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My good friend Stev was kind enough to get me a set of Stickers over at JNC while he ordered some for himself. BIG THANKS, mate, as usual - apprecciate your support man! Love the JNC gold "Inkan" Emblem and the Okamoto Condoms "OK-Hand" stickers Also expect some new parts arriving during the next weeks. spent a lot of money ordering parts and temperatures are rising again so i hope i get some more recent updates on the car during next weeks again

haha ** i usually just works harder, this keeps me warm. or as i do it these days, i just keep sourcing parts and learning about my car while it's to cold to get work done

sorry, douple post :/

Hmm it's a bit problematic because badly isolated, i would need to heat it up everytime before i work out there. had a gas burner once, but i try to keep saving money and let things be for the times it's too cold. not to bad, i don't have a big hurry

yeah kind of i try to get some stuff done soon, but if you read my blog on JDMjunkies.ch | JDM streetlife Switzerland you see i also have other car projects im currently working on in the meantime.also it's snowy outside and really freezy in the garage. and last but not least im looking for a good body guy ( i already have a few options but just got in contact with an even cooler guy ) and i can't do a lot more on the body right now. but still need to collect a few parts, so bodywork is a bit stuck until i have all the parts and can hand it to a proper bodyshop still have a ton of work to be done, so don't worry, as soon as it get's over 5°C i'll head out back in the garage

Here we go, another piece of the puzzle arrived: A Koyorad Japan (Koyo) Aluminum Racing radiator. The great thing compared to the OEM Radiator is that this one is a bit thicker and has a crossflow-design which means better cooling efficiency. Also i was impressed about the weight. this thing is about 1/4 the wheight of the OEM Item. Great bang-for-the-Buck deal in my opinion! typical japanese manufacturing quality: Also had to buy a koyo radiator cap because the OEM cap would not fit: have some other news soon, but it's currently just a bit too cold out in the garage

thanks for you'r input. but the plan is to rebuild the chassis with the good shell / roof and just use the front end and rear panel from the black car. but we'll see how it end's up. thanks anyway. appreciate!

yeah that's exactly how i do it. currently have a big package from Japan on the way. but i think next big thing i need are the bodyparts, so i can get that damn chassis done. somehow doesn't make sense to spend money on cool blingy performance stuf while the chassis is rotting away in the rain. but i just got some good news and i'll try my best to get the chassis work started this year

I've been thinking about the possibility to lower my Z on adjustable coilovers but all the options i found where somewhat expensive JDM-stuff without documents for swiss street-legalization or either cheap US-crap self-welding solutions. So when i picked up my Tein coilovers for my EK9 i reminded myself that there was the opportunity to get custom TEIN Coilovers made out of the standard coilovers. And the best thing they'd come with swiss documents if i handle it together with the swiss tein importing company. Only one problem: They cost almost as much as i paid for the entire car Here are some pics from the TEIN japan Homepage:

Well yeah, i have the feeling that cars where initially shipped without seatbealts (at least in the early production years) and due to the fact that many counries started with security related restrictions during these years every countries importeur started modification to meet regulations on their own before maybe datsun officially equipped the cars with seatbelts in the latter years. but actually i have no clue I liked the layout of these seatbelts but probably i'll go for some more racing oriented 4 or 6 points belts because i have mounting brackets for Multi-point belts on my rollcage anyway

Im Not sure, but i believe they where added on import. the Brand name of the seat belts was something swedish (not swiss ) and i assume they would have installed some japanese brand if it was done in japan, rather than a european thing I think those seat belts were probably something similar like the USDM bumpers, to meet safety regulations - but im not really suere about this.

Hi Carl, Thanks for your feedback, Yeah we got the standard JDM bumpers here in switzerland, as far as i know they had to change them in the US for som safety reasons at one point, so you got the ugly USDM bumpers after 73 The whells are aluminum i think they aren't really light. so i don't think they're magnesium, but i'll check that. I believe they just got "painted" with a rattle can or something that's why paint peels off, but i definitly will look closer at them when i have them off the car! THanks for your input on this

Someone asked me about the wheels on the black z, and i've never really cared about them because the previous owner wanted them back but i thought i'd investigate a bit. Brand name says MELBER and googling tells me that that brand has been OEM Options wheels on several european cars. According to the Center cap which says "Melber Datsun" it seems to be some kind of OEM option here to and i remember the previous owner told me something like that. Here a better view of the brand name. Ignore the terrible paintjob which is peeling off.. Also spent a lot of time with the car today but pictures don't make a lot of sense, because i just removed a lot of hoses, wires and pipes for easier carebutor removal next time Oh and i also have a big package from Japan on the way and some plans for next month

Indeed - the car had no sunroof and was covered with a plastic-cover which blew away after a few weeks so the car stoud there with a lot of rain and snow inside several months. but it was inteded to buy it as a parts donor and it got exactly what i need for the other car (raer panel and front end) so i'm pretty happy with it, particularly because it was damn cheap

Removed some random bits in the engine bay again 1) Ignition coil bracket & Resistor: 2) Front bumper support brackets and Radiator: 3) Ignition wires and Distributor cap: 4) Started removing the carbs and other stuff but then a friend showed up and we started to chat so i left it like this: Hope to get more done soon - want to have the white chassis out of the rain and back in the garage

haha yeah, if you mean the g-nose zed, it's the girl from the iheartstance blog: iheartstance have been following her for a while

Well haha, a Picture uf my Zed's glovebox i made at the beginning of my project was featured in the #IAMTHESPEEDHUNTER Programme Detail theme on Car Culture at Large - Speedhunters and i'm very proud of it, beeing a daily Speedhunters reader

Part number for 240Z inspection light should be 26740-89904 see here: Datsun 240Z/260Z/280Z Room Lamp & Inspection Lamp thanks a lot. not sure if i will restore it, remove it or replace it. actually thats least important on my to do list at the moment - but thanks for your Input! Allways appreciate help and ideas

definitly looking for some parts. let me know when you put them up in the classifieds!!

Nothing big, just started removing random bits in the engine bay of chassis Nr II: 1) Air Filter: 2) Air vent pipes (totally brittly): 3) Hood rod: 4) Service Lamp 4) VIN Tag Plate: Then found this guy helping me out in the Garage 5) Collection of random removed pieces:

yeah but i would need to replace the complete damaged roof skin on the black one while the white allready has a roof skin with the roof window closed and of course i've checked all the pieces and it's rusted through at several points you can see from the inside, not only at the arched but at many parts. the problem with the black one is it was standing in the rain several months without any roof window collecting rain and snow on the inside, so the complete rear quarter panels, spare-tire-bucket and a lot of other pieces have big holes, are totally useless etc. The white one is in pretty good condition except the front-end and the rear upper panel which has been modified. i have been thinking for the best solution for a while now and it seems definitly the best way to use the best from both cars to make one great car out of them I will poste more pictures of the rust on the black one next time im working on the car if i remember but it's really worse than it looks while the white one is really better than it looks

Hi Bart, thanks for your input. the problem is the complete roof, side panels rear end and more is pretty bad on the black car, while good on the white car, so i think cutting them in half is still the best, but a complicated way to preserve the best from both cars...

Haha yeah that's why i had to buy them. i've only seen once a set for sale in the USA, but without shipping outside US. and the baddog rails are good replicas but quite not OEM quailty And yeah most of the car's have sonroofs in switzerland (Don't ask me why). when i bought my first z they told me it's a rare model without sunroof but i later figured out it once had a sunroof and just was closed by welding in a piece of sheet metal. anyway, now i have a shell without sunroof that's pretty fine

You remember the "Datsun parts heaven" i wrote about a while ago? Today i visited this place again, because i wanted to pick up a set of pretty damn rare NOS OEM Frame rails for the 240Z. I've never seen them for sale so they must be something really sought after and i wanted to secure them for my project. here they are, can't get any better Then my mate stefan and i Checked out a nice Z which is for sale and a few friends of us are interrested in: And Stefan took a closer look at a Datsun 180B Triple S, a seriously rare car over here! He might be buying it soon, at least i hope so And last but not least i edited an Image of my second's Z engine bay, just because it looked so nice and i loved the picture with the lens flare More updates to come soon

yeah definitly. the rest of the body is a bit useless i think, but the front end is exactly what i was hoping for