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Yea, my wife's got a truck too. It was her Dads, she drove it in high school. Didn't look quite like this then.

Update on this old but always pertinent post: As per @2377kn preference on his research on green LEDs, I got hold of some of the same bulbs from Amazon (bulb # 6 in his post) and went back to green lighting on my gauges in an effort to dial back the "mod" in restomod inside the cabin. Along with the Datsun Comp steering wheel and the original shift knob on the short-shifter shaft, the green instrument lighting fits right in and everything looks proper.

I have decided to sell my 918 Orange 1971 240Z. This is an original restoration with most of the work documented on this website link at: (Unfortunately some of the earlier work on this thread was accidentally deleted by the site admin due to some external spammers) I would consider the car a Category 2 restoration based on Hagerty's scale. This car placed 2nd in the Z car category at the 2016 JCCS which had nearly 50 entrants, arguably one of the most competitive Z car shows in the nation. The car runs great and all electronics work well including an original radio, antenna, wipers and clock (quartz mech) The car has also been featured in the 2018 Fall edition of the GQ style magazine and can be seen at this website: https://www.gq.com/story/datsun-240z-oral-history Many new and original parts on the car. Freshly chromed bumpers and 'Just dashes' dash just to name a few. Rims and hubcaps are epic (they were carefully stored for over 45 years) and are a bit hard to part with. While many parts of the car would be considered condition 1 by Hagerty's, I would consider the paint it's weak link and a category 2 ( I personally would give it a 7.5 or 8 out of 10). It is a beautiful high end single stage paint that could probably use a little more color sanding. On the flip side of this, I was praised by one Concours car show judge on how the paint replicates the original factory paint in its' appearance. Other minor issues would be a gap near at the drivers side door that is a bit wide and the original 47 year old exhaust that sounds a bit like a motorboat at low RPMs. I will also include a new aftermarket (motorsport) exhaust in the sale. Below are some recent pics. Will be listing on BAT soon Many more pictures available upon request Thanks, Rich

As @lordkarma88 indicated, you have to take advantage of the sunshine while you can. This weekend was no different. After the honey-do's and Cars and Coffee at COTA, I was back to cleaning, painting and assembling what I could. I masked off the block to paint the head. Getting the tape to stick to the cast iron surface was a bit of a challenge but I got it to stay on just long enough to the paint down. Don't worry about the valve cover, it is next in line to get cleaned and painted but not sure what I want to do with it yet. The timing cover got the same treatment as everything else along with a new crank seal pressed in. I bolted the timing cover up along with a new water pump using a new bolt kit from MSA and Fel-Pro gaskets. I had planned to install the oil pan but the gasket I have must have shrunk or is not the correct gasket because it was too small so that will have to wait. It is very satisfying to see it start looking like an engine again.

The shell is painted! Also the air dam, but that's less exciting. One coat of epoxy as a sealer, then 3 coats of color. I went with VW's Dove Blue (at least a version of it -- seems like there's some variation out there). Between the color temp in the garage (cloudy + flouro lights), camera flash, and Lightroom processing, I'm not sure any of these pictures are getting the color right, but the rear quarter shots are probably closest. So far, pretty happy with how I did. My test panels had a fair amount of orange peel, but with the exception of the driver rear quarter, I got the paint to lay on pretty flat and without runs. Body work looks pretty good, but I'll know for sure when I can roll it out into the sun. For now, I've got it in the garage with a space heater keeping everything warm. Also, I gotta give a shout-out to some guy on one of the auto body forums I read who had advice on compressors. I don't have a 240 volt outlet at my house, and can't add it as a renter, so all those threads that say "just buy a bigger compressor" aren't that helpful. But connecting two cheap-ish Harbor Freight units with some check valves did the job pretty admirably! The Devilbiss gun wants 13 CFM, but it felt like it was getting enough air the whole time. Business trip to Vegas at the end of this week, but hopefully I can do all the parts on Sunday. Woo!

That looks great! It almost makes me want to take out my dash and swap out the bulbs.. almost

You know the drill.... bundle that setup with the rest of the stuff and send me a bill! lol

Oooohhhh, that cable is quite a bit cheaper than the Lokar cables I've used for cable throttle conversions. Will have to get one and see what the difference is. I have a nice little firewall mount adapter for these things that works pretty slick, and matching ball sockets that I solder onto the ends of the cable that snaps right onto the pedal ball.

That was what was pretty much going on at the time. Semi-professional, sponsored teams were placing entries in a racing series that was intended for amateur builders and drivers. Incidentally, Pete Brock has a new book out; "The Road to Modena".

The 240z will be more valuable at 50... wait another year!

Unidentified pertinence: "As best I can tell from various sources...Richie Ginther, as an employee of VW-Pacific, was commissioned by VW (Jo Hoppen) to built six 914-6 cars for 1970, for dealers to go for the 1970 ARRC (Road Atlanta) C Production National Championships. Two of those were campaigned by VW-Pacific for Alan Johnson and Elliot Forbes Robinson. They only got 4th and 5th at the ARRC behind the Datsuns. VW lost interest in the program and the cars were raced in 1971 but not seriously." I concur with the statement above from personal knowledge. Bob Tullius of Group 44 fame campaigned a Triumph TR-6 in C-Production during the 1970 - 1971 SCCA "American Road Race of Champions" with similar results against the BRE Datsuns. Another thing to consider is that the racing we are referring to was considered "amateur racing" in the day. Porsche's success in the series you have cited, Alan, were considered "professional racing" by comparison.

Well, the weather has gotten a lot cooler here and I haven't been able to get into the dyno due to scheduling or weather issues. Might have to wait til spring on it. The car is about a full point leaner under WOT with the cooler temps due to the air density.

And I've read it! I know that - by their very nature - such quotes can be hyperbolic. I just think it's worth putting them in context and not swallowing them - and repeating them - whole. I sometimes ask - rhetorically - exactly what models of Porsche were taking part in SCCA C-Production in the period concerned, and how deep was the "factory" connection in the "factory Porsche team" type quotes. Usually don't get a full answer. Nissan's support for the guys using Datsun product was certainly an order of magnitude greater. "Triumph quit as well" is a strange one for the old Mic Drop too, when Triumph (ie - privateers driving Triumph product) took the championships in SCCA G-Production class in 1970, '71, '72, 74 and '75. An Austin Healey Sprite - another BL product - took the class win in '73. I'm a great admirer of Pete Brock and the BRE team, but let's treasure their achievements in some sort of perspective.

Maybe in Fire Engine red?

Jeff. Let me put into perspective for you. Imagine (as a fireman) one tells you the following: what do you need a fancy shmancy fire truck for with that high pressure pump? I can put away that fire using my garden hose!!!!!!!!! Is it possible? perhaps, however is it practical? not so much. same can be said for your towing experience, I can tell you for a fact that towing with a full size truck (3/4 ton and up) is a completely different experience then towing with a ordinary suv....even a 1/2 ton full size truck is highly inferior. PS, speaking as a former MB heavy line tech.....the ML platform is the worst thing I ever seen since Russian Ladas, horrible cars. I wouldn't tow a jet ski with it. 3500kg? man you are brave! the tongue wight is more then the carrying capacity. Its a matter of what you are used to I guess, you need to try it to understand.

I worry what you would do with such a device.....

The Interpart triple carb intake was just as bad as the rest of the engine. I do not have a parts washer but used a large tub clean it. I started with a good soaking of engine de-greaser and proceeded to scrub, scrub, scrub, and scrub some more with various nylon bristle rushes. Next up was a round of brake cleaner and scrubbing and anything that was left was removed using my wire wheel equipped rotary tool. I also took some time to wire wheel the carb studs so the threads were nice and clean. With warm dry weather in the forecast for the next two days I am hoping to lay some paint on it soon. I am also deciding what direction to go with the carb linkage as what I have is in pretty poor shape.

Now that I am back from ZCON (had a great time) , it's time to get started on the Blue car again. I cleaned and painted the motor mounts (rubber is in great shape) and some of the brake parts. I hit the brake parts and motor mount threads with some gloss clear so they stay that color. Also got the left rear strut cleaned up and painted and, attached a couple of the brackets. Nice to get moving on this again. I also dropped the bumpers off at the Chrome shop, Pacific Plating. They assured me that they would be able to fix the rear bumper which was nice to hear. Odd coincidence, they just relocated and are now just half a block from Miguel's paint shop. That's convenient! Here are a couple of pics of the cleaned up parts.

I agree with 26thZ. Power brakes and vacuum assist … Big difference, I consider power brakes as brakes that have a belt or electric pump for the braking system, requires power from either the engine or alternator.

sorry to resurrect.. but today I had the exhaust manifold off and the square manifold will indeed cover the round ports no issue!

Well NO LEAKS and a happy owner ! It wasn’t that simple of course. I talked the owner into a new timing chain because the sprocket showed abnormal wear - especially for only 30k miles. And the owner still says swears it actual miles. When installing the new chain guides I found the reason for the abnormal wear. It was odd that the chain was stretched but the tensioner was fully seated and the reason for that was someone put the wrong length bolt in the thermostat housing which actually pushed the straight guide out a couple of mm. Of course the new chain guide bolt holes didn’t line up because there was a bolt in the way. Anywho, the engine runs fantastic - for a stock L28 with an automatic. I put a stereo in his car because I had to flush his heater core and change hoses anyway. The car rides really quiet even with worn out seals. It really is a nice car. I went over the owners house to say hi and pull a spark plug and the burn was perfect. The owner is a little disappointed with the power output and the auto doesn’t help, but he admitted that it was a fine sports car and liked the way it drove. He’s already asking me about power upgrades .

That's looking more 1ish than 2, hope you get every penny.

Technically speaking, the brakes on the S30 series are "vacuum assisted". There is no hydraulic pump power assist that is common today. But, yea, you could call them "power brakes". S30s never had power steering.

I have one of those $3.99 Harbor Freight mirror tools (what is left of it). Just be careful extending it too far - I was inspecting one of my 04 Ford's powerstroke's cylinder heads (valve cover removed, injectors and high pressure oil rail out) when the telescopic tube got disconnected and I dropped 2 metal little flat plates down my engine. I found one. The other ended up in my IPR valve blowing a hole through its metal screen. These plates are used in the H&F tool to hold telescopic pieces together.

My friend saw the prototype in person at Monterey this summer. It’s close but not quite done yet. They need a little more time. Here’s some pics from the display. I will order one soon too.

Well here is something that stopped me dead... This thread on HybridZ is about a widebody kit that is being developed for a race car, but I just couldn't believe this wouldn't be a best seller as the next generation retro Z car! Nissan should look at something like this, maybe a little less rear wing and canards, but the overall styling would be a hit IMHO. Widebody Kit

Haha, use that break in the weather as much as you can, I'm up by Bertram and we've had flooded fields over and over. Great job on the painting, looks really well done. Sent from my OP 3T using Classic Zcar Club mobile