Production numbers/Dates

[aegean]

Is there any information available on production numbers and dates of production ? My '74 2 + 2 has a VIN of GRS30 000692, which I guess is failrly early on in the production, but the plate is quite difficult to read - I am guessing that is reads 02/74. Is anyone able to verify this ?

[maddos]

Wow that is early.
Have you registered on WA z forum. They have a bit of section where you put in your car details. Yours would be the earliest 260 2+2 on there.

[Mr Camouflage]

Which plate are you looking at?  There should be the Nissan ID tag, which wont have any dates on it. Then the re's the Compliance plate which will have a month/year date on it.

Also you can compare engine numbers to the dates on the USA Z car register, as all the engine numbers were unique.

[chris240]

yep, check out
www.wazregister.com
chris

[aegean]

These the two plates you mean ?





I have listed it on the WA register, but couldn't find the US site you mentioned - at least, not one that has any 260's on it. Do you have a link for the site you mean ?

The engine number is L26 093773. Is anyone reproducing the Nissan type plate ? If not, I might get my contact in Germany to reproduce them as I have them reproduced for early Mercedes.

UPDATE: Still can't find anything that relates to dates relative to engine numbers, but I did find one site that indicates the 260 2+ 2 was produced from October '73 to Aug '74, with chassis numbers from 000001 to 015000. Based on 11 months production, at an average of 1364 per month, this should put mine as being produced in the first month of production i.e. Oct '73, but it would be nice to be able to verify it. Does Nissan have something like a Classic Centre or an archive that you can write to for details ?

[MR260]

werent the the 260 2+2 produced upto late 1978 or even 1979?

[FuzzyDropbear]

but I did find one site that indicates the 260 2+ 2 was produced from October '73 to Aug '74

I think they are the US figures. The US only got the 260z for a year or two before they replaced it with the 280z.

[aegean]

This is where I got the dates and serial numbers from:

http://www.300zx.cl/ga/300zx/images/serial%20number%20Datsun%20Z%20Car.htm

and this is where I got the production numbers from. This is for all 260's for 1974 (62,961 produced - 54,026 exported) and I presume that the coupe production was considerably greater than the 2 + 2. This seems to match up pretty well to the table, which totals 53,451. Not sure where the other 500 went ! Interesting that Australia and the UK received more 2 + 2's than anywhere else.

[chris240]

Wow, thats very early...on the WAZ register, chassis GRS30 -005213 is a 1/75 ie No 213...Im stumped as to your production no. The 000692 is strange..
chris

[aegean]

Don't you mean it is 5213, not 213 ? If so, then that would make mine about right, being one year earlier. It seems clear from the compliance plate what the number is, but maybe I need to check the documents that came with the car as well - as well as the Nissan body plate, which isn't clear as the hose is in the way. Unfortunately the car is in storage so not so easy to get to.

[scrumpy]

I have a 260Z with an Australian compliance plate dated 6/76.

I have a body number of 10230. It has an early 260Z body.

I have checked the USA VIN sheets which lists the production of my Z as being between 8/73 and 8/74.

Did this means the body of my Z sat around for quite a while before/after it came to Australia.  How does this compare to the Z series in the USA?  In 1976 the USA had the 280Z.

[chris240]

Ive just looked at the Waz register again, 1974 appears to be all over the place, (out of my league) the chassis no's are confussing.
I reckon the 2 on your pic is actually a "7" ...I doubt they could have built 692 cars in 2 months. But then.......

[aegean]

I think you are right about the 7/74, but that is the date it was complianced. I read somewhere that they were often put into storage after production (not necessarily just Zed's) and were shipped out pretty much at random - in other words, not FIFO (first in, first out). Looks like I am going to have to get the torch out and check the number stamped on the chassis. Not sure where you got Aug '73 from. I could only find Oct '73, which seems to fit in the with the end of the 240.

[scrumpy]

I got the Aug 1973 date from the shortcut listed above:

http://www.300zx.cl/ga/300zx/images/serial%20number%20Datsun%20Z%20Car.htm

Within this site there is another link which links VIN/chassis numbers to production dates.  Very informative site.

[aegean]

I see now where you are getting the date from, but this is for the 260, not the 2 + 2.