Please identify this setup

[Sailor Bob]

I was looking at a 70's setup and this appears to be very similar. It's a 73 built in September 72 - so they should be flattops, shouldn't they?

[sblake01]

Many of them were dealer retroed to roundtops.

[hls30.com]

I was looking at a 70's setup and this appears to be very similar. It's a 73 built in September 72 - so they should be flattops, shouldn't they?

Not if you want to drive the car!

Will

[Arne]

Can't tell from the pictures which manifolds it has, but the fuel rail is the shorter one that came on the '73-74s with flat tops. So I agree with Stephen's assessment, it is a flattop car that has been converted to roundtops.

[DeesZ]

I'm just going by memory, but some of the hoses look misplaced - such as the AB valve connection to the air cleaner. Also, are those dampers the type that came on flat top carbs?

[Sailor Bob]

Thanks guys - I knew it wasn't a stock setup. Needed to confirm. Is there a way to tell if these are the early or later type roundtops from these pictures?

[Walter Moore]

They look like 3 screw units, which I suppose could be called "later".

Count the number of screws that hold the domed part to the body. The early cars had 4 screws, the later had 3. For pictures check the "spotters guide" here:

http://www.ztherapy.com/

[Carl Beck]

From the Z Therapy Z Car Spotters Guide

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"This is not a carb-It is a boat anchor!

June1972 240Z to all 260Z's (US) Flattop "Hitachi""

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Wonder where that came from? Flat Tops didn't start until Aug of 1972 here in the US... when the 1973 Model Year cars started production.

FWIW,

Carl B.

[Sailor Bob]

A couple of pictures I got today.