26th-Z

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4558363762&fromMakeTrack=true

http://www.geocities.jp/datsunz903/

http://zhome.com/Racing/BREHist.html

Wecome and have fun with your project!

Jmark, This is the popular picture from LeMans, I think in 1972, whenever Z heritage is discussed. Speed Vision did a show on the Porsche Rennsport Reunion II in Daytona and included a lot of old racing footage. In one of those, Jackie Icks passes this car in a cornering scene.

Wow - interesting! I have the bill of sale for 26th and as a time reference, she was delivered in May of 1970. Appears as though we were winning races just about the time we were hitting the streets in America.

OR a woman driver! A woman driver would save Formula One! She saved Indy!

kurtwwalters? YOU, my friend, win the prize and I advise you to contact zhome.com and claim your complimentary t-shirt or lap dance at Hooter's (depending on Carl's mood, but he has been pretty wild lately) for having the wrongest titled VIN in all existence. It never ceases to amaze me how constipated everyone gets over the piece of paper issued by the government. For the American market, we were lucky, the date of manufacture is stamped in metal right on the driver's door jamb and I have yet to hear of a car improperly dated. I have seen plenty of production figures and VIN part references / service bulletins to believe the general knowledge of what serial numbers were produced in what years. Still, I hear so often, a question regarding the title and registration. The answer is simple; the government got it wrong. Big revelation. You take care of that nice early '70 you have. :classic:

Another good article about the troubles within Formula One. See how Sunday's event relates to the big picture. I, frankly, would have liked to have been there. Formula One history is in the making. Read all about it. http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/autoracing/story/8581180

A couple of good articles coming out today from Fox Sports. http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story/3704474 http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story/3704212

Great! Just the sort of stuff I wanted to hear. The roll-around cart idea is superb! Good suggestion on the PVC / shop vac fitting. Dust is a problem inside the shop. Thanks

Here. This is too funny http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story/3701634

Tell me about your experiences with your blast cabinet. It is on my list and several friends have been asking about one. I did a BUNCH of research some time ago and concluded that I couldn't determine value. The expensive cabinets seem to offer features I think I need, but the cheap cabinets might do for a couple of cars and then just throw it out. In either case, I concluded that the compressor needs to have more uumph than what I have now. I want to be able to clean suspension parts and smaller. No wheels or big things like that, but it would be nice to be able to do the A arms and springs.

The stock North American export steering wheel is compressed wood fiber in a resin base. The correct answer is "both".

Hey Z Kid ! Good write-up. I might add that when doing both floors, it is a good idea to bolt in the transmission mount to the tunnel to keep it in location and shape. I know you kept the seat brackets in, and that does pretty much the same thing, but without them, the tunnel can get a little flimsey and the transmission mount will help.

Try not to have TOO much fun! I'm jealous. Talk about rain! Is it a judged show?

Patrick, There is a major seam right there. The quarter panel meets the rail for the deck lid and the rear body (that has the tail light cutouts) all meet at that corner. It is a major source of rust issues all along the rear sill for the hatch. To add insult to injury, the decorative tail light valance rivets over the area entrapping even more water. The seam is supposed to be filled and painted over, but it looks like you could have a pinhole developing. I would clean that all out with a toothbrush and seal it back up with some body seam sealer and touch-up paint over the area. Then keep it really waxed.

Yet another serious thanks for the heads-up and the link. That makes 17 of the cars I have documented with VIN and photographs. First blue one. I'll have to study some of my other pictures and see if I can't date this baby with some of the "mystery" photos I have of Vintage Zs. This collection of photos includes a nice example of the lettering style used to stamp the reproduction paint code sticker. To the best of my knowledge (at least this is what I claim) the word "factory" was first published in Road & Track, June 1998, in an article; "Factory Resurrected" by Douglas Kott. By reading the one-page article, I can certainly understand how someone would get the impression that the Nissan "factory" restored these cars. Of course, we know that this is not the case.

Clean your battery cable connections / battery terminals. That's the only thing I can think of other than what has been said. So I don't mean to sound condescending, but you just bought a 32 year old car and you are car clueless? What was on your mind when you bought the car?

Part number 98100-E8276 is a three piece FRP spoiler and appears first in my 1973 sports option catalog. With some recognition of conjecture, I suspect that this spoiler was part of the racing homoligation equipment. That means, in my mind, that a three piece spoiler would be most correctest for a ZG nose application with a racing styling bias including the 62605-N3020 front spook. Short of all that, I think that if you go with Ben's suggestion, you'll be fine.

You are very welcome, SuperDave. You inspired me to get a plastic 50gal. drum and start doing this myself with my rusty parts. So, another fellow Zfreak was asking me about paint, primer, and sealer products. I really haven't made any selections yet. I'm leaning towards PPG DELTRON paint but I am listening to my painter guru "beautiful body Rick". I was surprised with how good he thought my plastic wand spray idea was. It turns out that a truck restoration place up in Bradenton (Mother Truckers) is doing the same thing. I met those guys in Wauchula at the dippers. They have the same issues with truck bodies. I will use the best seam sealer I can find. And I'll post more as I go along.

Tip of the hat to Arlo. I AM putting a lot of effort into it. Still shooting for a convention release. Its a great story. Nissan USA mounted a huge advertising campaign aimed at corporate image and brand identity. It started with the Dream Garage / Enjoy the Ride advertising and grew into the Z-Store concept. The activities of the Z car community had a lot to do with it. The Vintage Zs are the result. About a quarter of them have been collected outside the country. They dipped in price initially, but seem to have come back in value to a little over the sales price. I think they are going up in value and are being snatched up by collectors and squirreled away. There was a converstaion some time ago about whether VZs are worth more or less than an original or stock restoration. I may venture into that debate, but most agree that the VZs are in a unique category - and indeed they are! I think when you realize what Nissan was trying to do, you begin to understand and appreciate the unique qualities. They typically have the same service problems regular Z cars have. The Vintage Z program did not resolve the rust issues, for instance. Most of the complaints I hear have to do with paint and bodywork issues. I have pictures of about 30 of them and documented serial numbers of about half. Thanks go out to you, Mike, and a bunch of others who have sent information to me. Joseph, Alan, Hans, Carl, Vicky, Jim to name a few. I have literature from England to Japan and a couple of Z-Store merchandise items from eBay. Our gallery here has photos from the introduction event. The program was a big splash.