26th-Z

Wow, Mike.

Had not hit this thread in a while. Yea, we're at three weeks or so. It will be good to see you again, Ron. Your car will show well with Nissan's decision to promote their racing heritage of the Z. The autocross and track day will be fun with both Morton and Millen at the convention.

Dan, Do you think we are looking at two different part numbers and the part variance between the two? I'm not surprised by the discrepancy between the diagrams in the manuals and our photographs of "original" configurations. I have seen this before. The most striking example I recall was with the carburetor float bowl vent tubes. With the Nashville show coming up and over 50 240Zs registered, I'll be looking at this issue with delight! Chris

Observation must be your middle name, Dan! Service slide shot v.s. "original" car from the Syracuse convention.

As usual, great conversation. Thanks - many thanks.

Those are the two "privately owned from our convention team" cars I was talking about. Ron Carter's car will be there as well as Steve Millen's. I understand that Mr. K never drove the 260Z. That he "retired" before the car was delivered? Know anything about it? All registration happens at the Embassy. Hit the Embassy first.

More updates: My avatar is the convention logo and you will see that image all the time. But we had Hector Cademartori do a special poster for the event and this graphic goes on the t-shirts. There will be signed, numbered prints of the poster. Guess what number I have? Nissan keeps their "Heritage Collection" at the Lane Museum which is on our convention list of things to do. Some of those cars will be hauled out for the car show, Saturday. I got the list yesterday. Three of them are historic race cars; coupled with two more privately owned from the West coast, and two privately owned from our convention team will make a fantastic display of Z racinging history. A Patrol will be on display. Nissan also has a car in the Lane that is a pearl yellow 260Z 2+2 which was owned by Mr. K. I had not heard of this car, so I am anxiuos to see it.

Well...because you're registered. You're going to show up at the Embassy Suites Hotel and you're going to go to the registration room. There, you will tell someone sitting at a registration table your name and you will be given all your convention materials including the t-shirt. You get a "goodie bag" that looks something like this gym bag. It will have your t-shirt, the convention brochure, convention merchandise freebees, sponsor catalogs, stuff about Nashville...etc. You'll get your Forged Performance lanyard and name tag. And you'll get wrist bands for the different events you signed up for. Your car will get a number decal. Then, you'll wonder around in a daZe for a while until you remember to check into your room. You got a room at the Embassy, right? Very soon after that, you'll feel sucked in to the twilight Zone of Z-dom. Helplessly, you will think nothing but Z for the next five days. Ask anyone who has been to a ZCCA convention.

You won't need Chippendales after you see what I'm going to do for you, zlady.

Hey! Her Majesty the 26th just reminded me that #403 resides with us! :stupid: She was officially HLS30UN-00403 and she was 905 Monte Carlo Red. God rust her soul.

It doesn't matter what you call it. Save your money. It isn't allowed. Nissan will be taking many publicity photographs during the day. "My Classic Car" will be filming a show segment. The car show begins with a photograph of the whole crowd. It is possible to get far enough away from the area to photograph the entire show. We don't want "canopies" obscuring the cars. Chris

Guys, Rick doesn't post with any intention of irritation. He knows this site is "hardball" and he likes to contribute and discuss things with this gang. Welcome him. He's a good-'ol Z guy who wants to talk about Zs. Just read past his # slang. He's used to that format and we can all assume he is talking about HLS30Us, HLS30UNs, or HLS30UVs. I wonder how many of you know the difference between the three models imported into North America. Or that there WERE three different model specifications. John, Climb out of Alan's _ss lest you make a horse's _ss of yourself. Instead, thank him for bringing reality to what would otherwise be little more than a gossip column. England is not in Europe. Thank you, again, Geezer for our lengthy conversations that brought so much understanding of the production process to my attention. The picture Randy posted came from that research conversation when I was questioning the color sequencing some years ago. Kats has my whole collection. Thank you and drive happy

Randy, Your picture originally came from me.

Lonny, This is the archade style postcard I have. Chris

She opens the door to the Z432 and what is on the door in the lower right corner? Zulu! How great. Then she opens the glove box and... winning lottery numbers! Oh my!

Couple of comments having nothing to do with HLS30-00400 - sorry. Mike's brochure was printed in Japan and is Japanese Nissan marketing material. Although it is interesting as a pre-description of the car that was about to be introduced, it is by no means what was actually exported to the U.S. I don't know how anyone could argue that the triple solexes were, at one point, a consideration. There's the proof. In terms of the clear hatch glass, radio and clock blank; those were configurations for the S30-S model. I have considered the model configuration of the HLS30U very close to the S30-S specification. A good point for the argument is the presence of the rubber floor matts in the early cars. Imported without carpeting, the early cars were all fitted by Datsun USA prior to distribution. The tri-fold brochure is, to the best of my knowledge, U.S. printed literature and probably not done until after January 1970. The man and the woman driving the red car are the same as a postcard I have from Parker Advertising, Inc., photographer Jason Hailey. Notice how the models have turtleneck shirts on. That picture was taken in Winter. No way the red car in the tri-fold is 00007. Kats made a point in another thread about the red car. Same conclusion. What happened to 00004 and 00005? We think (with substantial evidence) that they were the North American Test cars. Shipped back to Japan and disposed.

Thanks for the pictures! Wow! They call this race event the runoffs. The real name is the American Road Race of Champions (ARRC).

What serial numbers did we decide were from the North American Test Cars, Kats?

FANTASTIC ! ! ! More! More! More! Standing ovation! I love the wind tunnel models. And who is the great looking model from the HS30-H film?

Her Majesty the 26th will be happy to take this question as Mr. Wenzel was last seen shooting whiskey on Honky-Tonk Row and his where-about is unknown at the moment. Mr. Wenzel’s car show diagram attached. This will be a unique show in the sense that the Z community has been invited by Nissan to show their cars and the ZCCA convention is organizing it. We are guests of Nissan, meaning everyone is on their best behavior. Canopies are not allowed. Anything you want to display with your car must go inside the car. You can have chairs and a small table / tripod, cooler, etc. however alcohol is not allowed. There will be plenty of covered space. There is a dedicated area for people to come and sell things called Vendor Village. The Nissan building will be open. Their gift shop will be open selling the full line of Nissan merchandise as well as special 40th anniversary items. Their cafeteria will be open and serving food. This “cafeteria” serves 1,500 people a day. It is actually a restaurant with a balcony overlooking the car show and Vendor Village. Bose will have two demonstration cars in the lobby. The guest parking lot directly in front of the building will have about 50 special display cars including 12 Nissan Heritage cars, a number of significant Datsun / Nissan race cars, around ten previous ZCCA Gold Medallion / Cup cars, and a number of custom Zs including a few Vintage Zs. Sista Ol’ Yeller with be there! On the front lawn, we will have the ZCCA Judged Collection in front of the Nissan information tent and the ZCCA information tent. Nissan will have special “ambassadors” roaming around to pass out information and answer questions. The best the ZCCA could do was Hooter’s girls, but they’ll be selling raffle tickets. In front of all that will be the People’s Choice collection. Right now, this is about 300 cars, but we are getting one or two registrations a day and, because this is on a Saturday, who knows how many people will just show up that morning. Spectating is free and your non-Z goes in the parking garage. The big parking lot is available for trailers, but we are encouraging trailers in the hotel parking lot. Vendor Village is already pretty full of trailers – Yokohama, Nissan Competition, Z1, AMS…. Steve Millen, Peter Brock, John Morton, and Yoshihiko Matsuo will be there signing autographs and posters at the ZCCA and Nissan tent. The band is awesome, authentic Nashville Country Rock and Blues. Oh…and it starts early. 9:00 am. We start parking cars at 7:00 because the picture will be taken at 9:30. The car show ends at 3:00. The “Z-Store” from the ZCCA convention is the merchandise offered by the ZCCA. That will include a silent auction of donated collectable pieces. The band recorded a special album and there is a special print Hector Cademartori did for the convention. There are patches, pins, golf shirts, and all sorts of stuff with the convention logo (my current avatar). Nissan is giving a car away Saturday night. What could be better? CarShow_Layout-Diagram.pdf

I agree. That car has been hit and it may not track properly. But that's not necessarily something that can't be fixed on frame machines available today. Yes, restoration is a big ticket hobby. I was looking at a collection of old Healeys the other day and marveling at the value of those old beasts. There seems to be quite the disparity in price between them and 240Zs.

Hmh...don't agree with that move. But then, I have green cars.

Well, I suspect you're in good hands. Tell Doug I said hello and 'see ya' in Nashville.

How do you know it was originally green? From that photograph? Yea, wonder who bought it.

Not exactly. The model type HLS30U, which was sent to North America, does not have the evap hardware. Cars with evap hardware are HLS30UV model types.