26th-Z

They look pretty bad all by themselves. Rad, dude! Those polished domes aren't stock!

April 1970 engine bay for comparison

Have a look at this thread http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=37273

I bailed on Wisconsin in 1969 but I'm still a Packer fan. I didn't think the TABCO panels were any harder to work with than any metal patching project. Yea, you gotta shape and work the metal...and your point? Find a competant metal guy. I vote cut the '73 up and save the '71.

Oh, I'm right there with you guys! I'll be very interested to see what this goes for...and to whom! I can't read the door plate. Would that be an 11/69 car?

Doug, On the spreadsheet, you list HLS30-73667 and say it is "listed as a Vintage Z but it is not". I'm curious as HLS30-73891 is one of the cars I'm looking for. Where is it listed? What can you tell me about 73667? Chris

I just did some editing. I have some incomplete information about a bunch of cars missing from this list. I wonder if I should add it or mind my own business?

http://www.pape.ws/allan_and_rosanne/Z-Car_Stuff/

That's interesting. Both Nissan and PPG say that PPG paints were used in the Vintage Z program. I have no intention of bad-mouthing either of these guys but Les restored no more than two of the Vintage Zs and neither Pierre nor Les painted any of the cars. We are well aware that "originality" was not a primary focus of the re-assembly efforts from either one of them. I am surprised to read the jabber about a color match chip for quality control purposes. In a post further down, a reference is made to the dark green color as "908". There is no such color. "Racing Green", or sometimes refered to as "Grand Prix Green" is 907. I'm glad to read that you are all refering to 920 correctly as "Safari Gold". I just read in a magazine "Sahara Gold". Wrong! There MikeB, I decided to be a prick about it! Cheers!

Thanks. I couldn't remember where I got those images so I didn't say anything. Great graphics. From everything I can find, the Prince emblem seems to be a stylized 'P' on a shield. No Griffins - with or without claws.

xs10shl, Sent you a PM.

Check these out.

In the United States of America, every citizen has the right to free speech. Let's please keep that in mind and climb down off everyone's back.

April 1970 car with 19,000 miles.

The spray paint I have came from Banzai and it is Tower Paint.

Rich, I noticed the eBay sale as well and wondered. You are correct, though. I don't believe original fuel hoses were the braided type and your description is good. The fuel hoses also have painted markings and lines on them to describe their fuel rating.

Alan T., or "HS30-H" would be our resident expert on the PS30-SB type. Do a file search "Z432-R" and a number of threads will come up regarding the car. I also suggest you cruise through Alan's photo album for pictures of specific details and parts. I have many photographs but I have never seen one. I would be surprised to learn of one in America.

Clive, The door screws were used on later series one cars. They were not on 26th or 27th. That should be a chrome screw with a translucent plastic grommet. The same was used to secure the interior quarter-window panel to the front post of the quarter-window. The quarter-window frame had a tab welded on to it for that screw. Very early cars did not have the tab or the screw. At least, this is my belief at the moment until someone who claims to be more of an expert than me blasts me for my ignorance.

Look'n good, Mike. BTW 95th went to a retired machinist in Canada who didn't think the welding work was too big of a hassle. The same guy who bought #793, I think.

Marty, To the best of my knowledge the MSA stage II cam is a Schneider cam ground to spec similar to the Datsun competition stage I cam. It should give you a fairly smooth idle along with the increased performance. It will require a different fuel mixture and Bruce's suggestion is the first thing I would try. I'm a real believer in SUs and although they look rather doudy compared to those sexy asian triplets, they deliver quite well.

Yes, Alan. I must have missed your question last October- sorry. Yes, two differing serial numbers from two different publications. Anyhow, I want to congratulate Rick for his fifteen minutes of fame and say that the article in Nissan Sport is very nice. In fact, the serial number thing is discussed to some extent. I found the article an interesting read with complimentary blooper and the pictures were very nice. Wasn't Steve Rossini the photographer for the Syracuse convention? Alan, I'll send you a scan.

I had a chance to buy 25 once. She's out there somewhere.

Greetings!

Let's see...what's on my list....? Seat shields, definitely. Seat belt hooks - the little metal ones that screwed to the seat. Braided hose brake vacumn line. The fresh air vents in the engine bay. Do you guys think "chrome Z" emblems would sell? How much is a piece of clear hatch glass worth? How about early demister hatch glass? I think Carl Beck owns the record for buying hood inspection clips - $200.

I can pretty much confirm what you said, Mike, as well as the reference going back to Carl. We had this discussion a long time ago when it was believed that all undercoating was applied after arrival in the States. The description from Carl and Terry is fairly accurate, showing a rippled texture to a thick paint finish throughout the rear wheel wells and rear deck extending into the transmission tunnel. I have no evidence of the front fenders receiving this treatment; just the front wheel well area of the chassis indicating that this surface was applied prior to application of any mechanical and body components. I think the splash shield in the right rear wheel well is discussed accurately also. No texture, just paint with painted screws. I would not describe the paint finish as "overspray" though. I find a thorough spray applied finish. I have an example of an early car in silver and the paint finish underneath does not contain the metalic luster of the upper body surface. It is simply the grey pigment. I suspect that the "undercoating" finish was applied at the same time the body seam sealant was applied. The paint finish is obviouosly spray applied and I have noticed thin or non-existant spots underneath the cowl, top, and inside the rear quarter panels. Ther is also a bare strip on the post that braces the rear valance at the center of the car. My cars show no evidence of paint inside the constructed body sections. It seems to be all bare metal in there.