Came across this via youtube. https://www.carbody.com/product/240z-parts/replacement-complete-car-body-assembly-for-nissan-datsun-240z-260z.html

Edited Monday at 02:59 AM2 days by 240 in OZ

Fascinating. I wonder if it's real.

I wonder if it’s within factory specs.

Hopefully it fit's better than the doors I got from resurrected classics but I would be super dubious if all the attachment points are in the correct position. On the doors I got the manufacturer was relying on the stamped dimples to drill and then weld the nuts on. There was no way a drilling/welding jig was used because of the variances from door to door.

It seems overseas countries have figured out cheap stamping but not cheap assembly.

This has been discussed on other forums, and my personal take is that there can be no such thing as a 'replacement bodyshell' for these cars.

Replacing the bodyshell is replacing the car. There's no continuity. It would make a whole new thing.

11 hours ago, HS30-H said:

This has been discussed on other forums, and my personal take is that there can be no such thing as a 'replacement bodyshell' for these cars.

Replacing the bodyshell is replacing the car. There's no continuity. It would make a whole new thing.

Very much agree but at the end of the day interesting to see.

I'm not convinced that this is 'the real deal'. Consider what KF Vintage offers in the way of replacement panels. It's a pretty extensive list, but when you put them all together your still missing (rough guess) 33% of a complete unibody structure. Is anybody really going to tool up to produce the Z's (complicated) A-pillars? And what about the rear floor and rear frame rails? And the (complicated) front cowl structure? And the (complicated) rear hatch sill structure?

My guess is that we're looking at a KF Vintage-like collection of replacement panels being bannered as a replacement unibody structure.

Yeah, Im not convinced myself. This is their latest youtube video featuring the shell. As Alan mentioned above at the end of the day a Datsun with a body made in China isnt a Datsun anymore!