Everything posted by Mike B
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Inner Panel Sill Replacements
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
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Might of Killed a Gremlin
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Starting down the long road to new paint...
From his post #13 above....
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Wheel identity
They look like Panasports, but its hard to tell from the tiny picture you posted.
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Z Beginning: Datsun 240Z Racing Article
Don't forget this other line from the same article "... as the saying goes, success has many fathers and failure is an orphan." -Mike
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Nissan 240Z Restoration Program Article
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
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Z Beginning: Datsun 240Z Racing Article
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
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240Z #194 Project Car
Looks like someone did the buy-it-now on this car for $7,900 this morning. -Mike
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Deep South Datsun
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
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Deep South Datsun
So what is the race history and Paul Newman connection you mentioned? -Mike
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Rare Z that I'll be bringing back to life . . .
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
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240Z Pic from Dock
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
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Very Nice '67 Datsun 2000 Roadster
I imagine the full restoration by CDM helps justify the price too. -Mike
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Datsun racing, vintage footage?
Video from the 1973 runoffs and other vintage footage with Bob Sharp and Paul Newman .-Mike
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Vintage Datsun Jackets
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
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Vintage Datsun Jackets
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
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Vintage Datsun Jackets
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Vintage Datsun Jackets
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Vintage Datsun Jackets
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
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Vintage Datsun Jackets
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
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Shifter boot alternatives? Anyone?
I bought one of each, but I ended up installing the vinyl one on that car. -Mike
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Shifter boot alternatives? Anyone?
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
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My 10K Original Mile 240z for Sale Discussion
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
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What I Hope The Next ZCON has:
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
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What I Hope The Next ZCON has:
Not for me. -Mike