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240Z: Moustache bar assembly
Yeah it has been a while since i worked on the car myself. but i decided it’s time to assemble all the small bits and pieces into “subassemblies” wherever possible. Last week i worked on the moustache bar. So here we got the puzzle in single pieces: The powdercoating company also coated the inside of the bushing shells, so i cleaned them with the dremel tool Added som fresh Bushing grease: And in with the new bushings And all hardware combained. ready for installation. It looks like a simple thing, but if you think what work went into it: – Everything had to be disassembled from the car first –…
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240Z: Datsun (Suisse) SA 1971 Information Brochure & 1400 Leaflet
Finding historic Information on the Nissan Motor corporation Japan and USA is relatively easy, since there are archives full of information and a lot of books around it. Finding specific information on smaller countries history regarding the “Datsun” Brand is a bit trickier… So when i found an old Swiss information document for sale on a local website, i had to get it. From Todays point of view it’s fairly funky with it’s cut-off titles and different fonts used throughout the document. PS, full document for download at the end. It is an information brochure to the new customers advertising the efforts and advantages of the relatively young Datsun (suisse)…
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EK9: New battery and charger adapter cable
Despite the first EK’s now hitting high dollar figures in the american market, i want to use my car whenever i get a need for a fun drive. So when i went out for a nice drive with my wife last week and on the way home the battery was dead just a few hundred meters from home at a gas station i was a bit disapointed to say. Well turns out the old damaged battery charger also damaged the battery somehow. So got a new one from my favourite vendor: Out came the old one: The positive battery terminal always was a bit on the loose side, so i…
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EVENT: Herbst Japaner Old- & Youngtimertreffen
With wedding, house-building and other stuff, i wasn’t able to attend a lot of events throughout the last two years, so i was really looking forward to catch up this year and visit all the important meetings. Well and then the Coronavirus came and everything was cancelled. At least it seems that the one event that is late in the calender can still be held. So if you want to go to one japanese classic car meeting in switzerland this year, this one is it: Check out the pictures from 2018 here: https://www.jdmjunkies.ch/wordpress/2018-09-09/meet-japanese-young-oldtimer-meeting-rothrist-2018/ Thanks @ Kurt for the Pictures.
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240Z: Optional Footrest Rubber replicas arrived
A while ago i found an used optional passenger footrest for the 240Z and got it. Unfortunately the original rubbers were beyond repair. Lucky that’s where RIP260Z stepped in and offered to have them re-printed, since he made some of those in the past. Luckily it appeared that some others were on board too and it ended up in a small batch production. A few days ago the two-piece item arrived here This is how they look assembled Compared to the original item. The material is harder compared to the original rubber pieces, but the looks is 99% the same and it will definitely do the work and look batter…
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240Z: NOS Multifunctional switch arrived
A week or so my buddy Stefan asked me if i’m interested in a NOS multifunctional steering wheel switch for the Z. Don’t ask me where he found it. I wasn’t really planning on buying such an item, but who am i to turn down an offered NOS part? Especially when the part number matches with my car? So yesterday it arrived in my mailbox, complete with original bag and partnumber-label. Thanks Stefan for offering me this sweet item! More new parts arrived here and i will show them here tomorrow 🙂
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240Z: The shell is back at home (temporary)
Last week i got a bit of an unexpected Phone call. My bodyshop got himself a personal project which he wants to finish and needs the space, so i had to get my car back to my home temporary. So first i cleaned the whole garage and made sure it’s nice and tidy when the old lady comes to see it the first time 🙂 Went and picked up the car with the help of some nice guys from the road support team: After a short ride home The car now is in it’s new home: That doesn’t mean the project is stopped or paused, though. I have some…
