History
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Posted by Our Friend Kats in a different thread, but I think a find like this deserves it's own tread. I dont think its too bad to restore. Looks straight, apart from the roof, and maybe some rust, but definatly reparable. Dont let this car die! Come on Mr Harigae restore the car.
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Hello everyone, This time I would like to start this new thread. Who did it? We know Mr.Matsuo is a chief designer of S30 styling. Later on we will talk about very early styling study, but right now what I want to say is,the S30 series car which you actually have got is,styled by Mr.Tamura. Mr.Tamura was inducted Mr.Matsuo's team when S30's styling "concept" were almost settled down. He did every body panel detailed styling.Not only surface,he created bumper,over rider,front grill etc. You will see how your S30's beautiful body surface are different from early styling study cray models. Mr.Tamura has never introduced to the public as a "designer of S30". But I …
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Here we are on 24th October 2009, exactly forty years to the day after Nissan's new S30-series 'Z' models debuted at the 1969 Tokyo Auto Show. The Japanese press had been invited to an exclusive preview of the new S30-series range at Nissan's Ginza HQ a week earlier, but at 9.55am on 24th October the doors to the 16th Tokyo Auto Show - held at the Tokyo International Trade Center in Harumi - were opened to the general public, with Prince Takamatsu of the Japanese royal family performing the opening ceremony. Over the next 14 days, over 1.5 million people would pass through the doors of the exhibition, viewing 722 vehicles and 256 exhibitors stands. This was the world p…
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[NEW Update: Bob Sharp confirmed this is the show in Canada where HLS30-00006 had its roof crushed by a model. Refer to post #57]. HLS30-00006 Green It is reported to have had the roof crushed-in by a model at a Canadian auto show then given to Bob Sharp. It seems the show may have been Le salon International de l’Auto de Montréal Jan 15-25 1970. Here are some photos and documents from the show. Enjoy! btw I think the horse did it.
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By July of 1970, the Nissan Factory Team had entered the 432R in four significant* endurance races. They did very well at quickly reaching number one place in a short period of time: January All Japan Suzuka 300Km (dnf) [it snowed too] March All Japan Stock Car Fuji 300Km (2nd) April Race de Nippon Fuji 6hrs (1st) May All Japan Suzuka 1000km (1st) 1970 All Japan Suzuka 300km (Jan 18, 1970) Car #68 Fairlady Z432R Moto KITANO (dnf) 1970 All Japan Stock Car (March 21/22, 1970) Fuji 300Km Car #20 Fairlady Z432 24 laps Time 39: 36.16 Moto KITANO (2nd) Car #16 Fairlady Z43…
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Why are the eight spoked rims so popular with the z cars?
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Moderators I think this would be a great poll and CMM is looking to put this group of cars together at the Mitty!! My list starts a follows: 1) BRE #46 240Z /BRE #03 240Z 2) BRE #46 510 3) BSR #33 240Z 4) BSR #33 CP Roadster 5) BRE #46 Roadster 6) Shelby Toyota 2000 7) BRE Off Road 240Z 8) BSR 280ZX 9) BRE Off Road 510 10) Scoville Datsun Roadster
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Hi everyone, I was going through some of my parts yesterday and researching what variation of trim parts went on what "series" 240Z. I thought it might be a good idea to start a thread(one location) to show all of the variations of different parts that went into 240zs as they were manufactured. My thought is to collect all of this info on this thread, and create a technical article that could help in defining a correct "what went when" parts time line and maybe help out in the creation of judging documentation that Carl Beck is working on. My thought is to post side by side pictures of the variations of parts at a standardized background to make the formatting of t…
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Hello everyone, Today I want to share this short story about solid/chrome Z emblem. I recently wrote an article for the CLUB S30(Japanese club) about solid/chrome Z emblem which I have been collecting since 2000. Mr.Matsuo is an honorary member of this club, he read my article then he told us very interesting story which was previously not unveiled. Can you guess the reason of making the chrome Z emblem? Can you guess the reason of making the solid Z/Datsun emblem? kats
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I was surfing on jdm-car-parts.com (a very interesting site by the way) and there is a blog about the extremely rare Z432-R. Here is a bit of the blog quoted: "I believe that Z432R cars are the rarest and the most valuable Z cars in the world. It is well known fact that these cars, as well as all Z432 cars, came with S20 engines, but I would like to focus more on other details here. Originally it came with lighter body parts (thinner fenders, doors, and fiber glass hood, plastic side glasses hatch glass, and so on. It was as ordered car only for people in racing business. Front and rear bumper never came standard, and there was no glove box, no clock, no heater panel …
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The August 2009 issue of OCTANE Magazine ( already on sale here in the UK ) carries a very nicely photographed five page feature on Kevin Bristow's ex-Works 1971 Datsun 240Z rally car. This car debuted on the 1971 RAC Rally here in the UK, crewed by East African Safari Rally-winning team Edgar Herrmann and Hans Schuller. Kevin has recently completed a marathon restoration that he took to extraordinary levels, and the article - written by Paul Hardiman and photographed in a studio by John Colley - describes the "Incredible, sensitive restoration of a unique survivor". It's nice to see a genuine Works-built 240Z being featured in the pages of a mainstream - and fairly s…
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I purchased HLS0003547 from Calmbach Motor Co. in San Antonio TX in July of 1970. I was a soon to be ETS'd SP5 at the Medical Field Service School (read about it in the novel M.A.S.H.!) and heading home to CA and grad school. Married, my wife and I drove it 91K miles until 1984, and began a complete restoration for my book "How to Restore Your Datsun Z-Car", California Bill's Auto Books, Tucson AZ. This has been in print for twenty years now, and brings me about a buck a day, still! We showed the car locally for a number of years, but back then a Japanese car didn't pack much punch at concours! In about 1997 we had a financial crisis, and I had to sell 3547 back to…
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