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EK9: JDM Civic brochure & Accessories catalogues
Recently, I found a set of nice JDM 6th generation (EK / MB) Honda Civic sales brochures for sale in Japan. I thought they might have some nice information about my car, so I made sure I got them. The first one (white) is the standard Civic Sales brochure, with all the EJ / EK variants. Aside from all the Cars models variations, there is also some cool background information on safety, differentials, Automatic transmissions, etc. which you don’t find in the EK9 brochure, where they focus more on the sporty features of the car. However, when it comes to the TypeR (EK9) There is only a little remark at…
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240Z: New documents and Carb parts
I’m working on a knowledge post about the S30’s automatic transmissions, and for that, I tried to update my document collection. Since I don’t have any Auto transmission and don’t plant to install one ever, it was obviously never a priority. So recently a few things arrived again from all over the world. Some of them are pretty cool and rare: First, a set of original Nissan Japan 3N71B Auto transmission service manuals from 1971 and 1973. They’re not specific to this car, but they have some good general information about that specific transmission. I also got the English version of the earlier 3N71A transmission manual. This time specific for…
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240Z: Nissalco Special Service tool box ST09290000
Recently, I was able to obtain something rare, which I’ve been searching for five years, or so now. But let’s start in the beginning. In 1937, Nissan registered a daughter-company called “Nissan Auto Sales Co. Ltd.” as a sales division spin-off. In 1957, the same company registered the “NISSALCO” trademark, with the aim to develop and produce service tools for Nissan factories and workshops. They produced all kind of mechanical and electronic testers but also accessory parts for Nissan Car owners. Here is a picture from the Nissan Cherry assembly line, with a NISSALCO sign above every test bench: Today, the company is still existing, but under the “ALTIA” Name.…
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240Z: Rear-end test fit completed & DSSA dealer list
Before I hand my Chassis for final (re-)work and alignment to the bodyshop again, I want to make sure that I didn’t miss details. Over the years, many shops and people have worked on the car, and installed replacement panels from various sources. So the risk is high that some small things are not correct. For that reason, I try to test-fit as much as possible to figure out problematic areas, so that I can discuss with the bodyshop how to fix it, before it’s too late, when the paint is on. It also forces me to take some decisions in which direction to go with certain areas, and gives…
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EVENT: Japanese Car meeting 2025
The “Japanese car meeting” is a new event, held in the cool Motorworld at a former plant around Winterthur, Switzerland. The “Open Air Tours” organizers hold a variety of (non-japaense-themed) car events there, and the Japanese is just one of them. But a very cool one, I have to say. I didn’t really know what to expect. I showed up early, and the queue was quite long already, but once inside it was all still quite calm. I brought my EK9 to have a last roll-out of the year and got placed in the center somewhere between an MX-5 and some Imprezas: After that, I started to wander around and…
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240Z: Rear spoiler completed and some small things
Just a quick update: After returning from holidays, i spent some hours to finally sand down the remaining areas with old layers of paint, filler and primer: And finally: Done. Still needs a bit of love here and there, especially around the edges, but I’ll leave that to the body shop. I Also made a little stress-test with my crack-repair and it seems pretty solid. So finally I got it installed back on the trunk at all original 6 mounting studs, like intended from the factory. It took me quite some hours to get that wing back into shape, but I think it was well worth it, and I’m more…
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240Z: I picked up some parts, again.
Yesterday, I made a 4-hour “tour de Suisse” to collect various parts which I’ve purchased and visit some friends. My first stop was at my good friend Stefan from Cagedude. Aside from always finding crazy builds in his workshop, I’m always full of joy to see his collection of C10 and C110 Skylines in various states of Restauration. The red one in front is a genuine Swiss-Market 2000GT Shortly after I got my tool-wall, another original Datsun workshop tool wall popped up for sale. Since I already had one, I told hem he should get it, which he did. This is how it looked when he picked it up. The…
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PLACES: 5’000 km through DE, DK, SE and PL:
Every few years, my wife and I take the car and go and visit my family in Sweden. We usually take the car to be more flexible, and try to take a different route every time, so we can make the most out of it and see as many things as possible.So a few weeks ago, we started our journey early in the morning, to arrive at our first destination 14 hours later: A random small village in Denmark. We had chosen this place, as our favorite place was only available the next day and the little BnB looked great. We went to the neighboring village at the Danish west…
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240Z: Side markers and small bits in, rear spoiler repair
Time for another update: I spent the last couple of days in the Workshop and installed all the hood alignment parts, so the body shop can properly align the hood. I also put back all bolts to the body panels, since they were missing after I had to remove a lot of things for alignment and rework. Not much to see, but all panels are now secured for transport. Slowly, but steady, t starts to look like a complete car again. Well – there is still a lot of work. Next, i decided to test fit the side markers, just to be sure the holes are still correct. I assembled…
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240Z: Documents, Parts & Model cars deliveries
Over the last few weeks, various envelopes with small stuff arrived from all over the World. Time for a little update: First i got this cool Nissan “Automatic transmission” flyer, which explains the new NissanMatic transmission for different cars, including the S30. Then i got a nice Z-3 Service bulletin, which was missing so far. My man Jerome sent me a few documents. Which included a Swiss market 240Z brochure. But also a “Nissan Autographic” magazine (I believe this was either a customer, or internal Employee / dealership magazine) with News about the company from around the world. And then this useless but interesting sheet from “Asbest Technik”, the then…
