26th-Z

Thanks Guus! That was great!

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Underhood is the toughest.

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Nice car Zedy; I like the clear signal lenses on silver. But she does have a bit of a chin on her? When we talk about front spoilers, I always like to throw in these pictures. We'v talked about this before - somewhere buried in the library. The BRE type is very common but the questions raised about mounting it and stability are valid. Just ask Carl what happens to those metal valance panels when you whack on the spook! :eek: Nissan did make a front chin spoiler however it was not imported. The need for downforce was recognized by Nissan. This "urethane / foam" flexible type spook mounted to valence panels that came with captive nuts. And this is what it looks like....

How much fun! Way cool, Kats

Hey Kats! Does your list have Campbell Motors in Sarasota, Florida?

Check out the schedule of events. Great stuff not to miss. The " great customizers" session is Friday. The panel discussion and Q&A session with Parnelli Jones, Bobby Unser, Johnny Rutherford & Jim Rathmann is Saturday morning. David Hobbs makes his entrance Saturday morning at 9:30. Slot car racing, center court, Ritz Carlton tennis courts all day long Friday and Saturday. A bunch of displays and silent action events. Of course, there are several receptions. Sounds like too much fun.

Kats was particularly proud of his restoration.

Carl didn't lend "official" status to his answer so I will. Based upon the honor of officialdom bestowed to Her Majesty the 26th from the highest of all high atop Mt. Fuji, you are technically the second owner. Brag away!

This was the topic of huge debate some time ago. Mine are black with blue overspray. I have seen all blue. Someone even suggested blue with black overspray.

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Very interesting find, Duffman! They most certainly ARE original...to something other than an S30. Here are a couple of pictures to use and compare. The triangular mounting tabs differences were correctly noticed. I think the paint scheme for your belt buckles is directly opposite from the paint scheme on the S30 belt buckles. The lift portion should be smooth and the center is textured? I love the label.

Two things come to mind for me Kats. Do earlier parts and service manuals from the 60's have the same philosophy pages? I would be surprised if those pages were only part of the S30 Sports literature. I would think of Mr. K philosophy that the page would be in all the service / parts manuals. If this is true, then it would point to specific Mr. K influence. The "Dealer Facility" literature ( I am so jealous ) is called in architectural language as a facility program. This information would describe all the features that should be included in the design and construction of a new sales dealership. One of Mr. K's responsibilites in the US was to set up a network of dealerships. This literature was probably prepared by an architect to describe the thoughts of operation and space a Datsun dealer would need to successfully sell Datsuns. I'm sure this is a premier example of "Mr. K marketing". I love the graphic renderings. They are so "70's"! I would have Mr. K sign it if I were you.

Hey Will, Could you e-mail me that video, please? For some reason unbeknownst-to-my-breasts the download from the link just plays a slide show and there's no motion. I downloaded the link but both RealPlayer and MediaPlayer do the same thing. One of the "slides" is of an empty road and the sound plays as though a car was passing by!?!!??? WTF??? Maybe it isn't buffering properly? It saved as a .asx file. Thanks for any help out there. Can that be put on an Ipod?

Honoring David Hobbs Featuring the cars of Bohman and Schwartz Celebrating the 50th annniversaries of F1 at Sebring and Indy cars at Daytona

Steve, The tube comes plated cad and was apparently attached to the engine block when it was painted. Original OEM color is blue overspray.

This is interesting. Went out to the shop to look at mine. Here is what I have.

Then I looked up Kats' photos and pulled out the parts books. 21430-10600 is the part number in the North America parts book. It is also listed as such in the Fairlady parts book for the L20 and L24 application. However, 21430-E4200 and 21430-E4201 are listed for the S20 application. I also have this picture of the decals and it shows both a silver and cad finished cap. Now here is what I just noticed. The cap Clive shows has Japanese writing on it. The embossed emblems on the cap wings appear the same as all the pictures I have, but the Japanese writing is distinctive !?!! I have seen the Jap caps and the decals before. Never took notice of the differences. I can zoom in on the pictures from the car in Syracuse. It seems the embossed writing is the same as your cap, Dan.

Hmmm...This is interesting. I responded after looking at a couple of pictures from the 1970 low milage car at Syracuse. Do you remember that car? 18,000 original miles or something. That was one of the first "low milage" unrestored cars I had seen. The radiator cap appears silver, but it could be that the cad finish is light.

Wow! I wonder if I could get nine grand for all my stuff? That's about what my stuff looks like. 26th's body shell is done, though. But that would be foolish, eh? I couldn't capture any of the pictures!?!? Anybody help me? From the looks of it, by the time you spend $40,000 to get it all back together, it will be worth $40,000. Go Gators

Rhyming with Ed, but also be aware that the sound of Z is different in other parts of the world as well. Z can be pronounced as we would say "ts" like in cats. So ZED would be pronounced Tset.

Have fun at the Z debut!

That's a correct cap, but it looks like it has been painted. The correct finish is zink plate silver.

I have been pretty much out of the loop for the last year or two because of my financial meltdown however I'm willing to bet the plastic emblems are still available new at a reasonable price. That would be the least expensive way to go. The metal emblems can be restored and the pins can be repaired. There are plenty of chrome places around the country that do this type of work. Check out an issue of Old Cars Weekly www.oldcarsweekly.com and you will find ads for this industry. Expect to pay around $100 per emblem.