26th-Z

89902 is for the floor and 89904 is for the "package tray". Both still available.

I'm still trying to decide if this decal belongs on my 1969 builds.

Hey thanks, Kats. I have never noticed that before.

But thanks for all the lovely pictures. Both cars of my have the non-reinforced hoods. Neither have any sign of a decal, but one, i know, has been repainted a billion times. Great shot of the early rotor and backing plate. Yup.

I must have missed the metaphor. This...on BaT...was pure gold.

The decal on the BaT car was gold?

I wonder if I could get a picture of this with more of the hood, especially the corner of the hood next to this decal, please? I just lost an argument about the color of this SILVER decal. Is this decal on a non-reinforced hood? Nice pictures, BTW, of the gas door latch and vented hat rotors!!! I haven't seen vented hat brake rotors in a long time. The brake backing plates should be bent in the front to scoop air.

You are not wrong, Alan. It goes a little deeper than that, IMO. My two 1969 builds have different parts than the car on BaT. Inspection lid clips, rubber hood bumpers, and badging to name but three. My inspection lids have little tabs riveted on and all my badging is metal including solid chrome Zs on the quarter panels. To the best of my knowledge, both cars had carpeting fitted at the port of entry. ( I was so lucky years ago to find a brand new piece of clear hatch glass )

Yes you are!!! Ha, ha! I'm catching up to you Carl. I certainly didn't mean anything derogatory. I was reminiscing back to the e-mail blog days. Based on the Service Bulletin describing the "late model", it is very easy to see how this can be described by "series".

And you guys are quoting six digit serial numbers. Nissan included. They were five digit serial numbers up 120001 in July 72.

I would certainly like to see that, Mr. Hoover. I have always opined that the 1, 2, 3, series thing was a Carl Beck distinction. What I recall is the distinction between model years and 'builds' of the North American imports. And exclusively the North American imports because the 'builds' varied so much between model types and markets. Carl goes to great lengths on his website to document the various 'builds'; and he does a good job, but the nomenclature applies to the North American imports. Of course, Nissan literature commonly refers to the "S30 Series". I see it all over the place, but not the series 1, 2, 3 like we North Americans refer to. We are way off topic BTW.

Sound deadener; you mean this stuff? Two thicknesses, eh? Which thickness is this?

"Coveted racing green paint job"; I like that. Coveted. "The car is entirely unrestored, but an electronic ignition was added." Where did THAT come from? And so it is a good question to ask what this sale does to the value of it's peer class.

Yes, my thoughts also. The UN went to Canada except Ontario

Yes, Roo. We have referred to it as 'tar mat'. My early cars do not have this material on the rear deck as you show here.

No kidding. I'm getting phone calls from friends all over the country. This auction caused quite the stir.

You make a number of good points, Alan. How ironic then, that Datsun dealers tended to prepare their cars with a number of various options, adding cost, and STILL couldn't keep up with demand. If nothing more, I would contend that Nissan really missed their projections of sales.

Hey Bart, enough of the passive-aggressive crap, eh? He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame for his successful career, not because he urinated 24 carat gold.

That is exactly what came out of 26th and 27th. Its not cheapo-flimsy tape. It is an embossed vinyl fabric, but it is glued into the cover plate recess.

SpeedRoo, it was actually a piece of embossed fabric tape adhered to the cover plate.

Who IS this Lstepp4re character?

I like the site, Ron.

So do HLS30-00026 and HLS30-00027

The black painted LY valve covers are magnesium?

My cars don't have rear window defoggers.