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Kats, I'd like to thank you once again for being the man who actually made all this a reality and a success. Without your months - if not years - of work in planning and preparation, your excellent Japan-wide connections and trustworthiness it simply would have not been possible. From choosing the venue (the Keihanna was a PERFECT choice) to bringing some of Japan's very best S30-series Zs and their owners from far and wide, so much went into it that many of the participants were unaware of. Your family were also working hard behind the scenes and made great sacrifices for us, which we all benefitted from. One thing that possibly doesn't come across in the video is the esprit de corps felt by all involved. We all - visitors and participants - converged on the Keihanna Plaza hotel in dribs and drabs over the course of a day or so. 'Our' team members from Australia, USA, Germany, Switzerland, UK and Holland while the Japanese participants arrived in their cars from all corners of the country. The atmosphere was laid back, friendly and fun. Getting the cars into the hotel's event hall and in pre-planned position - mostly on Go-Jack skates to preserve the floor surface - quickly developed into a military operation with everybody playing their part in good humour. A great atmosphere. And oh the lunchtime and evening socialising! I'm not sure the local hostelries and eateries knew what hit them... The drive-out was another dimension. It's one thing seeing the cars static inside, but convoying together in such beautiful countryside the cars - and owners - came alive. I'm something of a veteran in visiting Japan but for some of our group it was their first time, and how lucky they were! I kept telling them that it took me many years to see some of these cars and to drive/ride in them in rural Japan, but here they were getting the full VIP treatment from the get-go. Like winning the lottery jackpot with their first ticket! Moving on to a new hotel base in Yokohama for visits to Nissan HQ, NISMO and the Nissan Heritage Collection at Zama were the icing on the cake. So, again, thank you Kats. You made A Dream Come True for many people...

That's an episode of The Twilight Zone I must have missed. In other news, if my grandmother had wheels she'd be a bus. I'll try, but a franchised dealership ordering parts from a competition parts list, then modifying them to replicate stock production parts, is pushing me toward a different conclusion. The exposed splines on that propeller shaft are very persuasive too, LOL Going out on a limb here but.... To flip it? Assumed intelligence, good intentions and being in the right place at the right time. Vendor has now posted with the backstory to his acquisition. I don't see anything to be throwing shade at. Good luck to him, I say.

Did I miss something? What exactly are you referring to? All I see is a sensible, informed and respectful exchange of views and data. Was something lost in translation? Kats just posted dimensions and photos on his long-running and highly informative Datsun 240Z vs Fairlady Z432 thread: https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/23900-datsun-240z-vs-fairlady-z432/?do=findComment&comment=682106 Good work Kats! Your thread is a goldmine and one of THE best works of information and entertainment on this forum.

The invoices from Waverly Motors even quote the 'S30D' and 'HS30' origins of the parts. They should have been looking at standard car factory parts lists rather than Comp parts lists. It would have saved the owner some money too. The lack of information excuse doesn't wash. This was happening when the cars had already been on sale for the best part of two years and the stock specs of other market transmissions - including gear ratios and the matching diff ratios - were written out in full in several sections of the factory service manuals for the North American market variants. Seems more like a lack of imagination from the dealer. Commendations to the original owner and his ambition for a sportier drive, but the dealership let him down a little.

That's a very lenient take. Quite simply, Waverly Motors sourced and fitted the wrong part. They fitted an E4100 propeller shaft when they should have fitted the longer E8700, which was already available as a stock Nissan part. And having fitted the short shaft - with the splined centre joint clearly over-extended and NFFP - they sent the customer on his way. It was wrong then and it's wrong now. Waverly also appear to have sourced a competition option version of the FS5C71-A transmission, then took it apart to install a set of 'street' ratio gears when they could have simply ordered an off-the-shelf Nissan transmission which already gave them what they were building. Stock equipment in the rest of the world. You can call it Monday morning quarterbacking if you want, but Nissan had been knocking out FS5C71-A equipped Zs since late 1969 and it seems to me that a franchised Datsun dealer might be expected to have noticed. It was fully noted in the Factory Service Manual for the car. Harsh maybe, but I'd say fair.

It's the stock E4100 propeller shaft for 'early' (FS5C71A) equipped cars. It might look 'strange' because it has been fitted to a car with a rearward-mounted differential position, and is therefore over-extended on its splined centre joint. The car in question requires the longer E8700 propeller shaft specific to the updated, rearward, differential mounting position. EDIT: As Kats has pointed out above.

Huh?

Yes, I have seen that. On the other hand, from Nissan (Japan) parts manual C-235: *343266 - 0501P - RESERVOIR - oil. Worth noting that they were specified for other Nissan models before the S30. Maybe try - if you possibly can - to keep your powder dry. Not doing so can lead to a damp squib (cf 'Cad' plating).

Nissan called this item an 'Oil Reservoir', rather than a "Grease Reservoir". 'Oil' has a little more natural disposition toward moving downhill when subjected to gravity than 'Grease' does. A clue in the name they chose, perhaps? Somebody whose opinion I usually take notice of suggested that the originals - when new - were compliant enough to be 'squeezable'.

Garage 44 and BRING A TRAILER will know exactly what is happening, and when. So if you really want to know I suggest you contact them direct(ly). While you have their attention you might like to suggest a start date and time that fits your busy diary schedule. Clearly you're just gagging to make a bid.

That would apply to most ergonomics. Designers, engineers, architects and even shoe makers have to work within reasonable percentiles. Anybody outside the norms is just going to have to cope with what nature gave them. A little late for April 1st. I'l cite Karl Benz, Johan Sebastian Bach, Johannes Gutenberg and Milli Vanilli as five Germans who - like Albrecht Goertz - are not responsible for a single curve or line on the S30-series Z. "Stolen"? Meh. Language of fools.

Also, Japanese market variants had the option of factory stereo from beginning of production, so there are speaker holes in both sides of the interior quarter panel trims and the sheetmetal underneath them was designed to accept speaker mounts on both sides.

I have no idea what "bait" you are imagining you see. I made a couple of - I judge, having sat in front of the very people who came up with the parts in question, listened to their reasoning and their answers to sensible questions - informed comments on the topic. Contrast this with your finger-in-the-air type ruminations (yes, maybe they have indeed "considered" the transmission issue...) and you're talking about "bait"? Thanks for the grammar lesson (LOL, is that all you've got?). I'm English - more specifically a Londoner - and that's how we tend to say it over here. You might as well be advising Miles Davis to stick to the melody. But if you're suddenly volunteering to be this site's speeling and grammer policeman then by all means go for it. Citizens will demand fair and equal treatment of all cases. Good luck with that.

This is a NISMO project, intended as part of an anniversary of their founding year. THAT is the timing context. I very much doubt that NISMO (it's not a NISSAN product) paid too much attention to what's "already out there". Most of the people carping and whining about the NISMO kit didn't buy an OSG or Datsunworks head either.

I attended a presentation on the new kit at NISMO's Omori HQ last week, and the bellhousing/transmission question was brought up. NISMO's staff said that the FJ20 engine's bellhousing can be used (it's pretty much the same as the one used on the LY crossflow) allowing the 71-B family transmissions to be used, but they expect the aftermarket to step up and adapt 71-C family and NISMO 6-speed transmissions in the way that, for example, ESCORT have done for the L6 family. One thing that strikes me is that people are talking as though individuals will be able to purchase these kits/parts for their own home builds. That's not how NISMO told us they intend to release them. They are going to appoint known, recommended and trusted engine building companies as authorised buyers and they will be given technical assistance with the builds. It will be up to these authorised builders to deal with customers who want to purchase finished engines/drivetrains/complete packages. NISMO won't be selling these parts direct to civilians...

Not odd at all. It's the same reason that British Standard threads were used on a "Japanense" car in the 1950s and early 1960s. Nissan's tie-up with Austin. Wait 'til you hear about Imperial wheel diameters and PCDs... https://www.nissan-global.com/EN/HERITAGE_COLLECTION/short_story/en_p13-01.html

Known to challenge The Hackenthorpe Book Of Lies for top dog status.

As discussed elsewhere: https://zclub.net/community/index.php?threads/super-samuri-collecting-cars-gaw-105m.32250/

So what was "Hmmmm" (five letters, since we are stickling...) intended to mean? I'm looking at it in the context of your previous comments, such as: In amongst all the negative comments about S30.World and their work on this thread, from where I'm sitting it looks like you're trying to hint at something without actually saying it. You want to have your cake and eat it, don't you? Always 'more on this later', but never actually committing to any tangible opinion. You tell us that you've had a working relationship with the owner of the company in question for "many years", and yet I've not seen you make a single post or comment in their support while all and sundry were posting uninformed nonsense about them here and dissing their work. Hmmmm indeed. I think I've got your number. On the other hand, you might well want to be careful about associating yourself with S30.World on here. After all, our friend SpeedRoo might call you a "so-called expert" and Zed Head will be asking you if payola is involved.

Delay is due to paperwork-related logistics issues. A lot of my own work involves international shipments, so I have some sympathy when I hear of paperwork going missing in transit. And as someone who mistook a movement docket for a 'Factory Build Sheet', I trust you'll have just as much sympathy for 'Lost In Transit' as 'Lost In Translation'...

Ha ha. This is the world of used car sales we are talking about here. You even presume that the seller knows everything about the car? That's your schtick. Own it. Don't make me laugh. Last week you were dissing the staff and work of S30.World on this thread for all you were worth - whilst demonstrating at the same time that you knew nothing about them ("just seling car parts") - and then when the boss and a few other well-respected 'consultants' show up and post here in reply you're suddenly the wide-mouthed frog adding 'likes' to their posts. How come you didn't ask a few of them whether they had "stock options", a "paying position" or are "on the board"? Anyone with any sense can see how you operate.

A buyer - or anyone else - might assume anything at all, right or wrong. But you're already on the head of that pin, positing that provenance is either important or unimportant, with no mention of the pragmatism required when dealing with 55 year old cars existing in the huge gap between those two positions. And if changing paint stickers 'removes provenance' then every car with a repro sticker - no matter if it has just the right amount of shine - is a demerit. ...and reductio ad absurdum. Ask zspert about his "alternates created of all the things that collectors usually inspect for originality". Originality is nice, but its not an infinite resource. It is necessary - for the continuation of our hobby - to repair and replace. There are industries dedicated to that end. There's not a car owned by the members of this site that would be an example of total originality. It is an impossibility and your theory is nonsense, even hypothetically.

I've got a hunch - just a feeling in my bones - that the paint is not 'Amino Alkyd Enamel' either. "False advertising"? Seriously? The repro paint sticker matches the re-paint and colour change. Do you think they should have used a sticker for the original green instead? Some of the nitpicking here is beyond parody. Not immune to the occasional malapropism, however.

But why do you expect to see detailed photos of a commercial, industrial process over and above the few PR photos that Nissan chose to show us? They gave us plenty of information about the product itself and a fair bit of information about the company and its various operations. As far as Nissan are concerned, anything more than that is really none of our business.

None that I'd break a promise and post here.