Finally found a 69 240z, #51 Time to finish a 30 year multiple owner restoration.

[dspillman]

  Have the jack that came with vin-51, can’t make out the markings, but has a clear enough decal…..  anyone take a shot at the stamping? Couple different angles.. and lighting.

[kats]

18 hours ago, dspillman said:

  Have the jack that came with vin-51, can’t make out the markings, but has a clear enough decal…..  anyone take a shot at the stamping? Couple different angles.. and lighting.

Looks like O A A, 1969 January 1st? Or O I A, 1969 August 1st? We talked about it here,

 

[Patcon]

Im going with D A A or B A A

[dspillman]

  Looking at the decal, I’ve not seen one in black and white…. No red or colors….  Did early ones have a “more plain” appearance?

[zed2]

23 hours ago, dspillman said:

  Have the jack that came with vin-51, can’t make out the markings, but has a clear enough decal…..  anyone take a shot at the stamping? Couple different angles.. and lighting.

This appears to be a black and white copy (the machine used to make the copy could not read the red and blue colors) of the Skyline Hakosuka decal. JDM-CAR-Parts Link makes a good color decal:

Keith

[dspillman]

I see now…..  color faded…..

[dspillman]

Blocking, block, block…..

[kats]

9 hours ago, dspillman said:

  Looking at the decal, I’ve not seen one in black and white…. No red or colors….  Did early ones have a “more plain” appearance?

This is the jack of 1969 Z432, PS30-00055.

Kats

[dspillman]

Hard to believe these rivets were “factory”…

[Gav240z]

11 hours ago, dspillman said:

Hard to believe these rivets were “factory”…

Speaking of "I can't believe it's not butter factory".

I don't know if this has been mentioned before as an early car feature, but the door trims on HS30 00150 had screws in the bottom of them.

I originally thought they were someone's attempt to fix a wonky door card, but you can see on the passenger door the 2 (either side of the door handle).

But I believe they were an early S30 feature. Have you seen them on HLS30 00051?

 

Edited November 6, 2024 by Gav240z

[dspillman]

1 hour ago, Gav240z said:

Speaking of "I can't believe it's not butter factory".

I don't know if this has been mentioned before as an early car feature, but the door trims on HS30 00150 had screws in the bottom of them.

But I believe they were an early S30 feature. Have you seen them on HLS30 00051?

 

I've seen that on later cars, maybe through 6/70? in LHD HLS30 world.  

    Speaking of doors, I was fortunate to have the original passenger, "right hand" side door, it had the 2 holes for the 2 door panel screws you showed pictures of. I was able to use a similar door, for left hand side.   My big curiosity for the doors was the metal tab wire holder on the "floor" of original door, confirmed to be a "real thing" by other 69 car owners.  I believe to maintain wiring for aborted door lights. 

 

[dspillman]

Well, I had heard of the red dot mirror......Check...   Now a red dot radio, never heard of. but HS30. vin 4 clearly shows a red dot .....  One of Gavins pictures showed it....   in a February? #4 aus.car strange/odd peices...