Mr Camouflage

Of course, you know it not authentic if you dont get a Japanese man to stick them on for you.

This looks like the GT manifold. See how it sits the air cleaner further away from the rocker cover. This is from 1974 adverising material http://www.datsun.de/assets/images/Datsun_240_K_GT_1974_05.jpg This 240K GT looks like the GL intake manifold, Notice how the aircleaner sits closer to the rocker cover. This is from the German article, and appears to be a later 240K, judging by the latter style steering wheel. http://www.datsun.de/assets/images/Test_Datsun_240K-GT_03.jpg So it appears to me that Nissan stopped using the 'GT' manifold at some point on the GT. source. http://www.datsun.de/html/body_datsun_240_kgt.html

Found a German 240K GT sedan article, but its in German. http://www.datsun.de/html/body_testberichte.html

So if a euro GT, badged as a GT wasnt the same as the aussie GT then are you saying its not a GT? I really dont get what you mean by that comment. Nissan sent different spec cars to different markets. If the GT to the UK didnt have the 'GT' manifold and springs, because Nissan badged it as a GT then it should still be considered a 240K GT. But what I was getting at was that Nissan may have change the spec of the 1974 GT. Since we never had any in Aus we have nothing to compare a GL spec car to, apart from the 73. If the Aus spec 74 GL is exactly the same as a Euro spec 74 GT then our GL's could be considered GT's badged as GL's, Regardless of what springs or manifolds they have. The USA got a downgraded version of the 240Z, but it was still a 240Z. So does anyone know the spec of a 74 240K GT and are they different to the 73.

Or maybe some NZ owners. They got GT's too I believe.

To save money perhaps? The "GT" manifold looks to have longer runners, so probably contains more metal than the smaller later manifold. Make a 100 thousand of them, you'd save a bit of money. Would be a weight saving also. I wonder what spec the euros GT's were. If we comparing our GL's to the 1973 GT, it might not be such a good benchmark, since car manufacturers are continually changing the specs of cars as they develop. The 240Z had 2 different heads, for example. If we compare an aussie 1974 GL to a 1974 european delivered GT we could work out if Nissan changed the spec of the GT. Now we need some UK 240K GT owners to speak up.

No. You need to build a shed and put precious to sleep for a while. Then when you are older and have more time, you can revive her and continue the restoration. De-register it, and it wont cost you anything. :eek: Do you really need the money. :bandit: If you sell it you will regret it. Remember how long it took you to find this one. :eek: I hope i'm talking some sense into you Hayden.:stupid:

Steves car is a GL. It's a 1/74 complianced car, compliance plate says GL. Looks like someone spent a bit of money on it in the past repainting it (original colour is metallic blue). Thats probably when it aquired its GT interior badges and shifter knob, probably from a deceased '73 GT. Wheels Magazine of March 1973 has a 240K GT on the cover and a road test article. The 240K has GT badges, and is the same colour as the one in your photos. It also has a factory metal sunroof. The specs list a mecahnical fuel pump (and it can be seen in the engine bay photos, so if there was an electric pump was it a dual pump system?), and a 4 speed gearbox. I've heard from Lachlan, that production of the 240K sedan didn't start untill late 73 or early 74, which would explain why there weren't any 4 doors in the first load of K's to be sent here. Wheels magazine says the 240K was a replacement for the 240C hardtop (In the Australia Market place), which implies to me that the 240C sedan was sold concurrently, untill it was replaced with the 260C, and I guess, the 240K sedan filled the 2.4 liter medium sedan void it left. As for the GT's badged as GL's. That how I interpreted what was written in the Wheels article. "Badges on the car say 240K GT, but Nissan insists the car be sold in Australia as a GL". I guess the wording in the article is slightly inaccurate. Maybe "Future importations of 240K's will be GL's" would have been more correct. It seems that the European market were sent the 240K's badged as GT's. I've seen alot of literature on ebay uk about the 240K GT and seen a few of them for sale on ebay over there too. Attached is a photo of one of them (74 GT auto) from the www.datman.co.uk website (http://www.datman.co.uk/datsunworld/c110/c110.htm). And Finally, regarding the boats that shipped the Datsuns to Australia. There was a 260C or 280C for sale on ebay Australia, Somewhere in the car the person had found a piece of paper that named the car transporter ship that the car was shipped over on. They put the name of the boat in the listing. I cant remember the name at the moment, but I did a google search, and found out that the ship from the 70's is still around today, sailing under a different name though, but still transporting cars.

Not exactly. They had to identify the car and the adr's it complied to. Whatever the car was called got stamped on the compliance plate, regardless of what intake manifolds, or spring rates it had. If it was called a 240K SSS, or 240K XYZ that would have been stamped on the plate. There were no Legal rules at to what could be called a GT, Car companies can pretty much call a car whatever they want. They could have made a 120Y GT if they wanted. What im interested in is what make a 240K GT different to a GL, not whether it had a little badge on it proclaiming it to be a GT. And is seems like your the right person to ask. So, any pics of the intake manifold? how many turns on the springs? What other differences are there between a GL and a GT. So the first batch of 240K's were GTs? Were they badged as GT's or GL's? And they have 4 speed gearboxes? That might explain why my shifter only goes up to the number 4. Maybe this would be better starting a new thread on the 240K GT, and letting 240kconvertible have his thread back.

Thats one ugly wheel. The 15 inch 280zxt "Snowflake" wheels look good on a early Z.

As some of you may know I bought Steves (skubz) 240K hardtop. He had stripped out the interior, most of its is in a box. I'd like some close up photos of the interior for reference so I know what goes where, and whats missing etc. In particular photos of the headlining, where it meets the window frames (doors, rear windows), A, C piliar mouldings, handles, interior lights. I havent been through the box completly yet, but some bits are broken, so I guess I'll be after some bits of trim soon. Just add the photos to this thread, then others can use them as a reference too. Thanks

I was doing some searching and came upon this thread. Regarding a 260Z 2+2 with a g nose. Someone here in WA has done that, so I though I'd add a pic. This is from 2003.

Around 2 or 300 of them Ah yes, the vent emblems. They usually are in good condition and don't often need replacing, so they slipped my mind.

Looks like Z Car Tuning JDM style to me. Who writes for these magazines?

This place has them http://www.datsunrestore.com/photo3.html A complete set would be: 1 of these 1 of these 2 of these and 1 of these

Hmm, that sds system says: does not use RS232 communication protocol and is not laptop compatible. is not compatible with OE crank sensor systems. Not compatible with OE air idle control systems. Go to hybrid z and read the threads on the MegaSquirt. It can be used with stock nissan parts I believe. I have no experiance with them myself, but it seems like lots of guys over there are using it. If you link tinkering you can build the ECU yourself, or I think there are people that sell pre-built kits. http://forums.hybridz.org/forumdisplay.php?f=88 http://www.bgsoflex.com/megasquirt.html

Any 280zx R200 diff should fit a 280z as long as it is currently fitted with a R200.

Yep. Australia got 240K GT's but they were badged as GL's due to the GT paranoia that was going on at the time, which was alro responsible for the canceling of the Falcon GT phase 4 and the torana XU-2. Supposedly it was also cheaper to insure a GL than a GT. Though most insurance companies regarded any 2 door version of a sedan a sports model and upped the premiums accordingly, even for the 120Y 2 door. For some reason the K I just bought has 240K GT interior door emblems. (all the exterior emblems are missing).

Hey Kent, any word on whether the spoilers fit ok?

Yeah we get that magazine. I have one from nov 2004 that has an article on the 240Z.

Maybe you need one of these: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200030629436

Speaking of photos, I want to see lots of them. Maybe all the people from this forum that are going can PM each other and set up a single photobucket account, and send the password to everyone else form here that went, and took photos, so they can all be uploaded to the same place.

I think he is. I dont think he posts though. He's selling off the models so he can finish his 1:1 260z This is his car: http://www.wazcars.com/zindex.php?action=membercars&member=warren

http://www.geocities.com/zgarage2001/heads.html http://www.geocities.com/zgarage2001/engine.html