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Hello friends, I'm getting a trailer hitch fabricated by a local fellow as nothing is really available these days. I was curious if anyone had any pictures of different designs? I'll post some pictures later of one I have in mind, but I'm at the airport on my phone right now and picture are tough. The design used the diff mount as well as the bumper mounts. I send the fabricator the pictures and told him I would like something that would be fairly easy to remove. The hitch will be towing the small harbor freight trailer. It's heaviest load ever will be an L28, other then that it will be used solely as an auto x rig. Anyone have any design photos in their archives?

Those intake manifolds are from something that used to run flat top carbs. Either 73 or 74. Don't remember the numbers... Four of the holes (two on each manifold) are blind and were used to mount the idle mixture tube. The two nipples (on the front manifold) were used for some of the extra vacuum plumbing that went with the flat top system.

Thanks Captain for checking! I totally agree. They might try to make user not easy to trace diagram and hidden force to user to sent Z car to Datsun dealer...

Although the pulley Kennymonster is using doesn't look like this one, Nissan competition part # 12303-E4100 with the correct front bolt and washer.

The gentleman has that "I hate sanding" look on his face. I've seen it in the mirror a few times. Love the taxi sign on top. Uber vehicle?

I'm with Stanley on the windshield. Unless you have to have a windshield that says Nissan on it, buy a new one. Seeing clearly is a great thing. I would spend the money on suspension. Try doing stuff yourself to save money and still have a reserve if you need someone to bail you out. Handling is what these cars are about. Keep your eye out for an L28 that someone sis getting rid of cheap and jump on it and keep it for a rainy day. Have fun!

Its been a while, but Im back at my 240Z bumper and airdam. I decided to leave the 280Z valance panel until I found all the parts needed to fit the air dam. The biggest challenge was finding a 240Z grill that had not been run over by a truck. Now I have one thats really straight, but very grotty. It will be dismantled and the top runner will be changed to the 280Z so it will mount on the existing 280Z mounts. Thanks to HaZmat for that tip. Now for the indicators and air dam. The indicators are not the best, but with some repairs they will do for now. If it all works well I may buy a set from Zcardepot. This is what I started with. The left lense was in pretty bad shape. The PO used a self tapping screw and broke the plastic. It also has a crack in the top section. I used some resin to repair the broken off section. Sprayed the screw with releasing agent so I could screw it out after the resin set. Next was the bolts that hold the indicator unit in the body panel. One bolt was missing so I had to fabricate a new plate and get a bolt tack welded to it. (No photo of the two small tack welds on the bolt head). The reflectors were in bad shape. The chrome foil was non existant and the steel back plate was badly rusted. I cleaned them up as best I could and gave the a couple of coats of primer. I was debating on using chrome spray paint of aluminium reflecting tape. Ended up trying the tape first and if it worked ok leave it at that. It reflects good enough for these old indicator units. The indicators are now mounted in the airdam. The result is better than I expect from the old indicators. I not impressed about the holes they cut for the indicators. The holes are too big and tapered to one end. The rubber gasket only just reaches it in some places. I also had to make L brackets so I could fit the lenses without pulling everthing out of shape. Now to fit the air dam.