Mr Camouflage

They look like 3 screw 240z round tops bolted to a 260z manifold or maybe the car had air con, and thats the thing that increased the idle speed when the ac was on. But it has been a while since i saw my carbies......

any idea on a freight cost to WA?

currently at $71.00 Early 240Z round top carbies and manifold. (sounds like he has the original air box/filter too). http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4637794440 <img src="http://i3.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/17/9b/76_1_b.JPG"/>

According to a heated discussion going on in a thread about someones 240K, one of the members there states that there was a L6 DATSUN OHC valve cover: Can anybody verify this via the parts cd, or microfiche etc?

Actually Kyteller and I were agreeing with Alan in that we have never seen an L6 DATSUN OHC cam cover, only L4 covers, and other engine covers. Of course that doesnt mean they dont exist. Just that not many people that post here have seen one. The valve cover fitted to the 240z that was sold in Australia had NISSAN on the cover (Maybe the Dealer you frequented replace it with the datsun cover that you list the part number for). In a word, yes. It's a drawing. In How to rebuild you Nissan & Datsun OHC engine (nissan part number 99996-M8013) there is an illustration of an L6 valve cover with no writing on it at all. pg 53, drawing, courtesy of Nissan. Doesn't mean that Nissan made a valve cover without any lettering. Ok Part numbers, now we are getting somewhere. Maybe someone could look it up on the parts cd, or microfiche or something and get us a photo of it. Maybe we should move this Valve cover discussion to L6 valve cover discussion thread.

datsun owners identifacation card? never seen one, but i know the datsun owners secret handshake Just kidding.

You can find one right here: http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k29542080

Yeah sound like they just made it up to me. There was a guy that was in Fast fours and rotaries that put a r33 skyline rear end in a 240Z.

Sorry Art, I think you are mistaken about cam covers. All 240Z covers had either Nissan 2400 OHC covers, or NISSAN OHC covers. I've never ever seen a DATSUN L6 cover, ever. not in photos or in real life, and i've seem plenty of 1970 240Z's. I have photos early VIN Australian 240z's andf they all have nissan valve covers. Do you have any photos of Datsun covers you could post? Different case for other models, engines such as A12's R16's, U20's. Some said datsun, some said nissan.

Some further background on early Datsuns in Australia. Seemed appropriate to throw this into the mix. This thread has been well and truely hijacked already. Its from a magazine (Unique Cars), so who knows how accurate it is... Maybe after terminating Hartnetts import franchise the dealerships had some say in what cars they wanted to import and sell, at least untill Nissan became more established in Australia? The Article also states that Capitol Motors Sydney were responsible for importing the 49 Silvias (CSP311 variety) that were sold in Australia.

How about a 2000GT bodykit for a 240/260Z chassis??? anybody done that before. It would be as authentic as the Dats-errari GTO, but i guess the people that convert zeds into kits aren't too concerned about originality. Was the GTO car the one form Kalgoorlie?

Not alot at all has been going on with my project. Learing how to mig weld on scrap metal, before tackling the rust repairs in the doors.

I dont believe (and please correct me if i'm wrong) the skyline C10 was available for sale in Australia at any time, as either a prince or a nissan, and definately not the GT-R. The first nissan GT-R to be officially sold in Australia was the the R32 (Godzilla).

For that much money you could buy a 1400hp OS giken RB30 short motor and have change to buy a head and some turbos http://www.otomoto.com.au/osgiken/RB30_race_engine.htm

Hmm nice sales tactic. wizz off the people that actuall want to buy the car. Did anyone contact the guy selling the Blue 240K coupe on ozdat? At $4000 or near offer it sounds like a better buy, especially if you plan to do an engine conversion.

Stud measurment is the same as any other datsun. 4 x 114.3. There was a torana rear spoiler for sale on this forum, I think by khughes. There was also some lowered King springs for the K on ebay a while ago, so I guess they probably still make them. I think the coupe K flares will fit. You'd have to cut them along the rear doors edges so the doors could open. I wouldn't bother with the flares and the torana spoiler, just paint it, put some mags and lower it a bit:

It was a very rude thing to say. I bet he was just as rude to your "Friend". As for being better than a zed, i still cant think of a reason. Maybe because they are slow, so they dont use as much petrol.

Step 1. Take it to an auto electrician. Step 2. Pay the bill. Problem solved. Might be the voltage regulator, not regulating the voltage. If you have a multi meter, check the voltage at the battery with the engine running at idle. then get someone to rev it to 3000 and check it again. I dont know what the voltage should be, id be guessing if i said, so i'll leave it up to someone that knows, but there shouldn't be much of a difference between the two speeds. If its any more than 15 volts, i'd be worried. If you have the original VR, I belive they can be serviced, but you'd have to do it yourself, VR's these days are electronic, and an auto electrician would replace it with the electronic type.

Ah, well that's your fault for trying to talk to those types of people. You should know better. Dont make eye contact, Ignore them. If they start asking about your car, just get in it and drive away, and hope they dont follow you in their MG.

If you need any advice on importing a car to the USA, head on over to www.nicoclub.com and find out the name of the company that imported Dr. Rex Birkmire's (aka speedoctor ) csp311 Silvia form Japan to the USA. I found thier website once, and they have imported lots of cars to the USA for people, mostly from Japan, but they might be able to help you, or give you some usefull advice.

before you wreck the 240K sedan, you should see if anyone in kuwait wants it

Its not your week, is it. He probalby had his light off untill he was far away, so you couldnt read his number plates. If I had custom plates, i'd secure them with machine screw, or allan key head type bolts, and fill the head with filler (or maybe use a small coach-bolt), and give them a coat of black paint . On the other side, id use 2 nuts and lock them together. Would work very well on the rear plate of a Z. That should discourage all but the most determined thief. If you ever needed to remove them you could dig the filler out. dirty stinking s'tnuc.

one word: vapour-lock (ok, maybe its two words).

Saw in the back of the current Australian Classic Car magazine that a Toyota 2000GT recenly sold at auction for $226,000. Theres also a red CSP311 Silvia for sale in the classifieds section.