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Hi Keith, yes the jute is sewn to the carpet , looks like it is original , an inspection stamp has an inspector name “ Hoshino “ on it , 1 K 15 15 will mean 1971 November 15th , the last ‘15’ is still unknown. This car has a set of 5 pieces carpet and 5 pieces of jute , all carpets have this inspection stamp at the back . Yes I think so too , the heel pad looked to be the same as yours , interesting! Kats

Just for your reference, a set of jute and carpet of my Dec 1971 US 240Z which I sold it in 2021. I can't see the circular cut out which can be seen on earlier car. Kats

Before getting back from Watanabe san , here are some pictures from 1969 cars at Tokyo Motor show , and Nissan Ginza head office gallery.The color pictures are 1969 Fairlady Z-L . As a side note , there are some indications which tell us this car is super early. No hood bumpers , tiny rubber bumpers on the inspection lid , etc . Kats

Ok I will ask him . Kats

Hi Keith, Watanabe san’s car is a Z432 , PS30-00063 December 1969 . Fairlady Z-L and Fairlady 240Z-L and Fairlady 240ZG have almost same goodies like Z432 . Carpet set including for side sill rails, stop watch , 8 track tape and radio player with a dual speakers , passing light switch , etc etc . Kats

Hi Dan , thanks for sharing your mint NOS JUTE , this is what I have been thinking about. Jute pads for S30 series are very hard to distinguish which is which especially this “ jute front floor rear “. We have to get together and bring as many examples as possible with each date of manufacture to see what is original for a each car . I see 74922-E4100 in your picture, and it is obvious to be under a LHD seat in our LHD 240Z . Then how we can order for a RHD seat ? Cars up to around 01/1971 can’t flip it to the other side because of different configurations for the other tool stowage. But there is no description of “ jute front floor rear “ of RHD seat in LHD 240Z “ in parts catalogs for export models . I checked both US and Canada , and other destinations of LHD 240Z . They list only 74922-E4100 , no specifying L or R . Even the drawing is wrong . It is the same on November 1969 catalog and December 1979 catalog. But there is an answer in a Fairlady Z parts catalog . It lists for both , 74922-E4100 for Right side , 74923-E4100 for Left side. As you can see from this , they can be fit for both RHD S30 and LHD S30 cars , just need to switch L and R accordingly. But even a Fairlady Z parts catalog, it doesn’t list different parts numbers for cars when they have a reinforcement on the floor under the seat bottoms ( probably around April or May 1970 ) . Those cars have two piece jute divided by the reinforcement. Nissan didn’t think about it needs to list? Just cut them half and put them on ! And Dan , your NOS one has a unique feature, I am guessing that is for only very early cars like up to Jan 1970 . Two square cut outs for Velcro fasteners. My March 1970 240Z doesn’t have the cut outs , again Nissan didn’t think about applying a new part number for deletion of the cut outs . I show the jute pictures again which are provided my Z432 friend Watanabe san . His car registered in Dec 1969 , PS30-00063 . And Keith , I am very interested in your comments about early US cars have carpet set in the US . Look at Watanabe san’s carpet , I see beautiful loop pile .But I have been wondering why my US 240Z ‘s carpet looked different . If it is true , I will regret that I threw away my HLS30-02156 ‘s carpet set because they looked aftermarket for the car. Let’s find out. Kats

My jute is original too . So at least we found the thickness varies. I see 14mm or more in some places . Kats

I measured my 03/70 jute , and my raw jute . I can’t really say what thickness is “correct “ because it is varying depends on place .Rear deck is 7.42 mm but under seats area 13.74 mm .Probably the place where we pushed down tend to be less thickness. And I may not measure it correctly anyway. My raw jute is 12.15 mm slightly thinner than the one on my car . Does special liquid would increase volume? According to Nissan service Shuho Fairlady Z , it said the jute is for sound deadening and it is “ Asphalt jute” . Asphalt , was it dipped in Asphalt? Interesting! Kats

My pleasure SpeedRoo ! I remember the article “ simulated wood “ . Now one thing came up in my mind , this 蟹カマ ( simulated crab meat ) . This is so popular food in Japan . It has been continuously better and better, very tasty and I am so surprised it’s quality. But I can’t say this is crab meat because it is made from minced cod . No crab meat at all. I can’t say our steering wheel is simulated wood . I see there is wood . I call our steering wood . Kats

From my best treasure of all . 1970 PRESS INTRODUCTION “ FOR RELEASE PM’s WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1969” . Kats

Hi Alan, I show this before you do . From a サービス周報(Service bulletin) 昭和44年11月 ( November 1969 ) page 27, ステアリング　ホイール　木製 (Steering wheel. Wood ) シフト　レバー　ノブ　　木製 (Shift lever knob. Wood ) page 130, 握り部分を木製にし、スポーティムードを出しました。 (The grip is wood , to show sportier mood ) Kats

I checked it . The decal shows 0 K , November 1970. So a heater box should have the same “ 0 K “ or could be “ 0 L “ on a decal . NIHON RADIATOR, they called themselves “ NICHIRA “ . I am guessing this 919 yellow car should have “NICHIRA 20100-E4100 70 11 (or 12) “ on the surface of a rear muffler. This car also remains a center muffler , so we will see 70 11(or 12) on it as well . This car is very original. I wish I could have it . Kats

Hi Keith , that is so nice , I just imagine how much passion and efforts has been put into the jute . You will be rewarded I am sure . We will get to know how the jute pads are shaped . There are a lot of good examples here and there . Kats

Hi Alan, I saw the BAT comments. I am sure this thread will definitely clear the myth. It’s a lot easier to clear than clearing Mr. Goertz myth . I did a bit search for IZUMI , I found this article , https://www.nttd-es.co.jp/magazine/backnumber/no9/no09-izumi.html I think that was just a few years before being merged into Autoliv . This article is very interesting and proved their very high quality and skilled engineering. Also I found an interesting another blog , https://ameblo.jp/1119-4195/entry-12213393088.html A gentleman talking about IZUMI steering wheel. His friend whose father was a president of IZUMI , 常泉彦三郎 Tsuneizumi Hikosaburo .What I am liking is he is talking about his friend was an engineer of Nissan , his friend was testing a radiator for Fairlady Z euro version (no mention of years ) , Nissan Germany claimed the car overheated, they said the car needs to be qualified continuous 230 km/h cruising . One day his friend visited his house in Frankfurt, took his 1975 Porche 911 2.7 for a round trip in Europe, his friend was so amazed by 911 . No overheating, fast and strong brake. Kats

Hi inline6, unfortunately my roll was discontinued some 15 years ago. I wasn’t told the name of the manufacturer , I was just told this was provided by the manufacturer who made for Nissan as genuine parts . This roll is 10 mm thick , the well known shop “ Revive Jalopy “ in Japan used to have them and cut them to bespeak for each individual car . Now Revive Jalopy has an alternative solution for the jute , they finally found 5mm thick jute and they glue it together, and dye it with brown special liquid. Price is on request (probably not cheap for the jute ) if you are interested in , let me know. By the way , this 919 yellow 240Z is so nice . What makes me feel amazing is , the dashboard and seats . They are unbelievably beautiful, and intact as more than 50 years old car . These items are everyone’s top concern if someone wants to be purist. We can’t have them restored 100 % original. We have to find periodically correct perfect dashboard or seats . Otherwise we have to compromise on results of restoration some how . inline6 , you may already see this thread ,https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/8002-original-jute-material/#comments post # 99 and after , our members provided useful link for the jute . Kats

Nice ! My 03/70 240Z has the same jute on the rear deck ( pictured one happened to come apart when I tried to take off ) . Actually the early jute was divided into three pieces, there are separate pieces in front of the left and right speakers . This is true for all S30 series which are early models except Z432-R . Also except Fairlady Z (basic model ) and export 1969 cars maybe ? I have a roll of the exact jute from the manufacturer , I need to dye it with brown liquid. So far no idea what the liquid would be . Kats

Hi Alan, that is a great anatomy of our steering wheel. It is wood !Even it appears wood more than I expected. I remember when I asked if our steering wheel is wood , Mr.Matsuo said it is wood compressed with a very high power added some plastic (or a kind of material) . Alan , do you see “compressed “ phenomenon like Mr. Matsuo said ? I think Datsun 510 has a same steering wheel, I am curious about if there are any discussions about same thing among 510 owners ? I want to ask it directly to an engineer of IZUMI but maybe impossible… Kats

Nothing to tell recently except this alternator, I had my old spare one rebuilt at a local shop. I am so happy with the result , they did what I wanted to have . I said don’t paint green on the center portion, leave it as it is . They said it needs to be painted for some reasons , then we agreed paint clear coat on it . Unfortunately model number and Nissan part number have gone , actually they have already gone when I got it a long time ago . I will put this in my first 240Z , then previous one on my first 240Z will go to my second 240Z . Kats

Hi Gavin, Patcon is right , the red round hook on the front left strut is for towing. I don’t know why it is there , maybe there will be some reasons. The car has a FRP bonnet when running, I saw it was bent on the long straight , I felt it was not good for performance. G-Nose is certainly much better for racing on a track. Kats

Hi, yesterday I was at Fuji Speedway to see a practice of a racing Z432. Hayakawa san did 30 minutes test run for two sets , the car runs fantastic. We have some popular S20 engine builder in Japan , but today I don’t know there is a serious racing Z432 fighting on a track except Hayakawa san . Built and Tuned by Toyozumi san , he is doing my spare S20 too . I can’t wait the engine finished. Honestly, the Z432 was the best of sound among the circuit yesterday. It is true . There were many modern super fast monsters like AMG GT300 , Ferraris , Porches etc . But none of them were making fantastic sound . Maybe Ferraris? But not even close. Kats FullSizeRender.MOV IMG_7012.MOV IMG_7006.MOV

Hi inline6 ! Actually I found the car on eBay just 6 hours before the ending . So please don’t feel guilty about me struggling with such a rough condition car 😁 I saw the thread after I bought it, I was impressed that you and Terrapin Z were talking about the car as if you were actually seeing it. Yes the engine had rebuilt at some point , and it was a 4 speed , and hit front in the past so newer bonnet was applied. One thing you were wondering about the engine was matched or not , this was the biggest concern to me too . Terrapin Z said “ this seller really doesn’t know these cars well , as he was asked about the engine number and provided a picture of the casting number “ Yes , I was feeling exactly the same way too , and this led to me to think “ the seller not trying to sell it high “ . Why did I decide to go for it ? Because I was able to see portions of left edge of number “ 2 “ just a little bit , I was for sure this engine would be made in February 1970 just like my #2156 . I was drawing on our knowledge which was shared in classiczcars.com , and it succeeded. Kats

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Hi , now Japan is in a rainy season . But today we had sunshine , so I decided to clean up an engine at a car wash . My friends kindly helped me out for this mission, I am very happy it’s results. Not perfect because I didn’t take off a front cover , and a fly wheel . There are two plugs each side ( front and rear ) , I wanted to, but I had limited time to operate today . General cleaning was the first thing to do . This engine is on HLS30-02146 , L24- 005318 was probably sitting in a garage for last 30 years , I see very bad contaminations there . Rusty , gelled water in the block . We did our best , it was so fun ! Kats

Thanks for the pictures, my #2146 has the same “ TR 7 “ for upper six-location . I was thinking this was a aftermarket one supplied in the US , so I was almost going to throw it away . Like I showed in my thread, I have got started to disassemble it’s engine, I have got some bolts and nuts from my local Nissan . Some of them were altered their part number just a little bit, but yes they are qualified superseded parts . I still can’t find out why the parts catalog says 6 studs for upper location at first , I checked my JDM and export catalogs issued in Nov 1969 , Dec 1970 , they don’t list bolts for that location. In March 1972 , JDM parts catalog listed six bolts for the upper location. But seems many of our cars have 6 bolts from the beginning before March 1972 , including my car . By the way , my 2146 had a maintenance work once or twice long time ago , so chances are high for using six bolts at some point . Interesting! Kats

Thanks ! I have zero knowledge and zero experience for rally, but this speedometer makes me think it needs to be . For average speed , no need 240 km/h scale ? 180 km/h scale gives better read for accurate speed control for time keeping? Super cool car ! Kats