Can anyone tell me which side of the car [1971 240Z ] the rear tow hook is supposed to be on ? I had a lot of parts off for painting and do not remember. Thank you, Darrell 240Z

There should have been a pair of shipping tie-downs (note - tie-downs, not tow hooks) when the car was new, one per side. They were supposed to have been removed by the selling dealer prior to delivery to the buyer (during PDI). So the strictly correct answer for a correctly prepped and delivered 240Z is that they should not be on the car at all.

But in the real world, many cars were delivered to owners with one or both of the rear tie-downs in place, as the PDI guys got lazy and did not take the time to remove them. My car still had both rears and the left front tie-down still in place when I got it in 2006, for example. (Note - there was no right front tie-down, they used the real frame-mounted tow hook instead.) If you only had one rear tie-down on yours, that means the PDI guy removed one of the rears, but not the other. If so, I'd guess that your single one was on the left side, as that one is much more time-consuming to remove with the exhaust in place. If a lazy PDI guy is going to remove one and skip the other, the left one would have been the one to skip.

Edited August 9, 201015 yr by Arne

Darrell:

My 1972 240Z has the hook on the drivers side rear since I bought it in 1972.

Daryl

Do they plug the holes where the bolts were or leave them open?

On the 240Z, the bolts also hold on the bumper.

Bonzi Lon