C.A.F.

That's a 180B 4-Speed!

For sale: Brand new 240Z 260Z Front Valance. Faithful reproduction of an original item. Make from Australian BHP cold-rolled 1mm mild steel. Supplied raw with a coating of machine oil. $460.00 FREE SHIPPING to anywhere in Australia. PM me if you are interested.

I haven't watched it yet, so can someone tell me if it's accurate or not...?

What gearbox is in the Z now? A flange drive 71A or spline drive 71B? The L28 will bolt up to either, but the 71B is marginally stronger.

Well it's probably time for another update... After the clutch/flywheel assembly when in, I entered another Sandown track day in early November with my best mate Alex as pit-bitch. Rain threatened from Midday onwards on the day, but I remained optimistic. The organizers however had different ideas and showed their incompetence - I didn't get my first run until 12:30PM, then once my run finished the rain hit... HARD. No point continuing, so we packed up and went home. However the Z proved itself fit for duty, and it was now ready for... CHALLENGE BATHURST !* 2019 was the 50th anniversary for the 240Z, so CB2019 was a big deal. I'd committed on the entry early on, so I was not going to miss it. And I'm glad I didn't! Bucket list item ticked off! I could write an entire magazine article on the adventure, but for the purposes of this thread I'll stick to the Z. Bathurst is scary in a grunty Z, and it showed a few shortcomings of the Z and more so the meat-sack behind the wheel... Saturday I was inside the top 10 in regularity, but that didn't last As I got more familiar with the track, I went faster but the Z couldn't 'quite' keep up - after the long run down Conrod and into the chase (where I hit 222kph on the GPS into the kink), I experienced chronic fuel starvation heading down into Murray's - this got worse and worse as Sunday progressed. To the extent that I got 2 laps into the last session on Sunday, before calling it quits. I was not interested in detonating the engine. (I have a couple of theory's as to why, and I'm currently working on a solution.) Regardless I had a great time and full credit must go to Dave and his crew for their amazing organization. And that's where I leave it for the moment. This Beerflu has nobbled any use of the Z and it's currently in my shed up on axle stands waiting to be unleashed again - hopefully later this year... *Full thread here: And a big thanks to Ned (OdinZ) who came along as my co-pilot for the trip. Bruce (Lightmaster) for his great photos of the event. Oh, and Gordo won the CB19 Regularity for the 2nd year in a row - they tinny bastard.

Front bars fit fine. Rear ones don't fit across the back of the valance.

https://www.northvicengines.com.au/ I suggest you strip the engine first, measure everything up then order what you require.

Casting numbers mean nothing when identifying 71b gearboxes. I wish people would stop referring to them... The only way to quickly check is to put it in 1st gear, and count the output rotations - 3.3 rotations means it's a crappy wide-ratio box. 2.9 is close-ratio. The box the OP posted could be anything, however it will work for it's intended purpose.

RH door is a new shell. LH Door got a new skin.

You can buy them new from Aussie Muscle Parts.

Throw the bonnet in the scrap bin and buy a new one: https://allmusclecarparts.com.au/datsun/240-260z/datsun-240z-280z-hood-cut.html

I few more photos of the roof skin fabrication:

Do you know in what direction it went?

Donation sent Gav

RIP Rudi - was nice knowing you, man...