26th-Z

What more need I say?

The 903 dark blue pictured in both links is a Vintage Z most probably restored by Pierre. So what you're looking at is a copy. A PPG product. Blue, as a color, tends to fade quickly like reds fade. But there are many sources for the correct color here...search the archives. MikeB has an original 903. Les Cannaday would know. I don't know if Pierre is still around. Best of luck. Blue is a real snazzy color on a Z.

The 'leather top" treatment appears in photographs of S30 prototype development all the way back to plan A in 1966. The last of the prototype development included wind tunnel testing of full scale models and I have photographs of the leather top on those prototypes. In terms of "factory options", the leather top along with a number of other options were not available in North America until the 1972 model year when a publication listed the options in North American dealer literature. I do not believe cars imported into the US came equipped with the options and were either installed at port of entry or the dealer. However, there IS a 1972 model year option brochure for North American imports and the "leather top" is included.

Oh contrairio! The "leather top" was a factory option - part number D4160-00003 and superseded by D4160-00016.

I'm in agreement with all of the advice you're getting. The blue '71 is toast for everyone except the most hardy with delusions of perversion. Probably the best bodywork pictorial currently on this site is: take432r Gallery - Classic Zcar Club Photo Gallery if you want to see what it could be like, but also, how smaller areas should be done.

Just returned from my Sebring jaunt to see the DeltaWing. And I appologize - the DeltaWing is racing in P1, not P2 as I previously thought. I was impressed - generally. The car is small. Much smaller than any of the rest of the P1 or P2, for that matter, counterparts. But this is pretty much the end of relevance to our discussion. It no longer sports a Nissan engine, the original team is gone. The car is now being prepared in the Panoz facilities in Georgia and it is powered by an Elan engine: 1.9 liters, turbo charged and rated at 345hp. As you probably know by now, the engine blew up about one hour into the race, right in front of me. A gentle breeze was blowing our way and the smoke blew right into us. The car looked good in Thursday night practice. Very fast and right up there with the rest of the P1 group. It did not qualify well at all on Friday and seemed off song. Shades of things to come perhaps. I hear it will be at Mazda Raceway in May. deltawing - Home

Amelia Island Sports Car Digest - The Sports, Racing and Vintage Car Journal Now, I'm a lttle confused. Is this the car EFR campaigned (unsuccessfully) in 1975 / 1976 against Frisselle? Pictures of the car in the artilce say it's a 1970?

That video was the first explanation I have seen of how the car works so well, as counter intuitive as the car seems. I have read little bits in the news about it. Last thing I heard not too long ago was that the Nissan engine was no longer going to be used. I don't remember what engine is going to be used for the season. ALMS and GranAm won't run together this year. The new schedule and class structure starts in 2014. For this year, I think the DeltaWing is running LMP 2.

Saw this video and thought I would share it. Hope to finally see the car in Sebring next week. No more Nissan engine as I understand.

Love watching the pictures of Takeuchi-san progress. Now this is a guy who knows what he's doing. Lovely metal work - just lovely. What a great documentary this thread has become.

Something like a paint scraper or spatula. Spray lube a must. ANd be very careful from breaking off the little pins.

Oh! This is devastating news! Great guy - I will miss him. All my best to his family. God's speed, Enrique.

That's a pretty good idea, geezer! Also, this is the very enthusiast site (out of all of them) you will find such information. The point was made several years ago that without knowing as much of the full story / history, one does not really understand the car. It is such a broad story and I don't think one can study the subject of the S30 enough. Fascinating story and what a great automobile to be enthusiastic about!

This may help - two pages from the May 1970 Service Bulletin

Sorry if this has been brought up before....3D printing. Architect wants to print a house - MSN Real Estate There are two videos. The second one is over-the-top cool.

Thanks Kats! Very interesting information about the springs. I have a copy of the bible size parts catalog also but my version does not have Japanese text above the part description. Great information in this thread!

No! If you are in the stock class, the "newer modified" version should get you the same point deduction as if the original was half worn out. 5 points. Now, maybe the ZCCA has decided to score differently, but it sounds to me as though you got an inexperienced judge or two. That shouldn't happen at a ZCCA convention. Not in the stock class. Again, I would write a letter and bitch. Go on their web site (if it's working) and bitch.

I would write a letter to the ZCCA Chief Judge and bitch. Can you actually see the weld from the top of the car?

Great pictures! Thanks for the report, Kats! Remarkable. Oh! I talked to Len the other day and he enjoyed seeing you in London. Did you see his new car?

Those are cool sites! Frisselle won the Mosport race in GTU. Bob Sharp was listed as an entry but didn't run, evidently. Bob Speakman is not listed as an entrant but finished 19th - 5th in GTU.

Very nice pictures, Takeuchi-san! I like the car set on a frame gauge for welding work. Very high quality! There are several sources for various body panel pressings, granny. I did pretty much the same thing to 26th (just partial rockers). I got my panels from tabcobodyparts.com.

My book doesn't have a part listing for the reservoir. Even optional. Huh? In my book, the designation is PZ and PZR for the 432 and 432-R. In most cases, the part application is listed as "ALL" but in many instances specific models are listed for the application. I asked some threads ago about the applications across model variants with the PZR, but I see that in those instances, the application should have been noted as "ALL". Here is one I would like to know about. What is different about the differential cross member 55450-E4200 or E4201 'member comp - differential mounting rear'? I am noticing that the 432-R came with different suspension springs and an 18mm rear sway bar? How about the steering gear ratios? Were they quicker?

I thought that was a radiator expansion tank. Thanks for the clarification. Kats' great video shows several sports option components. This thread could use a reference to your project too, Alan. Fairlady Z432-R replica project - Classic Zcar Club Photo Gallery

Excellent conversation! So many things I want to comment about. Notice the time frame of racing development between Japan and what became in America so many months later. The pages you posted ,Kats, are very interesting and I can look up the part numbers in my catalog. My catalog does not show an expansion tank for the fuel system!? The fuel vent is similar to what I have on 26th and 27th. Great pictures of details I have never seen before! Wonderful!

Alan, I thought my question referenced the brake pedal page; fig. 235-A in section C-7, but I must have been looking at something else. My Fairlady parts catalog is publication C-236 (up through 1972). I also see some references to PZR parts mentioned up to 6-71, for instance the brake pedal clevis pin 46123-E08700. Yes, I know how confusing the parts catalogs can be. But a great reference for the peculiar components.