v12horse

I could be totally wrong on this one, but this looks to be a compe steering wheel from a sport package on a j-spec Z or it could be a 73 240 steering wheel. If anyone could help me on this one I would appreciate it. That would be so awesome if it was the compe. -Ben

I don't know if this is going to answer your question, but it will add to it. I am 20 years old and my dad bought the early 74 260 a few years ago. Since then he has drifted from it and I have become very interested in the car and the history of Datsun/Nissan. What I am going to discuss is all from what I have heard from others and read in books and online. The Z was shipped to the US mostly because it was geared towards the US market. Many (almost all) of the trim levels offered on the Z's in Japan were not offered elsewhere because Nissan did not know if the Z was going to be a flop outside Japan. One of the reasons why the Z was so popular was because Datsun almost as soon as they introduced the car put it in races(scca and world rally). When the cars started winning these events they became very desirable because not only were they fast and nimble, but they were strong and dependible enough to win a grueling rally. The approximate number of 240z's shipped to the US was 148,115 and for the 260z 2 seaters, 40,588 and the 2+2 it was 9,499(all these numbers came from "Nissan/Datsun a history of nissan motor corporation in U.S.A. 1960-1980). These numbers are staggering compared to sales of the Z car in other countries. I am not sure about this, but I think the 260z was made up until 1977 or 78 in japan and sent to aus but not to the us, we got the 280z in 75 and the last 260 in late 74. I assume this was because of the emission problems in the US at the time. I hope I answered some of your questions and made you think of some new ones. Take care

I have an early 260z and I bought it with worn out black arm rests, so I assumed that they were original. The interior color is white. I just bought some oem black arm rests and I was just wondering since my car's interior is white, should it have white arm rests?

I called motorsport and Nissan discontinued the shift knobs.

I have a 260z and it was Z barred before I bought it. I guess it had tar and other things put behind the panals to prevent rust. This is all good and dandy, but in the process they put this suff on my firewall and on the rest of the engine bay making me never want to show off the engine because of the ugliness. I want to remove the stuff from this area because the original paint is still lusterous underneath. If I did remove it, would it rust easily even though all of the paint would be there? Thank you -Ben

I need new arm rests for my early 260z 2 seater and I was wondering if 1976 280z 2 seater arm rests would fit? Thank you-Ben

I am looking for an original datsun 4-speed gear shift knob. I would like one that is in excellent shape. The 4-speed pattern is on the top in green with silver around it. The actual knob is black. Thank you.

That looks like the one I bought. I will post some pics of it soon.