26th-Z

I have pictures but I don't own them and I don't have permission to post them. Of course, the pictures are B&W so the color is up to interpretation. The Pierre car is dark and the Beverly Hilton car is light. See if you can find a copy of "Nissan News" from the fall of 1969. It has pictures of the Beverly Hilton car, page 8. Personally, I think the Pierre car is racing green with a tan interior but I'm biased in that direction. Here's a picture of the ballroom at the Pierre to give you an idea of the scale of that event. Evidently, it wasn't just the introduction of the Z. It was a display of the entire Datsun line-up for 1970, and, oh-by-the-way, "we're adding this personal sports car to our product line which will boost sales of all the fine Datsun products and generate increased showroom traffic".

Somewhere between $18,200 and $38,300 according to Hagerty.

For the record, the LA show was the 23rd and it was at the Beverly Hilton. It was not the same color as the car at the Pierre and it could very well have been 920 Safari Gold. Now you know, Blue. Please stop quoting Carl's accounting. It is wrong.

Alan, Mike, once I get home tonight, do either of you have any objections to my sharing our conversations? Including the press bibliography?

I'm so sorry that I don't have my files with me at work today. MikeB, Alan, and I have discussed the living daylights out of this topic. One thing I DO want to mention is that Carl's accounting is not accurate. As I recollect without the advantage of my notes is that; the cars shown in New York and California are not the same, Carl has the Beverly hotel name wrong, the reporters did not all come from Detroit...need I go on? Alan, Mike, don't you still have all of our correspondence? Blue, you can easily find pictures in the press release as well as the Nissan corporate quarterly report.

That was a fun conversation. too. Lots of fun people and a fairly diverse number of topics. Pete Evanow wrote in a couple of times!

Now they're obsessing over the undercoating that was sprayed on the car.

Delivered? Where and to whom? Perhaps you mean delivered to the Tokyo auto show or the Pierre Hotel? Delivered to Yutaka Katayama!

Doesn't it have a replacement engine? I think the original engine comes with the car? Of course, it ran when parked.... The front of the radiator support should be black - brush painted.

Awe, come-on! How about doing the repair properly and NOT being one of those POs we diss quite often! A rubber expansion type of freeze plug is only a temporary repair. This is precisely what this community wishes to discourage. Sorry, hon, your head is damaged and it's going to have to come off to repair it properly as the manufacturer intended. Otherwise, it's just a hack repair. Besides, once you get the head off, you'll be able to perform a lot more maintenance that the head probably needs. You get to work on your car more. You won't scratch your firewall any more than you probably already have. And you'll probably learn something. Be brave, fix it right!

Then how do you plan to re-install the new plug?

High compression engine...fuel could cause the problem, carburation could cause the problem, hot spots could cause the problem, but I would look at the timing. Run-on is more often a timing problem, especially if the fuel is low octane for the high compression. Check your spark plugs also. They may be too hot?

Ahhh... Inspection Lamp 26740-89904. Listed as optional in the North American parts catalog, it shows standard in the Nissan Fairlady Z catalog and optional for the 'dx' version/model. The bulb is 12v 8w (26232-30000) and the switch is 26745-89900. There are two versions of the mounting base; one with a slotted flange and another with two mounting holes like this one. I believe this version precedes the version with the slot. Very nice!

Well, yes. Wow, does that picture look crappy on this monitor! What happened? The paint finishes are mat texture and although the silver may look like primer, primer is porous and not a sealing film. The paint coating seals the steel.

Don't want to beat a dead horse, I can't find the thread. And I just got back to this computer. I've posted this picture before when I was talking with Kats about original wheels and tires. This is from 26th.

Uh...silver wheel with mat black front face.

Isn't THAT the truth! You-know, I have two toolboxes and a whole slew of service tools. Lord knows what I'm going to do with all that. Some time ago, Kats was looking for a particular service tool and I took mine down to a machine shop and had copies made. I deserve a 12-step program!

I could not help myself, Kats. My finger was possessed and clicked the buy-it-now button despite my strongest will!

Thanks! I don't watch eBay much anymore.

Are you selling this? I could be interested.

Well, no pillar vents. It has hatch vents. Early car.

There is a guy in the Tampa area who has an astounding collection of S30 Z-cars. When I first met him, he had several early, series one examples with low miles and in nearly pristine original condition. I recall one of the cars had some of the original plastic interior wrapping that the dealer was supposed to remove. Eventually, he sold those cars and replaced them with a number of Vintage Z cars from a collector in Georgia. We probably know of whom I speak. Point being, survivors like the one we are discussing are out there and I would guess that the $72 grand is about what they are worth. What's a Vintage Z worth these days?

Yes, the yellow dabs are on the suspension from 10/69. One of my cars has red paint on the front in one area. Of course, the springs had paint dabs. All of this has been discussed in the archives. Nice looking car.

I noticed this difference between the jack spanners I have. The top one on the first picture is early fabrication. The later spanner has a '3' in the casting

I finally took some pictures of what came with 26th: