26th-Z

Jason, That isn't our job. The fellow's reputation has nothing to do with Kustom Fab.

I have been looking for a lower cross-member / lower radiator, between the frame rails.

Armorall has silicone in it. Don't use silicone on rubber! The caps look great to me. They have an inked number on them. I doubt someone would go to all the trouble for a set of repros? How much are these things worth?

Nice looking pressings. I see the frame rails in your picture but they don't show up on the web site. I'll have to talk to them.

I wouldn't stagger the rears and go with the 15 - 205 60 at 627 cm all the way around. Yes, the Hoosiers are a racing tire not lawful to use on the street.

Notice the difference of the edge between Hoover's hood with a turned in lip, and the FRP hood with its thickened edge. Alan, how would you compare the construction of Nissan's FRP and Lotus bodywork? I have been looking at a lot of Lotus' lately and I'm seeing striking similarities.

I am so into this project. It will look great. What a great piece to make.

Resurrected Classics - 1410 Sunbelt Way, Auburn, Georgia 30011

www.zhome.com - click "Z Car Registers" in the column menu, then "The Classic 240 Z Owners Register". This will bring up a long list of owners / chassis numbers / and engine numbers. Find the chassis number closest to yours and compare the engine numbers with yours. If the engine number range is close to your car, your engine is original. If it's way off, then your's has been replaced. You can buy blank ID plates from a number of places including https://www.zzxdatsun.com/

A picture of a build sheet? The documentation affixed to the car as it progressed on the assembly line. They were multi-layered carbon copy paper documents with a manilla paper base stock. The paper layers were evidently torn away as the car assembly was completed at various stages. Very few examples of the base form exist. Unfortunately, my entire collection of authentic Nissan factory build documentation is on loan to Banzai Motorworks in Upper Marlboro, Maryland but Carl posted a picture here.

There is an ID plate screwed to the shock tower in the engine bay, starboard side. It will list the engine number and the chassis number.

Agreed that the stickers were factory applied. The market designation was part of the build sheet, no?

89902 is for the floor and 89904 is for the "package tray". Both still available.

I'm still trying to decide if this decal belongs on my 1969 builds.

Hey thanks, Kats. I have never noticed that before.

But thanks for all the lovely pictures. Both cars of my have the non-reinforced hoods. Neither have any sign of a decal, but one, i know, has been repainted a billion times. Great shot of the early rotor and backing plate. Yup.

I must have missed the metaphor. This...on BaT...was pure gold.

The decal on the BaT car was gold?

I wonder if I could get a picture of this with more of the hood, especially the corner of the hood next to this decal, please? I just lost an argument about the color of this SILVER decal. Is this decal on a non-reinforced hood? Nice pictures, BTW, of the gas door latch and vented hat rotors!!! I haven't seen vented hat brake rotors in a long time. The brake backing plates should be bent in the front to scoop air.

You are not wrong, Alan. It goes a little deeper than that, IMO. My two 1969 builds have different parts than the car on BaT. Inspection lid clips, rubber hood bumpers, and badging to name but three. My inspection lids have little tabs riveted on and all my badging is metal including solid chrome Zs on the quarter panels. To the best of my knowledge, both cars had carpeting fitted at the port of entry. ( I was so lucky years ago to find a brand new piece of clear hatch glass )

Yes you are!!! Ha, ha! I'm catching up to you Carl. I certainly didn't mean anything derogatory. I was reminiscing back to the e-mail blog days. Based on the Service Bulletin describing the "late model", it is very easy to see how this can be described by "series".

And you guys are quoting six digit serial numbers. Nissan included. They were five digit serial numbers up 120001 in July 72.

I would certainly like to see that, Mr. Hoover. I have always opined that the 1, 2, 3, series thing was a Carl Beck distinction. What I recall is the distinction between model years and 'builds' of the North American imports. And exclusively the North American imports because the 'builds' varied so much between model types and markets. Carl goes to great lengths on his website to document the various 'builds'; and he does a good job, but the nomenclature applies to the North American imports. Of course, Nissan literature commonly refers to the "S30 Series". I see it all over the place, but not the series 1, 2, 3 like we North Americans refer to. We are way off topic BTW.

Sound deadener; you mean this stuff? Two thicknesses, eh? Which thickness is this?

"Coveted racing green paint job"; I like that. Coveted. "The car is entirely unrestored, but an electronic ignition was added." Where did THAT come from? And so it is a good question to ask what this sale does to the value of it's peer class.