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Thank you Mike, great information, some between 248 and 331, that make sense. HLS30-00476 (903 blue in Japan) has a welded bracket. Or the red car in the big picture and engine room picture's red car are diferrent? kats

Here is one from PPV TV show some years ago,this one is so nice,lots of Nissan testing S30 films are shown in this program. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAoXzy8Prhk&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sfR3Zj2WTU&feature=channel I have seen test/development films like these,but this PPV program was first time for me. This video is exactly showing how Nissan and Nissan Shatai made S30 for us!! You will note most of cars in this film are proto type , some have different tail lights and some have different interior trims. What I was surprised is, they started testing before tail light/steel wheel/quater exterior panel were settled down. Or these are natural, car making is like this,nothing surprise. I recorded and divided in short range,they all will be uploaded soon. You will see wiper test with half cut body, freeZing Z is operating defroster for the front windshield,crash test, e.t.c. kats

Hi, I think I am not doing right for this on You tube,so please see them before they are deleted! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7hueRBoEqA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE_MwTrGhAY And more will be shown later. kats

Hi, I red the other thread about 1969 car and it made me think about HLS30-00007. We recently have found very early L-series engined cars have Z432 bolt on the air cleaner.But this red car on the brochure does not have it. Also we have found very Early cars do not have a clamp for a master vac hose,but this red car does have it. I think if this red car is HLS30-00007, something should be cleared. What do you think of this? kats PS : also a green car from the brochure,this car does have a carpet on the rear deck.And without a hand- throttle.The red car too, without a hand-throttle. About a carpet, it could be installed before the photo mission. A hand-throttle, it could be removed before the photo mission. But Z432 bolts and the clamp, I could not imagine how/when they were installed.

Hi, Following informations are off set course but will be interesting to know Japanese Zs. Fairlady Z (S30S: standard model) has a simple radio,it does not have auto matic antenna nor automatic station tuning.See the first picture from the owners manual issued NOV 1969. The antenna is also different, this manual extension antenna has a big point while automatic antenna has a sharpened point. Even this antenna has a small key to lock the point to prevent from someone trying to extend badly.Mr Matsuo gave me this antenna,I will post picture in some day. See the second picture from the brochure issued NOV 1969. And Z(S30S) does not have a glove box light, nor clock, passing light switch, wheel cover, rubbers on the bumpers. Z432-R has a different rear view mirror,it does not have day/night mode. See the 3rd picture from the owners manual issued NOV 1969.(actually the car in the picture is not Z432-R because you can see a dome light on the roof) Z432-R has a non-tinted front windshield , this is what one of the most rare item in Japan.(of course every little thing on Z432-R is so rare) But we can see it some good numbers in 1969 240Z. According from the parts catalog, this windshield is 72631-E4600. Yes, this E4600 is basically for export model. Same thing on the fuel door knob, in Japan we do not see it many because it is for Z432-R. The part number is 84360-E4602( 1969 Z-432R must have E4600/E4601 ) kats

Mike, Good point,you are referring about Fairlady-Z432, ZL and Z. ZL and Z432 are having some featuring as standard while Z is not. Hi Chris, thanks! May I confirm her majesty has a fuel door which does have long vertical plate on the back of the door? Fairlady-Z has rubber mats for floors, side frames under the doors are covered by vinyl while ZL and Z432 have carpet on that. Also it has a big knob for seat back which is adjustable 5 degrees forward/ 5 degrees backward while ZL and Z432 have reclining mechanism. And non-defogger rear glass(but Fairlady Zs are all tinted glass except Z432-R,Z432-R has Plexiglas) These featuring are seen in an early HLS30U, so we can expect same thing on the fuel door... I made a call Mr.Watanabe (PS30-00063 12/69) and he said his 12/69 Z432 has the spring on the fuel door.He guesses Fairlady Zs have a key cylinder for the door (but Z432-R has a knob like an early export 240Z), so the door is little bit heavier than the knob type.The door has to keep opened position without support, this could be the reason of applying the spring. But I still have to ask Z432-R and early Fairlady-Z owner about spring, to clear our question which is what makes it has spring due to a key cylinder or car model grade. kats PS:attached picture is from an owners manual of Fairlady Z series issued NOV 1969.

Thank you Mike, Now I have got you, I thought very early like yours and Chris's car do not have the long vertical plate on the back, but they have it, right? The test cars must be HLS30-00004 and 00005, I guess after these cars got the change. My 01/70 Z432 and 03/70 240Z both have the spring and the ordinaly fuel door. kats

Hello, I do not think many people out side Japan would be interested in this, but I would like to share this,PS30-00011 is still owned by an gentleman since 1978. Recently I managed to obtain the registration data at 1978 from a Z fanatic,I was surprised that PS30-00011 was sold and registered. A few days ago my friend has got an e-mail from the current owner,the owner is exactly the same man whos name was in the list at 1978. The owner told my friend the 00011 has been garaged and disassembled to restore, but still needs lots of time to complete. I am curious which car was assembled earlier between PS30-00011 and S30-00011 and HLS30-00011 and HS30-00011. kats

Hi, I did not know about the spring and no-spring door hinge. Only I have been interested in at very early car's door has no extra plate,while other cars have rectangular extra plate to attach the hinge. See the attached pictures,one is from a R&T Jan 1970,the other from How to restore your Datsun 240Z ,Wick Humble. And I review old film from the test drive in the U.S and CANADA in late 1969,http://www.geocities.jp/datsunz903/films.html Open the link and click 5th from the top "On the highway" at the gas station the man closing the fuel door, and the fuel door was acting as "no-spring" , what do you think of it? kats

Thank you Mike, Jim Oh my, that attached error tells us "you can see it only in Japan" ..... This site has a lots of old car's film , "11PM" was introducing some nice cars from late 60s and 70s in Japan.Toyota 2000GT, skyline, Mitsubishi GTO, e.t.c. and some import cars. I have to find some good way to show all of you outside Japan... kats

Hi Carl, I hope you can see it, the link directs you viewing immediately. Or regional matter? Thank you purplemonkey,you were able to see it, were not you? Both of you are in Florida, how about other regions? kats

Hi, Have you watched these already? http://www.dai2ntv.jp/player/index.html?item_id=NtvI00007911 http://www.dai2ntv.jp/player/index.html?item_id=NtvI00013902 http://www.dai2ntv.jp/player/index.html?item_id=NtvI00013903 My friend told me this web site,some nice old TV show "11PM" which every young people watched in Japan. I think this 240ZG in this film has just made a debut to the public ,this part was titled "CAR GUIDANCE" might be around late 1971.You can see fresh 175HR14 too. Also the Safari winner car,I can not believe Nissan let them drove that important car!The car might be soon returned from the rally. kats

Hi Alan, I remember you have driven the car,was it 2001? That year I met you in Fuji speedway that is why I remember. I sent an e-mail to you,I hope volcanic ash clear up soon and I can fly to LHR. kats

I am so exhausted,I put all the chassis number on the map. Hello xs10shl, Do you find your number? I think so too, and I think japanese people do not have enough space to park multiple cars especially in a big sity.Expensive taxes may effect too, and moisture.We can not expect a lot of survivers in Japan. But 100 Z432s out of some 400 production,it is a quite good number than other old cars is not it? Hi Chris,thank you and how are you doing and your cars? kats

Thank you esprist, I have not flown to L.A. recently, but maybe in May or June. Could you hold the wonderful hoses for me? esprist,now there is a good daily driver Z432 is on sale for JPY 7,875,000 This car used to belong to a chairman of CLUB S30. What do you think of this car? http://www.flexnet.co.jp/detail/kn/3453546799/ 342 Z432s in 1978, how about now? My friend Mr.Watanabe have been tracking down existing Z432 in his web, he have found currently 100 Z432s are registered in Japan. However it may contain slightly old info,I know one of them is now in California and I have heard the other was purchased by Australian gentleman. kats

Hello, for someone interested Z432/Z432-R, I recently have got the very interesting data seat from a gentleman. This gentleman was given this data by someone in 10 years ago.He said the man who gave this data was a serious fanatic of Z432/Z432-R. The paper listed all of the owner of Z432 including Z432-R in Japan.This paper has date 24th APR 1978 must be printed out/prepared by employee of Nissan dealer somewhere in Japan. Japan has 47 prefecutres,this data shows each prefecture's owners detail. I can not show them directly here because I am told not to do so by the gentleman.The listing shows owners name,adress, chassis number, registration date, expire date, etc.etc. Anyway they are old data, it was AT 1978...but what a wonderful thing is there was at least one fanatic there, and he did try to search every single Z432/Z432R for his dream. Please see the attached picture,I tried to show the data by my hand. kats

Hello everyone, I am sorry I did not reply for those nice inputs. Thank you Koalia , z-spec , those are wonderful story. ajmcforester,my Z432's Dunlop is still available like Michelin XWX.It is a bit expensive for 14inch wheel,but I really like the looks. You can buy it from U.K. via internet.I got them in Japan ,Dunlop Japan is selling them(I think shipped from U.K.) kats

Thank you Mike, Here are some pictures of the side bolt,this yellow car is PS30-00013,pictured in late 1969 then showed up on 01/1970 magazine. This car has the bolts on each side,how about HLS30-00013? If HLS30 does not have the bolts,can I say PS30-00013 would be earlier than her? kats

Thank you Mike, That helped me a lot, quite high number of early cars do not have the one,but special one.Very nice clear pictures,thank you. So these bracket can not be the good sign of super early car. How about "no-hood bumper" ? One more good point of super early car,is the side bolt of a head lamp case. I want to know how many cars do they have this bolt? See this picture. kats

Hi Carl, Last October, at the dinner Mr.Yoshida and Mr.Tamura they both agreed that Mr.Tamura did final body styling of the S30, Mr.Yoshida told us about Mr.Tamura's great job when they were joined the project. Carl, that statement was from Mr.Yoshida.I think Mr.Yoshida does not know Fiberglass body was made in Nissan or not. I see Mr.Yoshida's sketche, I think he draw this car from CSP311, front section looked same. For me, A550-X has same front section oriented CSP311 which was designed by Mr.Kimura. As I told before, CSP311 was designed by Mr.Kimura. Mr.Goertz joined CSP311project after completion of its styling.Mr.Goertz did change around C piller section.That is the only work by him which influenced to styling. I think Mr.Goertz borrowed CSP311 front styling for A550-X:) kats

Hi, I have been thinking up load these test reports from a gentleman who worked Nissan as a member of test drive section. I think it is a good idea to show these before I turn to be unable do it. Details will be available later I hope. #1, PS30(Z432) performance report ( From 25th Feb 1970 to 14th Mar 1970) #2, Avoidance of Exhaust gas entering in a cabin (11th Sep 1972) #3, Improvement of stability at high speed cruising for HLS30Q for Europe (from Feb 1970 to 27th Mar 1971) kats

Hi DC871F, I fly ANA(All Nippon Airways) , are you fly FEDEX? Some Z-432R pictures, a simple support for the rear gate(Plexiglas rear hatch window is very light) , no master vac, engine under food, 100 littler gas tank, typical interior with special ignition system, no- arm rest on the door panel, e.t.c. kats

Hello Dan, As you know airlines in Japan are facing really hard time right now,I want to keep my cars but I do not know how long I can play with my cars:ermm: If I am sold my 3 cars, what do I do next? There is a good 1969 240Z with good low price for sale in Japan,I would buy the car ? I do not know. Anyway please see my 1989 Silvia,this car is super clean,I did not touch anything to replace except oil/water/battery/tires.Turbo car,with a head up speed display. http://www.geocities.jp/datsunz903/s13.html kats

Hi Joe, Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu! S30-00002 has not have news to tell us so far, I still can not make a trip to look into the car's detail. One thing I have heard recently from a man who worked for Nissan, it was common in Nissan Shatai (manufacture) stamping duplicate chasiss number for test assembling. Like 00002 or some super early number would have been used again, they thought no-problem because those numbered car never be able to get out the factory anyway,they (real 00002 and duplicate 00002) are test cars. This is just my thought,I think this car is not 1969/ S30-00002. I think in 1971 they made this car and stamp S30-00002 on the firewall. One of the big reason is , the bracket for the master vac hose under the chassis number. This 00002 has it, but if you look really carefully into 1969 cars( I do not know the VIN but cars like on the manuals) does not have this bracket. I saw HLS30-00013 does not have this bracket but it has a special bracket near the window washer tube. PS30-00013 is still exist in Japan and it is the same, no bracket but a special bracket.Even no hood bumpers. Yes you may say the bracket was welded later, but.... And the chassis number, it is too neat to be an early car. See the picture of PS30-00009 , this is a good example of super early car. No bracket for the master vac hose and not-neat numbers. kats PS:Remember, when this 00002 was found in the dismantle yard, the shop owner did not want to sell the car.I have heard he said "I can not tell anything about this car" Some story must behind there. kats

Hi S30TRBO, He is a very nice guy and I was surprised that 3 S20 engined cars were shipped to his garage at same time,what a wealthy man he is. I was thinking selling my Zs to someone, I found him he would have be the man. I offered him selling my Z432 and 240Z( and 1989 Silvia) but current exchange rate is bad for him, and I hesitated to selling my cars,so the deal was not made. His Z432 is PS30-00037, a real 1969 Z432:) kats