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Yes, those fuse links are actually mine - just haven't had time to update my site. Hell, haven't even taken a picture! Should probably get on that.

@Captain Obvious thanks for the info on the alternator. I will check that out when I get to that point. Also, new fusible links and harness firewall grommet just arrived today from jdm-car-parts.com. I will attach them in the next week or two here.

Yes, they are on order.😄

And you are planning to put springs on them thangs, aren't you? Haha!!

Pretty car! Aught to be fun

Get a respirator so you can ignore the fumes and avoid any unnecessary exposure

And about that wire in the rear... The antenna has a ground connection on the wiring diagrams. I haven't been into that corner of an early car yet, but I thought (without actually seeing it), that antenna's ground connection came from being bolted to the body. Now that I see your harness, I suspect that ground connection to the antenna is NOT simply from connection to the body, but is in fact, a dedicated ground wire leading to the antenna. Do you have an antenna for the car? Is there a ground lead bullet connection attached to it? I've found several other similar issues with the factory wiring diagrams. In many locations, they didn't do a good job of conveying how grounds were connected. And lastly... Yes, the early rotors had holes in them. Aftermarket replacements did away with that, but they are an early car thing.

Yes, the early cars had a fusible between the alternator and the harness. (It's on the wiring diagram I've posted up on the site 😄) : Your spade connector looks a little black and crispy. It's a high amperage connection, so it's super important that it is a good connection. Clean and tight! I also found corrosion underneath the washer on the ground "E" connection that resulted in about a half volt drop when I turned the headlights on. Doing the calculation, it came out to about 50 milliOhms of resistance, but 50 mOhms drops a half a volt at ten amps!! So... Clean and tight!! I can walk you through how I found that questionable connection if you want, but I doubt I would need to do that. Here's my washer with hidden corrosion underneath: I didn't want to put a steel washer back in there, so I made a new washer out of brass: \

I sold my restored 260Z about 3 years ago. It was a labor of love. But I still like front engine sports cars. A Z replacement entered my garage this month. Enjoy your Z's. Dave

Finally, another update. We last left off with my attempt to remove the Air Galley from the Exhaust Manifold. This is still very much a challenge and I am continuing to work on this. I did get one fitting out, but the others are very stubborn. I continue to soak them in PB Blaster almost everyday, but have not used the Electromagnetic heater for the last couple weeks. The fumes are pretty bad from the heating process so I have backed off on that, even while doing that outdoors. Will probably go back to the heating process in a week or so and see if I can make some progress. There really is no rush on this, so I will hit it at a more convenient time. The body work is moving along, slowly as always. Pictures below show the latest updates from the body shop. I am almost finished with the engine electrical harness and have finished the rear harness. The engine electrical harness had a couple of interesting items. First is a Fusible link that goes to the Alternator. I have not seen that before, but apparently it is a thing on the very early cars. Also, on the alternator charge/regulator cable, it look like there was some outside work done. There was a red wire connected to the main black ground wire. That's a little scary. I checked my Z charge cable wiring and noticed my wire was black, so I am guessing that whoever did the work didn't have the correct gauge black wire, so they used red instead. Anyway, I replaced the red wire with the correct color black wire just to get everything back to normal. Pics are below. On the rear harness there is a wire at the end of the harness near where the speaker and antenna control wires are. Haven't seen that before. Not sure what it would operate. See pic below. I got the shocks and springs installed on the struts. Also cleaned and lubed the front strut bearings prior to re-assembly. I re-furbed the rear brake cylinders and assembled those onto their respective backing plates. Also noticed the both emergency brake arms had an 'R' on them, odd. Cleaned up the drums also. I cleaned and installed the front discs and noticed slots/holes in the rim of the disc. First time I have seen that. Again, probably unique to the early cars. 20250404_153515.mp4

Hey, I just wanted to follow up in case anyone was wondering—turns out it was the ECU/computer after all. Swapped it out all those years ago, and everything has been running perfectly. Appreciate your advice to test instead of just guessing. Helped me narrow it down and get it fixed a lot quicker. Thanks for the help!

I have a early 1977 with the sloped rear deck. Mine was dated 9/76 and has some odd parts changes from that period on US spec cars. I'll share what I can and have many pics too. I learned a lot with this car.

Free -- you cover the cost of shipping and PayPal fee. Complete set of front and rear calipers for a 280ZX (S130). What you see is what you get...some mounting hardware, some (worn) pads, no rotors or soft lines. Year unknown, working condition unknown. Snagged these a couple years ago on FB Marketplace "just in case I might need them". Turns out I don't. Unless you have a preferred shipper that you can send me an account number/prepaid shipping label/etc; I will ship these flat rate USPS. I can fit everything into a single Large flat-rate box, but it's a heavy sucker. Safer approach might be two Medium flat-rate boxes. Thanks for looking.

Thanks for posting this. I am mid-stream in importing my 1977 280Z into Italy and will read this with great interest. There will be some mods I have to make to conform with EU road standards.

The pictures are fantastic on this listing. As one of the commenters posted "I can zoom right in" and see the detail. One of the things I've only seen once before is the clip holding the two choke cables together: Anyone else have one on their car?

Acorn nut is no longer needed. @jfa.series1 was able to source one. Many thanks my friend!

I put the progress dealing with the prop shaft and transmission and differential angles in another forum thread. While I was repainting the driveshaft, I also painted the front grill. The front grill, rear tail light trim panels and the hub caps all share the same paint. I bought the paint for these near the beginning of my restoration. If I recall correctly, I told the paint supply place the info for the color that is in the How to Restore your Z Car book. I painted the grill, but the color was too light - it was too grey, at least comparing to my original, not repainted hubcap. I got some crap in it too. So, repainting was necessary. This time, I took a guess, and added 10% of black paint (by weight) to make it darker. I think it came out a bit too dark, but I like it a lot more than what it was. I think I will experiment a bit more with it, adding maybe 5% of black and seeing how that looks. Then, I will repaint the tail light trim panels and possibly the hub caps as well.

Since these clear vinyl seat protectors are no longer available from Nissan, nor are reproductions available from existing fabricators, I sourced a large quantity of clear vinyl material to fabricate reproductions. These are for the 1969-1971 seats that do not have the recline mechanism. Set of eight (8) as shown in photo, (plus close-up photo) Material is same gauge/thickness as original Photos show: Set of four (4) original, aged and yellowed clear vinyl seat protectors and set of four (4) reproduction clear vinyl seat protectors. Set of eight (8) reproduction clear vinyl seat protectors - what you would receive upon ordering. The pricing is $48.00 shipped to a CONUS address. Shipping will be insured with tracking. If you are interested in a set, please PM me your full name, mailing address and Paypal address. I will then send you an invoice. Note, these are time consuming to produce. Therefore, I will only send the invoice when the set is available for shipment, production timefame as noted below Thanks, Keith Note: The last time I offered these was Summer 2022. So if you plan on needing a set before Fall 2025 please order now. Orders accepted in the first available production time frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maximum sets available with 1 week production time frame - 4 sets to be produced Reserved: 1 set - Rick R (ordered) 1 set - Joel L (ordered)

Got it. So metal to metal it is. Thanks!

http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSC2065.jpg On April 11-13, Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) hosted the David Love Vintage races at Sonoma Raceway. Z Car Garage raced and supported several client’s Datsun 510 race cars running in the B-Sedan Group. It was a great weekend filled with competition, camaraderie and plenty of Alfas, BMWs and Datsuns sharing the track. Enjoy our report with in-car footage and photos Z Car Garage Supports Five Datsun 510s http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/144b184a-f767-4ae6-9488-7a7156af77dd.jpg It is our pleasure to bring more enthusiasts into the world of vintage racing. Our services do include full race support and car-preparation to help make client’s race days seamless and worry-free so they can focus on driving. One of our specialties is dyno tuning. Before a race weekend we confirm that your car is running well and make necessary adjustments while on the chassis dyno. Video of two Datsun 510 B-Sedans (Rob and Tom), Enjoy the sweet L-series music! ZCG clients running at the David Love Vintage races included: #7 Kelvin Tse http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSC2347.jpghttp://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_1182-1024x768.jpeg #64 Kenny Tse http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSC1951.jpghttp://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_5796-1024x768.jpeg http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/491208749_10106100976206699_5212175413767973908_n.jpg #72 Tom Dockery (Group 9) We have helped Tom build and prepare his Ex-Norm Balzer/Koobation 510 for several years. Unfortunately the car was wrecked at Sonoma Raceway. Z Car Garage rebuilt the 510, making a triumphant return to last year’s Velocity Invitational event. http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_2690-1024x768.jpeghttp://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_1894-1024x768.jpeg http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSC1943.jpg TOM: The David Love event was an awesome kickoff to the 2025 race season. The Historic B-Sedan group had a solid turnout—about the same size and pace as the Vintage B-Sedan/Miata Group 3. Thanks to Rob’s fantastic coaching and support, I was able to set a personal best lap time on Sunday morning and held my spot in the top half of the group. I had a blast trading positions on track with Dave Stone, Glen Chiou, Kelvin Tse, and Jeff Rothman. Huge thanks to the ZCG team for their top-notch car support and coaching throughout the weekend. Enjoy this in-car video from Tom’s 510: #68 and #30 Noah’s 510 and Bluebird Coupe Noah dove his #6 Bluebird Coupe and Danny was in the #68 510: http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2733.jpghttp://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2740.jpg Historic B & C Sedan http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DSC6233.jpg Photo by Alex Trang Fellow racer Glenn Chiou co-founded the Historic B&C Sedan (HBC) with Dave Stone. This is an organization dedicated to the racing exhibitions of 1966–1979 Historic SCCA B-Sedan, C-Sedan, Trans-Am Under-2-Liter, and Two-Five Challenge race cars: GLENN: Since 2018, we have partnered with premier racing organizations such as the Velocity Invitational, CSRG, SVRA, and others to present thrilling run groups that celebrate these iconic machines. Our mission is rooted in honoring the history, camaraderie, and spirit of safe, respectful racing—with a healthy dose of serious fun. The David Love Vintage Races were a perfect showcase of that mission. With around twenty historic sedans in attendance—including Alfa, BMW, Datsun, Mini, and more—we delivered an exhilarating exhibition of vintage racing. Partnering with CSRG and Sonoma Raceway made for a fantastic weekend shared with friends and family.While the David Love Vintage Races was HBC’s only event for 2025, we have big plans for 2026! To learn more about HBC, our events, the cars, and the stories behind them, visit our website: https://www.historicbcsedan.com http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_2628.jpg The Historic B and C Sedan race was one of the most exciting run groups and Race car driver/Datsun Historian Glenn Chiou raced his Ex-Bob Finn U2.5L Trans-Am Datsun 510. This car features our Z Car Garage CV Axles and dyno tuning: http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_1904-1024x768.jpeg It’s worth noting that not unlike privateers of the period, Glenn builds his race cars, maintains and manages racing efforts himself. Not an easy task so we applaud his work ethic. Glenn builds some beautiful Datsuns and we thank him for organizing the Historic B&C Sedan group to keep the spirit of Trans Am racing alive. http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DSC02231.jpg Rob Fuller recaps the event: ROB: Ross Lindell was in the Randy Pobst National Championship-winning Miata (1992), Lora in her Miata and myself my Miata for Vintage Spec Miata. For Datsuns there was the special HBC run group that was super fun. Kenny and Noah were cooking. Kenny, Noah and Tom Dockery all got their PBs. It felt really great to get the Miata back on the track again. Lora was passing people for the first time, that’s huge milestone. We had just gone through Ross’ car and he was super happy with the setup and dyno tune. The weather was absolutely perfect and the run groups filled with beautiful cars. Glenn was out there, Frank Z in his 510, Alfa boys Chet Taylor from SoCal. Wonderful weekend with good times had by all. The Corkscew Classic event at Laguna Seca is coming up next. Don’t mis these (FREE) family-friendly events! http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2722.jpg Vintage Spec Miata http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/VSM-Welcome-1024x831.jpg The Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) is excited to welcome Vintage Spec Miata (1990-1997) to all of their events! This is a fun, affordable way to get into vintage racing. If you have any questions regarding prep and presentation, reach out to Rob Fuller: rob@zcargarage.com. http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2772.jpg Lora B had a great time racing her Miata here is here race report: LORA: The weekend at Sonoma Raceway was filled with excitement, camaraderie, and unforgettable moments. Participating in the David Love Vintage Races provided a fantastic opportunity to experience the thrills of competitive racing in a historic and vibrant atmosphere. – 9:20 AM : : Qualifying session to solidify my starting position for the race. – 12:50 PM: – – 1:55 PM: Race 1, which was filled with excitement and competitive spirit. Sunday: Schedule – 9:20 AM: Race 2, where I continued to apply the strategies discussed and aimed for a strong performance. – 1:45 PM: Third race of the weekend, pushing for the best outcome based on the experiences of the previous races. I achieved my best outcome yet, successfully overtaking two cars at Turn 7 and another car at Turn 11, which was quite thrilling! http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Sonoma-4-2025-IMG_4795-e1747445840914.jpghttp://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2742.jpg http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2754.jpg Overall, the race weekend at Sonoma Raceway for the David Love Vintage Races was a memorable experience filled with camaraderie, competition, and personal achievement. I was able to achieve my fastest lap time yet at Sonoma and successfully obtained my full competition license, which was a hard- fought goal. I’m so happy that I kept pushing through and finally achieved that milestone! I am so thankful for all the encouragement and coaching I have received from Rob Fuller and the team. I hope to be an encouragement to all that I meet, to continue to follow their bliss and achieve their dreams. You can see Lora racing here on YouTube A Fan-Friendly Race Event http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/490448108_10236095024900655_5721340577756134816_n-e1747444759851.jpg http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/490741855_10236094797094960_2246646517884836233_n.jpg http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Sonoma-4-2025-parade-lap-IMG_0941-e1747444785969.jpg The CSRG events are all FREE to spectators, so bring your family and friends! Lora recalls a memorable moment: “One of the highlights was meeting a little boy who was celebrating his fourth birthday. All he wanted was to come to the racetrack and see a race car for his birthday. It was so heartwarming to share that moment with him, and he even asked for a picture with my race car and with me, the “race car driver”! It was such a surreal and adorable experience. I think my red Miata must remind children of the red car from the Disney movie Cars! That moment was so unexpected and enjoyable” Super cool to see our client Linda Williams’ 1972 Datsun 240Z OMS Pace Car Duplicate participating in the John Streets Memorial parade lap aside fellow Datsuns/Nissans. A weekend of great racing and good times http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2725.jpg http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2723.jpeg http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2808.jpg We enjoyed sharing this experience with our friends and CSRG family. Special shoutout to ZCG crew including Cooper and Josh. Running all of the cars above would not be possible without them. Big thanks to Meghan for taking photos and video around the paddock. Thanks to Edmund Fong and Alex Trang for sharing photos with us, view all in the gallery below! http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2810.jpg http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2746.jpghttp://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_4920.jpg http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/490267006_10106100976421269_1721886664766996237_n-scaled.jpg Join us for the 2025 Vintage Racing Season! Z Car Garage is amped for vintage racing this year. View our race schedule listed below, and follow the CSRG website and zcarblog.com for more information. Do not miss the next exciting event: CSRG’s Corkscrew Class at Laguna Seca Raceway, June 20-22. Check out last year’s David Love race report. http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screen-Shot-2025-01-08-at-5.17.54-PM.png http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screen-Shot-2025-05-16-at-4.13.56-PM.png Z Car Garage Trackside Support Services http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/5d20c137-bfa6-4aa3-b84d-834a9f5a1d99-e1650419701905-1024x658.jpg It is our pleasure to bring more enthusiasts into the world of vintage racing. Our trackside services include full race support and car-preparation to help make client’s race days seamless and worry-free so they can focus on driving. From arrive-and-drive service to on-track support and coaching…we love to help. Check out the Z Car Garage experience with our client Todd and his B-Sedan Datsun 510 http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_0067-1-e1665112285742-1024x614.jpg One of our specialties is dyno tuning. Before a race weekend we confirm that your car is running well and make necessary adjustments while on the chassis dyno. Here is a video of the race cars we prepared this week with dyno passes and a walk around the shop. Enjoy! http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5591.jpg http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_4396-1024x768.jpeg View the full article

No problem, it looks like I was duped by the bot post. You apparently had resolved this a year ago... lol

Oh, lol I just noticed this was from a year ago as well. Yeah, bots typically dig up old stuff and reply with a general unrelated message. Thanks, I'll take care of it. Mike

@texasz , I've got a used one complete with the bolt if still in need. Bonzi Lon

Project potential. Maybe restoration. Bring a TrailerNo Reserve: 1972 Datsun 240Z 4-Speed ProjectBid for the chance to own a No Reserve: 1972 Datsun 240Z 4-Speed Project at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #193,030.

@Mike, I think osinpowe may be some kind of bot or spammer.