26th-Z

Carl, I completely understand and you are to be commended for even posting a page on the car. However, I'm still confused. Here's the page on the Bondurant car in 1978. 24th overall and the drivers were Bob Bondurant, Steve Cook and Ron Southern. And I don't think this is HLS30-00008. That site is pretty cool. It has been years in the making. They have result records and members send in pictures. I have a few posted. They don't let you clip the picture off the net anymore but a fast-forward to the Nissan GTP years is well worth the surf. Incidently, I think you'll find a 240Z finishing the 1973 Sebring 12-hour. What year did the Z compete at LeMans? But since you brought up Bob Bondurant, this might be a good moment to talk a little bit about him. Bob raced Formula One in the mid sixties. He plays a role in the John Frankenheimer film; "Grand Prix" and was James Garner's driving instructor. Bob drove for Carrol Shelby and you will find him involved in the Cobra and GT40 programs. He is a close friend of Yutaka Katayama and operates the Bondurant School of High Performance Driving.

There is a web site that chronicles race results (racingsportscars.com) and I wouldn't be so sure of what is written about the car on Zhome. (Sorry Carl) It is not listed on the entry list in 1975 and it didn't finish 4th overall - George Dyer's 911 RSR did in 1975. In 1976, car #81 was a 911S. I didn't want to say anything, but I do remember talking to the guy because the car was a very low serial # and that would have interested me at the time because I owned 26th. "At the time" would have been 1984 and car #81 shows up on the entry list for the 24-hours of Daytona as a 240Z driven by John Saucier, Ronnie Franklin, and Chuck Gravel. It was gridded 42nd, as I remember, and I don't recall the car finishing. Perhaps it did, 4th in class perhaps?

That's exactly what this thread is intended to do, Mike! Let's have a little fun and dig into those old boxes in the attic! Here's Daytona at the 24-hour some long time ago. I don't remember who this is. Running in GTU.

Too funny, Will! Take pictures as you go! Marty, This is just like the old plaster casting we used to make as kids. The mold material is a silicon rubber that is mixed (carefully) from two parts and poured around the original piece. Cured, the mold will peel right off the original.

From the 1973 American Road Race of Champions, Road Atlanta, Georgia. I sure would like to keep this thread "vintage - vintage". Maybe we can entice Alan into posting some pics from racing around the world.

Bob Sharp at the Paul Whiteman Trophy races in Daytona - August 1971

This is what Will is working with.

I have the square knobs. Will and I have been talking about making molds and casting parts. I have been using "Smooth-On" products to make silicone rubber molds and casting new rigid parts in urethane. Epoxy resins are now available and they can be used with metal powder fillers. This work is rather involved and it takes some practice to get good at it. I think Will has a vacuum box which gets the bubbles out of the mold liquid - something I would need. Sure, a gasket for the antenna base could be made.

I call it "dum-dum". Black sticky rope calk. It squeezes flat.

A couple of other pieces you won't see very often. The 1970 commemorative and an original water color done by Steve Petrowsky. Steve sells prints of this. I like the pair of cutaways you framed, Clive. I bought the Z cutaway and wish I had picked up the dime to go with it.

I was there also. Those were the days, eh?

I wish I had taken a picture before I disassembled the console. The switches are black toggle style with a white dot - similar to the radio antenna switch.

Nice posters, Clive.

Correct me if I'm wrong, please, but aren't "OEM" windshields "NLA"? I bought one several years ago and two days before it arrived, I was told it was NLA. Then, of course, it arrived and I stopped freaking. Just before the Dallas convention in 2006, a friend of mine found and bought one for over $1000. My understanding is that a clear glass, S30, Nissan windshield is unobtanium.

I was going to comment, as I began to read this thread, what Arne pointed out. 4 screws / no float bowl drain plug. I'm thinking I have collected four sets and I'll be in touch with Mr. Palmer. Getting back to the fish-of-the-point, a tune-up kit should bring marked results. These carbs can be fun to rebuild. They are not difficult and IMHO, ZTherapy has the best deal going.

Way good news! Congrats!

Datsun did install air conditioning systems at the dealer level that were specified by Nissan. A "Frigiking" system is referenced in the technical service bulletin TS70-50 of October 21, 1970 and TS71-54 of November 12, 1971. They were dealer installed, specified and supplied by Datsun. Indeed the ZCCA judging rules specify "ARA or Frigid King, with basic York compressor".

Thanks Arne. This is a hot topic once again!

Here is the Vintage Z window sticker. Carl, didn't we call these "Maroney documents"?

I know where to get repro ID plates if you want one. I think they are still available. PM me.

Assuming you are talking about an HLS30U, the ID / date tag should be riveted to the driver door jamb. I would guess 379th to be a 12/69 car and the serial # should be five digits, not six. 00379?

Oh geeze, I guess I didn't notice the 12/70 part of the question. That would make the car a 1971 model year and the preheater throat would be on the air filter housing. I don't have any of those to photograph. And here I was all prepared to get into a discussion about the differences between the early ones!?!! Sorry guys.

No, I don't. Sorry. Some time ago, Carl Beck used to have an e-mail "list" discussion group and one of the topics was about this. I guess that's where I got the image. It was very small originally and when it is enlarged the crispiness is lost. It's supposed to be from 1972.

I know of three different styles of the 'series one' air filter housing. The earliest did not have tune-up or emission stickers on them.

Enjoy