Sean Dezart

The new stainless-steel WINDOW CORNER TRIMS ARE HERE ! Front and rear upper corners with the lower, short-straight connection strip. Buy both ends (full kit) or just front or rear (single kit) ! (kits will not be split eg 1x corner or 1x connexion strip !) Fitting both 2x seaters and 2+2s. Prices : Full kit : aud$175 Postage : aud$9 Group shipments available. Single kit : aud$95 Postage : same as above (same weight/price band) ! Payment available via Paypal, Wise-Transfer and int. bank wire. TO PLACE AND ORDER, please PM/DM me and quote your full name and postal address - thanks. These will be available via Ebay but more expensive so as to cover all the selling charges. Next in production are my door-sill trims.....

I agree Gavin on the Ansa/Abarth part - looks like it was pulled from a farm tractor ! There is another supplier now and in stainles too : https://www.godzillaraceworks.com/turbo/brutefab-twin-exit-fujitsubo-legalis-style-muffler usd$450

2021 Club Datsun calender. It’s back – the best Datsun calender in the world so get yours now whilst the limited edition remains available ! Yes, in 2021 we’re celebrating 20 years of club existence and looking forward, like you no doubt, to unrefrained travel and fun behind the wheel. 13x full A4 size photgraphs of splendid cars waiting to adorn your walls and don’t forget our free incorporated desk-calender. You can later frame the photos of your choice Prices (x1 calender) : €21 France (timbre verte) €25 / £23 Europe + Suisse (and the UK too for the moment  ) €26 / us$31 / aus$42 Rest of the world (Norway, North America, Middle East/Orient, Australiasia) Please pay via Paypal (as a gift/personal payment) to : tresorier at datsun-France dot/point fr Group shipments up intil 5x are possible to save postage. Please remember that 100% of the funds are reinvested by our French National Club for the benefit of our members and Z-friends in nearby countries plus the promotion of the marque via the national press, blog articles and media. Ps : already looking for great photos* for 2022 and, as an incentive, for every car published, the owner will receive a free, shipped calender ! *please send to contact at datsun-France dot/point com

Cold and wet here mate, the wood-stove is lit for madame :-)

Excellent - surprised by the weight ? You have rain....?

Hi. Stainless steel It's an expansion box of 2.5'' (63mm), perforated tube and packed around with top quality steel wool - VERY resistant (please watch the video). VID_20201124_173714.mp4

For the month of December, several blem units are offered at the price of aus$260 shipped to your door (tracked and insured) also including the clamp and two reinforced straps necessary to fit it ! Slips over a 100mm straight exhaust pipe end 63mm entry pipe leading to 2x 50mm slanted and vertically stacked exit pipe The blem is an extra fixing bracket welded on than ground off - please study the photos Normal, current price shipped is aus$466 but out of stock until late January* with another batch in March *when parts prices and shipping will rise. Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Well, my all-aluminium strut-brace bar kits are becomming popular and it didn't take long before my friend 'down-under, #AaronNeubauer from #BuiltOnPurpose made us a 'how-to-fit' video which I shall steal and share here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMO1j7NnhEQ&fbclid=IwAR3CZILk4vdsmXX1WSBJZ1uMq3PDGeQxgNWcS7CVgSnlr5ZiA950-vFsBMU There's a Black Friday promotion price too : Black Friday Prices (both bars) : US$290 £215 CAN$380 AUS$400 NZ$430 € 230 / Fr €220 Prices (front or Rear bar only) : US$180 £130 CAN$380 AUS$250 NZ$270 € 135 / Fr €120 Fits all S30s, please specify your year and model when ordering !

All previous orders have now been shipped - my wife didn't appreciate that I'd taken over one room AND the kitchen table - women are strange sometimes.....

My S30 super-lite, all-aluminum strut-brace bars, in stock and available to ship immediately. For 2x seaters and 2+2s Gunmetal / anthracite powder-coat painted (both sides) brackets with polished bars similar to the NLA USA Nismo alu bars Fits over stock and triple carbs, stock and after-market EFi and also Rebello (LD28 block which are taller) L35 strokers Fully adjustable in length to set them up tight Uses stainless-steel nut and bolt to secure bar to bracket - no more rusty bitz ! Included - new, stainless steel nuts and washers for the strut tops front and rear for a completely new and clean look Lightest on the market - not forgetting that 'light is right' : Front with brackets = 735g /1.62lbs Rear with brackets = 730g /1.61lbs Very competively priced in each market ! Prices (both bars) : US$279 + shipping $60 £212 + shipping £35 CAN$358 + shipping $78 AUS$381 + shipping $83 NZ$409 + shipping $89 €235 + shipping €30 Prices (front bar only) : US$154 + shipping $45 £117 + shipping £25 CAN$358 + shipping $59 AUS$212 + shipping $62 NZ$227 + shipping $67 €130 + shipping €20 Kits so far are : front and rear bars front bar only (rear bars only available upon request - please PM for tarifs) Later, new front and rear caps will be available for S30s and S130s along with a complete bar kit for the S130s. Payment accepted via Paypal

Attention - Le Mans Classic. Because of the cotinued propagation of the coronavirus, the (correct in my view) decision has been made to put back this event to 2021, July 1, 2, 3 + 4 ! This gives you the opportunity to plan ahead and join us is wished to this most awesome event in the Classic car calender. An incredible blend of static displays, club stands and full-time classic car track action throughout the night. Racing is but 24hrs from Saturday afternoon, just like the real thing but the event is open from Thursday morning ‘til Sunday evening. Looking positively, this now gives everyone a chance to book local accomodation, finish their cars and…I’m pushing for more Club Datsun track-sessions for the Friday morning (fingers crossed). If already booked for this year, please confirm asap that you intend to keep your booking for 2021 OR wish a reimbursement of 85% (we need 5% over and above Peter Autos’ 10%) to cover our club fees and administration). Those wishing for a reimbursement and wanting to join us in 2021 will need to re-book through me and although I can confirm space on the stand, camping spaces and track sessions might be at risk. I am at your disposition for further information (if I have it) and any questions. Best regards and good health to you and for your families. Sean https://peterauto.peter.fr/wp-content/uploads/lmc-concurrents-competitors.pdf https://peterauto.peter.fr/wp-content/uploads/lmc-spa-gpao-clubs.pdf

Latest exhaust batch - Spring 2020 My latest batch has arrived and shipping has begun for paid-up orders. If you have reserved parts with a deposit, I invite you to complete your payment so I may also ship yours. I'm very satisfied with my new header flange allowing easier fitting and tightening against the engine head plus larger porting for better performance. Lastly, it's lighter - saving nearly 1/2 kilo (1.1lbs) ! Don't forget when ordering that now I stock new valve-cover bolts and inlet/outlet stud kits - both in stainless steel, reasonably priced. I also offer a choice between two gasket versions : Stock ‘A’ for carbs and Efi ‘B’ with injection cut-outs – please specify which when ordering

A natural upgrade new part for your high-performance L6, L4 and NAPS-Z L4 engines. A must if your engine regularly revs high, designed for competition use, this part is equally at home in street-modified engines. It is fitted to reduce accelerated wear to the drive teeth and therefore gear failure* and is especially efficient at high RPMs. Gear failure will send metal fragments around your engine via the oil and may lead to a complete halt in lubrification and catastrophic engine failure !!! This the essentiel part that you won't find in the Book "How to modify your Nissan and Datsun OHC engine" ! It is basically a small and inexpensive piece of insurance for the longevity of your performance engine - not to be overlooked lightly, its' absence could cost you dearly. Made by Rondeau (France) under my supervision to the original Datsun competiton and USA Nissan Motorsport specification. All the major performance engine specialists, whether they be motorbikes, V8s or our own L-gatas fit bronze oil drives - you'll see them listed in their quotes. An explanatory video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LanQHfNsso8 Applicable to 240Z 260Z 280Z 280ZX Fairlady Z NISMO au$222 shipped worldwide.

This year I will have been producing performance exhausts for 10 years ! Firstly, I would like to thank all my loyal customers over the years to make this happen and I’ve been rewarded in return by having many of you as friends. I’d also like to thank all those Z-professionals and track, rally and hill-climb competitors who continue, respectively, to sell and exploit my parts ! To celebrate this I’ve produced some exclusive super-goodies which I’m including as gifts* with each 2020 order and these items may also be bought seperately with worldwide shipping** included in the prices below : Keyring 10 yrs : au$15 Keyring Z profile 50yrs : au$22 T-shirt 50yrs : au$33 (quote desired size) Sizes available : S, M, L, XL and XXL *so long as stocks lasts ! **I will group ship so as to reduce the overall shipping cost. Obviously if bought as an extra and included in an exhaust order, there will be no shipping cost ; so less expensive ! Please contact me via mail (or PM) for any enquiries : seanz@wanadoo.fr

I should add that orders are being taken now (with -15% discount) against my next production batch available in late March.

In 2020 I will have been producing performance exhausts for 10 years ! Firstly, I would like to thank all my loyal customers over the years to make this happen and I’ve been rewarded in return by having many of you as friends. I’d also like to thank all those Z-professionals and track, rally and hill-climb competitors who continue, respectively, to sell and exploit my parts ! To celebrate this I’ve produced some exclusive super-goodies which I’m including as gifts* with each 2020 order and so as to be clear : Silencer, muffler order = free keyring (your choice) Manifold/extractor order = free T-shirt (quote size ‘L’ or ‘XL’) Complete kit = free 10yrs keyring and T-shirt (quote size ‘L’ or ‘XL’) These items may also be bought seperately with worldwide shipping** included in the prices below : Keyring 10 yrs : aus$19 Keyring Z profile 50yrs : aus$23 T-shirt 50yrs : aus$33 (two sizes only ‘L’ and ‘XL’) *so long as stocks lasts ! **I will group ship so as to reduce the overall shipping cost. Obviously if bought as an extra and included in an exhaust order, there will be no shipping cost ; so less expensive . Please contact me via mail (or PM) for any enquiries : seanz@wanadoo.fr So, Merry Christmas and I wish you all a happy and above all healthy New Year with new Z (and ZX) adventures !

Probably our best yet ! Prices dropped - January sales :-) ! us$14 posted Multiple orders to the same address discounted : 2x = us$20 3x = us$30 4x = us$35 5x = us$40 Please PM me for orders.

Is this guy still making/selling ?

So is anyone likely to make a set of these in 8x15 ?

Made up for a persistant friend (I don't normally take on custom jobs) with a 3" exhaust line, I wonder if there is any other interest out there ? The interior of the expansion box remains 2.5" with twin 2" exit pipes. To make the part cost-effective, I'd need a minimum of 20x orders. Also now available is my 'Hako' silencer (AUS$286).

You don’t have a ’69 Z but it doesn’t matter as we’re all in the sam family celebrating the beginning Share the Zs’ 50th birthday / anniversary in style with this gorgeous leather key ring fob. Thick but flexible leather (great smell), professionally, permanantly and exquisitely printed upon with this superb, striking Z profile design. These are exclusive with merely 100x produced in the world so be a little different ! My grateful thanks to the very talented David of Cars Art for his wonderful, original design. Check out his website here : http://cars-art.fr/ and in particular his complete Z racing productions : http://cars-art.fr/datsun-nissan-240z-s30-fairladyz/ Here is my own website for stainless-steel performance Z headers, lines and mufflers – 10 years on the job now with hundreds of satisfied customers around the world : https://www.datsun-zstory.com/ The price is : AUS$18 Postage is : 1x = AUS$6 Up to x4 = AUS$8 5 and over = AUS$12

Hello. This might seem a long way away from you guys but maybe, for once, you want to be there at Le Mans, especially after the recent Fordvs. Ferrari film ? Club Datsun-France is preparing for this prestigeous and enormous biennial event, the dates for which have been set as Thursday 2nd July – Sunday 5th inclusive. We aim to continue the 50years theme and to improve upon the 2018 attendance of 50x cars, so we’re counting upon you all to come together to celebrate and share a great moment against the fabulous old-school atmosphere of Le Mans ! In order to benefit from the preferential club stand, discounted tickets and no booking stress for you, I as usual on behalf of our club, will be organising the Datsun/Nissan ticket bookings direct with Peter Auto including camping accommodation via the ACO ! It’s not too early to book for track sessions, accomodation and a place on the stand ! I invite you to contact me at : seanz@wanadoo.fr for a more complete information package including estimated* prices. *we’re awaiting the official figures. Kind regards, Sean Président, Club Datsun-France

I've nearly finished one of my exhaust-parallel projects - 'new' 240Z steering wheels so time to share some photos. Once upon a time 50 years ago, all steering wheels were like new. Now they can be again and the perfect 50th anniversary gift for yourself and your car ! Completely stripped, spokes repainted and the the rim given several high-quality gloss coats, these will have new or refurbished horn mechanisms and centre pushes. They feel so lovely in ones' hands - a 'must' to finish your restorationand in a world where more and more people fit the black leather, competition replicas, be different and go old-school with the real thing ! Basic price will be AUS$960 (no horn push and your wheel in exchange). There are a lot of hours' work gone into these.

So, this is the definitive part in prototype form - it'll look a whole lot better after production :-) ! Hako muffler. AUS$286 (+ shipping) I shall be doing a limited run of 20x initially, orders for all catalogue parts currently being taken, available in October, maybe September. My L28ET header will also be available then.

California exhaust law 95dB ! https://jalopnik.com/why-people-are-suddenly-freaking-out-over-californias-e-1831620651 1) Existing law requires every motor vehicle subject to registration to be equipped with an adequate muffler in constant operation and properly maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise and prohibits a muffler or exhaust system from being equipped with a cutout, bypass, or similar device. 2) Existing law further prohibits the modification of an exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner that will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor of the vehicle so that the vehicle exceeds existing noise limits. How do cops decide if my exhaust is illegal? There are two things the state of California cares about when it comes to your car’s exhaust: How loud it is and how much it pollutes. Biannual smog testing means your car has to pass an emission test to stay street legal, but noise enforcement is a little more vague. Per California Highway Patrol Bulletin NO.98-100: “Excessive Noise is primarily a nuisance issue rather than a safety concern, and determination of excessive noise is subjective. For this reason, enforcement personnel are to exercise sound professional judgment in making a determination of violation.” So how exactly do they measure 95 dB? Practically speaking it’s going to come down to the cop. If they think you sound too loud, they can pull you over and slap you with a ticket. So those of you with wide pipes might be wise to coast with your clutch in when you pass a parked police car. What does that mean in plain English? Before 2019, California cops could pull you over for having a loud exhaust but they would issue a “fix-it ticket.” That means that if you went back to them with a stock exhaust reinstalled within a certain amount of time, you would be free and clear. Police are not allowed to do that anymore, and now will just give you a violation on the spot ! Cali sets the trend – what happens there spreads out across the country and often further around the world ! We all love the sound of our inline sixes whether it be burbling on tickover, running up through the torque-rich low to mid-range revs or hunting the last few horses bouncing off the red line with the rev limiter flashing. But we must face todays’ reality that pollution is poltically incorrect and where ‘they’ can’t get us on content as our cars are classics, they can on noise-pollution ! Stock, OEM exhausts are NLA and who’d want them, especially after we’ve improved our engines – no-one wants to strangle the engines’ potentiel. There are many choices off the shelf for after-market exhausts and many local shops will make and fit up what you want….the knack is to get the right package ! Here in Europe, the laws have been getting steadily more strict to the point where one asks oneself if it’s just a machivelian method of remowing all old cars from road, classics or not ! Most circuits have a dB limit which one must pass before being allowed on, others have certain noise detectors around the circuit pinpointing ‘abusive’ cars and certain are allowed a specific dB level throughout the year and once reached, their credit is up until the end of the year. Obviously these latter don’t want to lose valuable hiring days and so enforce strict controls ! The tendancy is therefore to lower the dB limits which may penalise many owners, in towns, cities, certain periods of the day and circuits which have remained hollowed places at which to enjoy our sportscars. Solutions ? Even kept in the best condition, certain after-market exhaust lines (and I include headers in a ‘complete’ exhaust line) are just not conceived to be quiet ! Sold mostly to enhance performance, the free-flow exhausts with no intemediate silencer box and a glass-pack or expansion ‘muffler’ at the rear merely make more noise than power, completely ignoring certain physcial rules about velocity, scavenging and harmonics leading to exhaust drone. I remember fitting a Twice-pipes line to a 6-2 header back in 1991 – I loved it and boy was it loud ; I remember being flagged down by a cop for having ‘pulled away too agressively from the sidewalk’ when I was only doing 25mp/h and having to dip the clutch to rapidly lower the engine revs whilst in the vicinity of others and late at night coming home. Great days but more complicated now…… It’s surprising when someone spends good money of their paint, nice wheels, interior, engine, brake and suspension upgrades and then refit the 20year old header connected to one the cheapest exhaust lines available online ! Your cars’ complete exhaust has as much importance as your choice of induction – twin carbs, triples, 4barrel, injection, ITBs, turbo (s) ? Accordingly, it should be chosen with care, with the long-term in mind as no-one likes spending twice and, as I always advise, with your end use in mind ! I’m working on a guide to understanding exhaust mechanics, something simple to read albeit complete. I believe that there isn’t enough unbiased information out there to properly advise users. Db limits of my mufflers using a resonator and measured on a Rebello L32 with triple 44 Mikunis ! Engine revs resonator Muffler at 50cm at 1m 4000 Yes Classic 98 95 4000 Yes JDM 100 98 4000 Yes Trackday 96 96 4000 Yes Street 94 91 Later on this year, I’ll be adding a fifth muffler type to my range ; the ‘Hako’, a horizontal twin-exit muffler which can expected to sound similar to my JDM. My Street and Trackday share the same exterior form, the Street being baffled whereas the Trackday is an expansion box as per the Classic, JDM and Hako. Choose wisely.