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The belts on my 71, 8/71 production date, HLS3041924.

Did some reading last night on paint for the rear light surround and grill. After a couple of hours of interesting threads, I decided to go with Duplicolor dark shadow gray. The cap looked a little lighter than I thought it should be, but I trusted the forum and went with it. Once I saw it on the parts it was like being back in the 70's. Very close to what I remember. Going to use a clear matte over it. I have decided its good to be a gamecock fan (even though my kids go/went to Clemson) as there is no need to watch the entire game. Its usually over by half time 🙂 and I can get back to the shop.

Some of the new content that was written for the show below. Thanks again to @HS30-H for editorial services and providing a few pictures.

This placard is useful for US and Canada model to determine 70 or 71. And Manual or Automatic transmission. Now I would like to know when Nissan Shatai put this placard on to their 240Z . September? October? November? If we can get enough examples, we will be able to see when . By the way, Japanese people usually say about our cars first- registration month and year . Only enthusiastic people say about build date with chassis number . Kats

Hi Mark , I do this before someone does. The change was made around in February ( export) or March (Japan) 1971 , there is a service bulletin which is titled’ 1971 late models ‘ introduced a set of new seat belts as well as other numerous changes. It is Interesting to see two books were written in different way , different depth of technical descriptions. Kats

Average annual income in Indonesia is $837 so labor costs are way low and they make their equipment last. The shop reminds me of one near where I lived in the Philippines a very long time ago. They hand hammered Excalibur replicas on the chassis of your choice for very little money.

It's Indonesia! Relatively poor country. Working in flip flops. Using a paint gun that looks 20 years old! Props for how well it turned out. I struggle to get good results and I have 3 times the equipment they have

As the subject of tool boxes has been touched on, this is on its way from Japan as we speak... a Nissan tool bag, and the seller put some tools in for free.

We arrived at JCCS Long Beach yesterday to monsoon conditions (LA-style, meaning constant drizzle, 90 degree temperatures, and 15MPH winds - oh, the horror!). It was just a bit too windy to set up the booth, and we didn't want to take a chance that all of our newly-made display posters would end up scattered across the show field by morning. Since the car has a number of holes in it from prior uses, we shoved it under the tent for the time being, as the forecasters promised a few good downpours during the night.The weather should be relatively rain-free today, so we're arriving at 6AM to set up, and should be ready by showtime. If there are any fans of the Z at the show today, I hope you come by and say hello. Here's an overview piece written by Ben Hsu. https://japanesenostalgiccar.com/1971-datsun-240z-rallye-monte-carlo-a-history-lost-now-found/

When I was a young Datsun dealer mechanic, no, not a Tech, a mechanic, way back in the early 70s I was sent to several factory training schools - mostly in NJ - where we were taught that a 12/70 240 would be a 71. Of course there are early 71s and late 71s but that's another topic and Colbert is coming on soon so I have to go. Cheers

I'm beginning to think they changed belts mid year in 71 along with a number of other things.

https://youtu.be/wQeCq5PhUV8

Just ran across this rendering of a fantasy mid-engined Z and found it pretty cool! What say all the rest of you Z enthusiasts?

I have a friend in Rock Hill. She says it's fun to be a Gamecocks fan, 'cause she can chant, "Go Cocks!", repeatedly.

'Planet USA' thinking. By inference, nobody outside the USA would need to take any notice of what BRE and Sharp were doing locally then? Nissan's Works team rally activities were undertaken on the WORLD stage in competition with the other manufacturer Works teams. Anybody with an interest in world-level motorsport would understand this as significant. Ben is saying that this is largely unrecognised in the USA, especially with regard to the content and specs of the cars involved, and I concur. Nissan never rallied a car in the USA because there was no World class rallying event in the USA to take part in. Not exactly a shining success, was it? And I'd dispute the 'for them' part too. The attention BRE gave to the Baja style events was purely its own. Nissan was concentrating its Works efforts on the Big Three world-class events - the E.A. Safari Rally, The Rallye Monte Carlo and the RAC Rally - through the 1960s, 70s and 80s as standalone events and also - from 1970 - as part of the FIA International Championship of Makes. Manufacturer-backed local activities in the USA were best undertaken by locally-based teams. Why have a dog and bark yourself?

After all that work they put the old bumpers back on🤐 Gives me the impression that it really was a low budget resto. Under the conditions they were working in they managed a decent restoration, all be it the car wasn't in that bad a shape to start with.

Not sure why the article's author thinks " Nissan’s rallying saga needs and deserves a lot more recognition in the US". Nissan never rallied a car in the USA and pretty much left any racing to the teams competing in the USA like BRE and Sharp. Would have been cool for Nissan to send a 240Z rally car to compete in the Baja race but BRE did that for them as well. https://classicmotorsports.com/articles/bres-baja-datsun-240z-kisses-asphalt-goodbye/

How about a full respirator suit when shooting paint. Nothing like sacrificing workers' health! Keith

Of course one could simply buy one of my reproduction under hood decals and/or one of my door jamb ID plates and cause much havoc in the Z car world while providing much entertainment for dutchzcarguy. Perhaps someone already has done so!!

They didn’t remove the fenders until late in the process for one. Cleaning up the backside should be the first thing, before repairing and prepping the exterior. Same for the engine bay, interior, and the underside of the chassis. The very first order of business after stripping the chassis should have been the floor repairs, and other rust mitigation. Then begin the bodywork and prep for refinish. I also noticed they didn’t disassemble the struts before repainting them. They also didn’t show if the gas tank was refurbished.

There were a few things during the video that caused me to wonder about their methods and processes, but overall, they did a decent job, and with a result that should give the car another 30 to 40 years of life.

Using up existing stock before moving to the updated parts.

If the vibration is coming from the rear and it is shaking so bad that it makes the front wheels shake, you have bigger problems than excessive runout at a rear hub. There is no such thing as too loose or too tight. Fasteners are either tight, at the correct torque, or they aren't. Checking runout of any rotating part is a simple process. Get a magnetic base dial indicator: Or: Although I would buy a high quality one from Starrett, or Sumitomo, cheap units are available on the web for around $20 to $30.

I'm not an expert on the issue, but my experience on the ZX distributors is as follows. There are two (three for Fed) "main" design differences in the 280Z and 280ZX distributors. 1. The 280Z Cal and Fed a 6 pronged star wheel would pass a single fixed magnetic sensor and induse a pulse to trigger the TIU. The Fed had dual fixed magnetic sensors. One sensor was retarded 7 degrees and the TIU used it during warm up phase. The magnetic sensor only gets one prong to induse a pulse. This gives a weak signal starting at 0.5 VAC at cranking and reaching somewhere around 8 to 12VAC above 3500rpm. Well 12 VAC was the best I could get out of three units in my dodgy test with a drill in a bench vice. 2. The 280ZX (non turbo) has a fixed magnetic ring with 6 prongs pointing inward and the rotor has a matching 6 pronged star wheel. When the rotor star aligns with the 6 fixed magnetic prongs it generates a magnetic pulse through the spool located under the magnetic ring. The voltage signal activates the TIU. Typical cranking voltage is 1.0 to 1.5 VAC and goes up to around 50volts as rpm increase. 3. Location of the TIU. The 280Z has an external bulky TIU located at the passengers kick panel. The 280ZX has a compact (matchbox) sized TIU mounted on the side of the distributor. The 280ZX is not the best location for the TIU. Heat is your enemy so lets mount the TIU between the radiator and the nr.1 exhaust manifold☹ Usefull info: If you are looking for parts. The pickup in the 280Z is the same as the early L20B (75-78) EI distributor. You can also use the L20B TIU LX507 or LX512, but on the 75 - 77 280Z you will need the TIU connector plug to connect it and replace the coil and ballast with a 12V version. The L20B after 78 had the matchbox TIU like the early 280ZX. It will work on the 280ZX distributor. Both types of distributor will trigger the GM 4-pin HEI module. The GM HEI requires a minimum of 0.3VAC to activate. Altough the 280Z has a poor (low) voltage pulse during cranking it will still be enough to trigger the HEI.

There is a mustache bar on eBay right now with brand new ones better jump on it was gonna buy it but after looking at mine we’re in great shape https://www.ebay.com/itm/265669468613?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=YmFO8ONHQg6&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=5tQC030BQXm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

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There you go. That's what's going on with the power regulator! Other than the mass jumble of extra wiring nest in the back... You could have cleaned that up to make it simple enough that it looked we.... simple. Thanks Steve!

Thanks Patcon , maybe I was gambling for it. I was thinking if I damaged the bonnet, I would have had it fixed with original blue # 903 . The reason why I bought a very rough 240Z (-02146) is sampling an original color #903 . But for now , I am so happy with the bonnet, to repaint back to original #903 will be postponed to someday. Kats

Here is my tool box , Prince tools are inside in the box . I found one big wrench which has name ダットサン(Datsun) I think it is very old tool , maybe before WW2 ? Kats