The home of the classic Datsun Z

HLS30-00042 arrived this afternoon for a complete restoration.  Boy, this an early one, complete with the original clear rear window.  It's a little beat up, but most of the parts are there.  I own HLS30-02614 in the same color, so by the time I am finished they should be looking like twins. The motor runs, which is great, but it will undergo a complete rebuild.  Amazingly, the head still has the overspray on the lower portion, which is pretty rare to see.  I will see if the machine shop ca

In anticipation of owning my 240Z for 40 years, I have ordered brand new Zerk / Brake Bleeder Caps. They will arrive at my home in January 2026, 56 years after the vehicle rolled off the production line. Keith

Is it safe to replace only the coil to distributor wire with taylor 8.2mm cable and leave the other 6 ngk ne61 blue spark plug wires as they are? I noticed the blug ngk coil to distributor wire measured 3.74 k while the same taylor wire mesure 76.4k.

Altec-Lancing 914 and Bob Sharp Racing Z...

Hey Everyone, I'm bouncing around the idea of swapping out the rear drum brakes for disc brakes and would love to know what to look out for and what setups others have had success with. Let me know some things that have worked well for you. Pictures and links always welcome! I appreciate the help and insights!

I've seen a few people on the site use one of the AI "chat bots" as a source of information and thought it would be worthwhile to start a topic about it. A sort of public service thread. Recently I've seen some Youtubers use it as a source in their videos but I've also seen a video where a guy showed how he manipulated AI to make him the #1 computer repair data recovery shop in the country. According to to AI. Then I just came acrosss an article on the same topic. In short - AI is only useful, i

Hello all,    I am going to document my build.  Basically I have a garage kept series 1 240z.  That hasn't driven since 1986, it needed brakes which she couldn't afford so it has sat since.  It was resprayed in the 80s as well.  Some bad overspray but overall it's a very rust free car.  I actually found it in my neighbors garage.  My goal is to drive it and enjoy it, but it needs some TLC.  First and foremost I got it running, and that is when I made the decision to keep it and I have

This is the first time I've ever replaced a flywheel so bear with me. I bought a Fidanza 143281 aluminum flywheel some time ago and will be pairing it with a Centerforce II clutch, as per the recommendation of the folks at Motorsport Auto. The flywheel came with three dowels and there are nine blind holes drilled into the flywheel where they might reside. After test fittings, I found the combination where the clutch engages with the dowels. So far, so good. The kit also came with a small tube

Hope your week is going well. I just noticed a bit of "weeping" at the fins on the engine side of my radiator.. Local club guys are suggesting an aluminum radiator, but I like the stock look. The current radiator is a four row, with the original tanks and the little guard on top. I have had this one rebuilt a couple times, so was thinking of just taking back to the same radiator shop and have them go through it. A few guys here were telling me that you can't keep rebuilding an old radiator.....

Hey Everyone! I wanted to share a new microfiche/resource sharing website I've been working on. A couple years ago I bought a full set of microfiche slides for the Datsun Zs and scanned them at my local library. I wanted a more easily searchable database of parts and the ability to add things like torque specs, notes, or references. The result is at the link below! Still a work in progress as I still need to verify and clean up the information and number callouts for about 80% of the diagrams bu

Wondering if its safe to use an MSD 2 BLASTER coil (0.7 ohms) +1.6 ohm resistor with a Pertronic 1761 ignitor module installed in a stoch hitachi single point dizzy? I tried contacting Pertronix and they argue that there is no need to use the resistor at all. This doesnt seem right. Im trying to achieve a good spark at idle. Any advantage or disadvantage with this setting?

So many Z's, of all numerologies, have popped up that I thought it might be good to collect them here.  Feel free to add old or new stuff.  There's a bunch out there right now, for some reason. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1975-datsun-280z-26/ https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1976-datsun-280z-38/ https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/64614-1270-on-ebay-barn-find/ https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/62501-brand-new-280z/ https://www.classiczcars.com/forums