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Hi, I want to share this car, Another survivor , originally bought by an woman, how do I know ? Because there is a postcard in a owner's manual binder " Invitation for LDA , Lady Driver's Association " . And you see the flash light , this is the original when the car was delivered. There are some types, this could be late 1970 to 1972 or so. Lots of pictures, enjoy ! Kats

took Dat Boi (my nickname for my 75 z) to Smiths Station AL for a family visit, 400 miles each way, avg 75-85 depending on interstate traffic. slower up hiway 280. Avg 25 MPG, found a ethanol free GATEs filling station at mile 439 in Florida on I 75 for those interested in where to get gas. No problems at all until the return trip. It was hot and I was running the AC, Stopped at the Gainesville rest stop and noticed carpet on driver side was damp, pulled it up and found it soaked from the tunnel on down. A quick taste test (yum) showed no signs of antifreeze so I figured must have been the condensate. I was not in a good position to work on it, so turned off the AC and drove the 70 or so miles with out it. Looked thru my stash and found the coupler needed (EVAP box to drain pipe) to replace the broken one. got all the carpet and jute out and thoroughly dried the driver, lifted up the carpet on the tunnel and ran a fan all night on it to help air it out. took a ride with AC on, drove for about 20 miles and when home I could see the water dripping out of the drain pipe, YAY, and the tunnel and floor board was completely dry. Hopefully that is the end of the leak problems, I am looking forward to more long trips. These shake down trips seem just the ticket to find little problems.

Sometimes I wonder if there's ever been another car that's suffered as many indignities from 'customizers' as the poor Z has.

Kats, I have had SO many people over the years tell me that my ZG was "damaged" or "wrong" because of this detail. They haven't seen genuine OEM parts before. I was always reassured to see 'the gap'. It was a semi-secret way of telling OEM parts from replicas. Thank you!

Lovely 'ZStd' details. I noted the non-heated rear window and switch blanking plug, rubber mats instead of carpet, no bumper trim and can just about see the clock delete blanking trim (I want!). Rear spoiler would have been a later addition. What a great survivor. Chassis number is probably close to that of my '70 Z-L. Love it!

Great photos of the 1970 Z-S Kats! Thanks for sharing. We don't get to see many photos of the Z-S cars, so these are a good reference. As I mentioned to you, my 1970 Fairlady Z-L is also yellow, but I am debating painting it 907 green after the body work is done. The car does look good in yellow, but I really like the early green. I have never changed the color on one of my cars, but I am changing it from an automatic to an early 5 speed and the car was acid dipped so no paint remains on the car. I think this would be the perfect time to change the color. Gavin, in addition to my yellow 1970, Kirk Towner also has a yellow 1970 and I saw another yellow Fairlady for sale in my area a few years ago. -Mike

What a lovely example, I just love survivors like these you can just see, feel, smell the hsitory of then when you open the door and hop in. It looks like a Fairlady Z-S with 4 speed box, no Rally Clock, Hitachi radio (without power antenna) and auto-seek tuning feature. I haven't seen many Japanese market cars in 919 yellow, in fact is very rare on HS30's sent to Australia also.

Sold the Porsche last month bro it went to Fargo ND, wish I could keep both z's but we've gone over our original budget for the new house and haven't sold our current home yet so double mortgage payments for awhile plus I have to keep Momma happy [emoji19] Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

But he did achieve one thing, he managed to eliminate every advantage there is to either the Z or the bike in one build, not everyone can do that.

Thanks Alan !! and we see the absence of glove box light ! Anybody thinks it is cool the skinny Dunlop tire ? I love it so much , no one can beat this car ... What kind a woman had owned it ? Maybe she was given as a birthday present for turning 20 ?( in Japan 20 become adult, 18 can drive a car) anyway she was not like an ordinary 1970 Japanese people. Kats

Kats, Thanks for the photos, I like the color.

Nice car, sad to see those mirrors on it.

Attended a Datsun meet-up in Orange, CA today. Quite a few nice Datsuns/Nissans and around a dozen or so 240-280Zs. Ours is the white Z w/ black stripes. The strange beige car is a 1989-91(?) Nissan Pao. Sent from my iPhone using Classic Zcar Club mobile

280 looks better to me seeing them side by side. I had an '82 SC, took half a day to put 6 spark plugs in and 13 quarts Kendall air cooled oil. WTF was I thinking? Datsun Zs hands down. 911 looks good though!

ç≈ There is NO "quick 101", it's a live and learn world with Zs. Fuel+spark+air=combustion and if the starter is cranking with those factors in place, it should be good to go in most cases. Also, check under the distributor cap to make sure the rotor is there and that everything else looks as it should. Thanks for your service from this retired veteran Dennis

I used female spade connectors and slathered them with liquid electrical tape. Those look a helluva lot better than my jimmy rig.

Yep, me too. Always in 4th around here and I'm always around "here". Camry for the interstates.

Just got back from a long trip, 25 mph mostly 80-85 in 5th 80 is 3k with the OD 4k in 4th 70 is about 2.6K vs 3.5K. Its a bit tall with a 3.54. Can not really engage it until at least 70 to avoid lugging it, so with the 3.54 its strictly a hiway gear and a flat one at that. The car I pulled in it from (81zx IIRC) had a blue speedo gear which I think is a 3.7 rear end. If you are not into long highway speeds I think the 4 speed is prob the way to go, plenty of torque with a stock engine to make use of the gears. Watch in 10 years everybody is jonesing for a OE 4 speed.

Your 4 speed had a 3.321 first gear - 3.321 x 3.54 = 11.75 Your 5 speed has a 3.062 first gear - 3.062 x 3.54 = 10.83 Swap your rear diff to a 3.9 and you'll be back to where you were on the low end - 3.062 x 3.9 = 11.94. A little quicker actually, with lower gears all the way to 4th, which is 1:1 for both. And you'll still have lower RPM at freeway speed. (4th) 1 x 3.54 = 3.54 (5th) .754 x 3.9 = 2.94

Here is the one on my spare trans. Taken straight out of the car and never removed. Sent from my [device_name] using http://Classic Zcar Club mobile

Good to hear Jeff, I was starting to get worried that they were so cheap, by chance the one I got was one that worked

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About he ZG bumper, this gap is necessary for proving it is genuine part. Some of you may think it is not right , but it is right. After market “fake” ZG bumpers appeared perfect, without any gap between the head light case and the bumper, for us , that is uneasy, just does not look right. Here is my spare ZG NOS bumper, please note the fresh color and it’s shape. You can feel the soft material, it is flexible. No fighting to fitting into the body. Kats

Yes, I would find a 5 spd...

Head is done. New seat and valve installed. Everything else checked out fine. Gotta get it back and install everything once again. Then hopefully we are just back to tuning!