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Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had or could point me in the right direction for the following parts for a 72 240z. Vapor Expansion tank tail light rubber gaskets tail light wiring harness thanks Julian

Whilst looking for parts in his garage, my dad came across his receipt for his 260z that he purchased in 1976. He also had a Datsun price list from the same year.

Thanks for the heads up!

We have made a bit of progress in the last week. I sourced some Kia rubbers for the doors and hatch. They fit great and were very easy on the wallet. Continued with cleaning and painting the underside. Most of it completed now. Hatch was also installed. She is starting too look like a car now!

Not a problem. Unfortunately I'm not sure of the branded rubber. It was in a box of parts when i purchased the Z.

Good evening, I have put together some written instructions for the installation of rear hatch glass rubber with chrome insert. The whole process took approx 3.5 hours. It will be easiest if this is done on a table so you don't have to bend down whilst working on the hatch. Make sure that the rim of the hatch, the glass and the rubber is clean. Mine had some old masking tape along the rim the whole way around. For the string we used some leftover curtain rope roughly 5mm thick (see example image below). You have to work this inside the inner groove of the rubber (the groove that will fit over the body work) . You can use a fly screen plastic spline tool to assist with getting into the groove without damaging the rubber. Make sure that you have excess rope overlapping roughly 300mm. next step is to fit the rubber around the glass Once the rubber is on the glass you can carefully install the chrome inserts. Try getting the longer sections in first, then move to the smaller pieces. Once within the rubber they should fit pretty snugly. If they seem a bit loose hold in place with some masking tape. Now place the Glass (with rubber and chrome insert) into the hatch. It should work in pretty easily. At this point tape the glass onto the hatch from the outside as you will need to flip the hatch over to work on the inside. It is best to get some help with this (make sure the glass does not fall out, this almost happened to mine) With the hatch now turned over, you should see the excess rope/string hanging out. Now the theory of the string is that as you pull the string out, it will pull the rubber over the rim of the hatch. You have to be quite patient during this step as you don't want the the rope to cut the rubber. In practice you will need some assistance. To assist with this step we used (Ezy Glide Dry Lubricant Aerosol). if you don't have this handy, try looking in your bedside table and use some of your silicone based lube that's sitting in your drawer. If you cant find that look inside your medicine cabinet for some vaseline (would probably be a bit messy and would require more cleanup...but that's nothing new when using such products ) Now spray the rubber and the rim of the hatch with the Ezy Gllide and start slowly pulling out one end of the string. Make sure there is tension in the string when pulling and don't yank it as this will increase the chance of damaging the rubber. When pulling the string, try pulling at a 45 degree angle. We found that this worked best (see image below). Repeat this until all of the string is out. I hope this helps!

The first thing i said to my dad when he sent the me the pics was did u take a video... lol His response was "i was by myself and i don't know how to use the video on my phone". When i get a chance i will post a set of written instructions

I did a bit of research over the weekend on how to install the rear hatch glass, rubber and chrome with my dad. On Monday i got a surprise message mid way through a hike (was supposed to be working on the Z) on Monday. To my excitement he had already installed it using a combination of what we had read, watched and his own method. I was really please with how it turned out.

Over the last week we have made some more progress. Spend a couple of evenings cleaning the rear underside and had a chance to paint it. I wanted to see if i had all the brake lines so i test fitted them. There are a couple of kinked sections that i will need to replace but overall they look in pretty good shape. I also gave the fuel tank a good clean on the outside. I want to repaint the outside, but i do like the markings/ stamp on it... what to do..?

Thanks Ponyo. I haven't managed to find a set yet. I will do a wanted post when i get the time.

My dad has also been super busy test fitting parts to the car. Seeing those lights/ bumper makes me want to get the car on the road asap. I also had a chance to give the engine and gearbox a quick clean. I need to make a plan of how i will tackle the running gear.

I made some more progress over the weekend. My aim was to clean up and paint the underside of the first 2/3 of the car. I was pretty happy with he result, 1/3 to go.

Good evening, So over the last week and a half we have been trying to clean/ revive as many parts as possible and now have a better idea of the parts i am missing. I cant wait to start installing. I also had chance to have a good look at the body of the car, inspected sills, under body etc. Noticed that there was a heap of media/sand in one of the outer sills. Spent a couple of evenings trying to vacuum all the media out. I managed to get majority of it out. I attached some old radiator hose on the vacuum cleaner to protect the paint and the get more of the media out. I also decided to drop the front end (suspension, steering rack etc.) to clean and repaint (job for this weekend).

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Good evening all, I'm not sure what to call my project, it not really a restoration, more of a reassemble and refurbishment. I was luckily enough to become the owner of a very straight example of a 1972 240z. The guy i bought it off had the car for about 15 years. When doing the body/ paint work there were only a couple of minor rust repairs to be made. The shell was then sitting in a shed for the last 6 years untouched and collecting dust (does this count as barn find? ) The car came with a good chunk of the interior parts already refurbished (seats, dash etc) these have been mixed in with good condition original parts. I picked up the car on Saturday evening, and got it safely home Sunday afternoon. The evenings this week have all been about sorting out my garage and parts. Then delivering the parts to dad (who is helping with the project). He has been cleaning them up as we go, so when the time comes we can just assemble. Once we do this, i will have a better idea of what parts i need to find to put her back together.

Good Evening, Julian here from Melbourne. After years of day dreaming, searching the classifieds daily, admiring my brother & sister in-law's 240z, I finally got my hands on a 240z project of my own! I came across the project via my cousin. 3 years ago he randomly started to talk to a guy at the local IGA, and they got onto the topic of old cars and the few Datsuns he had in his shed. There was a particular 1600 that my cousin was interested in. The guy didn't want to sell. He also had this 240z partially restored under covers. After 3 years of asking him every time they bumped into each other, he finally agreed to sell. My cousin purchased the 1600 about two months ago, and also inquired about the 240z on my behalf. Fast forward two months, a safe journey home, the car is safe in my garage and i cant stop smiling. My plans are to restore her relatively stock, other than wheels, spoiler and front splitter. I look forward to sharing my build (hopefully absorb as much advice/ knowledge) with the Z Community. Cheers,