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Mike B

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  1. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Body & Paint
    Those are called rocker panels and only the outer ones are available. You can get them at Tabco http://www.tabcobodyparts.com/html/table_of_contents.htm -Mike
  2. Mike B posted a post in a topic in What I Did Today
    I was hoping this thread was about one of these .
  3. From his post #13 above....
  4. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Wheels & Brakes
    They look like Panasports, but its hard to tell from the tiny picture you posted.
  5. Don't forget this other line from the same article "... as the saying goes, success has many fathers and failure is an orphan." -Mike
  6. Here is another online article I came across that was originally published in the Aug/Sept 1997 issue of Sports Car International magazine http://www.theautochannel.com/publications/magazines/sci/aug-sept-97/waywewere.frame. It discusses the 1996 Nissan USA 240Z restoration program. As with most Z related articles, there are some inaccuracies about who gets credit for the design, and the early history, such as removing Fairlady badging on the docks, etc, but I still found the part about the restoration program interesting, so hopefully some others will too. -Mike
  7. I found this online article titled "Z Beginning: Datsun 240Z Racing" http://www.theautochannel.com/publications/magazines/sci/aug-sept-97/datsun.frame. It was published in the Aug/Sept 1997 issue of Sports Car International magazine and documents the roundtable discussion that took place in 1996 the morning after Nissan USA's celebration of the Z (which was being discontinued in the US). Participants included Mr. K, Peter Brock, Bob Sharp, Trevor Harris, John Knepp and John Morton from the BRE race team, Bob Thomas who handled Datsun public relations at the time, and Les Cannaday (CDM). I thought it gave some interesting insight into the early days of racing Datsuns in the US, as told by some of the key players, even though I have heard a lot of it before and some may question the context of some of the comments. I especially found the remarks about the competition with Porsche interesting, given some of the recent comments in the "poor man's Porsche" thread. -Mike
  8. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Open Discussions
    Looks like someone did the buy-it-now on this car for $7,900 this morning. -Mike
  9. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Introductions
    Yes, I am aware of Paul Newman's connection with Datsun and Bob Sharp, but I'm not sure what that has to do with the original post. He made it sound like his 240Z had been used in racing and driven by Bob Sharp. -Mike
  10. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Introductions
    So what is the race history and Paul Newman connection you mentioned? -Mike
  11. Looks like Biker Trash gave up on bringing this one back to life. Its on ebay now with no reserve and a current bid of $510.01 with 6 days left (probably just listed today) http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-Z-Series-GT-33-1976-Bob-Sharp-Racing-Datsun-280Z-GT-33-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3f06e92d3fQQitemZ270698884415QQptZUSQ5fCarsQ5fTrucks. -Mike
  12. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Open Discussions
    Here is a photo of what looks to be some series 1 240Zs being inspected at the port of LA by DAS. It is from the book "NISSAN DATSUN A History OF Nissan Motor Corporation In U.S.A. 1960-1980" by John Rae. Its the only photo of early Z's at the dock I have seen, but I don't know that it is the "first boatload". -Mike
  13. I imagine the full restoration by CDM helps justify the price too. -Mike
  14. Mike B posted a post in a topic in History
    Video from the 1973 runoffs and other vintage footage with Bob Sharp and Paul Newman .-Mike
  15. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Open Chit Chat
    This is isn't really a Datsun jacket, but it's Datsun related. Its from the 1971 ARRC. There was a guy wearing one around the Mitty last year that had patches on it from every year he had been there and it didn't look like he had missed any. -Mike
  16. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Open Chit Chat
    Here is the earlier US Dealer jacket (as modeled by on ebay). These were also sold through Interpart/BRE and the old Interpart catalog says these were designed by Peter Brock. Not sure if that is accurate or not. -Mike
  17. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Open Chit Chat
    Here's the Australian Datsun Rally jacket I bought from WingZr0. -Mike
  18. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Open Chit Chat
    Here's a European rally team jacket from the early 1980's I believe. -Mike
  19. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Open Chit Chat
    Here's one from a Canadian Datsun dealer - Brasso. They had dealerships in Calgary and Vancouver I believe. In fact, the S30 pre-production test crew stopped by the Calgary location during their northern cold weather test trip in 1969. -Mike
  20. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Open Chit Chat
    There have been other threads with posts about Datsun jackets, but I thought I would start one solely decided to the subject. I have several vintage jackets. Here's one that I got on ebay recently (for less than $18). It says it belonged to someone that was part of the Datsun pace car crew for the 1974 Ontario 500, which I believe is actually the California 500 race held at Ontario Motor Speedway. Other than the embroidery on the front and the patches on the sleeve, it appears to be the same jacket that was given away or sold by dealers in the US. It still has the red quilted liner that many of the jackets are missing. -Mike
  21. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Interior
    I bought one of each, but I ended up installing the vinyl one on that car. -Mike
  22. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Interior
    I agree with Ron and Arne. Bryan did a great job making these before any other repros were available and I still think his are as good, if not better, than any of them. That reminds me, I'll probably need to order another one or two since my white car will be done with paint soon. Here's a picture of one installed in my blue car. -Mike
  23. From the interior pictures, it definitely looks like a series 2 (late 1971 model) and not a series 3 (1972 model). You didn't include a picture of the door sill VIN tag. Is that where you got the build date of 12/71? If so, I would agree with Carl that is about 6 months too late for a HLS30-035147 VIN. It looks like it could be a 10K mile car to me. Its hard to tell how good the repairs were just from the pictures. If I were interested in it I would definitely get it checked out by a good shop. You may need to remove the outer fender too to see what the repair looks like underneath. -Mike
  24. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Polls
    No, I wouldn't. Congratulations. Not all of us have two weeks to devote to driving that far and back. Yes, I have done that the past two years. The comments were related to HOSTING the convention however. No one said anything about east vs west coast bias. Arne and I both acknowledged the problem is getting a club on the west coast to host. -Mike
  25. Mike B posted a post in a topic in Polls
    Not for me. -Mike
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