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EK9: Spare Seat & Japanese EK9 recaro repair shop found
Recently a Friend of mine pointed me towards a facebook ad for an EK9 recaro seat in switzerland with a fair price. I was a bit sceptic and probably wouldn’t have checked out after a 3hour drive only. Luckily i was in that area anyway and thought i’d give it a look. and long story short. I have a Spare EK9 OEM recaro. As you would expect it has several wear and tear problems, the common problems with the OEM Recaros, but otherwise it’s in good shape: And aside from the seat rail and the missing bottom net (which i have NOS spare’s in stock) it’s complete: I’m not sure…
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240Z / HISTORY: Datsun Switzerland & Jeff turner memorabilia
A while ago i got in contact with an super friendly elderly lady who used to own a Body- and Paint shop on the Premises of Datsun (Suisse) SA in Urdorf. The company was not related to DSSA, but they worked closely together. She handled warranty repairs for DSSA and worked on special cases for them. For example did she install the first 240Z spoilers and mirror after the cars arrived from Japan. She also got invited to some of their company events and therefore has loads of stories and memorabilia. We talk every now and then, and out of the blue i got a box in my mail yesterday.…
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240Z: OEM Competition Adjustable suspension & Rollbar
Today i got a long-awaited delivery from Japan. it constisted of three parts: 1) An OEM Adjustable factory competition suspension by KYB. I still need to investigate a bit. I’m not even 100% sure if this was intended for this specific version of car, and i know there were many different versions of adjustable suspension around. Especially this part (I assume it’s to adjust the push / pull pressure rate?), ius not seen on all of these adjustable suspensions. As you can see it’s not in the best, but restorable condition and one spring is missing, so i got it quite cheap. that’s the reason i bought it. Mainly to…
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EVENT: Cars & Coffee Gossau
This weekend my Wife was off so i decided to enjoy the ending summer by taking out my EK9 for a spirited drive. However i wanted to have some sort of goal in mind to not just drive around pointlessly, so when the “Cars and coffee” event in Gossau popped up in facebook, i thought that makes a nice one-hour ride each way and i chose a slightly longer route through the countryside rather than boring Autobahn. I arrived at roughly one o’ clock in the afternoon, when it was already in full swing, so i got to park slightly off-site of the main grouping of cars, but i didn’t…
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240Z: Floor pan reinforcement panels
Recently, at the bodyshop i got asked what piece of metal this is between the original floorpan and the repair patch they put over it. I had to admit that i don’t know if it was original or not, but the welds definitely looked like OEM Spotwelds. After asking on the Classic Z Forums, i got the information that this was a factory reinforcement plate for the floorpans. Unfortunately it was not listed in any of my parts books, so i guess, it was either added to the cars during the assembly process withohut proper documentation, or it was part of the original floor pan part and never sold separately.…
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RACE: 100 Years Bergrennen Oberhallau Hillclimb
Whenever possible, i try to go to the local Hillclimb race of Oberhallau. This year, i thought about skipping it, because it can get a bit repetitive. But then i learnt it will be extended to 3 days because of their 100 Years anniversary edition with lots of historic specials planned. We arrived early on saturday morning under relatively nice weather and secured a nice front row spectator spot, while the training laps already had started. It wasn’t long until the first bigger accident (no bigger casualties, lickily) caused a longer break Which also forced the drivers mid-track to wait until the flags went green again: After the track was…
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ATENZA: How to restore faded plastic parts (rear wiper)
Hard plastic parts tend to fade and get dull and flat colouring after being exposed to too much UV-rays out in the sun. A while ago i saw this interesting youtube video, on how they restore faded plastic parts with fire / heat. I’m not an expert, but my assumtion is that the surface basically melts because of the heat and the molecules realign so it looks like fresh out of the mold again. Now a few days ago i looked at my Daily driver and saw this: The rear wiper plastic cover clearly had seen it’s best days, so i thought this was the perfect piece to give it…
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240Z: Dashboard doorsteps and other parts delivery
I have two dashboards hanging on my wall, both with the hand marked Japanese Su-i-su katakana characters (ス イ ス), for destination switzerland. We all know that those dashboards all crack sooner or later crack on the top and mine are no exception. So far there were these options: – Repair it yourself with some backyard-engineering. It will most probably crack at a different location soon, or look terrible – Have them repaired in the USA by Justdashes. Seems like a nice option but two-way shipping costs would be overboarding. – Find a NOS Nissan dashboard. I got offered some, but as expected the price is exorbitant, and who knows…
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240Z: Datsun UK Pricelists 1971, 1976 and 1978
So i got a few cool British Datsun price lists from my Friend Daniel. It was nothing i was really looking for, but always nice to have some stuff like this in the collection. From left to right: October 1971, July 1976 and August 1978 Price lists by Datsun UK Ltd. I think the design was somehow foldable, why you will find half of the prints on one side upside-down.
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240Z: NOS Tension rod T/C Bearing kit
In a recent discussion about safety measures, a friend pointed out that the Tension rods on the Z tend to snap, espepcially on lowered cars with hard bushings, as the tension gets too high. You can either switch to an adjustable tension rod kit, or as an alternative, use an Oldschool Bearing kit, which allows the T/C (Tension Compression Rod) to have a slight movement and therefore reduced tension. Today i got one of those kits. This kit is an vintage NOS item which was made by Kontrolle Automotive products in the USA. But i think they were made by different manufacturers and MSA still has them on sale new.…
