26th-Z

Yes I believe the $2500 asking price is a little steep, but $2000 is realistic. Looks like a fine project car.

My car, referred to as Her Majesty the Twenty-sixth, is a 240 Z constructed in November of 1969. Engine number L24-2338 I can't safely say the twenty-sixth EVER made, certainly the 26th imported into America, but seriously one of the early ones. She is currently under restoration. See my gallery.

I thought this conversation could turn into a really nice gallery of photographs organized in a manner to help us all understand the different models and related cars we discuss. I will be happy to transfer pictures you want to include and build a photo album for all of us. In MY gallery, the upper left heading shows a Album Gallery labeled "Early Datsun Sports Cars". These are pictures I have collected from other sites and they include some pre-war cars - roadsters. I just added some this morning. If you like this idea, post pictures you would like to add and I will transfer them to the album. Please state a year - preferably the initial year - and full model title so that we can all have a common name to associate. If you have a better picture of a particular model, post it, and eventually we can edit the gallery for a completed album. I propose these early cars as the "trunk" or "Stem" of the family tree. I included a Prince, Alan, as you requested, but it is a race car. We can build a sub album of race lineage, if you all like. And if you would like to create a sub album of engines, I submit this:

I think you can cut out the rust spots and weld new metal patches, Bpaccaud. Bend new metal to fit the rail along the top. Cut out the rust at the hood hinge and weld in new metal flush with the surrounding fin. Grind it smooth again. The good question is how to treat the inside of the upper frame rail and stop it from rusting from the inside out. I have the same problem. I might suggest treating the inside with phosphoric acid - a common painter's chemical for treating rusted surfaces prior to painting. Drill a small hole at the end of the frame and spray inside with a long tube spray nozzle like a pump pressure garden sprayer. Make several applications, allowing the acid to dry between time. You can probably spray paint up in there the same way.