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It was Yellow when advertised on Craigslist 2017. This is #55381 and #55380 is also Yellow. On a color change, you usually do not see the backside of the pinch welds on the rockers - painted with a new body color. I can see the areas that appear to be white on the undercarriage...where paint appears to have been wore of scuffed off. White Primer maybe?

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According to Zhome, 20th is silver and black. So is 19th and 17th. 22nd is blue and black. One of the first things I noticed in the video is that the hood (bonnet) is a later example with the reinforced corners. Makes me wonder.

So it's still not really clear just when the factory made the switch over to the wide-flange 11061-P0300. The fiche indicates either were possible up to 6/72. But the wide-flange 11061-P0300 does NOT have the extra hole @CanTechZ mentions. The housing with the extra hole showed up on the '73 models and is part number 11061-N3300. And it changed again for the L26 is is part number 11061-N3600.

Pretty close to your numbers 26th, interesting to see it is silver and not green.

Maybe not...looks like a colour change from white to lime...I posted the link prior to looking at all of the photos.

I've got to believe that w3wilkes' z switch was replaced/upgraded at some point in history. @w3wilkes How long have you owned your 12/70?

My bad. Still a discontinuity, but I had it in the wrong spot: 16530 has the black - inline6 17486 has the yellow - w3wilkes 17770 has the black - Johnz1971

No-no, I said "My 12/70 (16530) is black. And my 6/71 is orange/yellow."

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That's the same as mine, door guards and all. Your paint looks a lot better though as mine has never had a respray. Yours's is my good vs bad comparison.

Thanks for that info CO. 👍

Actually, looking at that thermostat housing you have on your 1/70 is not from 73... It's from couple years later than that. 75 at least. It's got a thermotime switch and temp sensor for the EFI system.

I believe that hole on the 73 was used for the temperature switch for the EGR system. This pic is from 74 260, but 73 had the same thing:

After looking at some '73 240Zs on BaT, and your supporting info, I have to agree that you are correct. Also I noticed that "thick flange" one also has an extra fitting hole on the front, to the left of the temp sensor hole, that does not exist on the early thin flange housing. On my 1/70 that fitting hole has been plugged. Anyone know what it should plumbed to on a '73? Here's a pic of mine, fitting hole circled in red.

One last pic after washing and driving around for a bit. Thanks everyone for the help.

Regarding the LOWER thermostat housing, the conclusion I'm coming to is that indeed, the narrow-flange one is 11061-E3000 and is for 70-72 cars. It seems to have been replaced by the wider/tapered flange 11061-P0300. The micro-fiche seems to support this. Also here is a pic of the early 21K-mile BAT '71 car with the narrow flange housing.

Only 7…. All used, you’re welcome to a decent one

Cool. Seen that hole before on some housings, but never noticed it was threaded. Only ever seen the spark plug holder bracket go under the rear therm housing bolt. Let me see if I have one

I just noticed something related to the early vs later thermostat housing thing. The water outlet that bolts to the top of the housing, also has early and later versions. This pic is of my 1/70 car, with the water outlet from my 7/70 car sitting loose to the left. The early version has an extra tapped hole, circled in red, that I assume is to mount the bracket for the spark plug leads retainer. I noticed this when changing back to my 55 year old OE Yazaki date coded leads. I'm putting these on for car show season. Lol. I also noticed that my early car is missing the bracket that should go into the tapped hole. @zKars would you happen to have one? 🙂 Here's a pic of my 1/70 before I changed the spark plug leads. If you zoom in, you can see the tapped hole and no support bracket. And here is a pic of my 7/70 car before I took it apart for the resto. If you zoom in you can see the bracket, and no extra tapped hole in the water outlet. FYI, my 7/70 car is where the OE spark plug leads came from. Just for fun, here's a pic of my 1/70 (#957) with the 1970 date coded leads. If you zoom in, you can see the markings, sadly they are starting to fade. They do look much better being black. 🙂

(kind of like the consistency of a dried-out hot-dog bun) That is exactly what I have. Thanks for the input.....now to get some bump stops.

I worked with the show host, Tom Cotter, on a number of media events staged by a European manufacturer back in the late 1990's. Nice guy. Very knowledgeable, very enthusiastic, and seemed to know just about everyone in the business. Odd, in hindsight, that I don't remember us ever talking about Datsun and the Z (I had two at the time).

The stamped-metal spring cap, in its OE form, was actually manufactured as an two-part assembly' ('Assembly - Bumper Bound'), consisting of the metal part, along with a molded-rubber 'snubber' (some call it a bump stop) bonded to its underside. When new, the snubber piece started off feeling and acting like rubber. Unfortunately, the material didn't age well, becoming hard and crumbly over time (kind of like the consistency of a dried-out hot-dog bun). I'm pretty sure that the stuff shown in your photo is the remains of the snubber. These days, those snubbers are usually replaced with versions made out of polyurethane.

Here's the switch from my 12/70 car #17486.

FWIW, here what the 1970, 1971 & 1972 owners manuals show. We all know how accurate they are. Lol Fom = From. Lol