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Christopher, I'm sorry, but I can't see where the word "factory" ( sometimes with a capital F I've noticed ) comes into it. Since when did NMC USA = "Factory"? As far as I am aware, this project was the brainchild of NMC USA ( as opposed to NMC Japan ). That's not the same thing at all, is it? 'NMC USA sponsored / sanctioned restoration program' would be less misleading I think. Maybe not quite enough buzz for the copywriters though. Tagging the word "Factory" onto it conjures up a different picture altogether - at least to my mind. Its being used much too casually for me. Look at the title of this thread. This is categorically NOT TRUE. You make it sound very cut and dried. However, I think you might have taken NMC USA's advertising men a little too literally. Manufacturers here in the UK have been doing roughly the same thing for many years. In fact, if you want to look back into the early part of the Twentieth Century you would see that such a practice was relatively common. I'm sure other manufacturers in other countries were doing it too. Rolls Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin and Lotus spring to mind. Aston Martin have been doing it since the '70's for sure. I've even ridden in a Factory refurb of a DB5 that was for sale at their Newport Pagnell Factory sales showroom. For a cast iron example I'd cite Bristol. They have been - and in fact still do - buy back customer cars and refurb them for sale to other customers. This is not bespoke refurb for an existing owner ( although this too is offered ) but the systematic buy-back, refurb and resale of old cars through its own manufacturing and sales system. Now THAT is what I would call a "Factory Restoration"........ Maybe Bristol doesn't count though, eh? How many Americans have heard of Bristol Cars? We are - after all - now in the "New American Century", or so I hear. Nope. Just trying to make what ( I think ) is a valid and relevant point. Which seems to be less and less important on this forum recently. Alan T. ( No Cheerios please, I'm strictly a Muesli guy )

I was told they were on a '73 Fairlady Z-L Lachlan. I don't know how you can make a judgement about whether he was a careful driver or not. The "huge dent" might not have been his fault at all....... You also don't know what his circumstances were with regard to affording the wheels. I hope you're not 'looking a gift horse in the mouth'? These wheels were cheap as chips at one time; I remember seeing a really nice pair of 'R' types being used as plant-pot holders in the front yard of a house just down the road from where I used to live in Tokyo.

So when people write "Factory Restored", they don't actually mean what they are implying? Right. Where did this bad habit start? I remember seeing UK newspaper and car magazine reports around the time the project was first announced, and not all of the journalists seemed to be in full command of the facts. Many of the articles implied that the cars were to be sent back to Japan and at least one ( I remember choking on my morning tea ) CATEGORICALLY stated that the cars indeed were to be shipped back to Nissan in Japan. Looks like loose lips sunk ships. Subsequently I saw more accurate reporting of the exercise, but this "Factory Restored" tag still sticks with a lot of people. I've seen it plenty on this site, where people should know better. Where did it come from?

gruvyz, Congratulations, and welcome to the world of early Z ownership. Special congratulations on the purchase of a tangible piece of NMC USA's advertising budget. Welcome too to the sad and lonely cul-de-sac that I inhabit. Its a place where curmudgeonly sticklers roam, muttering under their breath that the only Nissan "Factory" your car saw was over thirty years ago, and was located in Japan and not the United States of America. :paranoid: I know I've whined about it in the past, but is this "Factory Restoration" tag set in stone now? Is all the other nonsense about it being a "World first" also now 'fact'? *shuffles back into darkened room and closes door with a loud clang*

Well, if you have one end of the return spring attached to the tab on the body, then - as far as I remember - the other end needs to be attached to the U-shaped hanger ( Nissan call it the "Equaliser" ) that the centre section of the handbrake cable sits in. Can you see a small slot on the Equaliser, right where the clevis pin runs through it?

As 2ManyZs pointed out, there is a little tab on the body. Its a small triangular shape with rounded corners, and its pushed out of the pressing which the Handbrake brackets are attached to. Its so small that you might be missing it............. This pic should help:

Original ones were 'Pot Metal' / 'Mazak' castings. Like most of the emblems, they were later changed to plastic - but they were originally metal. The metal one on my ZG is starting to show its age; its deteriorating in the way that Mazak loves to - pimpling up and going dull........... Like me. Alan T.

Hi Steve, Just PM'd you back.

You should have said that you were talking about the 'Short Case' R200 rather than the 'Long Case' R200 in the beginning. It would have saved time. But I still don't understand the question. The internal parts of the R32-type R200 are not designed to fit in the earlier ( long case ) R200, and you would struggle to fit the complete R32-type diff in your Z. What is it you are thinking of doing exactly? If you want to have an LSD-equipped R200 with a suitable ratio that is a virtual bolt-in for your early Z, then I recommend that you look for the earlier long case type and forget about the one in your pictures.

Straight-on shot with the rear cover off:

A close-up shot of the Ring gear and LSD housing: