Those who follow the story of my Z’s since the beginning, might know that this project started over 15 years ago, and since then, I never had a complete S30 that drives. It has always been a hobby of mine, and it was intended for myself to gain knowledge about car repairs, how they work and just enjoy building something with my hands. What was once intended to be a quick-fix over 1–2 years, quickly escalated in much more than I could ever imagine. And that in a good sense. I’ve gained many new contacts, knowledge and friends. In recent years, however, I feel that I lack knowledge and experience…

Due to some stars aligning, I was able to collect loads of documents for my Datsun project from various sources. Some of those documents are quite rare and some which I’ve been trying to find for several years now. With this delivery I’ve been able to close a few big gaps in my archive, and this will definitely help me to write more complete knowledge posts in the future. Let’s quickly go through what I got in the recent weeks: First, I was able to obtain a 1973 Press release folder from the Geneva Auto show, where also the 240Z was shown. So far, I only had the French version,…

About year ago, I managed to find a complete set of somewhat rare Nissan height-adjustable competition suspension. Back then, I discovered that one of the rear springs was shorter than the other one, which was a bit strange. The catalogue however clearly mentions 205,5mm’s free length, for both sides, on the rear springs 55020-E4621: The difference might have occurred due to wear under racing use, or long-term storage in compressed state or whatever, but yeah it was a bit strange. My thinking was that I probably would not sense a big difference once they are installed in a compressed state, so it didn’t really bother me. But then, I came…

Recently, I got a very nice clay model of the HS30-H Fairlady Z-G blunt nose. But this story started 7 years ago, in May 2019, when an Australian JDM-parts-dealer shared this on his Facebook page. I was immediately hooked. Could it be an actual clay model from the design-phase of the G-Nose? I started to go through my archive, and discovered that Nissan Indeed used 1:1 scale clay-models for styling and “rapid prototyping” by the standards of the 60ies. In 1965, they switched to 1:4-scale clay models: They were used for flow testing in Wind-tunnels, water-channels and also for designing the exterieur. I contacted the seller, but he told me…

So, I collected and got gifted a lot of cool stuff again over the recent weeks, and I have more updates coming in the next days … First, I finally got a set of good reproduction Carb insulators for the Mikuni 44 PHH’s thanks to my man Glenn who helped me with those! He was also kind enough to put a few nice freebies, like the 2026 JCCS calendar and a BRE fan into the box. Thanks mate! I also got an original admission ticket from the 1969 Tokyo Motor show, where the S30 was shown first. This will go nicely into a frame next to the S30.world museum opening…