SpeedRoo

The USA did get two versions of the 240Z. The hot 2.4 liter engine 240Z with more torque and the same power as the DOHC2.0 Triple carbed 432 engine, less weight with no AC, carpet, underseal/sound deadening, accessories etc. compared to the JDM. The other was the US dealer version with all the bells and whistles added over here. Seemed to have worked judging by how many they sold in the first few years and the waiting lists for them.

Here's the setup in a L20 Japanese delivered S30.

You could order air conditioning from the factory in 1970 on Japanese delivered cars.

The infamous battery drain switch. Go out for the evening, park the Z and put the side lights on. Have a few too many, go home with a gorgeous femme fatale and come back in the morning to find the battery drained!

The other interesting thing about the above photo is the tab at the top of the accelerator pedal for the throttle lever cable to attach to and also the bracket on the bulkhead. It seems you would still be able to retro fit the original components. I wonder when they deleted these tabs and brackets from production for US cars.

The great thing about the internet is that anyone can be an expert. Pick your subject and start typing. There's no checks and balances everyone can have an opinion, it's the most democratic place on earth. The guys on BAT tend to specialise in the 240Z that came to America and have expertise on those. No one is necessarily right or wrong as it's just an opinion, it's up to the reader to decide what they want to believe. Ego seems to determine how much of an expert they are, the bigger the ego seems to equate with more expertise on the internet. The great thing is there are still people out there that work and have worked on the 240Z since they were built. Their accumulated experience is available to those that ask and they share freely. It's very rare to find them online as they are busy doing what they do best. It's great the green 240Z was sold over the internet, it created lots of discussion and preserved a photographic record of a near original car that has been well cared for. All in all everyone was a winner, expert or not! Now for a question on the green car, was it standard to have a block off plate in the centre console where the throttle lever would have been. I had never seen one before.

Inspection mark in places you don't normally look. Bottom of the demister switch.

Came from Amayama, Japanese based company. Were sent from the warehouse in the United Arab Emirates. Took a few weeks by mail but were the correct ones. https://www.amayama.com/en/txt.about-us

Originals still available, GMBST1539. I paid $19 each for 4 delivered last year, kept 2 spare. Roo

Classic case of one car avoiding an accident creating another. Morton had left a gap, Johnson saw it and moved over to avoid the slowing car, Morton couldn't slow enough to avoid the accident. It's racing, it happens, no ones fault. Easy to analyse after the fact, we've all had them in the heat of a race.

I like these pictures of 19, really captures the mood during the race.

Are these the 3 private race cars Kats?

Nice hoovering, looks like PS30-00187, Mr. Takeuchi's car. Has done a few hundred thousand kilometers by now. Has an interesting airbox on it, non standard as Z432R didn't come with one.

Don't worry my Dyson has sucked up loads of info and pictures on them!

That looks like PS30-001???. Be interested to know the race history, looks to have been well used. Owned by Shigeru Terashima.

Thankfully the Japanese had BRE in the USA to show them how to turn it into a race winning car. After all the same guys helped turn a poorly designed and built British car into a Le Mans winner.

Lots of little details make the Z432R interesting. Even the door jam switch for light has been removed. They kept the standard door card and didn't fit the pull handles. No cover for the handbrake lever either. Every little bit helps getting the weight down. Shame it was fitted with the heavy 432 engine, however they did build one with the lighter L24....albeit a factory team car.

Imagine how much this collection of 3 would go for, all in the same family! http://www.tarumi.or.jp/page053.html

That's where the ignition key has been relocated to. You can see the steering has no lock, just an empty hole in the plastic housing to the right of the column..

I doubt Zcardepot makes much on them, combine it in an order with some other bits. Always good to support the Z specialists...one day they may be gone and there will be no where to get parts. You can buy these cheaply from Thailand but the quality is questionable.

here you go, I got some last week and they fit perfectly. https://zcardepot.com/products/headlight-adjuster-screw-240z-260z-280z?_pos=1&_sid=e6342a0d3&_ss=r

Once you know the code all the part numbers can be deciphered. Every company has their own methods of identifying and tracking parts.

Granny car parts manual is what you want, gives the part number, item description and number used. The part number has all the info on the fasteners, you just need the code to decipher them. This will help, http://datsun1200.com/modules/mediawiki/index.php?title=NES_Part_Numbers#1-_Bolts Applies to the 1200 but pretty much the same for all Nissan vehicles. Worls for the 240Z, I used it to sort out all the fasteners for my cars. Here's an example: Example: 240Z machine screw for the crankcase mesh filter cover, number 25 in the diagram http://www.carpartsmanual.com/datsun/Z-1969-1978/engine-280z/cylinder-block 08310-61214 08=standardize hardware prefix 31=Machine screw, Pan head 06=6mm diameter (M6) 12=12mm length 1= Zinc cadmium coated 4= filler to complete ten digits

Nissan provided the details in the parts manual, all the details are there. Even the part number has a code that will tell you the specs for each fastener.

Great photos of factory build, do you have any more of the various stages of construction. Would love to see a sequence of the 240Z being put together from new.