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It's a licensed reproduction of the old early Seventies Japanese aftermarket 'AUTOLOOK' seats. A company called AMON are making and selling them: http://www.nostalgiccar.com/13_orijinal-parts/orijinal-parts.html

There was only one factory making the cars, and it wasn't located "stateside". It was the Nissan Shatai plant at Hiratsuka in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. All this talk of '240Z' and '260Z' models means nothing without stating the specific model and market. 'RS30' and 'RLS30' prefixed 'Datsun 260Z' models ( as well as 'GRS30' and 'GRLS30' 'Datsun 260Z 2+2' models ) were made - at the Hiratsuka plant - and sold in certain export markets right up to the end of 1978. There was even an 'RS30' prefixed 'Nissan Fairlady 260Z' sold in Japan for a few short weeks in late 1973. These are Japanese cars, and you have to keep in mind that they were sold all over the world - with many variations - when talking about them.

But the 240Zs were still "$2,500", right? Those 'Porsche' 914s were sold as VWs outside the USA.......

$50,000? What model of Porsche are you talking about?

Okinawa was under the administration of the US until mid 1972, and Nissan sold LHD 'Export' model vehicles - as well as RHD 'Domestic' models - in Okinawa until the reversion to Japanese administration. But at any time you could have bought an 'Export' market model through Nissan's Diplomatic / personal export sales offices in several locations on the Japanese mainland. This is a well known and documented fact in Japan. Some of the privateer Japanese racers who wanted to use L24-engined S30 models in Japanese domestic racing before they were sold in Japan ( from Sept. 1971 ) bought cars from Okinawa, or from the Diplomatic sales offices. I'd say it was almost certain that your car was bought new in Okinawa, driven there for a while and then personally exported to the USA. You'll have to hit the paper trail to prove the dates and times, but I would not doubt that it is true.

That's a HARADA SHOKAI K.K. manifold.

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Exactly. You're just repeating the words of others who also don't know what they are talking about. Think about it for a moment: "..5% more power.." than what? It's an out-of-context quote from a source which never qualified the comparison in the first place. It's garbage.

"...only 5% more power.." than what, exactly? The comparison is meaningless. This is a Prince GR7 engine, not a Nissan 'LY' engine.

That bolt hole is for the ( obviously missing ) support which would have held the outer Bowden cable for a cable-throttle version. Depending on what model of Nissan it was mounted on, both cable and rod actuated linkages could be used.

Try here: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30978 To clarify; 'Kyoku-To' = 'Far East'. Early products of 'Far East Trading' were branded with two Kanji characters, reading 'Kyoku-To'. Later products with the acronym 'F.E.T.' Did I mention that your blue-painted manifold is an 'Ohtsuka'?

Repeated for the hard of hearing.....

It's an 'Ohtsuka' inlet manifold, dating from around 1979~80. [corrections department]That'll be 'KYOKU TO', Tony.[/corrections department] The Far East Trading / F.E.T. / Kyokuto manifolds were solely used by FET, were quite distinctive and always 'signed'. This Ohtsuka manifold is quite different.

That might well be true for the USA and/or Canada, but in RHD markets the gap is of course much wider. If this particular car was in the UK, I'd be all over it like a bad suit. If it was running / driving I might even be tempted to import it myself, despite the condition. Quite a few LHD 240Zs are being imported to the UK these days, but we are running out of RHD organ / identity donors pretty quickly. Prices are going up as availability goes down. Are there really people who believe that RHD cars have a "reverse shift pattern" trans? Please tell me it's satire. And Joel, "Septic" is usually accepted as being the abbreviated rhyming slang for "Yank" ( 'Septic Tank' ). I might be many things, but I don't think I qualify as a 'Yank', do I? Unless you meant something else, of course.

If the Oscillator for the clock works, it would cover your "$500~$700" estimate on it's own. The car's worth something as an identity / parts donor in some markets. Sniff at that all you like, but the market will find its own level.

I found the first post to be more than a little unfair to the ebay vendor. I think he's being very honest with his description, and doesn't really deserve to have any privately-discussed target / reserve 'outed' here. The car's clearly worth some money - if in parts alone - and certainly more than an equivalent-condition HLS30U. Want to make any on-topic observations about the subject?

You're coming up with a lot of 'prices', aren't you? I presume you talked to the vendor, and that's where you got the "$2k" figure from? Did the vendor know you were going to post that figure on the 'net? Nice..... Tony, It's a 1972 production car. 'S30-008329' was the last 'S30'-prefixed body serial number produced in 1971. They got up to 'S30-011109' in 1972 before the big jump up to 'S30-100001' and on. This particular car is less than 800 'S30'-prefixed bodies from the end of 1972 year manufacture. Alan T.

Wow. Can I have your autograph? For the record, I don't see anything too wide of the mark in the auction description. Seems fairly honest and accurate, actually. You should save some of your ire for people like the dimwit who's talking to the seller about the "expanded mesh" grille that he's "never seen OEM", , and the mind-boggling wonder that is the mythical "reverse pattern trans". So, if I go sit in the passenger seat of my RHD car, will I suddenly have a rare "reverse pattern trans" too.....?

....in the north American market. The rest of the world got the choice of 5-speed transmissions ( FS5C71-A, and then FS5C71-B ) on S30-series Z cars right from the beginning of production.

Exactly. The car in the picture Leon posted is actually a PS30-SB Fairlady Z432-R model, which came from the factory with 4.5j x 14" steel wheels as standard equipment. This particular car ( it was photographed on the ground floor of the old Nissan HQ in Ginza, Tokyo - now closed.... ) is wearing aluminium replicas of the Nissan works Kobe Seiko 'Rally Mag' magnesium wheels in 7j x 14", which were manufactured around 10 years ago by Revive Jalopy. They are not the same as the narrower standard Kobe Seiko 432 magnesium wheels, as RIP260Z has pointed out, although quite similar. To clarify about the stock wheels on the PS30 Fairlady Z432 model: Stock fitment was the magnesium wheel, although they were listed as an extra-cost option on at least one official Nissan document ( hence some of the confusion ). In practice, 99% of 432s left the factory with the KS magnesium wheels. It was the 432-R model that was given steel wheels as stock equipment, with the owners expected to change them for wider racing wheels ( such as the 10j and 8j magnesium KS eight spokes in the 432-R Sports Option parts list ). The car in the original post is a Z432 which is wearing later RS Watanabe 8-spokes. It is colour code 918 'Grand Prix Orange', and is fitted with the standard 432 / 432-R dual pipe exhaust system, which was listed as an extra-cost option for the L-series engined Fairlady Z models in Japan too. Hope that helps. Alan T.

'S31' was updated S30-series Z to comply with new safety and anti-pollution regulations, and sold only in Japanese home market. Introduced July 1976, and discontinued in early September 1978 with the introduction of the S130-series range. C-S31 sub-variants: *S31-S 'Fairlady Z' ( 2-seater ) *S31 'Fairlady Z-L' ( 2 seater ) *S31-J 'Fairlady Z-T' ( 2 seater ) *GS31-S 'Fairlady Z' ( 2/2 seater ) *GS31 'Fairlady Z-L' ( 2/2 seater ) *GS31-J 'Fairlady Z-T' ( 2/2 seater ) All models came with L20 EGI engine. 'Fairlady Z' models were 4-speed trans only, whilst 'Z-L' and 'Z-T' models were 5-speed trans ( with Auto optional ). Alan T.

I'm not going to talk about all this "exclusivity" stuff, as - in my experience - it doesn't really exist, but you really ought not to be putting such words as "scum" into the mouths of people whom I count as friends, and whom I KNOW don't think anything of the sort. You need to reign your emotions in a little and watch what you write. Most of what you are complaining about seems to have been based on poor communication ( on both sides ) with a couple of USA-based "distributors" mixed with some exceptional misconception on your side. You appear to be bitter at being 'rejected', but you still don't seem to understand some very basic socio-economic truths... First of all, I see you writing about $1400 for a 'GT Seat' and I wonder if you have even the most basic grasp on the economics behind that price? Have you paid no thought to the fact that it is hand made in Japan ( ie high labour rates for a limited-production, HAND MADE item ) and would need to be imported to the USA ( incurring fairly high transport charges, then taxes and import duties on top ) before any 'distributor' even started to think about making a margin on it? How much real-world profit do you think Kameari Japan has built into the price that they charge for retail in Japan, let alone what they might charge their 'distributor' for it ( you might well be surprised at normal Japanese retail profit margins )? You get a fairly poor exchange rate between the $US and JPY too, which you also don't seem to be taking into account. In fact it's the exact opposite of the situation you mentioned where your father was selling axles to the UK market for British cars ( they were importing them not just because they were good, but also because at $2US for each £1STG they were cheap too... ). That's just simple economics. Kameari parts are not extraordinarily or outrageously cheap FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET. If they were, they would not sell, and somebody else would fill the gap.... I also see you repeating endlessly the "$1300" price for a Kameari camshaft, apparently without you completely understanding what you actually get in that 'kit'. Are you quite sure that you don't need to investigate this point any more thoroughly? I think if you truly got your head around what you are talking about then you might be a little red faced. Mind you, with your quote about valve collets ( "never seen a problem with stock ones" ) I don't think there's much chance of you really understanding anything about Kameari's products any time soon. A few days ago I was feeling a little sorry for you, and I thought you just needed a little guidance and a bit of a better perspective. I'm feeling very little sympathy now. This latest post is embarrassing. You're spending time and energy posting sarcasm and invective when you'd be well advised to spend that time and energy trying to understand both what it is you actually need and what it is you really want. ANY camshaft - no matter where it is from - is only one part of a jigsaw puzzle. I don't see much talk about all the other parts in that jigsaw puzzle, so I'm wondering what it is you are actually trying to build? Have you been asked about such details when you talked to these USA-based "distributors"? One last suggestion: Get closer to source. Contact Mr Shigeo Mori at Kameari Engine Works in Japan ( their e-mail address is on their Japanese web site ) and ask him to quote you a shipped price for the camshaft you say that you wanted to buy. If you explain that you were not able to buy it through one of his USA-based 'distributors', then I think you might get a different - more positive - reaction from him. Have your credit card ready if he tells you that you can buy it direct from him. You need to put your money where your mouth is. Alan T.

Here's how it looks at the moment:

Yes....! It's a Nissan ( March ) 88V Group C car. It raced twice in the Le Mans 24hrs - first in 1988 in pink livery, then again in 1989 in red & white CABIN cigarette sponsorship livery. After that it raced in the Japanese series, and was then retired and put on display. It ended up sitting in a sea container for something like 15 years....

Thought you guys might like to see this race engine in my friend's workshop: