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@siteunseen, are these the parts you bought? (FYI, I have the original 240z S30 2.4 liter engine) Header: https://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/classic19d/15-6012CH Exhaust: https://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/classic19d/15-6309 Gasket: this is the exact gasket I just bought last month... I may just leave it on and salvage it. https://zcardepot.com/products/manifold-gasket-intake-exhaust-oem-240z-260z-70-74?_pos=3&_sid=ee7b757b0&_ss=r

Here's the MSA 6-1 header installed on my engine. The flange thickness is a perfect match for the intake manifolds.

I've been very happy with my MSA 6 to 1 header and it comes already coated. Motorsport! MOTORSPORT TBC Coated 6-1 Header, 70-76 240Z-260Z-280Z - The Z Store! Nissan-Datsun 240Z 260Z 280Z 280ZX 300ZX ( Z31 Z32 ) 350Z 370Z Parts

I think it was something most European counties demanded. Demark and Switzerland also had the front indicators above the bumper. They looked like an afterthought. Looks like something the local dealer would use. "We have these units for farm tractor mudgaurds. Maybe they will fit". Funny thing is if you import a 240Z from the USA with the indicators under the front bumper and the original number plate light above the number plate, you don't need to change it to the Dutch standard to pass the roadworthy inspection. You only need to disconnect the side indicators and change the headlamps.

Got lucky again with this car. The rear mag nuts were not happy about coming off AT ALL. I was not using the best impact socket, and it managed to round over the flats on the nut. Yes I have a wonderful cordless Milwaukee M18 impact. I had to go get my left hand thread wheel nut remover to do it. Had to resort to a 4” cheater to get it turning, then finished with the impact. Here it is after removing the extractor. Next pic has an original nut for comparison. Pretty great extractor socket that bit and didn’t break with the 4-500 lbs of cheater pipe torque. It’s been ground down too from a prior job removing wheel locks that wouldn’t come off on a certain Honda. Dang I should have taken a picture of the corrosion about the studs coming through the drum. Very impressive. I am going to have to break the drum to get it off most likely. I’ll try with heat and 5lb persuader for a bit first.... To get the extractor socket off, I had to thread in an old flywheel bolt, then weld that to a plate and put that in the vise. Just tightening the flywheel bolt hex in the vise was not enough. And then a 4 foot cheater bar to get it to start backing off.

That P/S floor pan doesn't look promising and no under carriage shots, Hmmmm.

Its the same for the UK market cars, maybe a Europe thing.

Cool Info. Here is another Euro car with the same rear bumper lights and spoiler. Hubcaps indicate >1971 @siteunseen's friend.

Here you can see 2 other differences besides the 2 little rubber studs where on a US bumper sits the bumperettes.. 1) The spoiler was standard on a Dutch 240z with also the plastic letters "240z"on the left and "Datsun" on the right. 2) The special for the Netherlands numberplate lighting on the bumper (yes a Dutch RDW (DMV) Rule) in chrome with 2 glasses and fittings in chrome caps! These extensions are very rare! The upper numberplatelights had no fittings or lights in them!! It just sat there.

YES !!!! Those i meant ! Did they never have back up lights or was it only on the early ones.. that is the question now haha..

extra! Original Dutch blinker.. (AND the original rubber piece that go's in the holes for the US. rozettes! directly under the light)

I can (as a Dutchie) tell some more about those odd things on the front bumper.. My first resto of a 240z was in 1991, by then the cars were 20 years old and i could still get all the original parts at my local dealer, after a while i was like a employee at the Nisssan dealer and could order all the parts i wanted myself on the microfiche system (remember computers were not used for the early car types.) I bought then many new 240z parts also the front blinkers, they came in beautiful chrome, and.. are on my 240z till this day! The reason for them was the Dutch RDW (sort of DMV) sayd in their regulations that blinkers on cars for the Dutch roads should have them on a sertain hight. The blinkers were standard under the bumper on a "regular" 240z and that was to low! So my first Dutch 240z had them on the bumper for that reason. As i then restored a 240z in 2000 the regulations were still the same and i had to change the blinkers of my USA model 240z to blinkers on the bumper.. Since about 10 years those rules are made more liberal so the American cars no longer need the blinker mod. Something else.. I got some rear lights from a car out of France, and... they have no lights for reversing! As we know a euro version has red white and orange lights/reflectors, but this set out of France is only red and orange !! Has any one seen these before? Are there more country's that have 'em? Maybe it was an early version type i don't know, i only know i've never seen them! (They came with a whole load of other parts i once bought from a Belgian guy and he had it from a Frenchman.) Could not find a pic of them so these should do.. imagine the white part is also orange! Thats what i got from France.. A extra picture of a Dutch 240z with our famous soccer player Johan.. Translation: Johan Cruyff: also fast on the road! (It's a nice picture, just wanted to say i HATE soccer.. so i know the man but i really do not care..haha)

There are at least 2 styles of fender (wing) mirrors. A rectangular one seems common in Australia yet a rounder one in Japan: And the triple mirror mystery (3 types):

The car A/C was removed in 2008 and at the moment no stock pulley are available apparently, so I decided to got with an ATI harmonic Damper. If I eventually reinstall the AC I will get a pulley with double grove or study further a rebuilt (thanks for the idea), but shipping to US + rebuild + shipping to Dubai would probably cost more than a new one again...

Nice rivet design ! Glad I can contribute in a way to help others ! Also super happy with the results ! Gotta say I was majorly inspired by Singer, but especially here in the sand pit, your butt/back eventually sweats a lot on leather seats, so fabric+rivets are an attempt to reduce this.

Autovise No4 1971 (Feb?) Dutch auto magazine. More fender blinkers This seems to be same car as in the PEP magazine above.

Those odd blinkers: PEP (Dutch Comic Magazine Issue #7 Feb 1971)

Here is a 240z in Brussels in Jan 1970. It shows up again in London in October. It has the fender mirrors and only 2 side markers. Here is 240z in Geneva in March 1970. No fender mirror and 4 side markers. Here is the same as the Brussels one above. This one is in Amsterdam in 1971 with rear spoiler and probably just 2 side markers. It would be nice to see what is going on with the fenders. It looks a lot like your photo and is the same year and continent 🙂 Note it has no rear bumperettes and the rubber wraps all the way around as @kats mentioned a while ago when we looked in detail at an early prototype. I'll Hover around and see what I find.

Well, Racer mentioned it and now that it's off the car, the header does have some significant issues on the flatness from one end to the other. In particular the front most exhaust flange is pretty much worn away. I could have my friend braze another lip around it and then try to grind appropriately, but I don't think I'll get it within tolerance that way. Or could have a competent machinist, but that'd probably be a lot more hassle and maybe even higher cost than just buying a new header. Ugh. Wish I would have known what to check before paying to have it ceramic coated. I think one of you highly recommended a 6-to-1 header upgrade? Btw, someone said it looks like the header has been leaking for a while. No, that's just how much carbon has built up in the engine. I've had the header back on a month and probably have <1 hour of run time, almost all of it in my garage while I was tuning the carbs.

If you have one an air compressor blow wand would be #2 after @gwri8 leaf blower suggestion. Now I want a Mudslide.

A framing square works good too. Long side against the bottom of the head.

I really liked your idea of adding the air vents to your seat fabric so I found a boat store and ordered some, thanks.