26th-Z

97 today. How cool.

Sean, Someone asked me if a Skyline could enter the Z-Fest in Orlando, October 7th and I said that I would be interested in talking with the owner about showing the car. Do you think it is Wayne? Do you know how to contact him? Chris

Interesting video on MSN today. A National Geographic blurb about Geisha girls and their role in Japanese culture. Thought you would be interested. http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=21338D7C-8003-41F6-A241-D57E3CBE69E2&t=m205&f=06/64&p=Source_National%20Geographic%20Channel&GT1=8506 Tounge-N-Cheek, I have always said that 26th was a Geisha before she became a garage queen. I don't know about 27th. I think she was more of a pole dancer from the looks of her. Have a look at the video and see if the description of the Geisha role doesn't sound like your Z car!

Saw this in a recent AutoWeek and thought you all would be interested.

Ahhh! !! !! My med school candidate is back at the books and I haven't heard a word from her in two weeks. Must be having fun. Sure would love to have Her Majesty on the show floor for the convention. We'll see.

Just for clarification, Les was one of the guys who participated in the Vintage Z restoration program. There was no "factory" involved other than Les's "factory" or Pierre's "factory" if you want to call these businesses factories. But it's good to hear from you, Jerry! I'm excited with the idea that you will bring the car to Daytona. Cool! If your car hauling time frame concides with the convention, you may find some California people who want to bring their cars to Daytona also. Call Ron Carter and ask him if he wants to share the ride. Chris

I was thinking of bringing a box of stuff to sell, Cd.

I saw the pictures of it when it arrived. I don't get it.

Wow! Thanks for the pictures and the link. Cd, you should buy those, dude.

I'm looking for a windshield if anyone wants to sell me a Nissan windshield in real good condition.

Oh, geeze! I can trade you a map light lens, Arne. Your wheel weights look pretty cool. Let me go dig around the shop.

I heard you had someone lined up for the car. I had no idea it was that cheap. What the hell are you doing selling that car that cheap?

My green Dat-suns are red Dat-less:(

Yea...same here, Beandip. Caught that one just in time. Looks real good! Have a good look at the frame rail as it extends back below the seat mounts.

Really good call,Ben! ZL no doubt! Looking at my parts book, the carbs could be the Hitachi HJG 38W-8 for the 2.0 liter; shown from 3/73 on, or they could be the Hitachi HJG 46W-8 for the 2.4 liter from '72 on. How about that air box! I have never seen one like that, before. Ahhh...Texas is so close, yet $12,000 so far away!

Hey Jim! Thanks for writing in with your find. I wondered about the closed position of the knob. Now I'm really pretty sure! Have a look at the very early sales pictures and see if you don't agree. I bought HLS30-00403 about a year ago and it had the plastic knob. It was broken, but enough to make a mold from. My best advice about this fragile piece is NEVER use a solvent to clean it. The plastic is very "soft" and will desolve. And melt quite easily under heat also. It is UV sensative and gets brittle with age. Very easy to spot - the shape is only similar to the more common metal / chromed version; not nearly as "sculpted" and rounded with hard corner edges. Possibly, it is PN 788200-E4100, but it could be one ot those things where the part changed without a number revision. I talked with Matsuo san in California about the peculiar early parts and his conversation described them as left-over from the prototype models. My plans include making a few and I have a place in mind to have them chromed.

Ok, you have the later style with the antenna switch on top. It should fit between the supports welded to the tunnel.

Phil, Have a look at the tabs welded on the tunnel and see if it looks like 26th. The radio should have a bracket with threaded holes on each side of the radio case to mount on to these brackets. Perhaps you have a later style arrangement requiring a sub frame. Depending on the year of your car, you may have the vertical antenna switch on the side of the radio face plate or the horizontal switch on the top of the radio face plate. Sent you a PM

Early fuel doors came with a chromed metal finger latch that twisted open and closed. The crome knob closes in the horizontal position and the metal casting is a formed, rounded shape. Extremely early cars came with a similar mechanism, but chromed plastic in a squared rigid shape. I think, but not entirely certain, that it closed in the vertical position.

Hi Kats! I do not think we will find many members of the "red dot" club. Red dot is so very very rare. Even I am not a member! Here is original vinyl from 27th. When I took this picture, I was more concerned with the sewing seam as I noticed a difference between the original and the replacement vinyl I bought. The seam for original is folded top over side and sewn on top. My replacement vinyl is folded side over top and sewn side. See my diagram.

www.flza.com www.centralfloridazclub.com www.suncoastzcarclub.homestead.com or my page - http://home.earthlink.net/~cwenzel/index.html Don't forget Z-Fest in Orlando, October 7th. Biggest, baddest, Z-car show in the State and then there is the ZCCA national convention in Daytona - October 2007. You came to the right place, my friend. Certainly, there are a ton of the later verZions in Florida, but we have SERIOUS early cars here also!

Call this guy and see if you can get a new piece in Japan http://www.datsunspirit.com/

Confirmed pattern direction from 27th-Z.

Yea, isn't that something? I had heard from people like Carl that the pattern was oriented differently, but this is the first picture I have seen comparing the two and it causes me to not only look at the new stuff I have, but check to see what 27th has as she is possibly more original than 26th. I replaced the vinyl in 26th in 1990 without paying attention and then I bought a new vinyl set for her restoration now. I have to do some research. I do know that the pattern orientation is not random. It is consistant from car to car. And do I think this is "over the top"? No.

Here is something I was only slightly aware of, but did not give much thought to until I found this. What are your comments? I believe this is correct.