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It's quite hard to pin a current market value on a 432 or 432-R, but - in Japan, where the majority of them reside - they can change hands privately for stratospheric (in S30-series Z terms) figures. The 432-R is often valued at three or four times that of a 'normal' 432, but there's a limited data reference as so few Rs are sold 'on the record' and in public view. Japanese buyers and sellers can be very secretive (most individuals are circumspect with regard to their personal financial circumstances) and quite a few of these cars have been owned by people who are now of senior age, coming to the end of their safe driving life. That's a situation that can be taken advantage of by younger family members, friends and/or people in the old car business. @kats can tell you of a case late last year where a genuine 432-R, owned by an elderly gentleman, was bought at an unusually low price (by somebody in the right place at the right time) and was very soon being 'flipped' at a three or four times multiplied figure. Sad that the elderly vendor didn't get a more honest buyer. I feel that it's important for these cars to go to good homes, which I guess is not always about money. And that's something we can also say about this 'PS30-00218' for sale via Takeey's. It may well have a cloud over its authenticity (which all hinges on whether it's chassis number has been altered or not...) but it exists, is an attractive car in it's own right - nothing wrong with a 432-R 'tribute'/'replica' - and as long as any new owner knows exactly what they are buying, and the price paid reflects that, then OK. It just needs to find that 'Mr Right'.

Finally got my car back from a long repair and restoration cycle. Paul Krimmer (Z Car Guy Cinci) did a fantastic job of restoring my 72 240Z back to "Better than New"condition. I purchased my 72 back in 2012, and it came equipped with a 2.7L motor, Schneider Stage 2 cam, headers, 5 speed and limited slip rear end. Last June I was taking pictures at the Mid Ohio Race Track, and my car was hit from behind during a noontime parade lap! Other guys insurance paid for the damage. When the car is the shop during the winter months, more things I wanted fixed for a long time finally got done. The original riveted-on side trim strips were deleted, entire car including air dam and engine bay completed a glass-out respray in "Arrest Me Red". Looking forward to the driving season - lots of activities coming up.

Hi Steve, This is a well-known - perhaps I should say somewhat 'notorious' - car with some er, baggage... I have it down in my notes as having a "re-stamped" (re-engraved?) firewall chassis number, and there has been a fair amount of gossip about the car between interested parties over a few years. I have photos of the car from when it was for sale in 2018, so it's been knocking around ostensibly 'For Sale' for a good few years now. The website you link to is actually for a somewhat parasitic forwarding company, hoping to get in on the sale of the car and the shipping/handling thereof and taking a margin from both seller and buyer. Best to look at the car with the actual seller, well-known Japanese old car vendor 'Takeey's' based in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka prefecture. Here's their website: http://takeeys.com/index.html ...and here's the car for sale (price = 'ASK'...) on the Takeeys official site: https://www.goo-net.com/php/search/spread.php?baitai=0600834&area_cd=15&goo_car_id=700060083430240917001&ef_flag=1 Chassis number 'PS30-00218' is a genuine chassis number, but - more specifically - it is a known and official chassis number for a PS30-SB 'Fairlady Z432-R', the very limited production super lightweight variant of the 432. Genuine 432-Rs are on another level in terms of rarity, desirability and market value in comparison with 'ordinary' 432s. However, there are question marks around this particular car. You will note that Takeey's are not claiming it in writing as being a genuine 432-R. They are selling it as a '432', which it almost certainly is. The question is whether a standard 432 has been 'sexed up' with many 432-R specific parts and details and has - nefariously - assumed the identity of 'PS30-00218' which was a genuine 432-R. We can spot many 432-R specific details and parts on the car (console delete, trans tunnel-mounted ignition switch, plain vinyl trans tunnel cover, spare wheel well delete, 100 litre tank, etc etc etc - there are too many to list) but only a genuine 432-R would have the super lightweight type bodyshell with its thinner gauge sheetmetal. Almost impossible to fake that. @kats will be able to tell you much more than me, and perhaps a little more diplomatically!

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S30.worldS30.world - S30.world – test driveS30.world – test driveWorth a read.

I think that part of the disconnect here might be that Mike is a social media focused guy who happens to like Z cars, while many of the more active members here are car guys who just use the internet to learn about and talk about cars. In the end it's a compromise between the two mindsets. As for the drop in activity it might be that what several of us have mentioned plays a part. In social media world you're supposed to stay "logged in" at all times, permanently engaged. In internet privacy world you stay logged out until you feel the need to engage. With the current state of CZCC.com if you click on a link to see what the latest posts say while you're logged out you get taken to the first post in a thread no matter how long it is. You have to log in or go through the hassle of scrolling and clicking to get to the new stuff. So, many of us just bail out and click on some other internet site. In short, the site is just harder to use now, less enjoyable. Instant gratification has been diminished. Overal though the site is still one of the better car-based sites on the inernet. I visited zcars.com a while ago and it is chaotic. Even after you find a sub-forum that you might be interested in viewing it has about 20 pinnned threads that you have to scroll through to find the new stuff. The "Topics Last ..." format at least avoids that, although I did see some pinned threads here that confused me. It wasn't obviuos that they were pinned. Also, while I'm here, and I've already mentioned this, potential new members have to pay $10 to join. If you're searching around the internet to talk about your new Z car, you can join Hybridz or zcar.com for free. Pretty obvious that people will do that first. So, fewer new names popping up, just us old-timers here resisting change.

I like to view the last 24 hours looking for something I might can help with. Now it just shows the title and nothing else as far as questions or brief parts of the question. I miss that. Well, well, well now...Just figured it out. You need to have an instructions page for using the forum. LOL! If you click the box to the right in the smaller red circle it goes back to what I like. Who posted and a few sentences about what they said. Below is a screen grab after I figured it out. A few minutes ago it just said "Lily build" Zed Head posted a post (which is kind of silly sounding, maybe redundant)? "Zed Head posted in a topic". It's my nutty brain that sees these odd to me small things. Time to eat dinner was my first one when I was a kid. "time to eat dinner" what the hell else you supposed to do with it? It used to look like this and I didn't like it.

Here’s what popped up on a “memory “ page of me driving it from Dallas to Chicago. Good times.

I would "vacuum " that out with an electric fuel pump. Then analyze what you take out for a diagnosis...

I have two 2400 valve covers, one from the original motor and one that the owner sent. I was not happy with the painted valve cover, although it looks pretty, as it would get dinged by the ZCON judges as not the original finish. Also, it's not the original finish. So, I just decided to clean up the original valve cover. I am much happier with that. Looks much better. Pics below

I'm the only madman in the Netherlands that drives a datsun 240z on wintertires in the Netherlands hahaha!! Get LOTS of thumps up 👍 with these cars especially in the winter! (I did/do this just because putting in a new floor in a 240z is much easyer than in a 300zxtt! 😁) My 240z is ready to take another restore now after 25 years of (Mis)use.. haha.. The dealer wants to buy that one also haha.. we'll it's for sale as i'm to ill to take up another restore. I'm left with the almost ready 280zx restore..pfff.. (May buy me another cabriolet or something in the future.. who knows..)

Joe heatervalves.net was a life saver. Shipped the valve back within 24-hours of getting the new seal in and water pressure tested. Ran the car idle 10 mins and all seems nice and holding. U hose was: Dayco 86050 the exact fit with some trimming.

Thanks Cliff but that would be too much responsibility. Selecting a cabinet and starting a meme coin and all of that. (Couldn't resist, it's wrong no matter whose side you're on. Please don't DOGE me bro...) . .

Or just log in... What's the point of using guest mode?

Thanks Guys, ya CanTechZ I saw the note, thanks again. I had a hell of a time with my first set on installation but that was definitely a "me" thing so Chris was super kind to send me a replacement of the rubber side. I will definitely have a second set of hands with me to preserve the integrity of the the 90 degree joint, plus I'll move the car into the driveway for way more space. I'm really looking forward to installing these seals, and I also have an S30 fuel tank to install as when I restored mine, I have always felt there is powder coat inside the tank that continually fills my filters way too soon so I went nuclear with one of their reproduction tanks. It looks really nice, too. Cheers

I have done mine although my door hardware is not complete yet. But they are very nice and soft and latch like factory weatherstrips

Click on X hours ago - go to post that happened X hours ago Click on title of thread - go to first post in thread This how most other forums work, across the internet. This is how CZCC used to work, logged in or not. We've all become used to this format. Something changed when you started customizing.

Plus 1 on the drop down menu's at the top

I really got into following the Peking to Paris Rally when Chris Bury and his father built a car for the rally.

Hey guys, yes the biggest challenge is competing with the social media sites. As I've been thinking about our approach I want this place to continue and promote our strength. Our strength is our knowledge and large database of ideas and experience. This comes in the form of information and users who are pro's at what we do. I am far from a social media guy but it doesn't hurt to try new ideas. The best ideas will stick. In an effort to remain relevant in our purpose, we need to keep up with our code. Some of the new ideas that I've tried over the past several months is a result of new software features. Today I implemented a new idea putting the menu on the left side (desktop users only). Let me know what you think. I've also gone back to the traditional forum views since it seems nobody really likes the hybrid 'feed' views on the main page. I agree the subforum navigation (with checkboxes) was pretty confusing so I also reverted back to the traditional format. If it works better, then I think we should stick with what we are good at. Our content was based on a forum view, so that's what I'll stick to. This place will always remain free to browse. New members are no longer required to pay money to join. I originally did that about a year ago to protect our members from fraudulent accounts and scams. As you can tell, we have been seeing an uptick in spam bot accounts so I need you to continue helping me identify those. We do have an anti-spam account check but some bots have gotten through. However, if we can make this place easier for legit new members, it's a risk I'm willing to take. Lastly, guys remember this place costs me money every month. I've been doing my best to keep ads at a bare minimum but it will be impossible to exist without them. I've also got a good relationship with MSA but I have a feeling they will be focusing on the forums that bring in real sales this year. So we have to prove we are worthy of their support. Our interests are very similar, we are the go-to online resource for the Classsic Z, and they are the go-to resource for parts. I appreciate all of your feedback and have made adjustments as result. Let's keep up the healthy feedback and we can continue forward. As I learn new programming techniques, I'm sure there will be more. ;) Mike

I admire that you're spending so much time with Tres Hombres. ❤️

I have a bookmark set to show me unread content with my preferences. I also agree, traffic seems down. I know there is an S30 forum on Facebook and I have seen members posting there. Maybe that is slowing traffic on CZC? I would rather be here than Facebook!

Update to this thread is that Chris at s30 has responded. He said I should have received the tank long ago, checking the warehouse to se what happened. shipment is insured. Fingers crossed.

To SteveJ , unfortunately i have to agree with your language joke as being right on. There is another one about two Americans visiting England and having trouble understanding the locals. They finally said to the person "we don't speak English, we're from America". And so it goes.

You can reach out to them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/s30.world

The one above goes down inside the speedo cog housing, the O-ring goes on the outside where it slides up into the transmission from what I remember. espirist shows it here: I found a picture of the O-ring I'm thinking about. Uploading Attachment...

Maybe this seal? https://www.thezstore.com/product/3008/factory-speedometer-pinion-o-ring-small-70-86-240z-260z-280z-280zx-300zx There is also an O ring that I think goes in the cable end. IIRC

I needed to tweak my hold down bracket a bit but this Noco NLX24 look and fits great! Yes, it’s a Group 24 but the top is 12mm smaller in both directions so it needs shimming. I bought a sheet of 6mm thick rubber and sliced shims for the top, which I held in place with some RTV. I cut the leftovers into pads to raise the battery 6mm so the bracket is horizontal. Fits like it’s supposed to be there. I just need to get the ground strap back on, which will be a cinch since this has four posts. Good stuff.

So a quick update... I finally got the doors seals last week. They have to be signed for and nobody was ever around and I was having a hard time getting a re-delivery lined up. Anyway, I got them and put them on last Saturday. They are really nice!!! I had the precision seals and you really have to slam the doors. The new seals are nice and very soft. The door closes really nicely now. You do have to be careful when tucking the seal into the windlace that you use a dull enough tool as they will rip if you're not careful. Also one of my upper corners is coming apart but I will reglue it. It is much easier to do if you have some help. The seal wants to come back out of the windlace if you don't have someone there to hold it for you. Overall, really pleased and well worth the money!

I did something similar on mine a few months ago but with a blow torch: Heat till red hot around the manifold, cool the threads a little with pb blaster, little pressure on the threads with wrench. Repeat for about two hours until all were loose. It caught fire several times, but I did this outside surrounded by snow.

The exhaust manifold will be a bit of a project. I don't beleive that the air galley will be salvagable as the attach fittings are pretty rusted onto the manifold. I will soak these in rust penetrant for a couple more days, but most likely I will need to cut off the air galley, remove the fittings and re-tap the holes.

The body is now at the weld shop and the replacement panels from KF Vintage have arrived. The welder, Larry, said the panels were very good quality and nice thickness. Panels are now being installed. Pics are below. Work is being done by L&L Restomods. https://www.llrestomods.com/

Maybe the crap in the tank is too large to pass through the filter screen in the tank. It just blocks it up instead

Rarely do I see old z-cars in Idaho. let alone during snow. This was east of CdA on I90.

Here's my interim solution. Apparently, 240Z was simply the chrome switch. 280Z added the big insulation grommet.

Well I decided to pick a new header. I wanted the header to give my room on port 5-6 for my lower mounted actuator and also get out of the way of the throttle bodies a little more. I decided on the Kameari drag 45mm. Which I purchased through Binh Nguyen. The header design gives me plenty of clearance for my actuator and throttles! Pretty darn happy with it overall. Prior I had a now moth balled Fujitsubo header. Which had a terrible runner design for a lower actuator.

https://www.totalzparts.com/product/datsun-240z-260z-280z-280zx-engine-cooling-fan-clutch-new-made-in-japan/?srsltid=AfmBOorqLoh_Q70OaVbY33ZwcmzCbYfHbiDxb_eAgjnf4Rlx4LtaLxcpWrM

Everything look nice and tight. Appreciate everyone’s input guys. Waiting for the clock to arrive so that dash can go in.

Good find. I’ve found if you have a good relationship with a parts store. I have had great luck walking in with the original, find something on there hose rack that has similar bends and adjust as needed.

Ok so here it is Gates 19044. It’s a longer hose that can be cut to the right fit but is a 99% match. I can throw my old ones safely 😊

Just saw a '71(?) on CNN

Umm.. this was an ad from 2018. Maybe they sold after 7 years... dunno for sure. ;) Unless, are you a spambot?

I've collected some parts again recently, so it's time for another update full of random bits and pieces. Reader RIP260Z pointed out that the Pump diaphragm is missing in the American Mikuni rebuilt kits which I got recently, but are included in the Japanese Mikuni rebuild kits. Luckily, I was able to find a guy in Japan who sells all OEM Mikuni / Solex parts individually, and I ordered plenty of parts, that were still available - Including the Pump diaphragms and many wear and tear parts like springs, etc. Speaking of Mikunis, I also found an original Japanese Solex NPHH44 service manual. I had a Copy of it before, but this is an original one, which is very nice to have :-) And on the left side, you can see an original German PHH44 manual. This is a completely different manual for the original Solex PHH44. Those were used on the NSU TT and TTS and the BMW E10, 2002, etc. if I'm not mistaken. The manual is quite useless, as the NPHH44 Mikunis / Solex don't have too much in common with these, but nevertheless it's cool to have a reference to the "original" design of these, with some German explanations. The explanation of the working principle in the German book is really cool, with all those hand-drawn graphics. The biggest part of the various deliveries was this Center console: It's made by VintageDashes in the USA. After he explained how he made it and so on, I decided to give it a try, despite the big price-tag. So far it looks very promising, but i have to check the details. I will compare it with the OEM console and the one from ResurrectedClassics which i also have in stock, soon. I found another Datsun Switzerland pricelist. This time from February 1978. As usual, I scanned them all in high-resolution, and you can download my whole collection here, for free. And then another useless, but cool part. The Eaglemoss-spareparts box. Which belongs to the kit, but sadly was missing in my set. If you want to know more about the eaglemoss 1/18 Fairlady set --> read here, and here. Aside from 2 empty binders (for the magainzes) and the original tool-pouch, my set is pretty much complete, now :-) I already have the next bunch of parts waiting in Japan, a delivery from Nissan directly, and I've worked a bit on the car too and did some research, so you can expect more updates again in a few days. Oh, and I also got a free heavy-duty grinder for my workshop, and cleaned / restored it a bit this week. If this is your kind of thing, then read the full story here.

Hi Mike, Yes i think that's why my car is one of the very few that's worth the money as it was for 5 years at the Nissan dealer. A CEO has had it the first 6 mnds and then the director of a big nissandealer in Breda the Netherlands. then it was sold with some new tires to a collector who cept it under a cover for 10 years The dealer drove it for 51000 km and the collector for 10000km so i bought it in 2007 (Time flies!!) with only 61000km on the clock! Now after 18 years it's around 89500km. I got all the paperwork also from the suspensions of the roadtax in ALL the winters after it came out of the nissan showroom !!! (Driving without roadtax in the Netherlands will get you a giant FINE (about 3 times a years cost of roadtax so about 3000-3500 euro!) so i never did that.) I think it's a gem that can become ALOT more worth ... Remember this car has never seen winter as on www.rdw.nl and with the licenseplate number you can see a damn long list of all the years it was suspended. It did drive EVERY summer for a 4-8 monds period. And i let it run every 4-6 weeks in wintertime to save the airco system.. The airco worked till the car was 31 years old! Kudos to Nissan for the excellent cars they made in the '90's! I got the stuff (and equipment) to fill the airco as it is not leaky but i haven't done it yet as now i only need to start the car every 2 monds or so.. This car still has it's original 1992 exhaust and always been under it. (I drilled 2 water outlets in the rear dampers that keeps them dry and helps A LOT! IF ANYONE WANTS THIS CAR.. NOW IS THE TIME AS NEXT WEEK THE DEALER IS COMING TO SEE IT.. (He's a busy guy and postponed it) The car does not have to go but anyone that wants to investigate can mail me at martzedcars@outlook.com (or send me a PM!) FUNNY: The car only ones left me aside of the road.. i looked up on google and it said: IF your nissan 300zx stops working it can be the powertransister for what NISSAN had a special new part that costs nothing.. I was ofcourse to late to get it free, but i found very easely a new type of powertransistor unit that's now in the car. A good friend of mine repaired the old one (i tested it and it's good!) and it's now under the seat as a backup! Haha.. Thanks!

I've got (as some of you know) one in silver, next week the nissan dealer comes from the other side of our country (thats a small 250km haha) to look at it and buy it back haha.. we'll see! Mine is a 2+2 in silver from 1992 with leather and alcantera. only has a registrated(!) 89500km on it.. full history. (Totally original, NO power upgrade or other modifications! radio is put back in 10 min. as it has the original connectors on the new radio. (I took them from another radio so the wiring is orig!)) now for sale in the Netherlands.. (not even cleaned for this picture!) Prices are (also) high overhere.. this one? 40 grand.. yes that's euro's..

Thanks Zed Head. Forgot to mention that I didn't see this thread earlier because, like you, I don't log into the site unless I have something to say. I typically browse without being logged in, and if I see something that I want to talk about, I'll log in. But only then. Why? Because I can browse whenever and from wherever I am. Public networks, open hotel wifi, friends devices if I'm not home. Faster, safer, easier. Pop in real quick just to see what's going on in the ten seconds when the boss isn't looking at my screen. I suspect many of the members do the same thing. Since so much of the classic Z's are linked to classic Owners, I'm pretty sure there is a large proportion that do the same thing. So any behavior that is different between being logged in and not logged in will be lost on me until I happen to log in.

And if you get totally convinced it's a needle problem and can't find something stock the fits the bill, let me know. I've cut a few custom needles.

So there is that "change layout views" switch below the content option. I don't know what the stuff in there does, but I'm gonna mess around when I have the brain power, but I don't want to go changing a whole bunch of stuff at the same time. If I do that, I won't know what each option does. Is there an option buried in there that says "I have zero need for: dark mode featured content whether a post was made an hour ago, or two hours ago focused content download categories Just show me the most recent posts in reverse chronological order regardless of what sub-forum they are in, and I (with real intelligence, not artificial intelligence) will decide which of those I will open and read"? Oh, and when I do open something, it would be really nice to have a clear unmistakable delineation contrast between different posts in the thread, and a clear unmistakable delineation contrast between quoted content and current content. I don't know if it's just me, but I have never, or ever will, had my significant other bothered by the light because I'm poking around on the forum at night in bed. I'll gladly pass on dark mode if I can use the development cycles for features that I'll use. I really like this place, the people, and the content revolving around our shared passion. I just want it to be clean and simple to use. I'm old and don't like change. 😵‍💫 I have no idea what that emoji is going to look like for the rest of you guys, but to me it looks like a smiley with some stars next to it.