Hi everyone,

I am about ready to start the interior restoration process of the early Series 1, 1970 240z... and I am curious to know if there are going to be any "gotcha!" moments when installing things on the bare painted chassis from the ground up. There are literally no parts on the chassis interior.

I've made a list below. If anyone has insight- that's be helpful!

1) I am not sure if I should use some sort of sticky tape to make it removable at some point, or if I should do it how they did it from factory and glue it down. Suggestions?

2) What should the general order of things be? Should I put down the transmission hump pieces first, then put the firewall insulator, and then the rear towers? 

3) Wiring? I haven't taken apart the '71 parts car to inspect the routing, and I'm afraid to pull it apart since it's all complete. I'd like to keep it relatively intact so that it can be sold afterwards, because I haven't really taken any parts from it, as they required just as much work as the car I'm restoring- so if anyone has pictures of wire routing, that'd be nice!

4) Are there any sources for carpet Jute padding that is similar to the OE stuff. Slightly brown rather than recycled coloured/grey bits? I know it may be harder to find, but I find that it looks a little more authentic- though the grey stuff is a viable option if it's the only one. lol.

5) If purchasing the Jute padding- what is the OZ/Thickeness required for the datsun. Every piece I try to measure looks either impacted or frayed apart, and I don't think it's a suitable comparison. 

6) I'm completely lost as far as the individual foams and whatnot that get attached to the air ducts. I have some 1/16th thick foam at the shop with some adhesive backing on one side, though I'm not sure what it's for. I believe it may have been used for quite the same thing- so I might use that. It looks "squishy" enough and not overly spongey so that it would impact fitment. Are there any certain foams required for other parts?

 

I'm not sure if the info in Wick Humble's book is adequate, I'll have to double check in the mean time.

 

Any general information regarding the interior dressing and preparation as well as any hidden tricks or terrors would be awesome- and please post any pics you like.

Edited February 26, 20169 yr by Careless

Back at this topic again.

I'll update the build thread of the car after I finish some more interior stuff, but I was wondering if anyone has opinions on who makes the best upper vinyl pieces around the headliner, as well as the side-sill vinyl.

the NOS side sill ones I have are N4200 series parts and there are some holes and slots that are for later models, not early 70s ones.

The upper pieces... thought I had them.. but I don't.

headliner is about to go in, i gots one of those...

 

Any recommendations? I was thinking Classic Datsun...

Edited March 31, 20177 yr by Careless

I'm in a very similar situation to Careless: trying to restore a 1970 Z to close-to-factory.

Careless, what did you do for the template for the Jute? I am going to order a 54" roll from the TRF site. 

Two other questions: 

1. Does anyone have a picture of what the steel spring attachments look like, and how they attach to the floor behind the seats? A lot of "work" happened to the interior of my Z, I can't really trust anything I see in it. 
2. Did i understand right that the male snaps for the front are attached directly to the firewall insulation part? (mine wasn't original, and didn't have snaps, was all re-done by some upholstery shop). Any pictures of that? I have to secure a new firewall insulation kit anyway, and get put snaps on it. Seems like squishy material to have snaps pull on it, but maybe not a lot of tension happens. 

nevermind question #2 up there, I found the right thread, with lots of pictures and info:

 

And to complete the nevermind bit, here is info on the metal carpet clips:

https://zcardepot.com/interior/carpet-sets/carpet-anti-slide-clip-set-240z-260z-280z.html

($40)

The forum post has a clipping of the service bulletin. It looks to me like they were not there for 1970s Zs, but probably needed them, hence the change. I would guess some folks' dealers installed them for them after the fact. 

 

And, finally, to REALLY complete it, here is a 10-year thread with a full discussion of the jute, and, on page 5, a PDF you can download with a 1970-71 Jute pattern. 

 

The above link to Z depot's carpet slip-stopper springs is no longer valid, here is the current one:

https://zcardepot.com/products/carpet-anti-slide-clip-set-240z-260z-280z?_pos=6&_sid=736ad8d62&_ss=r

Price is $41 at the time of this post.