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Hi Patcon, yes , the blue dot for max torque at 5600 rpm , the red dot for max power at 7000 rpm, this is only for S20 engine i.e . Z432 and Z432- R. I do not know about Skyline GTRs, maybe some model year’s tach will be the same indication dot. Good question ! Thanks Alan. Kats

Hi Gavin, I did not know people have been discussing about 10000 tach, I saw different type 10000 tach in that thread, is that a works racing car item ? Very interesting. Thanks Blue, I sent this picture to moelk , hope this can be used for his project. Kats I cleaned the lens which had a small hair scratching, now it’s gone !

You tube for these cars, Every time I saw cars were moved by holding thin bumpers and body panels , it made me wonder sellers and winning bidders were going mad . Kats

I am curious about “what makes this car so high priced ? “ Nissan USA ‘s program? Or not registered since the car was imported from the US ? Dust ? I do not get it this condition is attractive, BH auction declares “ barn find” , but personally I do not think this word is proper for these cars. I can not explain well , I just feel so. Many people know these cars were there and the previous owner could take care of them but did not. I feel sorry for these cars and for many people involved the Vintage Z program . And the parts ! So many new parts were installed, and so many parts were refurbished, but most of them turned “ deteriorated “ without using them . That is sad , waste of money and waste of people’s efforts. And waste of new parts. I assume this red HLS30-00630 would still be beautiful, sitting in a rich man’s beautiful garage without registered in Japan, if the car shows up on an auction it will go much higher than these two cars. Kats

Thank you , everyone , I really appreciated all the inputs. I checked some other sources, the Safari gold is sold 12 000 000 JPY , and the Silver is sold 9 000 000 JPY. We are talking about this auction with my friends, we think right price for these two cars will be 2 000 000 to 3 000 000 JPY even the Vintage Z , for that condition. In Japan , LHD S30 has still been undervalued . And this bad condition, we are just surprised. Kats

Oh my goodness, both hit JPY 12 000 000 !!!! (Approximately 100 000 USD ) It is way beyond my expectation. Kats http://car-moby.jp/280453

Too bad , I could not see 240Zs showing up, I had to leave the stadium to go home. What are the final bids ? Kats

It has started , I want the Pantera ! If it were cheap... 10 cars to go before the 240Zs. Kats

Hi Ben, What a lot of things have been going through, your son makes me smile , ...check out that Datsun... I love it so much ! Kats

Thanks Blue and Gavin ! This speed meter is cool too , it makes us proud . Our cars should be treated like Ferraris and Lambos. Kats

I see , so a voltage type tach must always go with an electric distributor and an electric ignitor , right ? If they are not installed correctly ( mixed up, vice versa) , you may break them , that Is what I have read from the text so far. And I found this shop in Japan, this shop http://acqua-garage.com/NISSAN/Meter/index.html is doing repairs for the tach , and even they offer modifying your tach just like a works rally 10000 scale tach. The needle taking a rest at 6 o’clock is so cool !!! Kats

Ben, yes the Safari gold car has some modifications such a 5 speed transmission, and a dual exhaust system etc. The owner was not happy about the finish of the car when he saw it in Japan, then he sent the car to a restoration shop to have fully restoration all over again . The auction date is Friday 12th , so it is coming soon. Kats

Hello Ben !!! Long Long time no see, how are you doing? I hope you are enjoying your Z, it was 2004 when we first met at the junction in Long Beach ! How is your 260Z doing ? Kats

Thank you Blue, I am now reading and learning which you provided. I want to know what the ignition system is, looks like it is interesting but I have to study hard. One question, you did wonderful work of tach swapping, Is the hybrid tach used for a STD ignition with a STD distributor in your 240Z? Or if you use it , is it mandatory to use with an electric ignitor with an electric distributor in your 240Z ? Kats

Thank you Blue !! I did not know it is able to swap, what a wonderful solution . Am I the only one who did not know this here ? I have never heard of this in Japan, even some Z shop is telling it is almost impossible to make a replica , not only mechanical but also 10000 face. Or if it can be , you have to pay big money. Internal issues are cleared, then if you have some good painter for the 10000 face, you can get a Z432 tach easily. Some questions, #1 when did S30s have voltage type tach ? Was it related to the change that they became to have a transistor ignition system ? #2 In this swap, the 280Z tach is really capable to bring its needle up to 10000 rpm ? I am just a skeptical person little bit, because I do not have any electronic/mechanical knowledge. Kats

Tachometer comparison, Left : Z432 , Right : L - series This Z432 tach is one of the most hardest thing to come by in working condition ( except works racing tach ) like an "Assy - air cleaner" whole set up. Because these parts does not share with Skyline GTR not other S30s . Z432 tach has only one yellow wire , this is a voltage type , L-series has two white wire, this is an electric current type, am I correct ? Kats

Thanks Alan, that is what I am worried about too, so far it looks sufficient about "buffer " for the engine movement . But it is just testing , to prove my hypothesis , I have to wait until I actually put the S20 in the LHD 240Z. Kats

I checked it today , I now have confidence in that , I can make a "PLS30" without modification of the exhaust manifold. Just need a little modification of the throttle linkage . Please see the pictures, I placed a stick in a position of the LHD steering mechanism. I see the stick is free from any other parts, it does not touch anything. Kats

Thanks Chris and Blue, no , the cases is someone's property, I just saved pictures in my laptop. Seeing the Fairlady parts catalog , pre-drilled cases made a debut at the same time when Fairlady-240Z-L (HS30) went on sale. HS30 has lamp covers as a STD equipment . Fairlady-240Z (HS30S ) does not. Fairlady-240ZG (HS30H ) has covers G-nose version as you already know. Kats

Thanks Carl, it was 7 years ago you added note on my sketch. Now I tend to think like this, " NEW STYLE" is earlier than "OLD STYLE" , after seeing and reading all of our sources. NEW STYLE will be E4100/E4126, OLD STYLE will be E8726. As I said before, people in Japan believe OLD STYLE was a ploblem of cracking lens, so Nissan changed NEW STYLE to prevent cracking. But I think it would not be correct, Nissan might made NEW STYLE first, then people had a problem of accumurating moisture inside of lens. Nissan might took action to prevent moisture coming in the lens, so they changed screw position. Attached picture assists my guess, please see the part number " E8731" and this head lamp case has pre-drilled OLD STYLE screw position. We know E87xx is later number than E4xxx. If OLD STYLE screw position is earlier , then why this head lamp case has E8731 ? And also why NEW STYLE cover / trim ring has E4126 ? What do you think of it ? Or are we already clear of this issue ? Kats

WASO type and VOSS type These are both for the US and CANADA as you can see they have a switch for warning buzzer. And these are both early type. According to the service bulletins, VOSS type is applied from the beggining , even so, the service manual both (Japan and HLS30) shows WASO type. I see some S30 cars have this WASO type, big cylinder and long key. SP/SR or other model used WASO, so S30 might have mixed up in early days. I chechked Safari winner car number 11 has WASO type. And the key is very mint condition ,probably they only ran a few years in its life. Kats

Head light case, right side is light, left side is heavy . If you look carefully around stud bolt basement, reinforcement is quite different. I think less meat around the stud bolt basement indicates "early" . I found this during the restoration, did left side "hevy " case join later because of an accident? Or is this normal i.e. left is heavy and right is light. How about your head light case ? Kats

Difference between early and late, The early seat back has a lot of meat , they become thin later. And design of center part is different. Kats

I have a picture of HLS30-00630, and -03924. Kats

Thanks Alan, this car is HLS30-31541. Our club member's car. Kats