Recently a Datsun Friend introduced me to the “Service Data and specification” booklets, which i was unaware of before. Naturally i had to investigate, and luckily i found one for sale online. Strangely i have only ever seen the earlier versions in a mixed english / Spanish language print so far. However when i checked out my friend’s DSSA parts lot recently, it also included a bunch of 1979 version booklet in german: The 1979 version only includes the S130, so the following pages are from the 1973 version with some pictures of the S30 stuff. The booklet’s intention is for the Datsun workshop mechanic to have an overview of…

The recent lot find, constinsting of many datsun Switzerland items, also contained a very cool one-off thing: A set of triple Weber carbs complete with Intake manifold and linkage. But the really cool part is that it came including an internal test report by Datsun (Suisse) SA, indicating that this very setup was used by Datsun Suisse SA (DSSA) to test said setup on a company or employee Datsun 240Z. The hand written notes are written on a DSSA “Internal report” sheet. something rarely seen alone. The date noted says June 1973The text on the front says (transleted loosely): Test performed on 240Z, with 9’806km on the odometer Triple webers…

Today i managed to find something nice and rare. Something i have been looking for for quite a while and recently one popped up for sale: An original Nissan “two-button” Rallye clock including the oscillator box in excellent shape: It consists of a the clock itself including the wires and two buttons. On many used items for sale online the two buttons on the stalks are missing, but this one is completey as it left the factory: And the adjustable oscillator box:, which sets the clock signal for the clock. also note the “up” marking on the box: A while ago i got this aftermarket oscillator box From japan on…

So, recently i acquired a bit of random things again and thought i’d share it with you: The first one is a well-used Datsun glass ash tray. You can really see the wear but i like the colouring and the fact that it most probably was an official marketing item of Datsun switzerland, back in the days when smoking was more common than today: The second one is a used Datsun 240Z owners manual: When i got it, i realized i already had such an manual plus a german language reprint from a different year (right side): But on closer inspection, i realized they’re not the same. one is from…

Only when i got my recent original Datsun / Nissan competition steering wheel, i realized that i meanwhile have quite a selection of cool and rare steering wheels. and thought it would be worth a little post of it’s own 🙂 Top left: Original datsun “wood” steering wheel. Top right: Replica Datsun Compeition steering wheel. Bottom Left: RS-Watanabe “Falcon” Steering wheel (the horn button is also there, but not in the picture) Bottom right: Original used Compeition steering wheel with original JDM and replica JDM “Z” horn buttons: Here is the recently aqcuired Original Compeition steering wheel. More details here. Here you can see the competition steering wheel listed inthe…

Today i finally got the Japanese Neko publishing “Fairlady Volume I” & “Fairlady Volume II” Books. Two super nice hardcover books that come in an additional nice cardboard box each. I’ve seen those books many times but somehow forgot about them until a friend reminded me about them (Shoutout to Florian!), So i had to get them, of course. I have only flipped through them quickly so far, so have to dive deeper into them. It appears that vol 1 has a lot of background information about the development. like below shown the different prototype / development versions: They also feature nice pictures of all variants like the HS30-H G-nose…

As you might know, switzerland has four official languages. German, French, Italian and Roman. The last one is spoken by a small minority only, so most official documents are available in german, italian and french only. Exactly like many of the early datsun documents, and so the 240Z brochures. Today i finally got hands on a french language version 240Z brochure. It is exactly the same as the german brochure, except texts are in french: What is also interesting is the production date: the french version is from february 1974, while the german version is from may 1972. I also just got a confirmation that a same version was printed…

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…