csp-311

FYI, spotted on Yahoo auctions.... https://www.jauce.com/auction/s1141155947

HS30-H strongly adivised me to get the MK63 retaining rings, which used to be in the Nissan repair kit, but only has seals now. The retaining rings hold the seals in, and are very often rusty or bend when dis-assembling. They are NLA, but Vintagecraft makes reproductions, and sometimes lists on Yahoo auctions Japan; https://www.vintagecraft-e-za.com/販売のページ/室内パーツ関係-シャシーパーツ/ｍｋ６３ダストブーツリテーナー/

Someone over here in the UK does repros; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295201816116?hash=item44bb663e34%3Ag%3AAgAAAOSwG3dh7GSV&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoGsJ0HdO7fc4zDm7b1d6ofH1aWAGiZ2DE%2FvOaGtmIuzYNKqyudwzouJeTvagcRvPqvvcaZeADdxuGYscEpTMfPItq79ioWTl1GE4NLktQ4qAZkoQBG3ZB8p8Ju8PkNZQ%2BiVBXFDM2nVNgFHSLIFNZKpQv%2ByHygmp9r3Ed96hNhjqw0tGSD%2Bl8J32GYtSrvtyGkiDxpGw3ELUI93UEhPod1Y%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7jkg4PKYQ&LH_ItemCondition=3 Happy to help with indirect shipment, rather than highway robbery shipment fees Ebay charges if you want one.

Nice! These 44's are the type 4's, with the external float adjustment. Nice to see a new set for reference, as I refurbish the PHH's.

Datsunnyit, Reproduction below the bumper, fitting in the corner front valance are available, indicator only, no side light, either in orange or clear lens.

Funny I was reading about this on the roadster forum just before coming on here, the thread may help, starts with stumbling about 1/2 way down 1st page; https://www.311s.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=8636

Usually the suffix part of the part number tells you what model the parts were originally on, the Y68 and the P65...I can't recall off the top of my head, but I have a list somewhere.... Early 280ZX''s were early P's e.g. P01, so I would suggest a model after that....

I would love to see how the chainsaws (hanging up above left) are used in the Z body restoration, used for cutting the rust out??!!

That is dependent on how you treat the bare metal, here you can have steel zinc blasted, so a coating of zinc is blasted onto the bare steel and won't come off . My Z suspension springs are bare (no paint/powder coat), and after 12 years still no rust. Not saying "its the way to do it" but there other ways to do things. Nice work by the way ND240Z, makes me feel like the body of the csp I am restoring isn't that bad (but it is).

I know there has been some discussion on here about the Rally and Calender clock, so on the off chance someone has one to part with? With or without oscilator, as I know there are modern components to go into a reproduction case. Restored, not restored. Yes, I know they sometimes come up on Yahoo Japan. Not for me, on someone's behalf, no calender clock, as they don't want that (as I offered mine). Drop me a line... Thanks Ian

A bit behind the conversation, but instead of making a solid metal fuel line, what about this?; A fuel rail designed for triples, a repro of the Sports Option one for the S30. I have one on my triple set-up. Love the work and the project, keep it up

Me too, as it may shed some light on how a couple of CSP311's ended up there from new in 1965/6. PNG doesn't spring to mind as a hotbed of exotic imports.

And this PS30 also listed for about the same yen as the two above is this; https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w447385596

I am not a great fan of these types of aftermarket air boxes, quickly conceived with the idea of selling the idea of “cold air intake” and “forced induction”. Both have their place, but I am more of the thought of how the air enters the air box, how its distributed and how the airflow is within the ‘box and presented to the carbs/trumpets is much more important. Yes, you may well gain some hp by having cold air coming into the air box, but if that is lost (hp) due to poor design within the air box, what is the point? You have a highly designed air trumpet to pull as much air in as possible but yet how the air gets to them I don’t see being thought about in these aftermarket ‘boxes. If you look at some of Nissan’s stock air boxes for their models from the early 1960’s into the 1970’s, there is some thought and design that has gone into them, and for a reason. Yes, our L series are running bigger carbs and are more performance orientated, but it doesn’t mean design has to wash over what has come before. Nissan would have put a lot of time and Yen designing their air boxes and for they did it for a reason, so why can’t we? I know I have.

If my memory serves me right (from what someone on Classizcars.com said) , about 1 million Yen for a set of Kobe Seiko genuine Z432 wheels is about the current rate in Japan. That is about $13,000.