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OTHER: Datsun Suisse Press release folders 1982 & 1983
Lately two press release folders of Datsun / Nissan from the years 1982 and 1983 popped up for sale locally. A long term project of mine is documenting the Story of Datsun Switzerland and another work in progress is the story of the Z / ZX in switzerland, so whenever something like this pops up, i try to get hands on it: the sets usually contain a lot of information about the company’s history and sales figures, etc, but also a bunch of press release photos and of course advertizing texts for the latest models. Usually they get released for big events like the annual Geneva Autosalon exhibition, where most…
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240Z: More bits and pieces arrived
Last week i got offered another bunch of parts from a seller which i’ve bought parts from before. His packages usually contain a lot of mystery parts from other generation Z’s, some random Z memorabilia and then some really nice and rare bits for my project in a package deal. This time was no different and the parts arrived today. The lot incldued two very nice hubcaps and two pretty worn ones: A bunch of NOS parts and refurbished ones. I was told the switch with cable on the top center is a “Joker” switch for those blind spots in the center console. I have to figure that out and…
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240Z / GARAGE: Datsun Tool wall & Workshop clothes
A while ago i finally saw something for sale which i’ve been searching for years. And even in Photo form i have only ever seen two of those. The only problem – it is a 6 hour drive away. Well today i spent more or less the whole day driving to middle of germany and back to pick this up: The thing i bought was the Datsun workshop tools from the mid 70ties. It’s quite an interesting setup. It’s basically a printed foil by a company called “Genku” on a Perforated sheet metal plate. It seems that you could probably buy the foil with the tools as a kit, but…
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240Z: Another NOS parts delivery
When i recently talked to Florian at Datsun-autowerk.com/. he reminded me of his stock of nice parts, and we made an exchange deal of some things. So i got this nice delivery of NOS (New-old-Stock) parts today, and some extra: It includes a set of inner and outer door handles: Various Door stoppers, hatch stoppers, door lock mounts, etc.: A heater valve and a clutch Cylinder piston: Inner door steps, Door seals, some rubber stoppers and seals: And it also included a nice Japanese Real-X 1/72 300ZX Z31 Model car (thanks for the freebie, mate!) And also a set of nice Japense market Fairlady Z brochures, which were still missing…
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ATENZA: Rim cleaning session
When i changed the wheels on the car a few weeks ago from summer to winter tires, i realized that the rims were full of brake-pad dust, despite the fact i ran through a good automatic car wash just two days before. I usually don’t spend too much time on detailing my daily driver, as i know it will be messed up again two days later. Especially with the current weather conditions. But this really triggered my OCD. so i bought a spray bottle of Sonax Rim cleaner and started with this (by far not the worst part of them all): After spraying the rims it immeadiately started to drop…
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OTHER: Kaido★House Mini GT 240Z
I try to avoid collecting diecasts, because this is just another rabbithole i would end up in spending way too much money and time on it. But when i recently came accross those Kaido★House Mini GT 240Z / Fairlady Z cars, licenced by Nissan i had to have them. I really loved the styling of the whole thing The two are identical except from the paint scheme (and there are some different colour schemes available at Kaidohouse.com ) The details are quite impressive. with an opening hood with engine inside, rollcage, dashboard, fender mirrors, paint details, KaidoHouse valve cover, etc. and the packing is really high quality. I didn’t expect…
