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Hi , this is not a jack and stopper thing but I hope it makes someone be interested. The mop is slightly used, now I am wondering should I wash it or not . Kats

I love it !! That kid could be same age as me , I wish my father had owned Z . Kats

One more befor go to bed , this set of tools is belonging to a 260Z sold in UK , just gorgeous, plenty of tools. This full set of tools is just like Nissan Cedric, a luxury sedan . Please note the Nissan hamburger marks does not have “ Nissan “ in it . This will be a sign that this car would build late 1973 or later . Kats

Whao, the sticker has the picture which is used for both RHD car and LHD car ( I do not know which comes first ! ) . Just it is inverted to use . Kats

Now it is my turn , I will give my "0 G " (to be Jul 1970) chocks to someone , just like Jim did it for me . If someone needs it , please let me know. I noticed variation of the sticker , my Dec 1971 and Jun 1972 cars have the sticker which shows single picture for how to stow . But other cars like late 1972 and 1973 cars have the sticker which shows triple step for how to stow . Kats

I have never seen “ box wrench “ , ” set drivers “ , etc . One thing I want to tell you is , Fairlady Z parts catalogs never showen those tools in it. And also they do not have a section of “ audio “ and “ key “ , as well as “ model NO . Plate “ etc. I attached pictures which are never indicated in the Fairlady Z parts catalogs. I am still wondering how did they take an order from customer without those descriptions in their book ? This is my biggest question about the Fairlady Z parts catalogs. Kats

Hi , today I would like to show this, a set of 9 K chocks . They are provided by Jim , Zup here . Thank you so much Jim , I am so glad that the perfect matching date chocks are in my Z432’s tool bin !! I took pictures, thank you ! PS : you see the extra tools in the picture, a monkey wrench and a tire pressure gauge. They are my choice , I imagined when first owner bought the car , he would have chosen those tools from a Nissan dealer as an optional item . Other tools are STD for Z432 . Kats

Hi moelk , you nailed it ! Maybe an aerodynamics policy ? Alan , you have everything ! ! The electric water pump is totally unique for me, Mr. Watanabe really likes “ less weight , more power “ for everything. Kats

I am glad that my car has got its engine tuned by Mr.Watanabe , float level ,ignition timing , spark plugs, and carburetor balancing. The S20 became so much smooth, and sounds beautiful. I met Mr. Mouri , his green car was built by Mr.Watanabe , 250 bhp and FRP body panels all around . And it’s got real rally magnesium wheels !! It is daily shoes for his car , yes the car is his daily driver. Oh, and you see the valve cover , that is made of magnesium too. Kats

Mr.Watanabe has a lot of experience with S20 engine, especially Skyline GTR. He was a driver , then turned to be a mechanic. I saw so many S20 engines, 71A transmissions, R192 diffs, etc etc . I found S20- 000001 ! ! And also he keeps the last S20 engine , 002722 !! Even more, special works engine, parts , prototype engine, etc etc .. Kats

On the way to the heaven , I stayed at Onsen Ryokan (hot springs hotel) , a female manager was very interested in my car , she said it is so beautiful. I am glad to hear that !

Hi , Recently I tripped 3600 km for total with in two weeks .First , I took my 180SX heading north to my mother’s house then took my orange 240Z to my house, that was 1800 km trip. Weather was not good , but 240Z’s AC worked quite good , and automatic transmission was easy when I was in a traffic jam . And today I have just arrived home, I have been to the heaven, S20 heaven . It was also 1800 km trip , I took my Z432 just to show it to the master , Mr.Watanabe . Kats

Hi Gavin and Alan, That car , I have never seen it before . Fairlady emblems immediately caught my eyes , beautiful rally car ! Kats

Alan , this is you ! Did you find some interesting cars and parts ? Or people ? Maybe in London, Kats

Hi scotta , I do not know I will be able to answer your questions, but here are some pictures what I have. Your car looks like late 1972 built, as we can see the last chassis number for 1972 is S30-101613 , your car S30-100698 could be built in September or October . Unfortunately The service bulletin Sep 1972 ( guide for the changes , this time created new chassis number starting from S30- 100001) does not have a wiring diagram. But can we use this, a diagram for Oct 1971 ? Because the headlight switch and the turn signal switch are basically the same up to Sep 1973 as well as the flasher units and the flasher switch. However, harness connectors had a big change at Sep 1972, they went 10 pins for the dash harness which connects to the body and engine harness. Sorry for poor quality of the pictures, hope this helps. Kats

Hi SteveJ , I will look into my books, if I have the one , I will post here . Kats

Hi , today All Fairlady meeting was held at Fuji Speedway , too bad , I could not go there. I found this , old Japanese TV movie which was broadcasted on Feb 28th 1975 , https://minkara.carview.co.jp/smart/userid/1569569/blog/41320555/ a female narcotics officer rides her Fairlady 240ZG , you can see vinyl top and Z432 wheels !! Very rare indeed . Kats

The difference of NISSAN hamburger, Early one has “ NISSAN “ in the hamburger, later one doesn’t. I want tools contents paper for my Z432. I will make a replica of it. Mike, please help me out ! Kats

Hi ! Here is my Dec 1971 240Z, I am now very for sure our decoding is correct, The tire chockes “ 1 K “ (71 Nov) The jack “ Q. K. C. C “ (. 71 Nov 29th ) What does “ D “ on the wheel nut wrench mean ? I stowed them “ as directed “ into the bin. Tomorrow I will drive this orange 240Z from my mother’s house to my house , 550 miles trip ! Kats

Hi Mike, I love green too, my best is green with Tan interior like Chris’s 26th & 27th . I wish we had same color combination like export models. Is it a good idea selling my all Four Zs to buy this DINO 246 GTS ( not enough, even half of its price ) , same 2.4 Litter and 6 cylinder , 2 seater. I really love colored interior, like this Tan , Blue , white and red , they are all beautiful. One Z432 now on sale , too much expensive. https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r242251606 Kats

Thanks Alan !! and we see the absence of glove box light ! Anybody thinks it is cool the skinny Dunlop tire ? I love it so much , no one can beat this car ... What kind a woman had owned it ? Maybe she was given as a birthday present for turning 20 ?( in Japan 20 become adult, 18 can drive a car) anyway she was not like an ordinary 1970 Japanese people. Kats

Hi, I want to share this car, Another survivor , originally bought by an woman, how do I know ? Because there is a postcard in a owner's manual binder " Invitation for LDA , Lady Driver's Association " . And you see the flash light , this is the original when the car was delivered. There are some types, this could be late 1970 to 1972 or so. Lots of pictures, enjoy ! Kats

Gavin, thank you for the wonderful video, I enjoyed it so much. I have got my blue 240Z in year 2000 too! You will miss the car, I did not know there was a combination of red and white for RHD models, nice car ! I do not know how I can tell the number of the automatic transmission in the range of HS30-10001-10634 . I guess the reason why Nissan started numbering “10001” from Oct 1971 was Nissan wanted to distinguish Fairlady-240Z series easily from other cars, i.e Datsun 240Z RHD which shares the same HS30 as a body serial number. If, the first Fairlady 240Z has like “HS30-2657” , I can see it could be a little bit difficult to imagine what car is an early and what is late for Japanese engineers ,dealers, mechanics, etc. Anyway we have to have this in mind, the data of HS30 after Oct 1971 , it means both Fairlady 240Z series (Japanese model) and Datsun 240Z (export model) . And I do not know why, Nissan jumped for big number onece again, they started HS30-100001 from Sep 1972 . So Gavin, your data is very useful to guess how many HS30 were made until Oct 1971? I see there might be like 2000 HS30 cars there. And of course they were all export HS30 cars. I guess approximate 2000 HS30 cars before Oct 1971, then 4000 HS30 cars up to Sep 1972, 3000 HS30 cars up to Sep 1973. And we have an “official data” from Nissan , it says they started HS30-10001 from Oct 1971 as same as debut of Fairlady-240Z series in Japan and they made HS30-10634 in Jan 1972. And the FS5C71A was used between HS30-10001 to HS30-10634 . If we can deduct a number of the automatic transmission car, we will see the true number of “FS5C71A with a NEW center console RHD L24 engind S30” About the transmission cross member, it seems to me it is custom made , very well done. Kats

About he ZG bumper, this gap is necessary for proving it is genuine part. Some of you may think it is not right , but it is right. After market “fake” ZG bumpers appeared perfect, without any gap between the head light case and the bumper, for us , that is uneasy, just does not look right. Here is my spare ZG NOS bumper, please note the fresh color and it’s shape. You can feel the soft material, it is flexible. No fighting to fitting into the body. Kats

Thank you everyone, I can say the red ZG is the rarest one of all . There were approximately 2000 units (we guess ) for total ZGs . With that in mind, this car has an unfavorable automatic transmission (maybe less than 10%? ) and, an admirable air conditioning system but expensive ( maybe less than 10%?) and, a 110 red (maybe less than 10%?) and, with an unfavorable vinyl top (maybe less than 1%? ) . I think this car would be the only one in this style delivered to a customer. The first owner would have payed nearly equal to Z432 for this car. Kats