sblake01

8/73-8/74 was considered 'early' (74) and 9/74-11/74 was considered 'late' (74.5). Going by the VIN, RLS30000001-RLS30060000 is 74 and RLS30060001-RLS30200000 is 74.5. The numbers for 2+2's are a little different.

I can only tie...also 3 out of the 5. But I've owned two Foxbody Mustangs and two Falcons. Someone offered me a free Fiero a couple years back but it needed more work than I was willing to put into it.

I'll have to read his posts to see what you guys are complaining about......as soon as I'm done looking at his avatar....

It's also discussed in this thread.

Why does he think it's a series one? Even so, if the rust isn't too bad it wouldn't be too bad a deal with the parts car also.

I bought some of the OEM blanks (KEY00-00056) about 5 or 6 years ago. They look exactly like the ones posted by siteunseen (with the 'N' and the words 'Nissan Motor'). The only difference was that the blanks didn't have the number stamped under the words 'Nissan Motor'.

Come to think of it, the 78 that I owned for 12 years had the same key(s) that siteunseen posted, IIRC. Been through a few vehicles since then. Member knarfrabot now owns that car and if it still has the same keys I sold it with in 2009, he could verify.

The West Covina Z makes me cringe for some reason......

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I would hope that you're not referring to my post as "anecdotal", unless you don't understand the reason why down-drafts are at an inherent disadvantage to side-drafts.

No, I just meant in general.

Right, the owners manual.

FWIW, the 76, 77, and 78 280Z owners manuals all show the key that black gold man pictured.

Mark, thanks for that. I'd much rather hear an answer from someone based on their own expierence rather than the anecdotal stuff you always seem to get when someone asks such a question.

My 810 and my 280Z would have been exempt.

Now I want to see it roast those tires. What an amazing build.

I think you must have missed this post from about 2 months ago:

Hey guys.

Thought you would all like to know that the car is about to be shipped to Dubai. It sold again. For more.

Jared

They pay top dollar in the middle east for left hand drive cars if they are interested. I sold my 810 in 2009 to someone in the UAE for nearly twice my asking price.....

I thought they were all the same key too.

I know this this car uses the same key. Or at least is did during the 12 years I owned it. I bought the car in 1997 from the original owner. I sold it in 2009 and the OP (knarfrabot) bought it from him (small world!). Either the lock went bad somehow or the owner in between did something to it but it worked when I last tried it.

Wait a minute....Mike, aren't you in Maryland? Isn't the OP in Los Angeles?

Oh yeah...that was the topic. The lock worked for me when I had the car but I didn't use it often. I probably only locked the glovebox 4 or 5 times in the 12 years I had the car. I sold it to it's previous owner in May 09 so it might not have been locked for at least 4 or 5 years.

I never had a GSXR. I've owned several bikes in the past but nothing for 15 years. Or do you mean he (the onwer in between) had one? How's my old Z? Sounds like you've had a few problems with it. It never gave me any trouble in the 12 years I had it other than having to replace the radiator, alternator, and starter not long after I bought it. Besides that, nothing but routine maintainence. It's probably time to change my avatar.....done.

Nustad

That's Dastun backwards...like this:

Yes, same key worked on all locks. GSXR???

P.S. Do you mean literally the same car?? I know that the person I sold it to did sell it again.

That was on eBay but it looks really simple to make. He doesn't show a Z on his list nor does he say what the capacity of the drive is:

http://compare.ebay.com/like/130652941594?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

Doesn't a company in Great Britain make replicas? I seem to recall a discussion about them a couple of years ago.

I guess we're even.....mine was sarcasm and not a bit serious. So much is missed in the written word.

Ok now putting the drive in the base is just cheating! now I am going to go a different route: thumb drive into a Z maxbox car. (for now all I have is a 350z but Ill find an s30!). Ha! so there!

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