• 240Z: Fuel modification book and fuel pump block-off parts

    Recently i started researching a bit into the 240Z / fairlady Z fuel system topic and decided to write a knowledge post about some details. For that i found this “240Z / 260Z Fuel system “Modificaiton plus” book very useful. I know it’s widely available online in digital form, but i found a cheap printed copy, so i decided to get it for my archives: The book is about a special “V-3 modification” programme that was executed in the US of A in the mid 70ies. Along with this i also ordered some NOS parts from nissan (mechanical fuel pump block-off plate / gasket / bolts) for a little project…

  • 240Z: More books for my archive

    Over the past weeks i collected a bunch of S30 related books again which were missing in my collection. Let’s ahve a look at them from top left to bottom right. 1. The japanese “gods of Fairlady Z” magazine, which covers all kind of special Japanese Fairlady Z cars. My favourite part was the LY engine details. 2. Japanese “Racing on” Mook (Magazine book) edition 504, which covers the Nissan Z cars in race and rallye sports back in the day and shows the car and some of the details. there’s also an interview with racing legends like Pete brock among others. 3. the Datsun USA Collision estimating book. It’s…

  • 240Z: Rear bumper brackets and front-end bodywork

    During my recent work at the front fender areas, i realized that the corner where the headlight buckets go on the driver side must have had a hit at some point and the panel was slightly bent backwards: I started to enjoy bearing metal panels with a hammer recently, so i got myself a proper hammer and dolly and started to hammer it straight. Worked out pretty well and i’m happy i didn’t have to pay a bodyshop for another 30minutes of work. While doing bodywork anyway, i thought it’s time to test-fit the rear bumper. I didn’t want to mess up my NOS bumper mounts (i’ll save them for…

  • 240Z: Some gifts from the Netherlands

    In the last three days. i was in the Netherlands to attend a very special Z-related Event, together with a big bunch of great Z-Enthusiasts from all over the world. I will make a separate detailed post about that event very soon. While i was there, i met a lot of old and new friends and got many many cool gifts, which i would like to share with you. In fact i brought home so many unexpected gifts, that i was fearing they wouldn’t let me enter the plane with the many bags of “Hand-baggage”. First, a bunch of very nice Memorabilia from S30.world. More on that topic and project…

  • 240Z: Competition Mikuni Triple carbs Heatshield

    Recently i found that a seller in Japan was selling three of the Sports option / Competition / NISMO heat shields for the Mikuni triple carbs. which is there to prevent heat from the exhaust manifold going to the carbs / intake. The price was super fair and they seemed to be without corrosion, so i bought two of them just to be on the safe side: The thing with blind online-buy’s is you never really know what you get. In this case they looked good. the silver one had been welded previously, but nothing that can’t be cleaned. The strange thing was however as soon as i touched it,…

  • EVENT: Honda Switzerland 50 year anniversary “Fan event”

    Maybe it was the terrible weather, or maybe it was the name of the event (Fan event) that made me have some wrong expectations. While the Honda 50 year anniversary event yesterday was genernally some welcoming new and nice event, i have the feeling that the whole event had a bit of an identity crisis, while they were overwhelmed by the amount of people who wanted to participate and at the same time they missed the opportunity to connect to their fan base. In general i had the feeling that Honda Switzerland managed to miss a lot of great opportunities for their once-in-a-lifetime Celebration. But let’s start from the beginning.…

  • EVENT: 50Years Honda Switzerland Fan Event

    Honda Swizerland has been promoting a “Fan Event” for their 50 years anniversary a lot recently. When i heard about it a few weeks ago i was happy to register for it, to display my EK9. However, once you find the way to the registration form it says that applications had to be stopped because of the huge interest. Luckily i managed to get a spot thanks to some nice people. YAY!  I was especially keen to show my car as Honda switzerland actually used an EK9 and the latest civic typeR to promote the event on their Instagram, despite the fact that the EK9 was never sold here. So…

  • 240Z: Fender works completed

    Found another hour to work on my car. and one thing on the to-do list was the rubber mud flaps that are installed inside the fender in below the metal mud guards. Another little detail that is missing on many cars, as they have been simply removed and not replaced on many cars over the year: Here we go: On the LH fender (Similar to the RH one). some previous owner “cleaned” the Fender emblem holes. which was a common practice back then. On the RH side i tried to drill the holes based on some measures i had previously made, but it proved to be not 100% perfect. so…

  • EVENT: Rendez-vous am “kleinen Klausen”

    This year’s “Rendez-vous am kleinen Klausen” was again a great day for specactors. I heard from several drivers that the organization had some issues with getting all the cars at the right time to the startline and some missed one of their spots which they paid for, but otherwise it seemed to be a very nice wevent. It got some kind of “goodwood” feeling around it. It’s very laidback, non-competitive and generally just a celebration about anything with a motor and wheels. The focus is definitily on older cars and exclusive stuff. but genererally if it got wheels, is special or cool, you can find it there. Go-karts, Kids on…

  • 240Z: Books, books, books

    Yeah. i got a bunch of books again, from vairous sources. The top left (lower one in the next photo) is a french book generally about “heroic” japanese cars from 1960 to 1975 and has it’s own chapter about the Z-variants. Nothing new, but nicely written with plenty of photos. My french is quite limited so i don’t understand everything, but anyway. i found it for two bucks online, so i had to have it. Same for the upper one in the following picture. A german book about japanese cars from 1912 to 1992, it is less a book about certain cars, but more about Automotive Companies, and the industrial…