zspert

And BAT doesn't seem to mind the jail time issue!!

Yes, 240 with add-on air has a 3 groove pulley. Can't speak for Spirit, well yes I can but won't, but if such a car were in my now closed shop the A/C pulley would be removed.

A sloppy resto-mod (how I hate that expression)

And the lack of clamps on ANY of the adjacent hoses.

Sorry, not a 260

No, not a ZX I knew someone would ID those socks!! For what it's worth, I got a solid, much needed, grin from that one! Final clue

If one is doing a restoration - a paint job, seat covers, new wheels and tires are NOT a restoration - every part of that car will pass through your hands, every part. The same amount of effort and expense will be required so why not do it correctly ? Not sure about something? Do some research, ask around, read some service manuals and pay attention to the pictures. I've been saying this for YEARS to mostly closed ears. Well, I'm not going to put my Z is a show is the most common excuse. But again, that hood latch is going to be replated along with the fasteners - plate them the correct color for goodness sakes!! I recently attended a large annual imported car show and a 240 was displayed in a special area reserved for what are supposed to be exceptional cars. The subject car had a nicely finished body and interior but under the hood were too many mistakes to list here. This is exactly what I'm talking about. Those parts passed through the hands of someone who had the golden opportunity I stated in the first paragraph. OK, this car - 26th-Z is of course correct about his observations, thank you. Short list - why remove the air injection manifold and not the rest of the related parts? Why use the cheapest imaginable block off plugs on the exhaust manifold? Is the Nihon decal - probably one of mine -faced in the correct direction? Why have you reused that ancient washer bottle when I've offered an excellent reproduction, with the correct motor for YEARS! Yes, I'm confident that this example will fetch a good price and it will indeed serve as a good barometer. The new owner should drop me a line if he's interested in taking it up to Gold Medallion level. I got a kick, perhaps perverse, when Garage 44 mentioned that he had fitted reproduction rear bumper overider rubbers. Those were one of the first parts Nissan had me reproduce for the Z Store program. Let the abuse begin!! PS A free 240 anti freeze decal to the first person who can identify the make and model that these parts are from.

A handful of mistakes/omissions but not bad

Stop should be clear while lock nut yellow

No

No

It's a pencil tray

Guess I'll put it here as this is, at least to this old buzzard, the path of least resistance After almost 190,000 miles and a bit of bearing noise I decided to give the 5 speed in my 78 280 the business and @ the same time address all of the related issues. At the risk of glazing the eyes of my audience I promise to be brief. I had the rear engine plate powder coated - yes, I know it was clear zinc plated from the factory but I wanted to see what my very excellent powder coater could do and the results are very satisfactory - removed 4 pounds from the stock 24 pound flywheel, had the now lightened flywheel balanced along with a new pressure plate, replaced the rear engine seal, clutch assy - used the Exedy set for probably the 100th + time in my career - flywheel and pressure plate fasteners, ALL of the trans bearings, 2nd and 3rd gear syncros, seals and gasket and had all of the related fasteners, etc. zinc replated. This past Sat I drove the 350 mile round trip to Import Carlisle - touched 100 MPH for a couple of seconds - without a hint of concern. I got those trans parts I could from Nissan - yes, I know there are some cheaper alternatives but I like the guys at my fav dealer. Those bearings that are NLA from Nissan I got from a company in Japan, Amayma. They, Amayma, provide excellent service and excellent prices for parts in the original Nissan packaging. Way back in 1971 the dealer I was working for sent me to Datsun trans school. The school held @ Datsun eastern headquarters in Secaucus, NJ. The dealer provided me with a NEW, just off the boat, 510 2 door for transportation. Yes, a new 510 2 door was capable of an indicated 100+. We were provided lunch at what was, I'm confident, a mob owned restaurant. Our instructor told us we could order ANYTHING on the menu but if we wanted lobster we had to give one day notice. Those were the days.

Early starter fuse link on left and early alt fuse link on right. I'll put it on my site when I have some spare time - retirement is SO BUSY!! Story about recent 5 speed rebuild and my time @ Datsun trans school so very long ago to be posted momentarily

Same set up as used on the 510 wagon!

Yes, those fuse links are actually mine - just haven't had time to update my site. Hell, haven't even taken a picture! Should probably get on that.

Where to start 1- Fasteners for air pump bracket to engine should be engine blue ditto alt mount fasteners 2 - Only right side motor mount bracket should be black - left should be blue 3 - Timing pointer should be clear not yellow ditto for the plate at front of cylinder head 4 - Freestanding female spade connectors should not have the lock tab NO CHARGE for the above but if you want a Gold Medallion in the stock 240 class I charge $500.00/day plus expenses

Looks like about 80k

Ugh, that CAR!

Of course you're correct about the early style of Hood Height Adjuster as well as the lack of a gusset in that corner but the "Restoration(s)"? and ambiguity(s) when dealing with 69 production date cars make a lot of these issues impossible to confirm with the degree of certainty I'm comfortable with.

Let it go man! Do all of us a favor and just let it go.

Whenever one posts anything on any site in the on line universe one runs a considerable risk that he/she will be challenged. My answer is "let's see you do better". If you can, I'm talking first hand , personal experience, and not something from another site somewhere, I'll be among the first in line to offer congratulations. You see, I don't have anything to prove to anyone save myself. This will be my last offering of this type on this site.

Chris, If this isn't satisfactory send me an email - zspert@primary.net - w/ your mailing address and I'll put a copy in the mail to you.

26th-z - Can I mail you a copy as well as posting to this site? Might be a little clearer.

I know this is ancient history but I have a 240 build sheet which I can post a picture of - that is if anyone is interested.