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240Z: NOS Fenders delivery & Test fit
Recently, I was very lucky and had the rare opportunity to buy something large, original Nissan and a big wooden crate arrived here a few weeks ago. Inside was a pair of New-old-Stock (NOS) Left and Right Front fenders. Original Nissan parts still in its factory packing and with all the labels, etc. But more about that in a second. First, I spent some time inside the car to remove all factory seam sealer. It’s not something I had planned to, but once I realized that surface rust is hiding underneath (nothing critical), I decided to remove it all. It’s not really visible in this photo, but I think I…
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240Z: Body preparation and lots of stuff arrived
Recently, I’ve been quite busy with 240Z related projects and work, but not so much busy posting about it. Time for a little wrap-up of the last few weeks. As my car will go to the body shop soon for some final work I’m a bit under pressure to prepare everything and find the missing parts. So first, I decided to remove all the parts that are not required for bodywork or which were only installed temporary. I also removed all labels and stickers from the panel. Every hour of work that I can do, instead of the body shop is an hour less I have to pay. And honestly,…
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240Z: Mixed documents & Parts from Japan and the USA
I’ve been shopping. Again. And this month’s delivery from Japan and the USA looks like this: It’s as usual a bit of a “mixed bag” with random stuff that I find and think is useful for my collection, and then some Stuff which I really was looking for, for a while. The first thing are two spare parts price list books from Nissan JP from the early 80ies, which also include the S30 parts. Completely useless, but I really liked their design and they were cheap: Then, also from Japan an S130 “New Product” information news flash. Basically, an Information to dealers about the new S130 with technical details, all…
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GARAGE: NOS Kobe Seiko Magnesium Wheel and KS Documents
Recently, I was lucky to buy a set of Kobe Seiko Magnesium wheels. When I posted them online, Chris, the guy who originally imported them from Japan and sold them to the guy who sold them to me, got in touch with me, and we had a bit of a discussion. I told him that I’m working on a story about Kobe Seiko wheels, and he sent me some additional photos and information about the wheels. When I learned he had an original NOS wheel still in the factory box with all accessories, I was all fire. A few weeks later, he offered to sell it to me for a…