staledale Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) Just trying to figure out what year z this grill is from. I had two grills and they are different. One is off my 1972 but don't know what this on is. can anyone help? The corner has small cut outs my 72 doesn't and a 77 78 has large cut outs. Edited August 17, 2018 by staledale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) I think that is off the 73 with the bigger bumper shocks. Maybe early 74 too. i found this this pic for the early year differences. Edited August 17, 2018 by JSM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staledale Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 Yes, thanks JSM I have to agree on the years. Late 1974 1/2 went to the largest bumper and shared a grill with the 280z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgsheen Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) That's the grill that my early 260Z has... It may be specific to that model because the earlies had pistons in the front requiring the lower 2 slats to be narrower. The early still used the 240Z style turn signals and valence pieces. (I have a 1973 front bumper and bumper mounts on the front and the narrow slats aren't really needed for that configuration...) Edited August 20, 2018 by cgsheen Add picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staledale Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 Thanks cgsheen, did they start the bigger bumper shock in late 73 or is it just early 74? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgsheen Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I don't know... I've only seen a couple of 73's and never one with pistons. The 73's we have had in the shop all had bumper mounts like what I installed on my 260. These mounts are substantial, nothing like the earlier 240Z mounts. (I just happened to find a '73 at a pick-n-pull several years ago with fairly good chrome bumpers - whereas my 260 had none at that point...) A person could certainly use that grill on a '73 240Z though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staledale Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 OK thanks cgsheen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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