1 hour ago, HLS30-365101 said:

Hello, I'm a new member here as of today.

I've been driving and enjoying the ride for some 40+ yrs

I worked (more like moonlighted) on the Restoration Program for Pierre in 1997 at Pierre Z Service Center in LA.

Welcome!

Here, have a photo of Pierre as a tip of the hat. You spoke well of him, as have many others:

26 minutes ago, HS30-H said:

At some point I'm hopeful that the penny will actually drop and you'll understand that we are discussing TWO different scenarios here.

I've already expressed that in posts above.

On 8/26/2025 at 6:22 PM, Zed Head said:

More interesting at this point might be what whoever wrote the Nissan Restoration Checklist meant by "cad".

On 8/19/2025 at 9:29 AM, Zed Head said:

So far it appears that cadmium was NOT banned in Japan in 1970. Therefore it is possible that cadmium plated hardware was available in the automotive industry in 1970 and early 1971.