AZ-240z

I have reproduced several decals for my Series 1 car, and am considering another. It is the red on bright silver decal found on the master vac. I can do this if there is enough interest from other members which would allow me to cover my costs. The other decals that I have done are: 1. Emissions decal done in a chrome gold finish to duplicate the finish found on many original 240Z emissions decals I have seen. 2. The hazzard switch decal found on series 1 cars. 3. The decals found on the spare tire cover, these are a black on chrome triangular decal, used to align the cover over the spare tire well. All of these decals have come out extremely well. This is probably a bad time to poll the membership here, with the Motorsport show taking place this weekend. Let me know if you are interested or your opinions on the general interest in this sort of item. Dan

Well, Carl got me by a year on date of purchase. Bought mine off the showroom floor in March of 1971, the last of the series 1 cars. But I got him on longevity: still own the car today, and has been a restoration project since 1999. It won't be finished until it looks like the day I bought it. Dan

Alan, Your the greatest. I have been totally frustrated trying to find this information. Many thanks. Dan

Thanks 26th-Z. That is exactly what I needed. Any thoughts on my question concerning the "ICA" columns on these parts CD pages? Dan

I have been using the CD to locate parts for my restoration, but one page is missing on my copy of the z-car CD. In the Electrical sub-section, page 55-4 is obliterated and I am assuming all the other CDs came out the same way. Does anyone have a good copy of this page that they would be willing to post for me to copy? Thanks for any help. There is one other question I have tried to get an answer for about this CD but, in the past, got no response. Maybe someone could help. In one of the last columns of this CD the heading is "ICA" and beneath this are two sub- columns labeled "N & F". Down in the parts list these columns will either have a "Y" or "N" and sometimes a "C" for a specific part. I am assuming this reflects the interchangeability of parts, but I don't know what the "N", or "F" stands for, or the "Y" or "N" or "C". Can anyone help me out on this definition? Thanks, again. Dan

Kats, 26th-Z, Just to add a little more perspective to the early round, chrome coat hangar, my car, one of the last series 1 with production date of 1/71, came from the factory with the round, chrome coat hangars. I was fortunate enough to meet Mr. Matsuo at the 2004 National Convention. This meeting was a large influencing factor in my resolve to return the car to as much originality as time and depleting finances would allow. The dialogue you both provide concerning issues of originality is totally where I am at. Dan

Hey Chris, Glad you jumped into the discussion, here. That is a very interesting association you make with the quarter window trim screw and clear washer fastener and the use of same on the door trims. My car has the welded-on tabs on the quarter window frames, and I found a couple of NOS screws and washers on ebay. Guess I should have bought more, as they show up very rarely on ebay. I noticed on the center picture you posted, above, the remanents of that small rubber upper quarter window frame post seal that was particular to only series 1 cars. Do you have a line on any supply for those? Mike, at Banzai, was going to have these reproduced, but may have found it too expensive to do. I'll let you know if I have any success in a quest for seat cushion guards. Are you going for a Concours restoration on either of your car, Chris?

Hello Kats, Thanks for your research on the seat cushion guards. They look terrific on your car, and I would like to install a pair on my seat, if I can find them. What I am getting from all of the above inputs to my original questions is that these guards were, probably, used only on very early production cars, the same as your unusual hood bumpers. I very much doubt that they were on my car originally, but as a stock item on series 1 cars, I think that I would use them. Are the machine screws and washers used to mount your guards a stock item? It is doubtful that we will every find a part number for these guards, but it has been an education for me, anyway. Although I have owned this car for 35 years, I have never had so much fun putting this car back to its original condition. Dan

While we are talking about original interiors, this may not be the correct place, but I would like to ask if anyone has a real nice drivers side vinyl interior threshold trim piece for my series 1 that they would consider selling to me? I have found a NOS piece, would you believe, for the passenger side and am having little success finding the other side in equally nice condition. I thought that someone may have removed one after upgrading there interior, possibly, so just thought I would ask. Thanks. Dan

Hello Carl, Joseph, I couldn't agree more with your reasoning concerning not using screws to help secure door panels, Carl. I just am trying to justify seeing at least 4 or 5 1970 cars with chrome phillips head screws in the same location, ie., either side of the door latch, on both doors. Joseph, I did find the reference in Wick Humble's book, in the upper left column on page 167. This even confuses to issue more, as the quote in his book concerning reinstalling door trim panels is "Early Zs have a chrome phillips head screw and clear-plastic trim washer to secure the lower corner at the rear". Now, this flies in the face of what I have observed, but would indicate that screws were, indeed, used to help secure door trims. Wow, I just found the picture you were talking about, Joseph. It is on page 62 of Wick's book, lower left. His car has two phillips head screws and finish washers on either side of the door latch. For reasons Carl gave, these may have only been used on early production series 1 cars before being discontinued. Dan

Chris If I am able to get a good set of these cushion guards, and Keith doesn't mind, I may look into having these reproduced. It would, obviously, depend on cost of reproduction, and demand, as Keith mentioned. Have you looked into approx costs for this type of fabrications, Chris? As mentioned in another thread, I have also reproduced several decals for the series 1 cars which are available to anyone interested. I do enjoy doing this, as it gets me parts that I need, and, providing them for other restorers so I can recoup my costs. It would be great if the demand was high enough to do these guards. Dan

I found, on the "ZCar CD", in the L26, L28E sub-section of the Body section, page 143-4, item #s 66 & 67, the screw and finish washers used on the rear hatch interior panel. I don't know if the 260 or 280 Z had these, or are just in the wrong place on the CD. I could find no reference to there use on the door panels, though. Thanks Chris and Keith, for the info. I am slowly closing in on the truth.

Fred, Arne, Chris, Thanks for getting back to me with these replys. I hate to put holes in my door panels without being 100% certain that hls30-20419 had these screws originally. I may have snagged a pair of the seat cushion guards and would love to have these on my car if it was possibly original to my car. Some of my confusion comes from the fact that I am almost certain that the inside rear hatch plastic panel had four of these phillips head screws, so why not the door panels.

I have a couple of questions for those with good knowledge of these early cars. First, I have noticed on a few 1970 cars, that the interior door panels have a couple of chromed phillips heat screws with finish washers which help attach the panels to the inside door frame, and are located on either side of the door release latch at the bottom of each door. Can anyone confirm that these are a stock items, and, if so, which vin #s would apply? Also, apparently some early series 1 cars had a black plastic seat cushion guard located at the forward, outside edge of the seat cushions, and attached with machine screws beneath the seat to the seat frames. Does anyone have a very early parts book which would have the part numbers for these guards and the attachment hardware? Any help would be appreciated? Although I am the original owner of this car, I am afraid my long term memory is a little cloudy on some of these original items. My car has morphed through many changes, and now is going back to, hopefully, 100% original. Thanks for any thoughts. This club, I believe, has the best concentration of the most knowledgable Z fans on the web. Dan hls30-20419

Montoya fan01 You got it right. I have reproduction decals for the early series 1 cars, and Dogma is considering making decals for the cars that had the cross indentation in the dash to the left of the hazzard switch. As far as I have been able to research, the decal shown by Arne was on all series 1 cars through 1/71 production dates. I have seen original cars with vins of 5xxx and 12xxx with this decal. My car produced in 1/71 also had the decal. I realize that I am making an assumption base of the above info but maybe others will chime in to better define the use of this decal. Dan

I just got a new computer. It needs to be hooked up to a local cable provider, and I need to become computer literate as far as posting pictures. What I guess I am saying is that it is going to be possible a week or so before I can show what I have. Thanks for your inquiries and patients, and I'll keep everyone posted. Dan

dogma420, I apologize for muscling in on your thread with the decals which I reproduced for the early 240z. This has, possibly, led to some confusion about which decal is referenced in some replys. These are two different decals for early and later cars. I just thought it would be easier to lump this purpose specific decal in the same thread for ease of reference in the future. Let me know if I should start a new thread if I am infringing. They are two distinctly different decals. Dan

If anyone is interested, I have reproduced the hazard switch decal as shown by Arne, above. It is an exact quality reproduction on vinyl. If $10 sounds fair to anyone interested, let me know. This decal was found on series 1 cars and the decal placement can be seen in Arne's reply. Dan

Chris, or anyone. Do you happen to know how long the plastic seat cushion guards were used on series 1 seats? Would they have been correct up through 12/70 cars? Dan

Hi Guys, Thought I would jump in with some know info. I am the original owner of a 1/71 240z, and it came off the showroom with the seat mounted smaller shoulder J-hooks. As my car was one of the very last series 1 cars, I would assume that all series 1 cars came this way. Hope this helps. I would be happy to provide any further info. Dan

Lance I purchased a bag of ten of those cups maybe 8 months ago from Nissan. I believe the part number is 80929 - 32200. They probably also have the clips that slip into those cups. The part Number for the clips is 80919 - 22500. I don't know what I would do without my club parts CD. Good luck. Dan

Bob, Ed Thanks for the ideas. I was thinking along similar lines in both cases. I Have a third, newer visor that I think I will experiment on, and disect it, first, using Bob's approach of opening up one end to get frame and padding out. I was thinking, after opening up the seam, I could glue strips of similar vinyl to the inside edge of both sides of the open seam, and once I had replaced the padding and frame, use those extended seam edges to glue the seam shut. I could, then, trim off the added vinyl strips, but they would give me material to handle in make the closure of the seam. Maybe even use a soldering iron with a wire tip to fuse the seam shut. Am I making any sense with this idea? Since the vinyl has already stretched with years of heat exposure, it will probably give me a little extra material to make the closure. It helps a lot, Bob, to now know what makes up the inside of these, as I plan the best way to get them open. Thanks. Any other thoughts out there? I think that this can be done with good results, but I will let you know. Dan