delivered! crazy...

Apparently the Calgary parts distribution centre has some of the largest stock of old Datsun parts in North America. The problem is, the searchable database no longer includes the references for the S30 vehicles. The part number has to be manually input in order for them to search for parts. They can't look up the part under the year and model for our cars! Crazy. They really have no idea what they have there until someone enters a part number and searches for it. The warehouse is apparently the "size of four large American Walmarts"...

That sounds like that would be a great place to wonder around a little!

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12 minutes ago, Patcon said:

That sounds like that would be a great place to wonder around a little!

My parts manager sent me pics...

[ramsesosirus]

Wow, do we have a list somewhere of part numbers and what they are?

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2 minutes ago, ramsesosirus said:

Wow, do we have a list somewhere of part numbers and what they are?

carpartsmanual.com has the part numbers and pictures. 

I am working on a way to get Nissan Canada to download a spreadsheet of their part numbers without sensitive pricing data etc so I can sort it out based on part numbers for the S30 chassis. It may come down to being too sensitive of data for them to release; so other than getting a part-time job at Nissan.... I might be out of luck.

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My local Nissan parts manager said he can go only to '93.

I get the numbers and to our disbelief they are still available.

[ramsesosirus]

14 minutes ago, wheee! said:

carpartsmanual.com has the part numbers and pictures. 

I am working on a way to get Nissan Canada to download a spreadsheet of their part numbers without sensitive pricing data etc so I can sort it out based on part numbers for the S30 chassis. It may come down to being too sensitive of data for them to release; so other than getting a part-time job at Nissan.... I might be out of luck.

Wow, just looked at carpartsmanual.com, that's a great resource!  It has pretty much ever part

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1 minute ago, siteunseen said:

My local Nissan parts manager said he can go only to '93.

I get the numbers and to our disbelief they are still available.

Yup. They all seem amazed when they find a 40 year old part in inventory. I ordered and received a new front drivers fender, fender badges ($35), sail pillar Z badges ($35), and lots of little things over the years that sell for stupid amounts on ebay etc as people believe them to be NLA.