26th-Z

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.

Yes, my thoughts also. The UN went to Canada except Ontario

Yes, Roo. We have referred to it as 'tar mat'. My early cars do not have this material on the rear deck as you show here.

No kidding. I'm getting phone calls from friends all over the country. This auction caused quite the stir.

You make a number of good points, Alan. How ironic then, that Datsun dealers tended to prepare their cars with a number of various options, adding cost, and STILL couldn't keep up with demand. If nothing more, I would contend that Nissan really missed their projections of sales.

Hey Bart, enough of the passive-aggressive crap, eh? He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame for his successful career, not because he urinated 24 carat gold.

That is exactly what came out of 26th and 27th. Its not cheapo-flimsy tape. It is an embossed vinyl fabric, but it is glued into the cover plate recess.

SpeedRoo, it was actually a piece of embossed fabric tape adhered to the cover plate.

Who IS this Lstepp4re character?

I like the site, Ron.

So do HLS30-00026 and HLS30-00027

The black painted LY valve covers are magnesium?

My cars don't have rear window defoggers.

Nope, Jim, I don't need it. I DO need to re-plate one, and now I will add it to the plating project. Thanks!

Who is Dave?

Thanks Kats! You are a great friend to give me such a thorough explanation. Now I must compare all my seat frames. I DO think the seats in the BaT car look a little gaunt. I liked your post about extra padding in the seats and plan to rebuild my seats with extra padding. Off topic; my 26th is still in the body shop and 27th is still in storage. I was hoping 26th would be green by now but you know how body shops are... I have applied for a building permit to construct a garage / shop at my house. The arrangement for storage of the cars was silly and I finally have some money to construct my own shop. My latest Z projects involve getting all the hardware plated and I just sent the carburetors from both 26th and 27th to Z Therapy. This car on BaT is very pretty. I don't like the white stripes, but the interior is fantastic by the uniform color of the butterscotch. All the plastic appears to be in very good condition. I wonder why the entire brake system has been replaced? And what about the wheels?! I understand that the stock wheels have been powder coated? Aughh!!!

Hey Kats! I don't understand your comment about a later seat back. What am I missing? Please explain.

The universal joint in my car (s) are different than later steering shafts in that the later shafts have the joint "peened" in place rather than snap rings. So have a real close look at what you are replacing. Take measurements of the diameter and length to make sure. I found success with a Kawasaki 300 ATV700 universal joint application by Motor Master. $28 on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GZRASO?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_asin_title

This car we are discussing was an East coast delivery / import. Baltimore That might mean that a boatload came through the Panama Canal. Or. It might have been railroaded across the country. 26th was built in November and delivered to Florida the following April. Anyhow...I Hoovered a lunchbag of pictures for my records. This car is pretty correct. I want to see if it has an early hood. I think the hood bumpers are wrong but so what. It has seat guards and the seat belt hooks on the seats. The short ones. Notice the screws holding the bottom of the door cards. However skeptical I am about the condition of the car, I have seen cars like this. Jim Frederick used to have a couple. Even the seatbelt bags. I hope it goes to a good home and we see it at the convention.

oh sorry. It doesn't have the flapper. It seems to be a very nice early car. Somewhat shocking to see correct early parts in such nice shape. Could use a new radiator overflow hose. Greetings, zspert.

Hoover posted some more pictures on the "original paint markings" thread. Looking at them, I get the impression that the car has been worked on. The exhaust system is new. The brake master has been changed (the caps are wrong). I'm surprised to see a 5/70 build with the flapper type air filter (flapper type filter housings had stickers). Of course, the hubcaps are wrong. I see a few other things that make me wonder about the "all original" boasting coming from what appeals to me as a typical internet Zcon. It's a very nice car, but I have no appreciation for the rhetoric. I actually hope someone does pay a gazillion bucks for it.