26th-Z

Well then ! I think you fall under the category of Z-bone customized, Alan. My question has to do with bone stock Japanese parts on my American Z. Stock or customized? Americanese or Japanerican?

Oh yea. There's some serious crying in my beer going on. I thought I had stumbled across the parts find of the century. I took a whole bag full of stuff that wasn't bolted down. Gave the guy $75 cash and a list for another $450 worth of stuff. I was high-fiven all around, thinking I was so cool. Used up all my friendship points with a couple of Z friends - the whole nine yards. Then I got the good-news / bad-news phone call. I still don't have what parts he said he managed to get and it looks bleaker by the day. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. Learned my lesson in spades. No intention of hijacking Daddz thread. I saw what was there. Daddz SCORED!

Dogma, The door panels are genuine - genuine rhd Fairlady door skins. They are the only ones remaining available. I see a brand new set of door panels on eBay right now starting at $300. And thats black. How about butterscotch? Huh? To the best of my knowledge, the hoses were all OEM. You will see mixed braided and smooth because the braided hose is unobtanium. The fact is many parts were repro'd just for the VZ program. Many parts were put back into production from the old suppliers. However, at this point, in this thread, we aren't talking about any of them yet. You are always going to see odd things on the VZ cars and the majority of them are going to be a replacement part that superceeded the original part becaue the original part was unobtanium.

That's not the half of it, Texas. I showed up a week before they "closed" and gave a list to one of the guys because I just happened upon the find, didn't have tools with me or the time...etc. So I gave the guy a list, told him to pull all the stuff off the cars, put it in boxes and send it to me. Paid him for his time. Set up the shipping to just go over and pick up the boxes. Well, he dropped a motorcycle exhaust on his leg, burned the crap out of it, got laid up, time went by, and off to the crusher went an interior with a hand throttle. It's beyond sad. But I learned my lesson. From now on, whenever I travel in Z mode, I carry tools with me.

The grab handle on the driver's door means that the interior door panel was made for a RHD car and the holes needed to be covered up. Brand new LHD driver's door panels are unobtanium and have been for a long time.

Thanks for clarifying the picture, Alan. Yes, I remember several discussions in the archives. A book would be a good seller, IMO. From my own experiences, a firm grasp of the Japanese language is going to be required to publish something in English. I'll mention that if you are interested in Nissan GTP and Group C racing, a good book is "Lightning Speed" by John Starkey. http://www.johnstarkeycars.com/pages/publish_ca.html John does very well with the American portion of the racing scene and the Group C information is covered...eh... pretty well, but has errors and ommissions.

I went after some of the DD cars, Rob. You evidently made it just in time. My luck wasn't so good. I heard they DID send cars to the crusher. Very nice!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4558363762&fromMakeTrack=true

http://www.geocities.jp/datsunz903/

http://zhome.com/Racing/BREHist.html

Wecome and have fun with your project!

Jmark, This is the popular picture from LeMans, I think in 1972, whenever Z heritage is discussed. Speed Vision did a show on the Porsche Rennsport Reunion II in Daytona and included a lot of old racing footage. In one of those, Jackie Icks passes this car in a cornering scene.

Wow - interesting! I have the bill of sale for 26th and as a time reference, she was delivered in May of 1970. Appears as though we were winning races just about the time we were hitting the streets in America.

OR a woman driver! A woman driver would save Formula One! She saved Indy!

kurtwwalters? YOU, my friend, win the prize and I advise you to contact zhome.com and claim your complimentary t-shirt or lap dance at Hooter's (depending on Carl's mood, but he has been pretty wild lately) for having the wrongest titled VIN in all existence. It never ceases to amaze me how constipated everyone gets over the piece of paper issued by the government. For the American market, we were lucky, the date of manufacture is stamped in metal right on the driver's door jamb and I have yet to hear of a car improperly dated. I have seen plenty of production figures and VIN part references / service bulletins to believe the general knowledge of what serial numbers were produced in what years. Still, I hear so often, a question regarding the title and registration. The answer is simple; the government got it wrong. Big revelation. You take care of that nice early '70 you have. :classic:

Another good article about the troubles within Formula One. See how Sunday's event relates to the big picture. I, frankly, would have liked to have been there. Formula One history is in the making. Read all about it. http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/autoracing/story/8581180

A couple of good articles coming out today from Fox Sports. http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story/3704474 http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story/3704212

Great! Just the sort of stuff I wanted to hear. The roll-around cart idea is superb! Good suggestion on the PVC / shop vac fitting. Dust is a problem inside the shop. Thanks

Here. This is too funny http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story/3701634

Tell me about your experiences with your blast cabinet. It is on my list and several friends have been asking about one. I did a BUNCH of research some time ago and concluded that I couldn't determine value. The expensive cabinets seem to offer features I think I need, but the cheap cabinets might do for a couple of cars and then just throw it out. In either case, I concluded that the compressor needs to have more uumph than what I have now. I want to be able to clean suspension parts and smaller. No wheels or big things like that, but it would be nice to be able to do the A arms and springs.

The stock North American export steering wheel is compressed wood fiber in a resin base. The correct answer is "both".

Hey Z Kid ! Good write-up. I might add that when doing both floors, it is a good idea to bolt in the transmission mount to the tunnel to keep it in location and shape. I know you kept the seat brackets in, and that does pretty much the same thing, but without them, the tunnel can get a little flimsey and the transmission mount will help.