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Found this on our Uk ebay, thought you would to have a look.... Needs a lot of work.... Fairlady Z JDM S30 Right Hand Drive Project Dry State Import. L@@K INC VAT | eBay

A heat shield can be good way also of deflecting the small chance of a fuel leak away from your headers....

Kurbycar, And enjoy it when you get the engine up and running (I do with my Rebello 3.2l unit).... clutches, also may want to look at ACT. Fuel pump, there is also Holley.

I am not aware of any at the mo, though Alan may have a better idea if anything happening in Japan. The only thing similar is these (see below) which are copies of the Kobe Seiko rally wheel (though out of stock) but maybe worth enquiring if there is going to be another production run. Rally mag wheel reproduction - $999.00 : Zen Cart!, The Art of E-commerce Originals sometimes come up on Yahoo Japan if you want a set of Z432 Kobe's. I presume you are aware, the original Kobe Seikos for the Z432 came in (I think) 4.5 and 5J x14 size (or was it 5 and 5.5J).....so not very wide. Whatever you decide, they will be expensive.... Keep us post where you go with this. I do have a Kobe Seiko z432 wheel if you want to borrow to go down the long road of getting a set cast...... Does that help?

barts, your best bet of finding one is in the UK, as there are a lot of modded S30's gone with uprated gearboxes and thus the original one is taken out. Pretty easy to find over here. Koalia, only up to, I think, 1971 was the same '71A five speed 'box the same as the roadster, and then you will find the starter motor is on the other side.

I agree Koalia, they are a bit dear

Bryan There is two listed in the classifieds... Obviously been pointed to the correct info about the clock I posted, must have passed my little brain cell, thanks, you know who you are..

I am a great fan of the Rally and calendar clocks for the S30...but found this variation of Yahoo Japan.... have not seen that type of face design before....Google translate says later S30..? (The second image is what I am used to seeing). Main differences are font and saying Quartz.

Gents, Blimey $85 from Nissan US, I brought mine about 4 years ago for about £30 from Nissan UK, you can see them on Yahoo auctions for about $33 (just looked)...obviously shipping but at least you can get them, does that help? Obviously you would have to use a proxy bid site, but hey that is the price you have to pay. So if that what Nissan US want for them, repros look an option.

Kacrow, as far as I am aware there is no need to reproduce these, as you can still get them... RichieP, if the ZG headlight covers have the same rubber seal system as the standard headlight bowl covers, these stick onto the lens, and when you see an OEM set the rubber has sometimes come away leaving a hard glue mess on the lens. I have a pair of standard headlight covers on mine, and from asking Alan T, he pointed me to a closed foam strip (with a sticky side). Just peel off the backing strip and guide onto the lens. Or do you want to be exact and follow the OEM way? Just giving you an option that is easy. Cheers Ian

And only a few hours later I come across this post looking for the same part no. oh well.

Cheers Mike, I will dig out my tatty ones to measure.... attached is an image taken from a Yahoo auction.... Thinking about it, only the "i" would need "making", as the other letters for Nissan are in Datsun. Thanks for considering my slightly off piste request. Ta Ian

There is a market from my point of view.... I only asked if 9teen would consider it, and if so, what would the "production run" be? All it is is changing a few letters... Did I mention anything about Datsun 240z? If you don't ask....

9teen7t240z, Threshold plates have been mentioned, but could you change the lettering (in the same style) from Datsun to Nissan?

Could also try MSA, where I got mine, though it was a few years ago....

Or perhaps these (as you said similar). Expensive, but ready to buy! http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g96942496 These have been on Yahoo auctions off and on now for a while..... Jdm-car-parts, have these, are replicas of the Works Rally wheel, but sold out. http://shop.jdm-car-parts.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=37_26&products_id=78 Good luck and keep us posted in where you go on this. Cheers Ian

And for me, more to the point, it has a interview with Kazuo Kimura giving the facts on the design of the CSP311 (Nissan Silvia) and A550X project.

I have been lucky enough to see it a few weeks, ago, out of the top draw....worth the wait. Alan has done a fantastic job. And the work involved, not just dropping a S20 and there you go.... No pics I am afraid, toooo busy taking it all in.

Hi Greg, Thanks for that...interesting. The RS30 was produced up to June 1978, as I own one! We in the UK did not get compliance stamps, but the build date of mine is confirmed by the kanji dates on parts. And yes, Australia did not get any 1978 production RS30's. It is interesting that the compliance date when it reached Aus. compared to its rough production date. I know these are not "cast in stone" and Nissan was not precise on chassis number records, as discussed on other posts on here. I presume the compliance stamps were put on at the port or at rego? Yours 1974 RS30-000946 with a compliance date of August 1974 1975 RS30-005055 with a compliance date of February 1975 1976 RS30-010275 with a compliance date of August 1976 1977 RS30-015130 with a compliance date of June 1977 Nissan production, data from Nissan's 1979 parts microfiche for the HS30 and RS30. Aug '73 - Aug '74 000001 - 005000 (date and chassis nos.) Sept '74 - Jul '75 005001 - 010000 Aug '75 - Jul '76 001001 - 015000 Aug '76 - Aug '77 015001 - 021000 Sep '77 - Jun '78 021000 - 021384 As you look at your 1974 car, it would roughly, roughly, built in say, Oct/Nov/Dec. using the corresponding production dates, whilst the compliance date is approx. 8 odd months later. This is like this for the others too. All interesting (well I find interesting!). For me, what we call the late 260z, which is the Sept '77 on is what I really want to understand and whether Aus. got any of the "late" cars (this is why I asked you for your info). Not saying this is accurate (as the microfiche data is all I have to on), but months between built and compliance dates does point to that compliance dates are not a way date a cars build. Thanks again Greg

Classicdatto To serve my own interest of RS30's what chassis number is your car (Pm me if you want)? so I can see how it falls into Nissans month/chassis number tally. The RS30 carried on production until June 1978. Cheers Ian

To add, on late S30's there were clips inside the drip rail (NLA) to hold the rail in place. These are probably rusted away, and if not there it does not stop you putting the drip rail on as described above.

Just to clarify...from a previous post.. From left (below), a Kobe Seiko Z432 wheel, a Kobe Seiko Maglloy wheel, and copy (15") of the wheels from the Works cars. When you start looking, the overall design at a quick glance are the same, but when you look closer, they differ greatly. The pictures 26th-z put up are (from left) a Maglloy wheel, and then a set of Z432 wheels. Kobe Seiko is the manufacturer for all , but each wheel is different from each other, and made for differences in the market..the z432 to be "standard" for this model, the Rally wheel was made purely for motorsport, and the Maglloy was purely Kobe Seiko seeing this style of wheel worked and "copied" it in a general way for the Japanese aftermarket. (correct Alan?) Have to move away from just saying Kobe Seiko wheels. Did have a picture of 13 inch Kobe Seikos which at a quick glance follow the 4 spoke general style, but totally different. I did weigh each of these wheels, and the Works Rally replicas I have still worked out lighter, even when an inch bigger in dia. Cheers Ian

Welcome Jason, seen this 240 on the UK z site, much more friendly here... good luck with the work

Off the top of my head, Rebello Racing are a stockists....

Stevie, I think you will find they were never fitted to UK/European S30's.....