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Thanks for the suggestion @jfa.series1. I went with the Eiko's

I am leaning towards this one. It is 25 lumens, in cool white with 90 degree beam angle. https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/instrument-panel-light-bulb/ba9s-led-bulb-4-led-ba9s-retrofit-car-classic-car-bulbs/6/ The Eiko also seems like a good option for incandescent with the 4 Watts. I am leaning toward the brighter LED with the longer life. Pricewise, it is just a bit more, but I like the fact that the LED would be longer lasting and maybe a bit brighter.

These look interesting: https://www.superbrightleds.com/vehicle/1972-nissan-240z-instrument-panel-light-bulb?make=55&model=61&scc_id=1364&year=1972 Says they work with the standard dimmer. Also, long lasting. This looks like a good option and could be cheaper than the Motorsport 4 Watt incandescents. PS: the photobucket images are not coming through.

Started putting the dash back back together. Did a a little clean-up on the gauges before installation. Also touched up a some of the chipped and scraped areas on the instruments. Trying to decide what to do about the non-working clock. I think I will send the clock out to this guy and get the quartz mechanism so it will last for a while and be accurate. http://www.zclocks.com/ Although, I am really tempted to try this: https://hyllest.wordpress.com/2014/09/28/quartz-clock-movement-into-a-240z-clock/ That might be worth my time. I have a couple other Z's with clocks that don't work, so could be handy. I installed most of the dash harness and will install the ducts soon. Oh, 'Just Dashes' covered up three of the holes that that should have been open: The dash light dimmer hole, the emergency flasher switch and the odometer reset. So, I drilled those open and installed those item. It was a bit scary drilling into a $1750 dash, but was actually fairly simple as it was just the vinyl I had to go through. I also need to look into the panel lights. I am thinking that there is a better option than the original bulbs but not sure. I will have to look into this more. Anyway, here are the pics so far

Yes, just dashes will do the glove box, but I am betting it is very pricey. Best bet may be to look for one on e-bay to get one for the best price. For faded plastic, I use that Mother's color restorer for black plastic. That works well. Paint is an option, but you would have to do the dash as well to avoid the color variation. Below are close-up pictures of the two different dashes. The darker pic is the new 'Just dashes' material. the lighter pic is from my original '70 dash. The colors are actually the same, it's just the camera lighting is different for the two pics. While the texture feels the same to the touch the pattern is definitely different when you are close-up. From a two to three foot distance, the texture looks very similar. But as you can see from the close-up, it is definitely a different pattern. I should do a little research and see if I can find the Mold Tech or Yick Sang or CH number for the patterns.

I will check tomorrow AM.

LOL.....great comment . if only it were that easy. Yes, it's definitely nice to be working with a new dash with new plastic. It really looks nice. Old plastic scares me as I know it is just a matter of time before it gives way. Still trying to brace myself for the day the dash on my '70 cracks. I am hoping that it makes it to 50 years. The cost is expensive but necessary for a high end Z. Throw in my transportation and it's almost $2K for everything. If you pay on credit and not cash, then they add tax. Not sure if the tax is on the complete product or just materials. Receipt breakdown was $875 materials, $875 Labor. This also makes me realize that I got my '71 for a steal. Total cost for the car was $4K. That included a fully reconditioned dash WITH reconditioned instruments including a working clock, and all the parts zinc plated. Not bad.

And here are the pics. It looks great!

Made the trek up to Van Nuys to Pick up the restored dash. I inspected the dash before they bubble wrapped it for the trip home, but forgot to take a pic. The dash looks great and the Kanji was nicely taped off. Will unwrap tonight and post pics. Below is a pic of the dash in its' comfy bubble wrap resting on the couch. On a side note, I noticed a damaged dash package in the company lobby. Apparently UPS 'mishandled' the package during shipping. Makes me glad I made the drive to pick it up.

This one looks pretty nice. Frame rails are near perfect and looks fairly original except for a few items. https://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/cto/6205678699.html

The car is looking great. Nice job on the welding and undercoating, and I love that color....'Ticket me Yellow' I think it is called.

I think I would advertise that as a 'moon roof'

All mine are 72 and older, all 4-speeds. I don't have a large enough sample set

The second one (no cross-member) looks like your standard Z transmission. I do not recognize the first one. The bolts on the top near the shifter are unfamiliar to me.

Here are some pics of the new '72. I boxed up most of the parts and took them to the storage garage. I still have things that I need to pick up from the PO like fenders, hood, bumpers, 5 speed trans, brake lines, etc. This will have to sit for a bit while I finish other cars but I may dink on it here and there. Oh yes, and it came with the car cover, nice.

Yes, engine bay and underside of the hood were sprayed last weekend. Base-clear

Pics from the paint shop. Color looks a little funny in some of the pics because of the lighting. I love the gloss finish. I guess we let this dry and then have it polished out and we should be ready to get back to my 'shop' for assembly. WooHoo

It's a bit late here and the day was super busy, so no pics today. I will try and post some tomorrow. I did make the final payment of $5500 (so $6500 total for the car) to the owner today and picked up the car and most of the disassembled parts. I will have to make another trip to the PO's house to pick up the rest of the stuff some other day. So far, I am pretty happy with what I have bought.. In addition to the original radio and very nice interior (which looks bad in the pics above but great in person), I noticed that the car is also sporting the original spare (I think). Will post pics of that tomorrow. As I was sorting parts into storage bins, I noted the following items: A second steering wheel with new horn pad, two more sets of of 3 screw SU carbs (originals are on the motor), another new choke cable, a reconditioned clock that said 'working quartz' on the bag, all of the original jute in good condition with original carpeting, plus a brand new set of carpeting, a complete precision weather strip kit, 2 grills, bolts and screw in clearly marked bag indicating what area they were from, a number of boxed NOS interior parts among other things. So, looks like I have a lot of stuff to work with here.....when I get time to work on it As I was filling out paperwork with the PO, I guessed that the mileage was probably 165K given the 65K speedo indication. The PO, who is the second owner, said it is probably 65K. He said the original owner was a doctor in Nevada that did not drive the car that much as he was older and it was difficult for him to drive. He died and the car sat for quite some time until the doctors son eventually sold it. The PO bought it from the doctors son, drove it for a short while then started his 'restoraton' which didn't get very far. Again the car sat for years, until I picked it up. So, it could be just a 65K car. I guess I will probably know better when I open up the motor. Anyway, will try and post some pics tomorrow. Rich

Beautiful. Love it!

It's always nice to get some good press. http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/why-are-datsun-240zs-shooting-up-in-value/ar-BBDh9M3?li=BBisPVf&ocid=spartanntp

The Ztherapy final inspection check list:

I will have to google that one. Anyway, here are the carb before and after pics.

I would call it ironic timing on the carb arrival as my wife and I went to the Queen + Adam Lambert concert at the Hollywood Bowl last night. Of course they played one of my favorite songs; 'I'm in love with my car'. I think my wife thought I was getting into the song a little too much....and then the 'carbeurettas' show up.

These just came in....very nice!

Cleaned up and lubed the half shafts today. I went with the bare metal clear coat on the half shafts. I did this on my '71 and I think it looks great. I could go with black, but then everything underneath is black so it looks kind of plain when in reality, these are pretty cool looking parts.