26th-Z

Hey there CDavid !

Hi Mike! The ring on the left front frame rail is the towing ring for the car. The hooks, and it escapes me presently which one goes where, were shipping tie-downs - semigloss black with plated bolts. My chassis manual, page GI-11, Figure GI-11 says the tow ring has an "admittable load of less than 2,205 lbs. (1,000 kg)". I guess that means if it weighs more, don't admit it. It also says to avoid shock loads to it. I think the tie-down hooks go on the right front and left rear, but I am pretty sure there is only one on the back.

I don't know what they use, Dave. My experience so far has been a little retarded and I have been too busy to set up a rig like yours. I'm going to, though. What happened, was that between the time I took my car to the place and they dipped it, the business was sold and the new owners had trouble with the tanks. Evidently, the old owners ran the business into the ground which is why I waited more than six months to get the car dipped. The heaters for the stripping / cleaning tank broke down and 26th didn't come as clean as it should have. They had trouble with the electrolytic tank as well. Dale was asking me if I knew anything about rheostats and I'm guessing that they are having electrical issues. The car came clean enough to weld on and I elected to cut and patch while the guys get the tanks back in order. Then 26th gets dipped again after all the metal work is done. My recollection is that the surface dries to a white powdery finish and somewhat tacky. It protects the metal for about ten days. I'll ask more questions the next time I see those guys.

I think his asking prices are high.

I didn't know the test track had been built. http://www.gainesvilleraceway.com/apcm/templates/trackinfo.asp?articleid=1912&zoneid=69 How cool. This should be a lot of fun. Doesn't the corner in the upper left say "supercharger" all over it?

Should I just sit down and shut up?

I'll throw this out to see if I get a response. I have never really asked. I would like to buy an original 8mm movie film of "900 Crooked Miles".

I thought the blue one Courtesy Nissan sold a couple of weeks ago was the serious bargain. "Buy-it-now" for $20,000 and it was gone in eight hours. Back to door panels for a moment...Ebay #4559458586 is the correct one for HLS30. Save the picture. You don't see many of these any more.

Well then ! I think you fall under the category of Z-bone customized, Alan. My question has to do with bone stock Japanese parts on my American Z. Stock or customized? Americanese or Japanerican?

Oh yea. There's some serious crying in my beer going on. I thought I had stumbled across the parts find of the century. I took a whole bag full of stuff that wasn't bolted down. Gave the guy $75 cash and a list for another $450 worth of stuff. I was high-fiven all around, thinking I was so cool. Used up all my friendship points with a couple of Z friends - the whole nine yards. Then I got the good-news / bad-news phone call. I still don't have what parts he said he managed to get and it looks bleaker by the day. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. Learned my lesson in spades. No intention of hijacking Daddz thread. I saw what was there. Daddz SCORED!

Dogma, The door panels are genuine - genuine rhd Fairlady door skins. They are the only ones remaining available. I see a brand new set of door panels on eBay right now starting at $300. And thats black. How about butterscotch? Huh? To the best of my knowledge, the hoses were all OEM. You will see mixed braided and smooth because the braided hose is unobtanium. The fact is many parts were repro'd just for the VZ program. Many parts were put back into production from the old suppliers. However, at this point, in this thread, we aren't talking about any of them yet. You are always going to see odd things on the VZ cars and the majority of them are going to be a replacement part that superceeded the original part becaue the original part was unobtanium.

That's not the half of it, Texas. I showed up a week before they "closed" and gave a list to one of the guys because I just happened upon the find, didn't have tools with me or the time...etc. So I gave the guy a list, told him to pull all the stuff off the cars, put it in boxes and send it to me. Paid him for his time. Set up the shipping to just go over and pick up the boxes. Well, he dropped a motorcycle exhaust on his leg, burned the crap out of it, got laid up, time went by, and off to the crusher went an interior with a hand throttle. It's beyond sad. But I learned my lesson. From now on, whenever I travel in Z mode, I carry tools with me.

The grab handle on the driver's door means that the interior door panel was made for a RHD car and the holes needed to be covered up. Brand new LHD driver's door panels are unobtanium and have been for a long time.

Thanks for clarifying the picture, Alan. Yes, I remember several discussions in the archives. A book would be a good seller, IMO. From my own experiences, a firm grasp of the Japanese language is going to be required to publish something in English. I'll mention that if you are interested in Nissan GTP and Group C racing, a good book is "Lightning Speed" by John Starkey. http://www.johnstarkeycars.com/pages/publish_ca.html John does very well with the American portion of the racing scene and the Group C information is covered...eh... pretty well, but has errors and ommissions.

I went after some of the DD cars, Rob. You evidently made it just in time. My luck wasn't so good. I heard they DID send cars to the crusher. Very nice!

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.