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So I am one of the folks that posted about dashes for the 240z. It was not my intention to highjack this thread. My purpose was to gather some information on the credibility of the company. Ivan and Hung both appear to be quite ethical. They would not accept any payment, not even a deposit before they felt really confident that they would be able to fill the order. I was impressed with this behavior. They also appear to be very serious about the quality of their product. This is the type of vendor that we want to find. To be honest I would also have to say that they do not make it easy on their customers or themselves. Not having a website and not communicating clearly is definitely an issue. Bottom line: I think these gentlemen are honest, but may be victims of their own success. My understanding was that they were to receive 280z dashes in the march timeframe, but I have no way to confirm that. This will serve as an update regarding my progress with the 240z dash that I ordered. After being told that one was available I sent them payment. Shortly after that they shipped the product. It is to be delivered next week (3/12/19). I will start a 240z dash thread to document my entire experience from order to installation. I am hopeful that the quality of the dash as well as the relatively reasonable price will justify the wait. Best of luck with your 280z builds.

Mostly welding and grinding this afternoon. Got the Franken - Fender backing plate welded up (welds get dressed tomorrow ?).... No new progress on the rad support but threw on some sugar scoops for grins ... almost ready to move on to the rockers ....

Yeah, and look what it did... Rust is seeping out of the hood vents!! More pics here: https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/60218-ol-blue-current-status/

Ah, those were the days and a good parts car was $400

I'm pretty sure the black writing on the tags is a painted on stencil. Aggressive cleaning with harsh a substance can remove all the black paint leaving just the stamped numbers. Just a possibility. I learned this when trying to clean some overspray off of one, and found the cleaner I was using was starting to take the writing off as well.

I think you will find a $1000 z to be well along to being a rusty pile of parts.

Jon, welcome to the forum. I am the owner of the Z @siteunseen mentioned. The forum has been a great resource for me and there are some fantastic people in the community. What is the Vin of your car? I got my car about 2 years ago as an inoperable vehicle. The previous owner (PO) had owned it for 21 years, been restoring it the entire time but had not finished it. Some of it he had experts do, some of it he did himself. Most of the heavy lifting was done; body repairs, engine rebuilt, brake cylinders / clutch cylinders replace, but much was not finished. A bit of electrical needed finishing, gauges connected, door seals, some trim work, some other work needed redoing some of as it was not great quality, plus all the maint work on a vehicle that had not even moved for 6+ years; oils, brake fluids, gas, etc. I was quite disciplined and broke up the work in phases and target timelines; Phase 1 - Running & Registered, Phase 2 - High priority, ...... + a small fun distractions list (eg, restoring steering wheel) (in case you can't tell I am ex engineer, ex project manager. Some would argue somewhat OCD ? . I did work in the auto industry for a couple of years on the tools when I was studying, with the forum, youtube , factory servcie manual, I was confident I could figure stuff out again after 30+ years off the tools Generally the 240z and the FS-L are almost identical, however a few got ya's. 99.9% of questions you have and problems you encounter will be the same as the 240z owners. A summary of some of my findings of 240z vs JDM fairlady z. Some of these are hard learnt. Electrical: there are some subtle differences. The main one I experienced is the indicators stalk - FZ-L have a push to pass button on the indicator arm. As a result the wiring is different (My PO had installed a US arm on my car and the lights would come on when the indicator way moved). Another difference is the the FZL do not have the same fusible link the 240z does. Engine and Carbs: given you do not have the original engine probably wont matter. Mine is a factor 2.0l engine with the orginal 5 speed box. The SU type carbs are smaller (38mm) compared to the 240z versions (which I think were 42mm?) also the bolt layout is different on them. The air filter box on FZL also did not have the warm air inlet. Some differences in the seat belt layout. However there were also changes across series 1 and 2 240z, and 260z that might be in your car as well. check out the thread for more details + JDM electrical diagram

I remove all of these from my cars when I restore them and then remount them when the paint is done. This one is mounted with 4 screws so pretty easy to make it right.

I spent a gross amount of money on all braided hoses on my car. Porsche also used braided hose like this here: https://www.rmeuropean.com/Products/N0203711-MFG21.aspx Might be tricky to find one for coolant for obvious reasons...side note; I somehow managed to nick one of the float bowl soft rubber hoses on my front SU and drip, drip, drip gas right onto a hot header, oops. Anyway I now have pretty cool braided hose from a Porsche on both SU's as I had to wait a bit on the Datsun replacement hoses.

And were available in almost every wrecking yard. I used to love to walk thru them collecting parts here and there. Should have picked more.

Like Wheee! says....... Sure enough they show one for the 77-78 280Z for $59.00. Here is the link : https://www.zeddsaver.com/collections/datsun-z-car-id-plates I think they are in Canada but also list an address in Blaine.

Zeddsaver has 280 engine bay tags...

There are two chambers in the master cylinder, on the same piston. Sounds like you might have blown one seal. Since the pedal moves far it should be pushing a lot of fluid. Somebody helped me solve a bleeder screw problem once when they noticed how much fluid was leaving and reentering the reservoirs. Have somebody watch the reservoirs while you press the pedal. If a lot of fluid moves there's air in the system. If very little fluid moves you probably need a new MC. You can have a bad seal inside but no fluid will leak out.

The car was originally white. I just painted it light metallic blue and have not gotten to painting the engine bay. The vin on the engine tag and the vin on the firewall, dash and door jam all match up.

Patcon, Understood! Job's done.

Agreed--you might try https://www.autohausaz.com/?utm_source=Customer+List&utm_campaign=4229885b00-car-of-the-week-2011-bmw-alpina-b7&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ad86343d13-4229885b00-90278953 I'll keep lookin' for ya.

Kinda hard to believe. Not saying you didn't. I have been searching for awhile for body parts, let alone a whole car, and haven't come across anything that cheap. That was salvageable anyway. Good luck with your search.

https://newcoproducts.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=307 These are braided hoses with internal wire. Don't know if it is "shape to fit" or not.

Blue lock tite only!

Fresh lock washers (and correct torque) are your best moves to keep that clutch on there. Lock tite is overkill in this application. Won't hurt a thing if you use it.

I heartily recommend 'Japanese Aero-Engines 1910-1945' by Mike Goodwin and Peter Starkings, published by MMP Books, as the best English language reference book on the subject.

Not much left in the world I believe of the Nakajima Sakae engine ? They are very rare, also the information about them is limited. I find these WW2 engine technology very interesting. The German DB605 is also very ahead of it's time back in the day with fuel injection... Interesting engines...

You can imagine the Prince engineers were a close knit group that worked well together, when the merger happened with a much larger company, there would have been far less freedoms and more bureaucratic squabbling etc.. Big companies are often overly process heavy, compared with the freedom's they probably enjoyed at Prince they were able to be very agile (that business word) and innovative within the group. Just looking at the differences in the S20 and L-series motor. It's clear 1 was made for profit, 1 was made for love. ?

Maxima N47 is a nice upgrade for a 240z engine. @madkaw has one for sale. Or you could grind an E88 stamp to read E33 and tell people it is a rare racing head.

Yep! @NVZEE posted about this a couple of days ago. So far indications say, they're doing better than my 401K! Guess that's why a financial consultant is using the Z as an example of good planning. Sale price of $40 big ones!

Love that Z!!! Safari Gold rocks.

OK - Its clear I need to clarify. I am looking for an image of the letter "Z" referred to as the Classic Z with the serifs and crossbar. Thanks Site - I looked at that one and decided it wasn't good enough!

You are dead on with the torque numbers....17.5 to 19 ft. lbs. Avoid at all cost the urge to give it a little more uummmph! Broken bolts in the flywheel suck. 19 lbs. at the very most....and just torque once!

I wonder if the low torque helps prevent warpage so the clutch engages smoothly

We can all only guess, but one possibility is that since the requirements are exactly known and cannot be exceeded, it's safer to set a mid-range torque value to reduce the possibility of damage. The springs of the pressure plate are the limiting factor for force on the bolt heads. Plus, the bolts have leverage since they're out on the perimeter of the plate so don't see as much force as they might in a different application. Just a guess. I've never heard of anyone having a pressure plate come loose. I wouldn't exceed the spec. Imagine your aggravation if you strip a thread or break a bolt trying to be safer.

https://www.searchtempest.com/search?search_string=240Z&category=8&subcat=cta&hasPic=&srchType=T&minAsk=&maxAsk=1000&autoMake=&autoModel=&minYear=&maxYear=&minAutoMiles=&maxAutoMiles=&cityselect=zip&location=30506&maxDist=50000&region_us=1&region_can=1&region_mex=1&Region=combined&addCities=&subCities=

I'll watch you from the clubhouse bar whilst you gradually work your way around the golf course backwards. No idea how you're going to hole those putts, but still... Anyone who has an interest in the history of Japanese aviation will (hopefully) know about the myriad licensing agreements that the growing Japanese manufacturers took out with American, British, French, Italian and German companies in the first half of the 20th Century. Big topic. Things start getting a little fragile when you try to carry cause and effect through to the post-war years, as a whole new ball game started. New business relationships and licensing structures needed to be built up, and what had been Japan's aircraft manufacturing industry had to find new things to make and sell. I would say a pre-war and wartime relationship between a German company and a Japanese company was a bit of a stretch to prove much about Nissan's L-gata engine design details, and there's still the fact that Nissan and Prince were competing companies when the Nissan L-gata and Prince G7 engines debuted, so a fragile thread between PMC and MB still doesn't bridge that gap. Isn't it just more likely that Nissan took elements of the (already old) MB OHC layout and adapted them to suit? There's not much in the way of engine design that hasn't been cribbed/copied/adapted over the years and, once seen, good design and engineering is always going to influence what follows it. It's interesting and worthy of discussion, but if it feeds the "it's a Mercedes engine!" type mindset then we may as well file it with the D!ck Avery "I designed the 240Z" stuff. At some point it starts being disrespectful to the very good engineers and designers who actually were responsible for the cars we love.

From the Hemmings article: From Carl Beck in the comments section: Some relevant dates: *October 18th 1969 - First 'Press Preview' event held at Nissan's Ginza, Tokyo HQ showroom to introduce the S30-series Z range to the invited press. *October 24th 1969 - Start of the Tokyo Motor Show, where the S30-series Z range was introduced to the general public for the first time. More than 1.5 million members of the public visited the show over the next two weeks. *November 5th 1969 - First 'Test Drive' day, for the Japanese press to actually get hold of the cars and drive them. The results were seen in many of the November and December 1969, and January 1970 Japanese weeklies and monthlies. So Nissan's 'Press Preview' in Japan happened two calendar days before this "International Introduction" to the Press at the Pierre Hotel in New York on 24th October, and the Tokyo Motor Show opened to the general public two calendar days (less the 14 hours time difference) after that. Where does the "two weeks later" come from? Both 'Press' and 'Public' debuts of the new S30-series Z range - which included the 'Datsun 240Z' - took place in Japan.

Thanks Alan for the pictures of super rare heads , it is a little bit scary for me to seeing "knife edged " triming as I think there are not much meat left around it. Looks like my Z432 has a hand finished port for each , pictures from March 2007 at the shop . Kats

Who needs George Carlin when we there's plenty of comedy on zhome.com (try to stifle your giggles when you read "Christ Craft" instead of 'Chris-Craft': http://zhome.com/History/Ford/Ford.htm Who needs enemies when the Z's advocates are so ready to undermine it and the people who were responsible for creating it? There's plenty of other D!ck Avery-related bullshine on the 'net if you are motivated to seek it out. Flat Earth Society stuff.

Sounds a bit rich for an Arkie hick., but I've got a pretty nice Zilver Z and I know you've got the trailer! It was a nice article. Some things said could be debated. The comments section at the bottom floored me when a fella had the audacity to inject this.......... Rusty Sedlack wrote: "I think the roots of the 240Z beg further investigation. While a teenager working to discover his future I was befriended by Industrial Designer D*ck Avery, then penning lines for many successful Chris Craft boats. His career started at Ford Motor Company where he was frustrated by working with 50 or so other designers all working on taillights or sun visors. He told me it was he who penned the lines of the 240 Z while at Ford. Ford decided it had no room in it’s line-up for such a vehicle. Thus, the design was sold to Datsun. This story I find easy to believe as Mr. Avery was just one of those people who not only was extremely talented but honest, very helping and forthright. Maybe someone in the correct circles could check this out?" Rusty is obviously too trusty with D*ck's bull*hit! p.s. If needed, here is an "i" and an "s" to fill in the * censorship blanks where appropriate. Where's George Carlin when you need him--------------------

Panasonic RM-310 http://antique-autoradio-madness.org/panasonic/Panasonic-1979/panasonic_1979.htm

This just reinforces the conversation @Patcon and I were having.... I guess I'm on the downhill side of the bell-curve...

He is indeed in Vancouver, but sells in US dollars.... no discount for Canadians. Even the shipping is based on US costs.

Not necessarily. Im just saying that I've found a few other good cars for around that much.