Jump to content
Welcome Guest! Please read more information about our club!

SpeedRoo

Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    294

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    3

 Content Type 

Everything posted by SpeedRoo

  1. SpeedRoo
    Speaking of front and rear spoilers, here's a copy of the 1974 magazine test comparing their performance.
  2. SpeedRoo
    @jfa.series1 Thanks for the link, certainly very different on the early race car. I think I prefer the later more efficient kind, looks more integrated into the front bodywork. Interesting that the selling dealer fitted them to your car before sale.
  3. SpeedRoo
    @jfa.series1 Never realised the 1st gen Spook was a different shape to the 2nd gen version.
  4. SpeedRoo
    Some more period BRE ads featuring their goodies! Also a BRE key ring celebrating the SCCA National championship wins in 1971 and 1972, if anyone has a spare I'm looking for one!
  5. SpeedRoo
    I think Ger Brock were one of many shops that raced and prepared Z cars back in the day. I don't think they were associated with Peter Brock of BRE but seem to have their products in their catalog. If they were catering for the 280Z they were probably in business after Peter had left BRE/Interpart and gone hang gliding.
  6. SpeedRoo
    Here's a copy of the BRE catalog from March 1971 before Interpart was set up. BRE Z parts catalog 3_71.pdf
  7. SpeedRoo
    As an owner of a 1970 240Z with many original BRE parts fitted to it back in period by the original owner, I wondered how many other 240Z are out there so equipped. I found parts were sold by both BRE and later Interpart from 1972, covering every aspect of the 240Z from body to suspension and the engine as well. Seems everything from improved road performance to all out racer were catered for. There was a 1971 240Z on BAT recently that had lots of the original upgrades: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-datsun-240z-177/
  8. SpeedRoo
    @katsthanks for showing those. I wonder why Datsun didn't describe it as a wood steering wheel in the English language brochures and handbooks/parts books. You would think it would be a selling point. Even R&T 1970's test refers to it as simulated wood but with real wood for the gearknob. Car Magazine in 1972 refer to it as imitation wood as well.
  9. SpeedRoo
    1970 Datsun 240Z brochure.
  10. SpeedRoo
    Interesting that Nissan/Datsun never referred to it as a wooden steering wheel in their sales brochures of technical publications. Jaguar refer to theirs as "wood-rim" steering wheel. The 240Z brochure refers to it as "Racing type" steering wheel.
  11. SpeedRoo
    Unfortunately you are always nitpicking and calling out anybody who doesn't agree with you. You always have blinkers on when it comes to Japanese cars for some reason. I wasn't making your point, just answering a simple question which you then had to spin after saying it was "Straight, no spin".
  12. SpeedRoo
    No need for guessing at all. Resin to reinforcement ratio would be 1 to 5% by mass depending on the manufacturing method, reinforcing material, its porosity and orientation. One of the reasons molded steering wheels were produced was to meet safety standards, traditional wood rim wheels could splinter in accidents and injure the driver.
  13. SpeedRoo
    "DATSUN 240Z SPORTS MODEL S30 SERIES 1971 LATE MODELS" flows so easily off the tongue, understandable why it's not commonly used!
  14. SpeedRoo
    @26th-Z a solid piece of wood rather than wood fibers or sawdust. As you say the wood is cut and shaped to fit around the wheel frame; it is not a molded composite of plastic and wood like the Datsun one.
  15. SpeedRoo
    Also has the original Yazaki spark plug leads, unusual to see these 51 years after the car was built.
  16. SpeedRoo
    The steering wheels on my Aston Martins are wood rims, made from shaping a solid piece of wood. These are the traditional style of wood wheels built this way for a hundred years or more. When composites came along and combined resins/plastics with various reinforcing materials the rim was shaped in a mold using pressure and heat. Not many people consider these "wood" in the traditional sense. Hence, its understandable why some people call these plastic...and they are partially correct. I would not consider the wheels in my 240Zs as wood but as a molded composite. Trying to correct people and their use of various naming conventions becomes quite petty, we are all correct but in various different ways.
  17. SpeedRoo
    The wheels are actually a composite using wood fibers as the reinforcing element and the resin being the plastic. It is understandable some people refer to them as "plastic" rather than wood. Generally a "wood" steering wheel would be made up of shaped pieces of solid wood attached to a metal frame.
  18. SpeedRoo
    Thanks Thomas @xs10shl appreciate the update. Someone went to a fair bit of effort to make up that Kanri number badge, great to have the background story.
  19. SpeedRoo
    Even though Yazaki is printed on the ignition wires/plug leads it seems there were a number of companies producing them back in the 1970s. Most of them used the same rubber boot on the plug end but the distributor end had a unique rubber boot, that's the one I'm after. Here's a picture from @CanTechZ It seems Yazaki and OYS used this boot, so the hunt is on for an original. Once I find that it's full speed ahead making up a set to test.
  20. SpeedRoo
    I'll only reproduce the plug wires if they are exactly right, no half measures. Without a sample of an original it's almost impossible to match. Come on someone must have an original plug wire they can loan or sell to me so I can get this to happen.
  21. SpeedRoo
    If anyone has a spare original 1970 Yazaki plug lead they wouldn't mind parting with please let me know. I'm looking for the rubber cover/boot on the ends of the lead so I can match them either by sourcing from NOS or having them remade. I've found the boot/cover that goes on the spark plug end, I just need the one for the distributor end. The leads and the screen printing I've also got sorted.
  22. SpeedRoo
    @xs10shl do you have a list of the Kanri numbers for the rally cars? I've seen some that start with "RF" and others with "8D", they must have come out of different workshops. Some of the race cars have the "8D" prefix as well. How did your car end up with the Kanri number on the dashboard?
  23. SpeedRoo
    In the more recent photos the "Kanri" code is also visible but not on the rear valence. Anyone care to hazard a guess where it can be found?
  24. SpeedRoo
    Were the approximately 20 PZR lightweight rally cars in addition to the approx 35 PZR lightweight Z432R built?
  25. SpeedRoo
    @xs10shlAre the twin exhaust cutouts on the rear under the bumper to the sides original or added later?
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Guidelines. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.