Victoria British Ltd Z parts now gone??

[wa5ngp]

I was going to finally order those tie rod ends, ball joints, and rack boots, and other rubber suspension parts for my '73 240. I just want to stay oem so I got out my Victoria British catalog but when I look on line it appears that they do not do Zs anymore. Did they sell this part of the business to someone?

Is Motorsport now the place to buy suspension parts, rubber bushings etc? Any other recommendations. I don't want a hot rod. These kyb's have softned up the ride quite nicely so I don't want to mess that up. Too many back surgeries. I'm lucky to be able to drive it at all.

Sorry if this ancient history. I've been daily driving for a while since I put on those KYBs and now its time to give her some more attention.

tks

Don

[zbane]

VB split off it's Datsun department a while back:

http://www.blackdragonauto.com/

Still the same company, though.

[wa5ngp]

Great, tks Zbane. I do remember that name now that you mention it. Must have been on some catalogs that my wife threw out.

I see you have an 81zx. I've got an '81 temporarily sidelined. What's problematic? I notice that somewhere around 225K miles the bearing in the distributor goes bad and timing starts hopping around until it dies. Besides that the fuel pressure regulator is a commonly failing part.

The 240 is a lot simpler.

again tks for the tip!

Don