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Hi Joseph Just to clarify, my car is a 1970 and is fitted with the Kangol belts, I will also contact a couple of my mates who have early Zed's and see what they have fitted. Lee

Hi Joseph Thanks for the info, very interesting, my car has the Kangol belts as you have suggested in your reply. I find it hard to believe that the original belt could have been worse than the Kangol design. Looks like my car was'nt 100% original even when it was brand new:( Thanks again for the info Joseph, at least I know the car has original belts even if it is the Aussie version of original. Lee

Hi Guy's Because I got such good feedback from my last question regards 240z radio's, I'll push my luck and ask another. My last 240z which was a 1972 car had seatbelts with chrome buckles with Datsun written in red lettering across the buckle (from memory) Another car I owned had belts with chrome buckles with just the letter Z on the release button, can anyone please advise if either of these was from a 1970 car, if it was'nt either of these please advise what is correct. As you may have guessed I am trying to get my car back to as close to original as possible and need to know exactly what to look for. Thanks for any help given. Regards Lee

Thanks for the great info guy's, your advice will help me a lot in my search for an original 1970 radio (now I know exactly what I'm looking for. Particular thanks to Enrique for the in depth response and for pointing out the face plate configuration, had'nt even noticed that. Thanks Lee

Thanks 26th Z for the pictures it's much appreciated, However I would be grateful if you could take a look at the attached, Enrique has advised that the earliest radio's were AM only and had the toggle switch to the side, as you will see this unit has FM clearly marked on the buttons but has the switch to the side. Can you advise which model year this may have come from. Thank again Lee

Thanks Enrique Appreciate your help Lee

Hi all Can someone please advise me as to what is the correct radio for a 1970 240z. I have seen several radios where there is a small switch above the knob on the right hand side unit but a mate of mine who has a nice original 1970 car has a radio that has a switch on the right hand side of the knob not above it, I assume this is the correct radio spec for a 1970 car but not totally sure, would appreciate some advice. Thanks Lee

Hi Guy's Just thought I would say that I concur with Alan re bidding on Ebay, there have been several items I would dearly have liked over the last week or so but have missed out for the very reason Alan stated in his post, one guy did change his shipping to worldwide as a result of my e-mail to him but most do not respond to my enquiries. Of more annoyance is people who advertise their willingness to ship worldwide but request international bidders to e-mail them first for a quote on shipping charges, each time I have read this I have complied with their request (for my benefit as well as theirs) but have only had one reply from the many e-mails I have sent. I thought the postal charges were high in Oz but you guy's suffer more than us it seems, my last purchase on ebay was a metal emblem, the seller charged me $10.00 shipping which I thought was a bit steep for one emblem, now I know why! Regards Lee

Hi Peter Thanks for spotting that, all aussies install their steering wheels upside down, it's cos we live down underLOL Seriously though, I can't take the credit for the resto, I took the easy way out and paid someone to do it, he has done a few things that need to be rectified, one of which is correcting the steering wheel! Regards Lee

Thanks for the kind words Ben, I still have quite a bit of work to do but I am getting there, my biggest problem is trying to get the hard to find bits, when I do see them on ebay the sellers don't always want to sell outside the USA, very frustrating. Thanks again Lee

To anyone who might want to take a look, I have just uploaded some nice pics of two (just restored) early zed's here in Perth. Both nice virtually original 1970 cars They are on the home page latest gallery uploads (at the moment anyway) Regards Lee

Hi Hayden I will try to get to the meeting tomorrow but really busy this weekend due to moving house on Monday, will try to get there though if things are going well. Lee

Hi Alan Whilst Kevin Bristows name is mentioned, can you tell us what stage his works car is at and what is it's history. It's been several years since I saw his car, I would think it's been finished for a while but have'nt seen any info on it. Lee

Thanks for all the help guy's, very much appreciated, I think my problem is that I have the right drive gear (white) but possibly the wrong housing, it's going back to the workshop tomorrow anyway and I am getting the mechanic to see if he can fit the new gear using the existing housing. Hopefully everything will go ok, then I can go back to Nissan with the housing and see if they sold me another wrong part:stupid: The info that was given regards this problem was interesting, thanks again. Lee

Guys I have a 1970 240 that has recently undergone a restoration job, one of the last things to do is fix the speedo, a nice easy job or so I thought. Here is the problem, I have an original gearbox, I know this because when I asked Nissan for the front and rear oil seals prior to re fitting the g/box they gave me the wrong ones and they did'nt fit, I took them back and he confirmed that they were not for a 1970 box, he ordered the correct ones and they were fitted without a problem. I then got the same guy to order the speedo drive gear and housing which had to come from Japan, once they arrived I took the car to a mechanic friend of mine who rang me within half an hour and said I had been given the wrong part, I made a quick call to Nissan with the purpose of giving them a bit of abuse for the second screw up but was told I had been given the correct part (after they had double checked) Does anyone have a picture of what the correct drive gear and housing look like for my Zed. Any help is much appreciated. Lee

Mr C The car featured belongs to a guy called Rich Davies, when you refer to Ian, do you mean Ian Dredge, I sold him an early car some time back, the VIN number was 117, it was'nt original and needed a great deal of work, far more than the car I have just had restored. I look forward to the day when I can see it restored to it's former glory. I would suggest that the radiator support panel in the car I sold to Ian may well have come out of another car, with the amount of rust the car had elsewhere I would be amazed if that particular panel was original anyway. Lee

Thanks Mr C Will see you at the next meeting Lee

The trouble is with these things if you read them in articles, books etc and don't know any different you believe what you read until informed otherwise, even then you'll probably believe what you have read over what Joe Bloggs tell's you. I have'nt got a clue what the brackets are, did'nt even notice them until you mentioned them. Have you seen this particular car? I have seen it at a few events like the Sandalford sprints, the first time I went to see it I made the mistake of asking why he could'nt bring his 1970 car to the event (a coment made in complete innocence) his reaction was as if I had just slapped his elderly mother. He then went on to tell me about why his car was a 70 mdel year, I did'nt have the heart to tell him otherwise as it seemed very important to him. A nice car but it was showing signs of being well used so all credit to the guy. Lee

For all you Aussie Zed car fanatics there is an article in the latest edition of Speed magazine, article is basically a comparison between the 240 and 350. The journo heaps a fair bit of praise on the 240 which is what we would all expect, however he does go on to say that the 240 was penned by Goertz and that the car "being a very early one was in fact the 696th such Zed ever made" (what about the several thousand HLS and Japanese home market cars that were built before this one). The car is also described as a 1970 car which is what it's owner believes but is in fact a 71 car, it has all the mods made from early 71 on (I've seen the car in the flesh) Taking these minor error's into account it's good to see the original Zed getting so much good press in a mag associated with modern day sports cars. Lee