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Hello friends, I want to show you my dash. 2 years ago my 240Z's restoration was completed,at that time my dash was new from the factory but it was 1972-1973 style as you know. I liked this new dash,but I was not satisfied very much.Because the hole avobe hazard switch was SO big and there was a cross marking dent for decal for hazard switch.I want my dash to look as earliest style for 1969-1970. I asked Mr.NISHI (Mr.Alan Thomas knows him well and sometimes Alan mentioned about him here). I want to call Mr.NISHI "DOCTOR of cosmetic surgery".Does it make sense?(MY english is bad so I am wondering) Any way he did a great job for my dash as looked exactly 1969-1970 style.I am satisfied.

Thank you very much Enrique,Alan and Rob, I am so glad recieving very kind coments from you. But I am not the nice man like that.To tell the truth. Just I did not know the switch working or not,if I knew the switch working I would say "I sell you it!" Any way,now I am very impressed for having great opportunity to talk with you even sitting on the chair in my house,I appreciate that I was bone in this generation. Thank you. kats

Hi Alan, Thank you very much for your replying.It is exciting to debate about this with you.More than that I would rather debate with japanese people I want to envolve them in this topic.I was expecting you put coment for me of this topic.I aleady know your opinion seeing in the classic Z register magazine.And I wrote about your opinion in the magazine "AUTO WORKS" you know,I stated it as a opinion of ordinaly England Z car owners. O.K,I am trying to exprain more detail what I am thinking.I may deviate route of course,please be paitiant. I agree 100% with your opinion about S30 is designed as a RHD model and there are many inconvinience of driving and maintaining mechanicaly LHD model. This is my opinion, because nissan is a japanese company! Production engineers had to reduce cost,this was primary order form the head of nissan company.I had a chance to talk with Mr.MTSUO he is a chief designer of S30,he said at that time in the company there was a syndrome of reducing cost.For example earliest hub caps is based on C30(Laurel)model and as every body knows there are too many items to list up here were used for S30 from other nissan model. As Mr.MATSUO said in his article S30 prototype was much smaller than production model.It was planed 4-cylinder engine and overal hight and length was smaller.At this moment they didn't plan to be No.1 in the export market.As I see it they just thinking about selling for mainly domestic market little bit for export. But once Mr.K saw the prototype of Mr.MATSUO's designed sports car Mr.K loved it very very much and he pushed nissan to sell this in U.S.A.Then Mr.MATSUO said he had to re-designed shape due to pass the requirement for the M.V.S.S in the U.S.A.At that time engine was decided to put 6-cylinder than 4-cylinder .Mr.MATSUO said he enlarged the length and width of front section for 6-cylinder.In his article there are some photos they checked hight of head light and turnsignal lens to meet M.V.S.S. And to think about interior size,Mr.MATSUO said he had to accept enlarge the hight of roof because american people are much taller than japanese.Mr.MATSUO wanted to design much lower roof,but production engineer pointed out his design was too low for american people. So I think S30 is based on RHD,but I want to say S30 was designed for not only for domestic market.At least S30 design process was infuruenced by the U.S.A.market.Japanese people don't realized this so much.And they don't know DATSUN was a great car brand in the world.DATSUN Z was made in japan!!Japanese people have to know about this.I can say it doesn't matter S30 is RHD or LHD.S30 was designed not only for japanese people.Japanese people have to know why S30 has 6-cylinder,why the interior is so roomy,how the dementions of length and hight and width was decided.We can't say these points without export market especialy for U.S.A market. I want to enphasize DATSUN rather than LHD model.Yes,this is my opinion. Alan,could you understand(or read is much better) my opinion? English is hard work I wish I could say in japanese. Thank you. I welcome reply from enybody. kats

Here in japan LHD Z is minority.Even journalists do not know much about DATSUN 240Z.Every car magazine talks about only RHD fairlady Z.I think we(japanese people)must know about how much Zs are welcomed outside of Japan and Z was aimed for international market when plan had began.Some people(around 50years old) here points in 1969 Z was too great to own for japanese ordinaly people.Because not only its high price for 2 seater but also great driving peformance.Z was a car like ferrari F355 for today.But Z was not a car like that in the U.S. and other country.So when japanese people study the fact of the Z car,it is neccesary to study the DATSUN 240Z,I think. So I am trying to "teach"japanese people about the DATSUN 240Z through the magazine or the internet. In oct 24th 1969,nissan showed their new personal coupe at Tokyo auto show.This was fairlady Z,RHD Z car.But at the show,there was one LHD DATSUN 240Z. This 240Z was blue,so colour code #903 was not it.Interior was black.There was a spoiler on tail gate. I did not know LHD 240Z showed up in japan earlier than U.S. or other country. What do you think of it?I would like to have coments for this writing. Thank you. kats

Hello Enrique, I am so glad you like this switch.I am sending this to you with international mail service from japan. I do not know this switch oparates fine or not.So price must be cheep.O.K,this switch is a christmas present for you.I give you it.But could you pay shipping cost probably $10-15 canadian dollar?.Anyway I will let you know actual shipping cost in a few days, Maybe less than I expected. I will mail your post,let me know about your Z! Thank you. KATSUHIKO ENDO

Hi,Alan I see your photo and I can say these are same switches which I saw 2 years ago here in japan.My drawing is not so bad,is it.I just draw the vectors of frashing reversed right and left. And I clearly remember the size and shape of fog lamp switch is exactry same as hazard switch.I can see it through your photo. I am moving for looking for this switch.It will take a long time. Thank you. KATSUHIKO ENDO

I took off the switch from 1970 fairlady Z console.This photo shows hole appearance of the switch. There are 3 wires,1 red and 2 greens.I think this is original.There are no evidence of changing or repairing wiring components. Please let me know anything about this switch. Thanks. KATSUHIKO ENDO

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Hello Enrique,I am KATSUHIKO ENDO from japan.My english is not good but I love Z very much. I have a switch for parking light,if you want I can sell it.But I am not sure it works or not.I was thinking about selling it to the yahoo aucyions in japan but I would rathar want to sell it whom really want it.Please take a look at it. I met Mr.Alan Thomas at fuji speedway in japan in 2001.He is really nice man.I was surprised his knowlege it is more than japanese Z car owaners.It is exciting to me talking about Z car with him. I put 3 photos. KATSUHIKO ENDO

Hello Alan, Thank you very much you find me,I have just known you have been talking in this page and I was about to mail you with some excitment.I have just joind this club a few days ago. Please let us show your photo of works rally Z's fog switch.I am so interested in it. I am also ready for giving some photo of parking light switch in another page. Thank you very much. KATSUHIKO ENDO

Hello,I am japanese and I have a 1970 240Z in JAPAN.I have seen a fog lamp switch at onece about 2 years ago,it was equiped to the 1970 fairlady-Z(right hand drive Z).It was positioned above the hazard switch,this is an erliest dash style as you know. I didn't take a photo it was big mistake.But this time I draw a picture of fog lamp switch using my memory.This picture is just example,it may not be exactry right,but I am happy this picture helps your answer little bit. KATSUHIKO ENDO