Trex

Hi Ahhh ... a z owner in East Malaysia. Tell us more about your Z plzzzz.

idpearl How are you? I still have the gearbox from JAG 636. ;-) I see you are back in this part of the world. Mount Kiara has changed since you were here last. There is another red 240z flying around since you left. Its not JAG636. Driven by an expat who like yourself found a 240z to enjoy the Kuala Lumpur traffic.

Gav You take one and I will take the other. I am sure you need different hinges for the bonnet. PM me. Trex

Steve Here's mine HS30-103276 L24-183911 . Color - red. Year of manufacture 1973 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Cheers.

Hi Gav, Will have to wait till you can get the pix? Wonder how the works team ran their dual pipes. Probably straight through to the end. On a different topic, check out the 1974 Fairlady for sale on ebay. It is a 2 liter S30 RHD Jap spec car. It has a 260z dash, rear lights and the tailgate even says Fairlady 260Z. 1974 must have been a confusing year for the factory sticking 260Z parts all over their model types.

Hi Gav Heard you ran your exhaust like the works rally setup. Would be interesting to know how you did it and the sound it makes. Is it loud ?

Alan & Gav, Well my car actually came from East Malaysia (Sabah/Sarawak). It was owned by ex-royalties who by virtue of their status do not have to have their car registered or taxed. This explains the 4 year lapse of registration from the year of manufacture to the first registered owner. It does have a 260Z dash inside but and L24 engine which when cross referenced to the original registration card confirms that it is the original engine number. To further add confusion to the issue it has the 260Z tail lights as well.This probably confirms Alan's point of it being a UK market model made during the model type change over. Alan, I went into the Club S30 site, reading their monthly magazines. Not proficient in Japanese but some of the characters used by the japanese are similar to chinese. Would you know of the differences between the HS30 shell as compared with the RS30 shell. Looking at the two shells the only immediate visible difference would be the rear light panels. You mentioned different inner wings and thicker suspension legs. All the best Trex

Hi Phil, 103305, looks like we are close cousins. Got the info from the S30 club in Japan in one of their monthly issues. What bugs me is that I have a 260Z dash but an L24 engine. Then again maybe the previous owner had changed it for whatever reason. But what sparked of the query was when I read a book written about Z's that actually mentioned about the factory putting in bits of 260Z trim in the last 240Z's that rolled of the factory. That got me qurious. Well for sure the 240Z dash and 260Z dash are interchangeable.

I have a chassis number that says 103276 but is a HS30. I have did some search and the last HS30 made was in 1973 with a chassis number 103262. Anyone have any ideas. I have been told that the last 240Z's that rolled out of the factory had a miss and match parts that came from the 260Z's. Not sure if anyone can confirm this.

Well done Alan, you are a true enthusiast. Thks for sharing your journey into the racing world of Datsun. Hope that all those cars will not end up in Carlos recycle bin. It would be a tragic day for all Datsun enthusiast around the world.