Time for another long-overdue update: I’ve been busy working on many corners of my 240Z restoration project. Since it’s mostly small works here and there, I wanted to save the work until I have enough together for a proper update. I’m trying to use my time and money wisely, to ensure the car is ready to go to the body shop in August / September. So the first thing I did was to drill holes in my NOS fenders. Some might say this is blasphemy, but I need those to install my NOS fender mirrors, which I really want to put on this car: And then checked my NOS fender…

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…

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,…

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…

Long time followers might have realized that the project lost a bit of its original momentum. As much as I loved to take everything apart and attempt to fix it myself – at one point I had to realize that with life evolving and me becoming more involved my job, I simply don’t have the time and energy left to spend every evening in my Garage. The Project was always meant to be a “learning-by-doing” project, but from that crappy rust bucket it once was, it has meanwhile evolved in an expensive quality build, and I also simply lack the knowledge to give the car love it deserves to become…

Those who follow the story of my Z’s since the beginning, might know that this project started over 15 years ago, and since then, I never had a complete S30 that drives. It has always been a hobby of mine, and it was intended for myself to gain knowledge about car repairs, how they work and just enjoy building something with my hands. What was once intended to be a quick-fix over 1–2 years, quickly escalated in much more than I could ever imagine. And that in a good sense. I’ve gained many new contacts, knowledge and friends. In recent years, however, I feel that I lack knowledge and experience…

Due to some stars aligning, I was able to collect loads of documents for my Datsun project from various sources. Some of those documents are quite rare and some which I’ve been trying to find for several years now. With this delivery I’ve been able to close a few big gaps in my archive, and this will definitely help me to write more complete knowledge posts in the future. Let’s quickly go through what I got in the recent weeks: First, I was able to obtain a 1973 Press release folder from the Geneva Auto show, where also the 240Z was shown. So far, I only had the French version,…

About year ago, I managed to find a complete set of somewhat rare Nissan height-adjustable competition suspension. Back then, I discovered that one of the rear springs was shorter than the other one, which was a bit strange. The catalogue however clearly mentions 205,5mm’s free length, for both sides, on the rear springs 55020-E4621: The difference might have occurred due to wear under racing use, or long-term storage in compressed state or whatever, but yeah it was a bit strange. My thinking was that I probably would not sense a big difference once they are installed in a compressed state, so it didn’t really bother me. But then, I came…

Recently, I got a very nice clay model of the HS30-H Fairlady Z-G blunt nose. But this story started 7 years ago, in May 2019, when an Australian JDM-parts-dealer shared this on his Facebook page. I was immediately hooked. Could it be an actual clay model from the design-phase of the G-Nose? I started to go through my archive, and discovered that Nissan Indeed used 1:1 scale clay-models for styling and “rapid prototyping” by the standards of the 60ies. In 1965, they switched to 1:4-scale clay models: They were used for flow testing in Wind-tunnels, water-channels and also for designing the exterieur. I contacted the seller, but he told me…