Happy 2019! A lot of 50 year milestones coming up!

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Hoovered another HLS30-00007 off road picture for your viewing pleasure.  Note the rubber rear bumper guard, and missing "D" in hubcap

 

These early Z photos also had similar hub caps:

HLS30-00008

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Nice work, covers lots of history of the Z. Wow, those 50 years went by fast!

Roo

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50 years ago this month!

May 1969 - total 2 cars - one domestic, one export:

1 = S30-00001 (Factory prototype 1)

2 = HLS30-00001 (Factory prototype 2)

 

Thanks to @kats

 

below are pictures of very early 240z HLS30-?????

 

 

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[lonetreesteve]

Some outstanding  photos and information!  Thanks to all that contributed.  Just curious, is the picture below with the model on the 240Z at the Boston Car Show the same model  during that famous incident that put a large dent on the top of the fender?   She doesn't look like she weighs very much, but we all know how soft the fenders are on the 240Zs! 

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Six Domestic Z's made in Aug 1969.  Only 1 Export....possibly HLS30-00003 which may be this one used in the Factory Service Manual and other technical publications.

 

 

 

A teaser commercial was made in the Summer of 1969 in Japan to promote the Z. Here is the masked Z on the Oppama test track:

 

 

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Sept 1969. Production was 9 domestics and two exports.  It would seem these two exports align with testing in North America in October. These would be the two cars manufactured 50 years ago:

HLS30-00004 (Silver and Manual)

HLS30-00005 (Silver and Automatic)

 

 

They were returned to Japan after testing in Dec 1969. No details on where they are now.

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@lonetreesteve  have a look at this thread: https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/56826-hls30-00006-at-the-crusher/#comments

 

On 5/30/2019 at 9:27 PM, lonetreesteve said:

Some outstanding  photos and information!  Thanks to all that contributed.  Just curious, is the picture below with the model on the 240Z at the Boston Car Show the same model  during that famous incident that put a large dent on the top of the fender?   She doesn't look like she weighs very much, but we all know how soft the fenders are on the 240Zs!

 

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Oct 1969..... first Z's coming to North America... first the test team!

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Sorry I missed Oct 10th. BIG DAY.

 

@kats Here are some videos of arrival of first Z's from Kats (BIG THANKS!) . Music: "These Days" Nico and Jackson Brown

 

 

 

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Meanwhile, back in the factory, production is in full swing. 100Z's made in Oct. 1969:

 

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Testing Begins!

 

Another Video from @kats. Music: 1969 Iggy Pop and the Stooges

 

 

 

 

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