Cuong Nguyen

Hi Phil, I am sure that Ben has lots of experience with importing/exporting cars since he runs "High Performance Imports" car magazine also (about Japanese imported cars) I will dig up the issue numbers and let you know as soon as I get some free time to look.

Hi All, Phil, well done and congratulations on your purchase! The previous owner, Ben Ellis is very much a zed car nut also. I have all of the Zoom magazines here amongst all the rest of stuff in my study. Let me know if you need copies of the articles and I may be able to sort something out for you.

Hi All, my '73 240Z has a "Tare" weight of 1067kg (WA Transport) BUT: they listed the "Body" as sedan!!! (how can they can get things soooo wrong?) Hope that helps, Cuong Nguyen

Hi All, I am with Ben, I set mine to "blank" and open few windows to load up the web sites which I need/want to look at. (usually my hotmail and www.240z.org plus others)

Hi All, thanks That Ozzy Guy for the contact details. I will give Carlos a call and see what he has in stock in terms of 240z.

Hi All, does anyone know the contact details of this Carlos guy from Sports Classics? My brother is currently living in Mosman, Sydney and I was thinking that maybe if there was a nice 240Z...I could always do with one more Z! Please post Carlos' phone number, address, web page, email address, fax number etc if possible. Thanks in advance, Cuong Nguyen (there is always more 240Z for sale in the east coast than here in WA )

HI All, My '73 is HS30 103471 L24 189407 (although not in the car anymore, but still have the engine and gearbox) Green and manual from factory

"genuine 432022kms"? This 2+2 must have been used for parcel deliveries around Australia!

Hi Gaz, here is a picture of a RB30 260Z with a custom made intake manifold. This manifold was made by Per4manz Turbochargers here in Western Australia. Hope this is of help to you.

Hi All, Alfadog, yes 260Z do have tool boxes, it is the early 240Z cars that don't...

Hi All, I am selling a "spare" 260Z 2 seater that I have, the photos of it can be seen in my picture gallery. Any WA guys that are interested can email me at nguyenxcuong@hotmail.com Mr C. about the 240Z gearbox - I do have one, it is out of my yellow 240Z, email me and tell me what its worth.

Hi All, Sorry EScanlon, if you thought that the first 500 cars exported went to the US, that is not necessarily correct at all. That may well be the case for HLS cars, but don't forget that Australia has many cars that are under the 500 build number also, HS cars. Whether they were made concurrently on the production lines or not will determine which cars left the shores of Japan first, HLS cars or HS cars? So how can we say that the 1st 500 cars exported went to the US? I disagree on that part...

Hi All, I have to agree with Alan in terms of Z owners generally being unaware of other models/parts/options/special versions etc offered in other countries. I have also found it very interesting that many people often comment on how certain parts aren't factory or standard for that particular year car, only to forget that it may be the case in their own country, but that for a Z in another market it may well have had that part fitted when it left the factory. (the Z logo on the steering wheel is a good example of this) As previously noted by others, it is very annoying that terms such as Series 1 and Series 2 are being used when describing different parts and options on cars as this kind of model designations was never used by Datsun. When have you ever seen a Series 1 badge on a 240Z? Generally, I would like to see more Z owners be more aware that other models do exist and that just because the HLS version was sold in greater numbers it is by no means a standard setting model. There is plenty more that all of us can ldo to earn about these great cars than simply using zhome and other sources alike as our bible (not that I use zhome as my bible...) I have loaded two pictures: one of a manual 240Z and the other of a automatic 240Z, both are Japanese "Home Market" interiors. This backs up Alan's claim that indeed different logos on the steering wheel were used in Japan rather than the usual "Datsun" logo for the export cars.