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Does anyone have some yellow chromate in crystal or liquid form left over from a project? I don't want to buy a large amount from an industrial supplier, so I am wondering whether anyone who has done yellow chromate plating for a Z car restoration might have some left to sell. Contact Pete at: cain@uwo.ca

WTB 240Z hatch lock and key. Must be in good working order, with good external stainless steel. Contact Pete at: cain@uwo.ca

I want to make you an offer. Please email me at: cain@uwo.ca so we can communicate. Thanks! Pete

zKars: I am on Vancouver Island. If you are not close I would be fine with getting a photo of what you have that fits the needs I described, and havingt the parts shipped (at my expense).

For a 240Z restoration I need various misc fasteners and other small parts, like: - the small SS corners for SS windshield and rear hatch glass trim - various nuts, bolts, and screws - I need the bolts for the bracket that the emissions air pump mounts on. There are 4 different sized bolts (yes, 4 different sizes) that go with that bracket. If you have a can of random 240Z nuts, bolts & screws please **be sure they are from a 240Z and not from later cars**, and send me a photo of them to: cain@uwo.ca with the price you want to get for them My car will thank you! Pete

Suggestion: Put what you have to sell in a BaT auction. They will help you to make it clear exactly what you are selling, what comes with the car(s), and what information you have about the car's history. Then anyone can ask questions and get your answers so they know what they will or will not be getting if they win the auction. BaT will help you set a reasonable reserve. It's cheap, and BaT auctions mostly get serious car guys bidding.

Interesting listing but pretty hard to follow. Better to do two (or three?) different listings instead of one. The dark grey car is the RHD Fairlady converted to LHD, right? It seems to have an engine in it, presumably a 2.4, right? But this is the roller? Does it come with the engine that's in it, or no engine? What you see is what you get, but the seats that I see don't come with the car? Is the fake orange Dino the '71 that's an easy project?

Your car is a 1970 model. The serial number is within the 1970 model year range and your door jamb VIN plate shows a build date of August 1970. The usual convention is that the next model year starts with cars built in September each year. I think you might be underselling it by calling it a '71. Anyway, if you decide to sell your original steel wheels date stamped 70 separately from the car I would be interested in buying them. I will pay the ship cost in addition. I might also be interested in the 'D' hubcaps. Please let me know whether you might consider selling the wheels (and maybe also hubcaps) separately. You can email me at: cain@uwo.ca Thanks! Pete

I need from 1 to a set of 4 original 240Z steel wheels from a 1970 car. Must be date-stamped 70 (for 1970). These wheels are 4.5 inches wide at the tire bead. Can also use 1 to a full set of 4 original 'D' hubcaps from a 1970 car. Call Pete at 250-821-1026, or email: cain@uwo.ca Thanks!

I think that engine has had some work. It's much too clean and it started too quickly to have been brought into the shop and just hooked up to gas and a battery and be fired right up. The carbs seem too clean to not have been worked on. There are reasons why someone might want an early car. Probably some people on here can understand, since it is CLASICZCARS.com after all, and you can't get much more classic than a Z car with VIN 000105 that was built in 1969. 1) Anyway, one reason is that the earliest 1970 cars were different in about 30 different ways from the later 1970 cars. And now a lot of those very early parts are being accurately reproduced, so it's not impossible to get an early car back to what it was. 2) The earliest cars bring the most money when restored well, meaning they can be saved instead of ignored or crushed because restoring one would be a losing proposition. 3) Having owned some, and restoring one now, I like the early versions of many different cars. They were often the most basic, and not affected by "marketing" or "comfort' features that sometimeds watered them down. But, hey, anyone with an early Z car that's not in bad shape and not too expensive, just let me know and I'll take it off your hands.

HLS30-000105 is now for sale on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Datsun-240z-Series-1-/292151078816?hash=item44058fafa0:g:dCsAAOSwFqNZQM9-&vxp=mtr Has 49 bids to $15,000 within 4 hours after being listed. It was listed on CL and within a short time after I posted on here the listing was taken down. I should ask the guy for a finder's fee.

HLS30-000105 is now for sale on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Datsun-240z-Series-1-/292151078816?hash=item44058fafa0:g:dCsAAOSwFqNZQM9-&vxp=mtr Has 49 bids to $15,000 in 4 hours after being listed. I should ask the guy for a finder's fee.

WTB a left front fender for a Series 1 car. I do not need the headlight scoop. Prefer no dents or rust but will consider light dents and/or surface rust. I will pay for the shipping. Also need a few of the Phillips head bolts that go near the inspection doors. Please contact with photos & price. Pete cain@uwo.ca

Since CL listings often end quickly (which has happened to this one already) it would help if the VIN is included in a post like this so people can know which car the discussion is about, now and in the future----if the listing included the VIN.

I almost couldn't believe this: a CL listing for two 240Zs, one of which is a **1969** production with VIN HLS30-00105, in Lexington, KY.. https://lexington.craigslist.org/cto/6113347701.html It just went up day or so ago, so if you want them---there are 2 cars for sale for 1 price, $3000---here is your chance for a VERY early car.. The cars are said to be "rebuildable", but there isn't much information, just 4 photos for the 2 cars. One pic is of both cars in a grassy area outside a barn, and only a closeup pic of the door jamb data plate with the production date 10/69 and the VIN as above. I would buy these cars but I am nowhere near them and am already in the middle of restoring an early car. I hope somebody buys these, even if they look like they are in poor shape, so they don't go to the crusher. If someone does I hope they will post here. Cheers, Pete British Columbia, Canada ' ' 1970 1971 240 VIN 0105.pdf

If the sale of the emissions equipment + hoses falls through, I will buy them. Let me know. Thanks, Pete

Looks like this deal ended OK for both parties, when at first it didn't look like it would. Funny how color works. I like white on my M3 daily driver, which is a traditional color for German vintage cars, but don't care for it at all on a 240Z. OTOH, I am putting the early Z car that I'm restoring back to its original #918 orange and that seems right for the car. Maybe it's because lots of early Z cars came in 918 orange and I'm used to it, but very few came in white.

Thanks for your message, but as I said in my original post, I need it to have the early JDM/Euro balance tube. That's the main thing that distinguishes it as an early JDM/Euro part.

Thanks oemz. I nave contacted the seller.

Gav240z: M3333hp here. As a Canadian I definitely don't forget about you Aussies. In fact I bought a few things for my car from one of your countrymen recently through contact on a Aussie Z-car club website. As for the listing you linked to, I had never heard of Gumtree, so thanks. Anyway, if you know of anyone else with some early S1 parts like AM-only radio or even just the faceplate or knobs, a map light bezel, January 1970-dated seatbelts, and other interesting bits please let me know. Thanks! Pete British Columbia

I need an early 1970 intake manifold with a balance tube that does not have the bosses for emissions equipment. I would also buy just the balance tube. This balance tube came on some early Canadian cars, and might have come on early Euro and JDM cars also. See the attached photo for what I mean, which is a photo of VIN 003778, which was sold new in Canada. Any information on where to source one would be welcome.

Thanks for the welcome. I'm on Vancouver Island. I just posted a few pics of my car on the way home. It's in my album, but I'm not sure how someone navigates to it from here. Anyway, the pics are there, hope someone can find them.

I sold because I wanted to move on to another sports car, and at that time I lived in the rust belt, so had to garage it in the winter, and I had only one tiny garage space. Now all that has changed, and am free to play more. Thanks for the tips.

Hello all. After selling my May, 1970-build 240Z that I owned for 27 years some years ago, and of course regretting it, I have bought a January 1970-build car. Unfortunately it's not as nice as my previous one, but it's unrusty, mostly complete, and well worth saving. The biggest problem is that it has received the chrome-delete treatment and has some other non-original changes, mostly minor. My goal is to take it back to all-original. I have bought a bunch of parts that I need, but I still need more. I'm not sure how to go about this, so I'll just ask some questions and people can set me right if I do the wrong thing here. The car was lowered with replacement springs and I want to bring it back up to the original ride height, so I need a set of stock springs. From what I know, the 1970-73 springs are all the same, correct? I have read some threads here about using Chevette springs, and also that someone has had the early springs remanufactured but I can't find who sells them. Anyone know? I plan to use OEM springs, so any pointers or anyone with some that are available would be welcome to let me know. I need some rare items like an early hatch with the ventilation openings below the glass and the vertical demister wires, also a battery hold down bracket set, and some other small stuff. Finally, some time ago I found a web page that listed the earliest cars serial numbers, but now I can't find it again. Does anyone have a link for that page? I think it was maintained by Carl Beck, IIRC. Thanks, Pete