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The only thing it's lacking is a built in blender for tailgate party Margaritas. Dennis

I like the fact that the engine has not been messed with (much) and the 77K miles is probably legit based on the engine pic. Also looks very original except for a few minor details. (Granted the over all body pics and underside pics are poor and would effect the value) This is exactly the type of car that I look for when doing a restoration. It would be worse if it had a cheap $1K paint job and looked pretty pretending to be a Category 2, hiding what is underneath. Too often this is what is sold in most cases. I rarely buy a pretty face. I want a complete, hardly touched package complete with warts. And Hagerty is so out of touch with the Z community. There are 1970 Z's selling for $100k and over among private parties. Let them value the US muscle cars; because they are a bit behind the times with the Japanese cars.

I will be doing my best to do photos and hopefully video with regular posting.

This can be purchased separately and is available in 918 Orange

You should only adjust the AFM (air flow meter is more correct for the year and the car, not mass air flow [MAF] sensor) if somebody has adjusted it before you. Otherwise, never mess with the factory setting. There are blobs of glue that should be intact, holding the spring adjustment in place. Any small leak in to the intake system or crankcase will cause a high idle speed. Large leaks will cause the engine to die. AFM or BCDD problems are possible but last resort. Good luck, have fun.

@240260280 @zKars @bpilati You guys will be missed for sure---really couldn't wait to meet Jim Karst for the first time and to reunite with Brian Pilati, Philip and Janet. Heading out with our small entourage tomorrow morning. Will try to help fill you in with a few posts, post ZCON Atlanta

Im ordering a new set NGK blue wires from amazon. Hope it solves my fouling at idle problems.

You guys who aren't coming will definitely be missed. Branson is the 2019 location, and I believe it will be in Nashville for the 2020 edition. I will definitely be at Nashville. I just hope that they take a cue from us and schedule during cooler weather. It's no coincidence that the celebration of the 50th anniversary will be at HQ Nissan NA. Nissan supports the Z car. I'm not sure the North American market supports the Z car...Heck, aside from the pony cars, I'm not what the North American market supports in the way of sporty coupes.

If the green car is your 00051, that would be great!! No rear defroster, no OK sticker , and , all the glasses looked clear glass , to seeing the things through the glasses looked just it is , non tinted . What do you think of it to compare your 00051 ? Kats PS : I took my ZG today for 500 km trip to see Mr. Yamamoto ( OK Racing ) very fun to drive , I feel this car is faster than my Z432 . Maby the same if I judge them by the stop watch . But this L24 with SU / 5 speed with 3.9 rear diff , and the G nose . These things make this car so fast and quiet , stable on the highway , and fun to steer on a mountain road . Mr. K must be smiling in his yellow G nose 240Z . Why did not Mr. K give a choice for customers as a variation model in the US ? It should not be an optional parts , should be ? Cost matter ? Styling taste ? Japan is the only country where G nose is available with the car , some other destinations received as an optional parts . Kats

Well that's too bad about the two of you! @bpilati Brian, what are you gonna do? I'm not officially registered yet as I'm going as a guest, but if there are no provisions for a refund from the committee, I could maybe use your registration and send you some $$ to help recoup the losses? @siteunseen What's the latest with you? Bucket list houseboat trip, or Zcon Atlanta? @240260280 What's the latest with you too? New job still shackling you home, or is there a chance you and your co-pilot could make it?

It runs and is drivable. You're ahead of many. A few things I saw that I didn't see mentioned by others: You should never see 16 volts on the voltmeter. That's not a fusible link problem, that's a bad alternator (actually the regulator in the internally regulated alternator). Assuming that the wires to the T plug on the alt are intact. I think that 4 speeds were an option in 1978. 5 speeds were standard issue. But they are direct swaps so it's possible somebody just blew up the original 5 speed and swapped in an old 4 speed. The engine does not have a functional PCV system. The little filter on the valve cover is a sign. If it was tuned to stock settings it wouldn't even run with the opening to the crankcase, through the valve cover. Unfortunately that means you probably have a tuning adventure ahead of you as you get things back to stock condition. Overall, with the fusible link silicone and the valve cover filter, it looks like somebody has been hacking in the engine bay. good luck. Check out the downloads section for an official 1978 FSM.

Thought I’d tackle the exhaust system tonight. I bought the Eastwood internal header coating and some 2000 degree header paint. Sandblasted the header and sprayed it down with the outer coating, then sprayed down the insides with the Eastwood product. Hung it up to bake and cure a bit. Otherwise it stays soft and scratches. This should make it last a while in the shop till I can mount it.

We hope...

Great story so far. Everything, with the exception of the potential compression issues, is completely typical. Valves are out of adjustment. Timing is out of adjustment. Wheel cylinders and calipers are frozen or leaking (or both). Power booster has sucked down brake fluid and is a rusty mess inside. Whole bunch of little vacuum leaks throughout the EFI system. Whole bunch of corroded connectors throughout the system and most importantly, the temp sensor in the thermostat housing is probably not making reliable connection to the ECU. Throttle body is worn and sticky. AAR probably doesn't work reliably. Junk in the fuel tank, and if someone bypassed the fuel filter, you've probably got clogged or partially clogged injectors. If the car had been in the hands of "experts" in the past, they may have incorrectly adjusted the AFM. Questionable fuel pressure. Leaky (or bypassed) heater core. Empty A/C system. All the tubes in the HVAC system have turned to dust (they may "look OK", but in reality they are dust still holding the shape of a tube). Shall I go on? The little ray of sunshine that I am? Not even mentioning electrical modifications from previous owners or mechanics in the past. It may sound daunting, but all that stuff is really pretty simple. You just have to know where to look. It appears everything is there, and you sound enthusiastic and knowledgeable enough to bring it back to the realm of reliable! The only thing that concerns me at this point is the compression... Did you remember to block the throttle wide open while performing the compression test? Looks like a great project to me!!

The Porsche on the floor plan (is not from the original plans) it's more an "aspirational" diagram for the punters to feel like their buying into that sort of lifestyle I suppose? :). You see it a lot with glossy Real Estate brochures over here, they will put vintage / classic cars in the driveway or in 3D renderings etc.. Sadly that home and many others like it are often being bulldozed to make way for multiple dwellings on the block (multiple town houses). My aunt sent the house to me as her friend was somewhat sad about selling the house his father had designed and I guess much like us car enthusiasts want to find a good home for our cars to preserve them, some people want to see houses go to someone who won't knock it over for the next best thing and in the name of making a quick buck. In another thread I noticed similar architecture with a 240z here. I don't want to derail Kats thread with talk of real estate, but I can't help but notice such things when looking at old brochures and the like, because it is of that era. I've recently started to warm to 70's styled houses - having not given them much thought until recently. I guess it's a lot like S30Z's there was a period in the 90s where they were dated and somewhat uncool, but their timeless styling has made them more desirable again.

I'm sure you would get the "friends and family" rate. This week, she's been an expert witness at the murder trial of someone she worked with several years ago. You would be a nice break for her. Dennis

Much like 70's architecture in the US too. I noticed in the floor plan that there's a Porsche in the garage.

I have an app on my phone "speed cast" I believe that will give GPS speeds and acceleration numbers

I love taking my grandkids for a ride 1 little speaker and pushbuttons. Noisy power antenna I do not drive a 240z to listen to music?

No harm. I still don't have all the fine details down on these cars. So I'm eager to learn more. Especially something that is unusual on my own and I don't know. I also like to write when it comes to cars... if you can't tell. So I'm glad someone likes to read about them. ?

Just an fyi and why I ask, my 9/'76 was one of the first change overs to the 5 speed. It has a "5 Speed" emblem on the passenger's side of the rear deck lid. You have a great car. I just always look for oddities in these old cars. I guess im a pessimist? Great car, carry on with the great updates and details. This is my social world, sad to say, I love reading the stories. Cliff

You can do a speedometer accuracy check by driving with a portable GPS navigation unit in the car (Garmin, TomTom, perhaps even your cell phone with mapping app, etc.). The GPS unit will show your actual speed and you can compare it to your speedometer reading. Dennis

Bad pun. Back burnered for now. We just tested F2,F11,F16,and F19 eTubes on the same car and the differences are not significant on 45DCOE carbs. @blodi The predominant parameter is the tube diameter and it acts like the main jet by making the carb richer or leaner. F19 gave the best results but a non-tunable part of the a/f curve at the start of the main coming in seems to be due to exhaust tuning. It can probably be tuned with a "torque tuner" (A reflecting point added to the exhaust system). Here is how the same problem occurred on a bike and how it was resolved: Look at how the torquetuner fixed the rich dip between 2500 and 4000 rpm. It raised it from 12 to 13. http://www.drdyno.com/AIM_2006-06.html Here is the device: https://www.tabperformance.com/Reduce-Back-Pressure-Exhaust-s/203.htm It would be needed in the header.

It's a 4/78 car, so it's a '78 model. Fairly late production, by my understanding. I would love to own a ZAP, but this isn't it. I can't say why it's a 4-speed. I was under the impression that 5-speeds were still an option in 1978. Could be wrong. The spare tire tub is yellow/orange from rust. The spare was still in it and leached residue onto it. The spare was actually stuck to the pan and took a bit of pulling to remove. ?

Thanks Kats, I like to think that 907 Green 240z (AU spec) is my car HS30 00051 - however there is no way to really know for sure. I recall a friend showing me that full brochure in person many years ago. He got it when he first bought a 240z in 1971 (it was incidentally 904 white with a blue interior - photos here) However I was only able to find the second photo with the woman outside the house - which is very 70s Australian architecture (here is an example of such a house, a family friend's father penned this design back in that era). I couldn't find the front cover photo again. Thanks for sharing it.

Haha! Me too!

You will have no problem with the Zedd Findings floor pans for the 240. The Tabco panels are always a bit of a hit or miss. They will work though.

Right hand drive... That's something on my bucket list. Would be amazing if it were a Z [emoji7] Sent from my OP 3T using Classic Zcar Club mobile

Hi Blue, I really love this car, Euro model . One thing we might keep in mind is, this car could be a "Portuguese version " spec suspentions. Not a "Final Europe model " configulation . Like we have discussed about the test report of Euro spec development , Nissan engineers began studying from Feb 1970 , completed in 27th Mar 1971 . So this blue 1969 Tokyo motor show car was born before the study for Euro version. I read the report carefully, I come to think like this, at the beginning of the production, some of the HLS models could have the first version euro suspention , that is later called "Current Euro version" as seeing from the report . In the report, " June 1970 , we confirmed and set the Current Euro version like this ..." , this would indicate that Current Euro version could exist from the begining of production. Nissan began studying faithfully for the Euro model from Feb 1970, but this does not mean they did not do anything for the Euro model before Feb 1970. However some of you noticed , this car's tire is not a 175HR 14, the car has 6.45-14 Dunlop grand speed, that does not match the report , and rear side markers like US is something uneasy for me. But I guess this car has Current Euro version ( Finally called Portuguese version) spec suspentions . Kats

That blue car is likely a European market HLS30 with the amber rear turn signals and clear front parkers. I've seen them referred to as "export" market parkers on Yahoo! Auctions Japan. You can also tell it's European (likely) because AU market cars didn't have a turn signal in the front fender (note it's smooth in that photo?). We didn't get them in that position until 1974+. Early AU market cars did indeed have fender mirrors. From 70-71. (2 styles, a flat mirror and a later bullet mirror like the Japanese Market cars). However from 72-73 they got a single side mirror (like North American cars) on the driver side only. The passenger side had no mirrors fitted. Unlike North American market cars it was uncommon to see dealer fitted mirrors on AU market 240z's. We did get a lot of aftermarket wheels in place of the steel topy wheels though, which makes them very hard to find over here. Both my 70's had aftermarket wheels fitted from new. #51 had peanut / kidney bean style alloys and #150 had Aunger Hotwires (even as a spare). Lots of people fitted later mirrors or mirrors off other cars later on (since many didn't like fender mirrors) or didn't like the single door mirror on the driver side. Hence you see a lot of Ford Falcon XA mirrors fitted to these cars. Side note: The data I've collected on AU market HS30s (and HS30's in general) indicates that 903 Blue is quite a rare factory colour (3% of total cars).. I love the colour, hopefully I can find a 903 Blue car at some point!

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I don't think it matters too much as long as you brown bag it and besides, we'll still call it a coke anyway no matter what it is. But just to be safe, the local police have been alerted as to your intentions. ?

I wish I had better news. Several things have conspired to prevent me from coming this year, not the least of which is the distinct lack of a Z to drive at the moment. Was looking forward to meeting some of you finally, but this will have to wait at least another year. Here's hoping next years extravaganza is a bit farther west. Enjoy your time, I will live it vicariously through your pictures and stories here. All the best.

Funny guy. I found out Monday that I have a bad camshaft in my Z with less than 500 miles on the engine. I'm not certain what to do about this trip now.