So yesterday i was able to pick up another lot of small NOS bits and pieces for the 240Z project from a nice german bloke, who offered them to me. Let’s start with the obvious elephant in the room: A used original Datsun / Nissan Competition steering wheel in quite good shape (needs a little touch up, though). Since the original Japanese “Z” logo horn button was a bit worn out, he additionally included a reproduction item: You might remember i once had the opportunity to buy a complete reproduction steering wheel, which i still have, but the real deal is of course always better. See this link for a…

Long-time readers might know that i have a collection of original Datsun Colour chart booklets. You can read more about them and even download them here But one particular one, i always only had as a copy and never an original one. So when my mate Dan pointed me towards them, i had to get it. And it was cheap too 🙂 Additionally a few other swiss Z and ZX Colour charts popped up for close-to-nothing so i thought i secure them, just for collecting’s sake. So first the important one, including the 240Z, to the left, which is new: Here’s the colours available in UK (Similar to Switzerland) with…

Well this is probably one of the few non-japanese parts that will end up on the car. But still a cool period correct 80ies tuner era thing that most probably was used during that time over here. I’m talking about a magnetic oil drain plug which i found online ins witzerland recently. It’s made in the UK (Nottingham, England) and goes by the brand of “Speedograph” The advantage is of course that the strong magnet would collect metallic debris and reduce the wear of the engine. You still can buy those for newer engines from different brands. I’m not sure how useful they are, but thought it would make a…