240Z: Nissan sports option / NISMO intake and various other stuff

I’ve been collecting stuff again. But this time there are some more exclusive items than usual:

First, a French “Sport-Auto” magazine. I usually don’t buy random magazines with Z-reports inside. But this one features a quite special car. Not the original Fender Top mounted turn signals. It appears to be a car with quite an interesting mix of parts. and I will definitely have to look at this one closer. Maybe it will also end up in my Knowledge-post about the Development of the European spec cars. It could be one of those rare early prototypes, seen here.

Then, I got a Japanese Fairlady Z parts manual, which includes the PS30 Z432. This one is for my Friend Chris, over at S30.world who is currently restoring not one, but two original Z432’s.

The NISMO catalogues proved to be an absolute gold-mine of information. I have a few of those, but this one has specifically a lot of information, which fills a few gaps in my library. I will use it to update some of my existing knowledge posts.

I also found an 1973 UK Color sample chart, which includes the 260Z and the 2+2 version. I’ve uploaded it to this site, where you can download dozens of high-resolution scanned original Datsun / Nissan Color and fabric sample charts.

I also got a bunch of Nostalgic Hero magazines. This includes the one issue where our S30.world trip to Japan is shown, including yours, truly:

That specific issue also includes a nice calendar for 2026. I need to find a good spot for it:

And now some parts. That Datsun NOS parts lot, which I’ve bought recently, had some good parts inside. Including a complete tool set, and some other useful stuff. The most valuable being the NOS inner wheel arches and that 260Z front bumper extension thingy.

Then I found this Datsun competition / Nissan sports option aka NISMO intake manifold for the 44mm triple Mikunis:

The price was too good to not get it, and It looks way more OEM than the flashy FET one which I have. This one is a later generation version, which had these additional “Bumps” or “Bosses” cast onto each pipe, which were meant to be ready to cut threads into, to accept air injection pipes (anti-pollution measures) which were a legal requirement should the manifold be used on the street, although they were seldom used in practice. Here is another picture from a Japanese Carboy L-gata special:

Speaking of sports option parts: I also found a nice set of replacement gaskets for the MK63 brakes, which will be useful when I’m finishing them:

Then I came across this nicely replated heater control box. The price seemed fair, so I got it. And it came with this cool sticker, which I’ve never seen before:      

Here is a comparison of the replated one vs the dirty one from one of my original heater panels:

That’s it for now. I expect another very cool delivery tomorrow, I’m already collecting new stuff, and I’m desperately waiting for some items to arrive so I can proceed working on the actual car. And then I’m also working on one or another project on my EK9. Stay toned for more updates very soon.