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240Z: L-Drive & R-Drive Parts catalogues arrived
Today I was finally able to close another big gap in my documentation archive. The Nissan L-Drive and R-Drive Parts catalogues: There are various versions of the Parts catalogues, the L-Drive (Publication No. C-0010L) is for the Left-Hand-drive cars and the R-Drive (Publication No. C-0010R) is for RHD cars. Totally, I have no three versions. From what I understand, the dealerships once got the original Binder in the early years and then constantly got updated sheets to add or replace. That’s why you can see varying years and models on the back of the binder. The Left one and center one are new, the R-Drive on the right is one…
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EK9: Honda / Mugen / Spoon Documents & Rx Pedals arrived
After i realized my EK9 is not a regular Ek9 Civic TypeR, but a special EK9 TypeRX edition, the hunt for the rare RX-spec documentation began, because I didn’t really have a lot in my collection. And while hunting documents online, I came across a few aftermarket documents that were cheap and missing in my collection, so I decided to put together a small lot and fill some gaps in my archives: First, the most important one. I’ve been looking for this TypeRX specific EK9 brochure for quite some months now, and finally it popped up recently for sale. I’m super excited about this one, as it is the correct…
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240Z: Factory adjustable Race suspension Pt. II
So a few days ago, I got this delivery of a Nissan Factory adjustable Competition / Sports option / NISMO suspension set, and I finally found the time to do the research. First some Details, I got the two sets (front and rear) from two different sellers in JP, and it’s a lucky coincidence that they actually fit / belong together. The Part numbers are: Front: 54303-E4622 & 54302-E4622 (Atsugi) Rear: 55303-E4622 & 55302-E4622 (AMPCO) On all four strut housings, each of the two platforms / adjustment rings are adjustable in height, and none is fixed, like they are on some other kits. I assume that those sets were made…
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240Z: Adjustable Suspension, Mikuni Carbs & Diafilm scanner
Today I was able to pick up the long-awaited sea-freight shipment from Japan with some parts I bought as long ago as June last year. I almost forgot what I bought back then, so I was excited to see what i got. The shipment originally included parts which were not for myself, so when the shipment was ready to be loaded on the boat, and then these items popped up for a good price, i just bought them blindly to use the opportunity of almost free shipping. This set is what i think an original Nissan factory adjustable suspension. I still have to check the numbers and all the details.…
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EVENT: JDMjunkies x S30.world at Japanclassic 2025
The Japanclassic.ch is an annual, very laid back, one-of-a-kind gathering of classic japanese cars of all brands. The last two years I wasn’t able to attend the event, but for this year we’ve deicded to gear up things. Rather than just going there as a visitor, we decided to have a booth this year, and we’re going to share it with S30.world. We’re most probably going to sell some random parts and show the lineup of S30.world parts and show a special car, but we still have to figure out all the details. In case if you don’t know the Japanclassic show, check out some photos from my previous visits…
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PLACES: Parts Hunting & a visit at Cagedude
Recently, I went Datsun NOS parts hunting again. Well Sort of. I found a bit of a cryptic Ad online about a guy who was trying to sell a complete Lot of old Datsun spare parts inventory from the 70ies and 80ies. After finally getting in touch with the seller, I realized it’s quite a bit of a ride for me to get there, so I asked my Man Cagedude (who is always looking for such kind of lot’s to buy) to pay a visit, as he lives much closer. Fast-forward a few days and here we are, with a complete bus full of NOS parts in his possession. Naturally,…
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240Z: Datsun maintenance Service Slide film
Today i got something very special, which i found in the USA: A box with “Maintenance of the Datsun 240Z Sports” Service slide films. Let me explain: The Box contains 7 small, numbered plastic cans. Each can has a dia film of colour photos (aka “Slides”). The booklet was Printed in November 1969. So it is from the very beginning of the 240Z. Additionally, there is a booklet which is called “Slide narration” the booklet contains the text to each slide. My understanding is that this was used to train workshop employees. Whoever trained them got a bunch of coloured slides which show how to maintain the 240Z in a…
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KNOWLEDGE: Datsun colour & fabric sample charts & brochures (free download)
Update January 2025: I completely reworked this whole post and added loads of new colour charts. It all started with the search for a suitable original Nissan / Datsun Colour chart for my Datsun 240Z project. But then it quickly escalated into a big collection of original factory colour and fabric sample charts, mostly for the European market. Since they are sometimes quite rare, for the odd Datsun / Nissan Car and generally just cool to look at, I decided to scan them all for your pleasure and upload them here in high-resolution for free download. I will constantly update this page, whenever I find new charts to add. Click…
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NEWS: Website updates
Every website needs a bit of maintenance from time to time – including mine. Today i spent a bit of time to simplify and clean up a few things: 1) The sidebar Widget menu on the main page got cleaned up a bit. Due to a system update in the past. Many widgets were not working properly or shown twice. This should have been solved now. 2) Some of the Links in the sidebar menu were obsolete or defunct, so I decided to update the link-list to working and useful ones. 3) instead of using the “For sale” category to browse through various posts of parts for sale, there is…
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KNOWLEDGE: Civic EK / NSX-T & Honda Motorsport press releases
I have always been searching for original EK9 typeR press releases from Japan, but they’re hard to find. Well i will continue to search but at least last week i found some other cool Honda Press release folders: The coolest one is this September 1995 press release from the Civic EK / EJ / MB introduction, which was handed out in March 1996 at the Geneva Motor show: Aside from the usual pages of Marketing information and technical details and specs It also included about 20 A4 press photo prints: Which also are included as standard 4:3 photo prints and Dia’s: The second folder was the same, but from the…