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Went to the storage unit today, so took a couple pics of HLS30-02614 of items that we have been discussing. The one loose seat is a passenger seat from a '73 The two door screws look to be 'oval head' screws with a hard clear (now yellowed) plastic collar underneath.

I saw a discussion about screws on the lower door trim . I have seen so many cars that have screws in person, countless.Also old magazines shows the screws are not rare thing , here are two pictures from magazines “ R & T April 1970 “ and “ Motor trend March 1971 “ . Looking at them , you can find the screws. And also one of the pictures shows a seat back which I call #2 slightly slim seat back which could be the one on the left of the green BAT car ( looks like I am the only one who think so though ) . This car in the picture could be a late 1970 model , a shiny chrome coat hanger , a non louvre type map light , and a beautiful long leg stay for the rear view mirror tell us the car is a late 1970 model . I haven’t seen the screws in very early cars like prototype , nor 1972 or later cars . So few of them in Japanese car . Mostly I saw it in the US 1969- 1970 cars . I guess like this , designers didn’t expect having the screws on the door trim when they finished design work . That is why the screw never been given its part number . But later on cars began to be exported , the door trim might get bent outward and loosened due to the heat / moisture in the middle of the Pacific Ocean , or the strong sun shine affects cars awaiting the transport track at the port . So corrective action would have been made by somewhere before departing the port , or the dealership . Nissan shatai factory would be the least scenario where the screws attached, because I don’t think the factory assembly line would use the screw which wasn’t indicated on the parts catalog . How about this , I guess after somewhere around in 1971 or 1972 , door trim securing clip could be upgraded ( positioning or number of use ) , or environment in the transportation ship would be upgraded, then the screws would became no use . Kats

A couple of pics for those that might have missed the DS assembly .... There are two stiffening panels that need to be welded to the inner rear quarter and the inner sheet metal In front of the doors. They were part of the original sheet metal stampings but if your rockers are bad enough that you are considering this repair, then the stiffeners are likely rusted away as well. These panels get sandwiched between the inner and outer rocker. They add rigidity and a larger weld surface to the assembly. (The inner rocker gets welded to the floor, the firewall and the stiffeners. Then the outer rocker gets welded to the outside).

Alright here she is on a new pair of shoes! It was actually a somewhat nice day out so I took advantage of the opportunity and jacked it up and got the new wheels on. 16 inch graphite Konig Rewinds on 205/55 Goodyears.

Basically a Mercedes Engine so their block colours are reasonable.

Came from Amayama, Japanese based company. Were sent from the warehouse in the United Arab Emirates. Took a few weeks by mail but were the correct ones. https://www.amayama.com/en/txt.about-us

I have been trying to check out the Blairsville area for possible retirement, keep running into weather (at least for the past month or so..) looking for smallish towns with decent mountain views that are not all weekend cabins... not an easy task.

Thanks. I’ll try the 77-78. If the community likes them, then maybe I can look into other years or if it’s requested by the community.

Thank you for watching out for me! I appreciate it! Yeah, Austin... I focus on the good parts. And there were enough of those that I can push the other stuff to the background.

I've seen your place... I think you may have started just a wee little bit before that new dash arrived. Looks like all of our places!

Finished final fitment and coated the inside surfaces with epoxy primer. Welding them in on Sunday !

The old Toyota and Maxima brake set I replaced was 92 lbs total so the new Wilwoods are 5lbs more, I will be finished installing the new brakes tomorrow so will go into the kit a bit more then. The stock elbow on the airbox exits right into the shock tower so I had to come up with a way to feed the air in, I'm not sure this going to work yet but I'll carry on with it until I get the engine running. Right on the end of the tear drop will be the aluminum tube that will head out in front of the radiator but it's still changing daily at this point. And just got the ECU back from Kassel Performance, they deleted the extra programing that I don't need for the engine swap, flashed a new tune onto it and made up this plug n play harness for me. I'm sure I could have struggled through it and made one up myself but I learned my lesson on the last engine and so I will just pay someone else to do that stuff for me now.

Hi Jim , I am sorry I can’t tell which one is to prevent the car from snatching by another buyer . Kats

I would loosen by a few turns both bolts on the D/S and the inboard bolt on the P/S then with the hatch still in the open position push down on the D/S to try and get the D/S hinge to sit lower in the pocket. Once you have it as low as it will go tighten the bolts while pushing down and then see what that looks like when closed. When the bolts are loose you may have to pivot the hatch on the far P/S bolt a few times to break the paint around the edges of the hinge.

I wish there was a way to preserve the look of freshly yellow cadmium plated parts. But I wouldn't regret using your cars either. I noticed these on HS30 00150 too! I thought it meant the car had been repaired before. So this is good to see and know about as being "normal". The car has been in a nudge on the passenger side, but not enough to disturb the radiator support. The driver side is still as OEM as new.

Well yeah, i have yet another two new books to add to my ever evolving list of Z-related books i have to read and translate when i find some time. 1) Fairlady Z Story and history, Vol. 1 - The 50th Anniversary Chronicles. A book about the history of the Z including the development It contains some backgroundinformation. for example about road testing in America: And some of the racing cars. I've just been flicking through it yet, but it seems it seems to focus on the car globally with pictures showing old woking station, american race cars but also the japanese. so this might be an interessteing one ? 2) Japanese masterpiece series [Vol.12] - Nissan Fairlady This book is actually a bit older (released in August 1973). The cool thing is, it contains some backgronud information but also a lot of nice drawings and technical information about the different version. as shown below. Still have to read it as well, but they seem to be (aside from the factory books) some of the more promising and serious books i bought. But i still have to prove my initial feelings about them ?

He's not comparing them, he's just saying what he would rather have. I doubt there is a single thing about Datsuns that has not already been discussed here, perhaps Mike should shut down the active forums and we can all just search the archives? I suggest you take the bug out of your azz, we don't need another prig on this forum.

Not only is it color, but Safari Gold color!

They are working on a website but you can check them out on the link below. https://www.instagram.com/vintagedashes/