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Hi Folks, Opening myself to judgement here, but as was let out the bag here. It's time to start another thread, even though so far it's just been towed to storage and I haven't had a chance to work on it yet, with travels for work etc.. and it's likely much won't get done between now and the end of the year unfortunately. This is car HS30 01415, which is 904 white and has the rare and elusive blue interior, I'm almost ashamed to say I bought the car for it's Interior colour only (perhaps because it reminds me of American Muscle Cars and Corvettes example1 and example2), but that's only half true. Of the total 388 HS30's (AU Delivered cars) I have records for, I can only confirm that 4 cars (including HS30 01415) have a blue interior. The blue interior cars to my knowledge were only available with 904 White in AU delivered trim. I haven't found a 903 Blue AU market 240z with a Blue interior yet, if such a unicorn does exist, I'll end up selling my soul to own it. So hopefully none do exist. I'm sure that there was a few more blue interior cars than the 4 I have records of, for example Len Brennan's 240z (interior photo), but he doesn't recall the chassis no, and his ex-wife threw all the paperwork out, so we don't even know if the car still exists! (Last known registration in Victoria: KZU-567) and this 240z dump or restore. But outside of those 2 examples, the only blue interior cars I can confirm for sure are: HS30-00063 - (Datsun 240Z & Japanese Woman, Melbourne International Motor Show, 5 Mar 1971) - This was once upon a time Frank Kilfoyle's car. HS30-00982 - Cuong's car, was sold to Singapore recently. HS30-00990 - Blue interior was removed when it was 'restored'. HS30-01415 - This car, which was originally purchased new by Laurie Ogle of NSW. So that brings me to the original owner Laurie, I haven't spoken to him yet, and I don't actually know if Laurie is still with us. I hope he is, but what I do know about Laurie is that he truly cherished this car for many many years and only gave it up when his health meant he was no longer able to easily climb in and out of it. It was around 2004/2005 when Laurie advertised the car for sale, and being an older gentleman he wasn't able to send digital photos of the car to prospective buyers. Instead someone I know in South Australia (Joe) who was interested in the car at the time was sent actual original photos from Laurie in the post and was requested to 'please mail them back' after receiving them. Joe was good enough to scan them in and save them before posting them back to Laurie in Split Junction NSW. Here are the photos of it when Laurie still had the car. As you can see very original and well loved, the only real modification was the fender mirrors were moved and modified to fit on the door instead of the fenders (Laurie didn't like them up front, they looked silly). NB: The original licence plates LO-062 (LO for Laurie Ogle).

https://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Nissan-Skyline-1970/OAG-AD-15268961 Price: $150k AUD. KGC10-039032

Nice, I had that car on record but no photos of it. Matching No's also.

Is it Safari Gold 920? Nice car. Edit yes it was originally. https://photos.app.goo.gl/ribongiG0tNatmgt1

https://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/_/SSE-AD-5102475 LHD 240z imported from the US. Asking $39k.

DATSUN 240Z (Fairlady Z) CLASSIC FOR SALE - $25000 (INGLEWOOD) https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/d/datsun-240z-classic-for-sale/6392489577.html Location in LA

Another victim of tarp therapy... https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/d/z-fairlady-rthand-drive/6391653412.html Fairlady Z listed for sale in Atlanta. RHD. Chassis no. S30-02883 Fitted with an L26 Reportedly asking $10k USD.

The 280z looks like it still needs to be complied to Australian standards which will be a couple of thousand on its own easily.

You can get light weight flywheels from Kameari new. The rest from another manual Nissan of the same era.

You offering to sell your 1? ?. I will find a 73 after I have bought myself a house/warehouse to live in and have somewhere to store it.

It irks me that he calls an S30Z a "tuner" car, when the car existed before the phrase was even coined...

https://www.facebook.com/downshiftaus/videos/1807700712574606/ New Tesla Roadster, 0-60 in 1.9 seconds.

Is it up for sale? ?

https://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/_/SSE-AD-5097189?WT.seg_4=AutoAlert;PCAA&sdmvc=1&utm_campaign=bau&utm_medium=email&utm_source=transact&utm_content=autoalert&wt.z_driver=Email_SearchAlert Mazda r100 project with original patina. $65k Cheap.

Seems it's a very late 73 240z block. Possibly fitted to a 240z with chassis range: HS30 1036XX - HS30 1037XX... It could also have been out of a 240k or another L24 powered Nissan/Datsun of that era...

Sorry couldn't help myself...

It's hard to tell from the photos but it looks relatively minor compared to many out there. However hard to tell what sort of previous repairs are hiding under the paint. If you want to restore it to look 100% best thing to do would be to strip it down, to a bare shell and blast it to reveal extent of rust and then epoxy primer and start on weld repairs. I recommend chemical paint stripper for external panels (soft panels inc. roof) instead of abrasive and harsh media blasting. Alternatively you may be able to patch it up and restore it as you drive it. If you're a good welder that's half the challenge really, the rails and floor can be dealt with by stripping out the seats and floor insulation etc.. and just dealing with it that way. You don't have to put it on a rotisserie etc.. I guess it depends on the time you have, space and budget. Once you strip it down it's hard to not justify restoring it properly and that's when it gets expensive. If you just want to be able to fix it up gradually and enjoy driving it (even if it's not perfect) I recommend patching things up and going that way.

All in good time for the white car, the silver car is my 72 which is red known as Evie (it was repainted from 901 silver many years ago).

I can't recall the name of the wheels (for some reason I think they are Cobra's). They are different and I quite like them. Car also has 74 date stamped steel wheels (Topy's with D caps) also. *Edit 4th February 2018. Wheels are by a company called: Fuji Auto and they are just simply known as Cobras. (source: http://kyushashoes.com/)

Just towed 1 of mine yesterday. Still took half a day. ? Thanks for the help PB ?

https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/d/240z-series-one-very-low/6381587984.html

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Which car are you referring to now? The 260z 2 seater (red) 74 model?

Prince R380 replica's for sale? http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C771786

240z/260z Grille mounting points are a bit different. http://www.viczcar.com/forum/topic/14975-sold-260z-grille-240z-jul-72-onwards/?p=178244 Having said that I need to tweak them a little to fit my rebuilt grille!