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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…
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240Z: Motherload of Datsun / Nissan Color sample charts
Some may remember that i have this post, where i keep uploading my growing collection of vintage Datsun / Nissan Colour and Fabric sample charts / brochures from the 1970 and 1980, with a bit of a focus on european markets. Today i just got a huge load of Nissan / Datusn Color sample charts. I’m currently in the process of scanning them all and will soon rework and update / repost that post, where you can download them all as high-resolution pdf scans for free. Those from the 80ies are not really related to my cars but they are really nice with actual colour sample snippets glued into the…
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STORY: Aerotechnik – A swiss Datsun parts dealer that became a big car parts company
If you’re a Swiss car guy, the chances are very high that you have heard of a Company called Aerotechnik AG in Stein am Rhein, Switzerland. It’s not too far away from Schaffhausen and therefore well known among car guys from this Area. Today the company is most known as being the wholeseller for Big brands like Remus exhausts, their own Barracuda and Team82 wheel brands, K&N Filters and other car parts. JDM fans will probably recognize them as being the company that imports and homologates Work wheels to Switzerland, including the vintage EQUIP 03 and other designs, which are still a favourite among the S30 owners. What many people…
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KNOWLEDGE: The development story & specification of the “European spec” Datsun 240Z
When thinking of the S30 chassis Nissan Fairlady Z & Datsun 240Z “sportier” model versions, most will probably point to the Japanese domestic Market PS30 (Z432) and PS30-SB (Z432-R). Some might also think about the Japan-only 240ZG (HS30-H) homologation special with the longer “G-Nose” front. While they are fine and sought-after collectors cars these days and indeed impressive performance cars for their time, there is one model often overlooked: The European “Final Spec” Datsun 240Z. In this story, I like to shed some light on the Euro-Spec cars, which are also known by the designation codes H(L)S30Q. How they came to life, who was responsible, the development process, the specifications,…
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240Z: 50th anniversary badges & S30.world parts
So, Over the last few days i got a few nice parts again. First a set of Nissan 50th anniversary badges in black: I always had a red and blue one but the black one was missing. now my set is complete and i got a few black ones for spare too 🙂 Then i got some Parts from S30.world. The first item is the Handbrake cable including all installation hadware. Just look at all the details. it’s as close as it can get to the OEM part. including all the little hardware details! The Second set was the fuel tank installation hardware straps including the rubber insulation pieces. the…
