AussieZguy

I'm not sure if this helps but many dealers sold the cars new with dealer 'fitted' tar on the underbody of the car. The cars that I have seen with this have for the best part very good rust free underbodies. Maybe that's because they are in Australia (which is a lot like California in terms of climate) but if you could find out what sort of tar was used, or use a similar product, that might work well (but it will cover the original paint colour).

The site is fantastic and so is the forum, very professional in appearance. Congratulations! Just out of interest are there many other Australian 240z enthusiasts that contribute to this site?

I'm interested in finding out what were the standard rear ('side' in American?) vision mirrors for the various years of the 240Z. I have seen Australian 240Zs with metal mirrors on both the front quater panels ('fenders' in American?) on some 70' and 71' 240Zs. I have also seen the same metal mirrors on the driver's side door and even on both doors on some 71's. I noticed that most 72's come with plastic mirrors on the doors that are painted the body colour, whilst 73's seem to have similar pastic mirrors (I'm not sure if they are the same shape, they seem a bit different) in black. I have no idea what the story was in the U.S. but I'd be interested in and appreciative of any info anybody has on what the factory standards were for the various years and if anybody knows exactly when any changes were made (especially for Australian 240z's). Cheers.

I'm interested in finding out what were the standard rear ('side' in American?) vision mirrors for the various years of the 240Z. I have seen Australian 240Zs with metal mirrors on both the front quarter panels ('fenders' in American?) on some 70' and 71' 240Zs. I have also seen the same metal mirrors on the driver's side door and even on both doors on some 71's. I noticed that most 72's come with plastic mirrors on the doors that are painted the body colour, whilst 73's seem to have similar pastic mirrors (I'm not sure if they are the same shape, they don't look to be) in black. I have no idea what the story was in the U.S. but I'd be interested in and appreciative of any info anybody has on what the factory standards were for the various years and if anybody knows exactly when any changes were made (especially for Australian cars). Cheers.