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Well, the workload on the house / Garage / Workshop project finally slows down a bit, so i have a bit of time and a few bucks here and there to spend on my other, car related projects again. I have found some missing parts which are currently on the way to me, which i will of course post once they're here. But first i got some parts today from my Buddy Stefan at Cagedude. Ag ain he was responsible for recreating some damaged parts with his awesome fabrication skills. This time he built me set of 240Z vertical Grille finns, which hold the horizontal fins together. As you can see my original set (black) was totally bent and broken. Super happy and i will have to reassemble my grill soon i guess ?

Got some stuff today which i found lately for sale online. First a set of original Nissan Parts manual Microfiches from a German workshop liquidation. So it's the european Parts manual. Unfortunately one page (body) is missing, but since i have a digital copy already it's only for completeness sake. and the price was great too ? You would usually need a microfilm / microfiche reader, but i think a scanner with a high resolution should be able to handle those too. I will give it a try. It just was a too cool piece of history to not buy them ? Then i got a copy from an original German User manual for the 240Z: The colours are wrong since the seller seems to sell a lot of copied manuals with all the same colour sheme for some reason, but still it's better than nothing and it was a lot cheaper than an original, old, brittly, used service manual that is currently for sale for 130 Bucks on ebay. So i decided a copy has to do it. Also i know the original colour sheme anyway, so i can create my own copy with th e original colours whenever i want to: It's good to finally know all the details: And it got a wiring shematic too, which is great ? More parts are on the way, so expect more by next week or so ?

Uh, i feel honoured ? Regarding the taiwan or Thailand made Panels, they had a pretty good reputation until somethiing changed and the quality wasn't as good as in the beginning and people started to prefer the tabco ones. I guess if you still are able to find a set of original old Thailand made panels then you're pretty lucky. @240260280 I would have killed for that NOS complete floor section with the transmission tunnel. what a lovely piece...

Had a visit at the Bodyshop today to discuss some next steps. Then i realized you guys haven't seen the car as a whole in a while, so i made some pictures. only to find out back at home that the camera settings were wrong and all the pictures were blurry. Nevertheless. here are some (blurry) pictures of the car in it's current state. Next up will be the work on the floorpans ?

Just another of these little things that sum up in a lot of time and money, but another little step is done: The inside uf the fuel filler cap - the fuel pipe mounting plate (or whatever you want to call it) is sandblasted and welded back in the car. Will visit the bodyshop on friday and have a closer look at those details: Oh and at the japanese classic car meet in Rhotrist last week, i got this german Datsun Book from my Buddy Stefan. Thanks for bringig it along ? Haven't looked inside yet, so i'm curious how it is ?

Getting a bit Off-topic here. but nevertheless. He said he "tinned" it, but in switzerland this is a generally used word like "welding" and doesn't specify the material used during the process. Yeah. it's not like we don't use bondo here in europe. But more than often we've seen terrrible amounts of bondo on imported classics over here. that's why we generalize all americans to do so on all cars. of course that's not true. Sometimes i see those bare-metal chassis from the classic muscle car guys and can't believe my eyes about the incredible work. But as you said. those guys are getting rare - all around the world. BTW: Just saw you're from spatanburg. just had a business guest here from there the last three weeks ?

From what i understand he uses tin. It's not that americans can't do it right. Just look at all those Mopar builds. But with the low prices the Z's had in the US in the past, it just was the cheapest way to repair. Throw a ton of bondo on it and make it look good. Times are slowly changing though. even in the US, the restauration quality for standard Z's are getting better. But not all of them. Mind that most of the cars we see today with much fiberglass and bondo repairs have been done many years ago...

Nothing big, just another little update from the Bodyshop: RH rear lower corner has been tinned and smoothened out:

Finally my Panelbeater is back at work and sent me a little update from today. Not a big difference to see compared to the last update, be he's now detailling and un-denting all the tiny spots that make the difference at the end:

Thank you sir. Yeah, this is going to be the biggest project of my lifetime, aside from the next biggest project - a certain 240Z thing ? Will be nice to finally work on a lift, have all tools, cars and spareparts in one shop which is directly under my living room instead of all the stuff, cars and parts scattered in various levels in various locations in various villages. Makes life much more easy and hopefully will acellerate the whole project a bit...

Yes it is. If you're interested in the build, i have a thread over here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=348387 Looks nice, seems like you're located in the west. if you're ever in the north, let me know ? Sorry, meanwhile the NOS parts and the 71B has been sold to a happy owner in the french part of switzerland ?

While our garage- / Workshop- and House build is coming along nicely... There was something i've been looking for since a long while to complete my Documentation. And more than once i missed a chance to get one of those. but finally i Managed to get hands on it. Or at least a copy of it. the Nissan Sport service transmission manual. It's basically a Book with lots of background information on all (or most of them) optional transmissions for japanese nissans back in the day. I haven't gone through it yet but the information seems to be very useful... I want to thank a certain Man in Japan for taking the effort to copy this for me in excellent quality. Don't want to name you in public because many others may want to get this too, but you know who you are. Thank you! Will pretty sure post some Z-related data from the book on my Blog over the course of the next weeks. whenever i find time. Original and copy: Cover: Some basic information about the Z-relevant transmissions:

As i mentioned a few times before, i don't buy stuff from a website. JDMjunkies was my import business specialized on japanese parts for motorsports and "tuning". I had to close the shop due to lack of time, but i still have all the contacts in japan. I buy stuff directly from the suppliers and have it shipped through a personal contact in Japan. But since i closed the business i don't offer this service for other people anymore - i'm sorry. I just don't have the time and nerves for it anmyore ?

Unfortunately he's at the hospital now. he had planned to work on the car during the next week, but can't at the moment. hope he gets well soon...

While i'm busy building my garage/house/Workshop i don't have a lot of time to spend on the cars, but still from time to time i get some things done. like looking for interesting reads. Today this arrived from japan: A set of Nissan service announcement Book No. 184 "Introduction of Fairlady Z". With tons of information about the then new Fairlady Z. Still need to read through it (and my japanese isn't Very well). but so far i already found some really interesting information in there... For examlpe here the different badging on the different japanese versions of the cars are explained. Sure you find this information in the parts manual as well, but there is a lot more background information and additional information in this books and i absolutely love it ?

As far as i know, hee used oldschool hammer and dolly technique to re-shape it.. he's an oldschool perfectionist without a lot of modern day machines. Just takes his time (and my money *lol*) but the results are outstanding.

This is just a short (but important) update. The right hand side rear lower corner has been re-attached (replacement part cutout from a donor car, which i found in America) to the car. This means the right side is complete again. At least from the outside. Now just floors, roof, rear and left side left *lol*. allthough i think the most complicated part of the body restauration is completed now. Still will take a lot of months until the rest is completed..

It has been a while since a serious update on the 240Z has happened. it was a bit of a hectic time the last few weeks. Aside from marrying my wife and having a three-week / 4850km road-trip to sweden and back (See here) we also started building our House including a big Workshop and Garage (See here), which will be the final home of the Z, and where it will be assembled. At least my bodyshop guy was working during my absence and sent me some updates from the Z. No big things, but again those small details that matter and make the difference between a cheap resto and a bit more serious one. The door gap at the rear fender has been adjusted and aligned, so that it will have a perfect fit. Before: And after my Panelbeater worked his magic. Looks absolutely lovely if you ask me. Now just hope fore some more work getting done soon Oh, and waiting for some interesting reads from Japan too ?

Despite beeing in full swing with wedding preparations and working on the new house / Garage / Workshop project, i found a little time to find some parts. Well Honestly they found me this time. I guy from the netherlands which i purchased parts for in the past contacted me about some more parts he found: A whole bunch NOS 71A transmission spareparts (early 5-speed): With a few 71B parts included as well, like a complete 2nd cear assy And because the price was so good i decided to take the complete, disassembled 71B (later 5-speed) as well. I dont really need it but you never know. and the price was too good. If someone is interested i can sell it. But won't actively advertise it and will keep it as a spare transmission at the moment ?

I didn't know the fact that nissan used a 432-R shell as the base, quite interesting... makes sense when i think about it. I guess they (Autocar) didn't even know about the existense of a Z432(-R) by then in the UK ? As they write in the article, Nissan / Datsun wasn't very helpful in giving them the specs of the car, which is - as you point out - totally understandable when thinking about a fairly new car in the rallye game with the risk of a marketing desaster.... Still i was impressed about the text when comparing to others, especially when you think about the fact that they haven't even got hands on a "street" 240Z by then. so they had basically nothing to compare it with.

Ever since i read about Autocar UK Magazine testing one of the 240Z Works rallye Cars in 1970 in the "Race and Rallye Car" Magazine Article, i was wondering what it's all about. I thought it could be interesting not only for me, but for many of my followers, so i contacted Autocar since i wasn't able to find a printed copy online, allthough im sure i would if i was waiting long enough for one to show up. I know at least one person who has the printed original magazine issue ? Today Autocar UK replied me with the complete Article of the Test they did as a part of the December 1970 Issue. Big thanks to Matt B. (Executive Editor at www.autocar.co.uk) for not only searching the old article for me and sending it, but also for allowing me to publish it here. THANK YOU! Click the following link to get the full 3-paged article as high-res pdf file: Autocar Dec 1970 Works rallye car test www.JDMjunkies.ch

I'll add some Pictures from my bodyshop again. It's a more OEM-style solution compared to the one showed previously. which isn't a bad Thing either

Really interessted to see the first Feedbacks on These. the Overall Quality and fitment.

Not even sure yet if i will end up with solex / Mikuni Triple carbs but, when i was ordering some parts from Japan and saw this set of Manuals for 10 bucks i just couldn't resist. It's a set of three Manuals / parts catalogue copies in high quality by Mikuni Kogyo corp and Tokiwa (Mikuni / Solex agent in Japan). This one even features a nice picture of the S20 Engine. Now also figoured out the same seller sells new sets with an additional Manual... Still have to read through it though. quite a bit busy atm and can't find time to study all this stuff thoroughly.

Also depending heavily on the location. in most US-places you can easy find better cars. but in snow- and salt-heavy conditions in a country like switzerland a car like this is still repairable. however don't think you will ever get the investment back over the next years. labour is expensive here too. but if you love it - it's worth it i guess.. Yeah i would definitely take it of the rotiserie for that. as you can see in my picture, the car is standing on a chassis-jig (or whatever you call it) and put on a single-post lift. Not sure who you're referring to. but in my last pic it's a single post lift from my bodyshop, and on top of it is the car complete with a full rolling chassis jig / Dolly. I got it off my rotisserie for serious bodywork. for reasons mentioned above.