Z's on BAT and other places collection

[inline6]

Z432 on BAT: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-nissan-fairlady-z-432/

 

[bartsscooterservice]

2 hours ago, inline6 said:

Z432 on BAT: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-nissan-fairlady-z-432/

 

Pretty sure they didn't came with Weber carbs 😄

[DC871F]

Is that the correct shift knob?

[CanTechZ]

9 minutes ago, DC871F said:

Is that the correct shift knob?

Or horn pad.

[HS30-H]

3 hours ago, bartsscooterservice said:

Pretty sure they didn't came with Weber carbs 😄

The car is - clearly - modified.

Stock fitment on this car would have been triple N40PHH Mikuni-Solex carbs. The triple Weber 45 DCOE-9 carbs were a Nissan Sports-endorsed upgrade (Nissan even gave a part number for the kit) of the period.

I have 45 DCOE-9s on both of my S20-engined cars. It is not all that unusual.

3 hours ago, DC871F said:

Is that the correct shift knob?

No. 'Correct' (stock) fitment would have been the same wooden 5-speed knob, as seen on other 5-speed equipped cars of the period.

The shift knob currently fitted is the 32865-RN200 'Datsun' branded, leather-bound NISMO anniversary edition item. Matching the...

3 hours ago, CanTechZ said:

Or horn pad.

...of the NISMO anniversary edition re-pop 'Datsun Compe' steering wheel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SpeedRoo]

Love it when these cars come up on BAT. Lots of detail photos that let you see the difference between the domestic Japanese cars and those sent to the USA. Interesting this 432 has the AC control panel fitted yet it doesn't have AC. Also the Japanese cars had the later badges on the C panels along with the vent grilles on the rear hatch. For a car that had been fully restored in Japan at some stage the underside is a bit average, even one of the retainers for the rear ARB is not fitted correctly!

[HS30-H]

4 hours ago, SpeedRoo said:

Also the Japanese cars had the later badges on the C panels along with the vent grilles on the rear hatch.

You might want to put your spectacles on and take another peep. The quarter emblems on the car are the correct, early 'Z' type without vents as fitted to all solid-quarter domestic cars. They are not vented. 

 

[HS30-H]

4 hours ago, SpeedRoo said:

For a car that had been fully restored in Japan at some stage the underside is a bit average, even one of the retainers for the rear ARB is not fitted correctly!

The car has been in the USA for the best part of ten years now. Plenty of time for that to have been addressed by the apparently much vaunted 'Collector' and 'Expert' who is selling it, don't you think?

[SpeedRoo]

44 minutes ago, HS30-H said:

You might want to put your spectacles on and take another peep. The quarter emblems on the car are the correct, early 'Z' type without vents as fitted to all solid-quarter domestic cars. They are not vented. 

 

Didn't take you long to get your nickers in a knot did it! Never said anything about vents on the c panel, just badges or emblems as you call them. The vents are on the hatch panel as I said.

[HS30-H]

31 minutes ago, SpeedRoo said:

Didn't take you long to get your nickers in a knot did it! Never said anything about vents on the c panel, just badges or emblems as you call them. The vents are on the hatch panel as I said.

LOL. I'm not wearing any knickers, darling.

Why are you talking about "later badges" then? The "later" quarter emblems were all vented (to match the vented quarters they were mounted to) so, QED. You didn't know what you were looking at, did you?

 

[zspert]

Boys, boys, we're all on the same team - aren't we?

 

 

 

[xs10shl]

On 1/6/2024 at 10:59 AM, SpeedRoo said:

Interesting this 432 has the AC control panel fitted yet it doesn't have AC.

I didn't notice that until you posted it. Perhaps an aspiring owner had started to collect the pieces needed for a "factory-style" S30 A/C conversion. This panel with original stickers and the control hardware behind it are difficult to source - the seller should have considered peeling all that out and saving it for another car.  Too late now.

Edited January 8 by xs10shl