26th-Z

The cars are judged on the whole and not the individual parts. Come-on! You know that! You can't show up with a diseased washer bottle!

Dan, Yea, the plugs didn't come from the factory... Fit and finish are still the focus of the rules, however. Nice rubber plugs would be appropriate. I would be upset if I got nicked five points for plugs. The talk / focus for the convention after Nashville is out West, perhaps featuring the Heritage Museum. Chris

Good points, if they were based in fact. However six months of regular conference between three people with two others contributing are represented in this revision. The rush was last year, not now. The rules revision discussion started after the Cleveland convention and accelerated when the 370Z was introduced. People who do documents for a living contributed. That's why all the gramatical changes and consistancy of terminology. In point of fact, dealer installed air-conditioning has been eliminated for all models and all years. Stock is now 'stock'; as the car arrived from the factory in Japan with only the specific 'consumable' exceptions noted. I appreciate the comments, John, and I hope you understand that the revisions are not within the realm of your concerns. I should ad that one of the two contributing people I mentioned wrote the last revision.

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A wise old Z enthusiast once told me that no matter what you do someone is going to bitch. Probably the easiest thing to do would be to get out your old copy and read it, page-for-page, against the new copy. You will notice a considerable number of spelling, capitalization, and gramatical repairs. You will notice the 370Z added to the class structure. You will notice consistancy of terms (ie. modified and custom). You will notice language that addresses the later models (Z31, Z32, Z33) rather than emphasize the S30. You will notice a number of instances that were labeled to be explained later are now explained. And you will notice new wording about the stock class. At the direction of the ZCCA, an addendum is forthcoming that describes the scoring / point deduction system.

A water pump left me walk'n once. Her Majesty was NOT in my good graces at the time. She ran a Mallory dual-point distributer and one of the point sets broke on my way to Daytona one year. I decided to limp home and missed the 24-hour race.

John, you're too funny. Those items fall in the common sense category! I mean, how are you going to get the car in place without them? Rich, any ZCCA sanctioned event representing any ZCCA member club can, and is encouraged to, use these rules. That's the intention of the data-base discussions. There was always the intention of being able to track cars and judges to use as a resource. And the ZCCA has the software for member clubs to use. I know the Tidewater club uses the rules for their annual spring event.

http://www.zcca.org/downloads/ZCCA_JudgingManual_2009.pdf The ZCCA Judging Manual has been revised to October 2009.

The car show will be Nissan's celebration - 40th anniversary of the Z. There is talk about bringing cars from Zama. And thanks I DID have a good time!

Alan, The applied dates page B13 of the microfisch print has 00013 as the begining serial number. However, the microfiche publication is the same, C-0010U. In my print, 1979. Service Bulletin volume 125 from May 1970 states thus: "The new "Datsun 240Z Sports" series begine from the following chassis number (identification number). HLS30U, HLS30UN, HLS30......HLS30-00006 HS30V.................................HS30-00003 I don't know how to interpret that.

Alan, The documentation of the initial VIN HLS30-00013 from October 1969 appears on page 11 of my 1973 edition of the "USA and Canada Parts Catalog - Model S30", publication number C-0010U, Nissan Motor Co., LTD. I have seen this same from other editions. On the Connecticut club site, there was this long soliloquy about the definition of the word 'sale', however the dictionary term is most common as; "the exchange or transfer of property for money". In that respect, there is no physical possibility that HLS30U-00016 was sold (past tense of 'sale') in October of 1969. There is also no presented documentation which describes the distribution of the first cars. Any discussion of what was sold 'first' or 'lowest' is nothing but conjecture. Perhaps I'm wrong! I can show you the papers of 26th. I can tell you where she was imported, when, where she was sold, to whom, when, and for how much including the ordering down payment and balance at delivery. I have never seen anything of the sort from either #13 or #16. Because I have all the documentation, I would expect the same from any claim I would hear. Call me a prick - that's ok. I'm sure you still love me. Chris

For point of clarification - and I'm only talking about HLS30U / UN models, dates and VINs pertinent to this thread - correct tires are 175SR-14 and 175HR-14 by Bridgestone Japan and Toyo. Fulda, as Arne points out, is a German manufactured tire. I have literature that indicates an optional size for HLS30 and HS30U models - 6.45H-14.

zlady, Yes, they were very nice. Young. If I was 30 years younger, maybe. But the love of my life is Amanda. Miss Bikini USA 2007 and Miss NOPI 2006 and 2007. We discussed doing a sort-of Hugh Hefner thing together as soon as I win the lottery. I told her I would text her from my game-boy as soon as I won.

This is the Nissan entry; Stillen GT-R at the ZCCA national convention last week.

Ranger Rick, Would you please document the Fulda brand tire for me please? If your claim is true, it is the first I have heard of it and would love to see something Nissan that indicates such. Anybody? Carl? Same goes for the claim about #16. I DO really love the story about why #16 sold before #13, but without the papers to proove it, well, it's a lovely story. Many thanks, Chris

Gosh I hate to introduce myself this way, Ranger Rick, but your tires are not original. I haven't actually seen many pictures of #171. Would love to see more. What's your build date? In the presence of Her Majesty the 26th, we refer to color by proper name as a matter of etiquette. You mentioned that #13 was butterscotch and #171 british racing green. You surely meant Safari Gold (920) and Racing Green (907). That would be proper terminology when speaking about such distinguished automobiles. Anyhow, ya'll have fun. I just parted an early car. The floor was rusted all the way across the back of the rear bulkhead and the car broke in half. I managed to nab a pair of tool doors and the rubber tool strap. Got a pair of chrome button coat hooks and one clear grommet. But the find of the century was a pair of vented brake rotors. Woo-Hoo!! Sorry I had to leave the backing plates.

Here is what the tool boxes looked like new. There is also a publication about the toolboxes, but I don't have one. Both of my boxes are missing the tray. One box is the original 'Nissalco' silver. It has a a mylar decal on the inside lid that describes the contents. The other box was repainted black at some time but has a metal contents label inside the lid. It is not the same dimension either.

I have two different boxes and a bunch of tools. Here is what I have.

I just loaded up some more to the gallery. Thanks for the pics!