26th-Z

Carl, you make me smile. Don't you see that no matter what your explanation is, the list is not accurate? No, Pete's list is NOT the only published list. I'm looking for cars that parts were purchased for: HLS30-11416 HLS30-11553 HLS30-01613 HLS30-27464 HLS30-03022 HLS30-05779

Doug, I wonder if your car has the plaque on the console. I don't see any window decals from the pictures I have. What does Pierre say about the car? Or is that the story from him? I heard all of this from our friend and I know he sold it, but I didn't realize to you. This sort of "double standard" is somewhat amusing to me. Is Evanow's list the final word or is it not? And to add fuel to the fire, I have serial numbers from Nissan published documentation that are not on Evanow's list. I think you have yourself a real prize, Doug. CW-

Yes, just type "Factory Restored Z" in the search box and see what comes up! The use of the word factory is, unfortunately, a common term and people actually believe that the cars were sent back to Japan to be restored. Nothing could be further from the truth. Thought I would pipe in to say that I'm working on the research project again and plan to have copies by the convention in October. There has been a lot of Vintage Z activity in the last year. Nissan released some of them when they moved to Tennessee. There have been a few private sales that I have been fortunate to witness and made one reference / introduction myself that ended up with a sale. Probably the most exciting event was finding a car that was restored by Old Car Service in Huntington Beach, California. Up to that point, there was only one reference to the shop and everyone thought that three shops did the restoration work. Now we know for certain that four shops were involved. Another more obscure piece of information that came to light has to do with the weather in Southern California at the time all this activity was going on. It rained! Body shops in the area had so much collision work, that they didn't have time to spend on the restorations and the process was slowed dramatically. Nissan USA planned to produce 200 cars for the program and the rain is one of the significant reasons that the program fell short of its goals. Nissan couldn't deliver cars fast enough. Your car is on Evanow's list, DougN. I wonder why you condsider it not a VZ? Chris

Concur with John Coffey's answer. Yes, loosely based on Group 4 specs but allowing such things as wider wheels - thus the extrodinary fender flares.

I just happened to stumble across this picture and thought about adding it to the conversation. Two famous American race cars. The first b&w photo comes from a 1976 Datsun press release kit. It shows the eventual IMSA GTU Champion, Brad Frisselle leading the 1975 IMSA GTU Champion, Bob Sharp, around the banking at Daytona. The sister car to the BSR champion is on eBay at the moment. It was originally used as a back-up / promotional / pace car in Camel GT livery. I understand the championship car was destroyed. THe orange car is Brad Frisselle's championship car at the Walter Mitty in 2006. Both of these cars were fitted with G-noses.

Yes. It has the history and now it is a vintage race car, meaning expensive toy for rich boys. I would have expected a BSR valve cover and I think it is a shame that it has been painted other than its original livery. That is a piece of 1975 IMSA GTU Championship history, for sure.

Immediate thought is that the car needs to be taken apart, body fix and paint job, and put back together. For around $16,000, I'll bet, one could just clean it up and put it back together and have it worth $20k. That's not a bad price at all. The crack-free dash is worth half.

Not too much response on this topic, but I am a big fan of the event and it is on my list of things to do some one of these days. I have the program from the event and scanned all the little blurbs about the Datsun / Nissan cars that were there. You'll get a kick out of the written text. Seems they need some help!

Nissan Fairlady Z parts catalog, models S30, HS30 and PS30 dated 1972 with revisions up through March 1974 showing Blant Nose arse'y - Lower P/N 98520-E8700 and updated to N3256. This picture does not show the ducting.

I'm sorry I must have missed this thread, Bob. The GTR appearance was all over the net. Pretty exciting stuff!

With that said, the big question in MY mind is how do the guys at HybridZ account for their findings?

Great pictures, Will.

The car show at Daytona this fall should be a killer show. The stock 240 class has eight entries. I seem to recall the stock 280 class is full - check out the silver and black 280ZX Turbo. 1981 - one of three painted that scheme and imported in to Canada. A gold cup candidate. ZWolf, ZRush, and I hear Primidona. John Thomas' national championship FP Solo car. An exciting group that is heating up are the street modified and Nissan modified 350Z classes. Airbrushed doors seem to be quite the rage.

Had a blast Saturday! I heard fifty some-odd cars were registered, but I counted closer to seventy. Many, many thanks to hls30Will for a really great gift. Ms. Vicky ZRush was there. Oh I could go on and on... The show was held inside and outside the showroom. I'll bet there were twenty cars in the showroom. Autoway Nissan provided food and drinks and music. Here are some pictures of what we can expect to see in Daytona this October.

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Guy, You propose a very interesting request in that your idea of "JDM styling" may take various different meanings. I might comment that a true JDM was not a 240Z but rather a Fairlady Z. Watanabee wheels were quite period correct. I would suggest contacting Hosomi-san http://www.datsunspirit.com/ for an engine like your HS30-H example. Nice car, isn't it? Of course, there is nothing wrong with a S30 racing look such as a PS30 or PS30-SB. I could see how one might use a front spook like your picture, but a period correct spook is much different. Much less pronounced. Rear spoilers are common as well as the flairs. Here from my library.

If you do a search on this site for headlight covers, there have been discussions complete with part numbers and so-forth. I bought a set - new in box - in 2005 for $500 which was top of the price range at the time. In 2006, I bought a set of reproductions, nice reproductions but lacking the harware, for $350. I believe the supply of repros has been exhausted. I saw a set of real ones on eBay last week for $600 and wonder if this is the set you bought. Good price IMO. I believe the S30 was intended to have the covers as part of the design, but I am aware the headlight covers were not legal in the US at the time which is why we could not get them other than buying them over the parts counter.

Great pictures! I took this one, cropped it, shopped it and added it to my screen savers. I particularly like the division of light across the car. The way the wheels are turned depicts "stance", a characteristic of the Z style.

I heard some talk about a bunch of people coming down on the AMTRACK AutoTrain but I don't know much more about it. I would suggest contacting some of the Tidewater club guys to see what their plans are. I sent this link to Fred but I think he is out of the country at the moment. Perhaps he will respond.

Congrats to both of you and try not to have too much fun, eh?

Mike, The top manual in my picture is the original that came with 26th. I know that car the best and can vouch for originality of period. It was imported into Jacksonville and delivered in May of 1970. At one time, I heard that 26th was actually bought from an Arizona dealer to satisfy the order for the car in Sarasota, but that doesn't make any sense because I have the import papers. The two manuals are identical for the full 40 pages and the bottom pictured manual has four extra consumer information pages glued into the back of the manual. They are not part of the original binding. No, neither manual has the hand throttle paragraph masked. The drawings are pretty remarkable to the oddities of the early cars. The mirror is referenced to the red dot. There is no reference to a rear hatch demister. The console drawing shows the blank plates for the switch. The 1970 owner's manual was reproduced for the Vintage Z program in 1996. I would like to have one. I have a reprint 1971 to trade.

Confirmed from me. Issue date 20 December 1969 with different pictures of the 240Z on the covers.

I just clicked on Les Cannaday's site http://www.classicdatsun.com/ The picture of the seat covers has them. Vent buttons would be a good name. I haven't ordered any from Les. Do they NOT come with the vents?

Yes. Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. offered a vinyl (black) "landau" roof covering. Part number D4160-00003, leather top, and superceded by D4160-00016, leather top (black). The funny thing I find about the eBay ad is that all this is described as a "sport package" and none of it contributes to the performance of the car. I would think it would be better described as luxury!

There was no official "sport package" option offered by Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. Nissan did have a Sports Option Catalog with various components available in America through the competition department of Datsun. Nissan also had a number of options available on a limited basis in America including the vinyl landau top application. See item 7 on the photo. Nissan never offered side molding - that's dealer installed aftermarket - or bumper bars. The most common bumper bar was sold by AMCO.