240Z Glovebox and clock upgrades that work!

[LanceM]

Ok to start I'm parting out my 81 ZX, I wanted the tranny for my 240 along with anything else that would work. My 240 isn't stock and hasn't been for 20 years so that wasn't an issue for me.

My clock was dead when I bought the car 20+ years ago and while in storage the mice took care of the carboard glove box.

Well to make the story shorter, the ZX had a nice plastic glove box, came out just fine once I figured out how to fold the top down so it would come out I shove it into the 240 and it fits but damn it's too long, hmmmm this is not a problem! the 240 screws mount on the inner side, the ZX mounts in the front! out comes the marker and the saw and a little sanding later I have a very nice plastic glovebox in my 240!! Original, no, looks factory, yes, very functional, YES!

The ZX also had this great digital clock with a lap timer and other great stuff. Would it fit? Well not right away Using a sander I sanded down the clear lense to fit, then the after removing the clock face sanded it to fit the lense. I had to cut off the mounting tabs that were on the clock and now it all fits together in the original clock hole of the 240! The clock face is sort of oval and so you can see into the dash a little at the top of the clock but I plan to paint the back side of the lense black to fill it evenly all around and it should look, well almost stock I mean after all it is a Datsun clock

Anyway I thought I'd pass this along to you lucky guys that have pick and pulls that have Datsuns in them... Around here they laugh and tell you that they rusted away before they could smash them!

[System User]

Well to make the story shorter, the ZX had a nice plastic glove box, came out just fine once I figured out how to fold the top down so it would come out I shove it into the 240 and it fits but damn it's too long, hmmmm this is not a problem! the 240 screws mount on the inner side, the ZX mounts in the front! out comes the marker and the saw and a little sanding later I have a very nice plastic glovebox in my 240!! Original, no, looks factory, yes, very functional, YES!

How did you work around the lock latch and the light bracket?

[240260280z]

Nice info from the past exposed.

[TomoHawk]

On my 280Z, You must detach the lock latch and lamp before you can pull the glovebox out. I think that's what the OP means by it came out just fine once I figured out how to fold the top down so it would come out