Mike B

I bought a new one last fall from my Nissan dealer. -Mike

No, it's an older pic than when you saw my car at Canby last year. I just couldn't find a better more recent one of just my car. I still have the Shelby "Libres" on it that you saw, but have removed the non-stock headlight covers that it came with. -Mike

I agree with Arne, it is probably not a stock color. Here is a link to examples of cars with stock colors. http://zhome.com/History/ZColorGallary/index.html 918 is a true orange and not a reddish orange. However, as Arne noted, the colors can fade over time and look different in different light. Here is a picture of my 1972, which is 110 red. -Mike

I have two original Downtown Seattle Datsun metal license frames (one on each car). They even came with the original paper inserts that say Downtown Datsun. -Mike

1/16" thick 2 1/4" long 9/16" wide 1/4" diameter of hole at loop at bottom for cable 7/8" length of tip of the "j hook" 3/4" top length

FilipeA, I found the bracket from #881 and I was looking at another parts car I have (produced 9/70) and it had a bracket too, although a slightly different design. I then found the accelerator pedals for both cars and noticed that the trottle cable attachment point is also slightly different. See attached pictures. The earlier pedal and bracket are both on the left in the pictures. Let me know which you want measurements of. -Mike

Maybe they consider the 10 degrees or so on the early seats to be "fully reclining"? It also notes that a 3-speed automatic, clock, and auto-tune radio are options, but I don't think the automatic was available for several months into the 1970 model year.

Here is the other early Canadian Brochure that I have. It seems to come up on ebay more often than the poster, though still not as common as the US brochure. Several of the same shots are used in both. There doesn't appear to be a date on this one either. -Mike

Filipe, I think I have a spare original throttle bracket around some place. I removed it from #881 when I parted it out before I scraped the car. -Mike

The interior has no clock or radio, but has a throttle switch. -Mike

Ron, yes, I would assume that was the price, but I wasn't sure what the Canadian/US exchange rate was at the time. I just looked it up and it was much lower than I expected, close to where it is today. I would assume this brochure is from late 1969 or 1970. Here are the conversions I found for one US dollar. 1969 1.0770 Canadian Dollar equals $4015.78 US 1970 1.0440 Canadian Dollar equals $4142.72 US 1971 1.0100 Canadian Dollar equals $4282.18 US 1972 0.9910 Canadian Dollar equals $4364.28 US 1973 1.0000 Canadian Dollar equals $4325.00 US I also have a copy of autoweek dated 11/15/69, with a brief article on the introduction of the 240z. It notes the 240z would be available in American Datsun showrooms Jan 1, and would be priced under $3500. I can scan and post that article later if anyone is interested. The $4325 price must have been with dealer add on items and their additional mark-up. -Mike

Here are the detailed scans from the sales brochure side. -Mike

I saw that auction. Sounds like a great deal for you. What color is the interior on the one you got? -Mike

ggarrard, yes it is a Bank Street Datsun card. The salesman's name is Osie Blouin. I'll take some more detailed pictures or make scans and post them later today. -Mike

I won this poster on ebay a few weeks ago. It is a combination sales brochure and promotional poster for the early 240z in Canada. It is 8 x 11 inch format and folds out to 8 times size to display the poster. There is no date, but the car show is the red prototype you see in some other early ads with no badges, radio, D emblems on wheels, etc. There was another for auction for the same poster from another seller about the same time, but it didn't come with the red vinyl cover. Does anyone else have one of these? -Mike

Not really Z related but has some videos of some cool cars. http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/video_categories.shtml?cat=30494 Check out the Mazda Cosmo and the Honda SM600 (has a brief mention of the 240z). There is even a video of the new Knight Rider cars for those of you following that thread. Now if they could just get rid of the annoying Saab commercials before the videos play... -Mike

The carb nozzle heads (at the bottom of the carb under the idle adjusting nut) may have gotten gummed up and stick in the open position, so that when you release the choke cable the nozzles stay down. Once you release the choke see if you can manually push up on the nozzle heads. If so, they are sticking.

Ron, I found the NOS suspension assembly I have and it is actually the front assembly, not the rear diff mount, so I'll have to check out the cars to see what is on them. I also have a couple of dealer price lists. One dated July 1, 1982 lists PN#55417-E4100, but another dated Jan 1, 1990 does not list it in either the parts list or the supersession listing. -Mike

Hi Ron, That is a very interesting theory I hadn't considered. I'll try to confirm it as time allows. In addition to my two 11/69 cars I have a 9 or 10/70 parts car I can check. I also have a NOS differential assembly I can check. I think it is one of the later ones 55411-E8300 (7/71 -7/73) or 55411-N3001 (5/73 - ??). -Mike

Hi Ron, If that comment was directed to me, no it was not a typo on my part. Part #55417-E4100 (Washer-Special D) is key no 13 in the following hard copy parts catalogs: Datsun Sports 240z - US and Canada - Nov 1969 (pg 62-1) Datsun Sports 240z R-Drive - Dec 1972 revision (pg 62-2) Datsun 260z*240z - US and Canada - March 1974 revision (pg 62-2) Datsun 260z*240z - US and Canada - June 1974 issue (pg 62-2) It is also kind of interesting that the Nov 1969 catalog has an asterix in column S for that part number, which means it is a non-available item or old item superceded by a new one. However, there is no new part number shown and none of the other three have this same asterix, so maybe it is a type in the first catalog and then the illustration was never updated (at least in the four that I have). -Mike

That's odd. I have four hard copy parts catalogs LHD and RHD from 11/69 to 6/74 and that part number is labelled as key 13 in all of them, yet it does not show up in the illustrations in any of them. Maybe you should just go ahead and try to order the four it says are required and see if they match anything if you are able to get them. -Mike

Looks like someone bought it with the $29k buy-it-now. -Mike

Yep. That was her. I knew I better move fast on that one. She said someone in AR had emailed her asking her to ship it. I went to pick it up after work that night and there were all kinds of other parts on and around a work bench that she was going to include with a rebuilt 260 motor she was also selling. I saw a braided upper rad hose and asked her if I could come by on Sat to look at all the other parts and make a deal for those. Once I dug through everything, I got a whole car load of NOS parts still in the boxes that her husband had bought several years ago. Haven't installed the windshield yet. It will be going in #237 eventually. -Mike

No, the original windshield says Nissan on it along with some other info and the etching is located on the lower drivers side of the windshield. By the way, I found a NOS one still in the original Nissan box locally a couple of weeks ago. Someone bought it and a lot of other NOS parts for a restoration that never happened, fortunately for me. -Mike

Actually, the seller must be wrong on the VIN. #305 is the one in CA (also blue) that has been listed a couple of times on ebay at $10,000 with no takers. According to the ad the one currently on ebay is in FL. http://classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26318&highlight=%2351