Xander Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 As some of you may have read in an other thread, my car window on the driver side was smashed. Now I found a guy who has a side window of a '73 240Z. I have a european '77 260Z. this is bassicly a 280Z body with the l26 engine. I was checking in the victoria britisch cataloque and saw that it was a different part number for the two windows. what do you think? can i place the 240Z window in a later model (280Z). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preith Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Here in the states, the doors were completely redesigned with new door latches and window mechanisms in '77 and nothing is interchangable. As for the European cars, anyone happen to know if there the same? My first guess was yes, it wouldn't make sense from a logistical standpoint to stock two different doors. But on the other hand Datsun may have been using the old stock up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo280zEd Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 i don't think anything body wise is interchangeable with a 260 besides fenders and hood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruez Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 From what I have seen the '77 and '78 don't even match up..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 i don't think anything body wise is interchangeable with a 260 besides fenders and hood I have a 260 door on my 240Z, found out the hard way when I bought new window regulators thankfully MSA took one back and gave me a 260 one. Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Xander, the big determining factor on interchangability is wether or not you have an external striker mechanisim on the door, or one that is inside the door. The Fairlayd Z's had the same mechanisim from day one to day none in 78, so their stuff is all interchangable. I suspect the bodies of the Euro 260Z should be similar to the Farilady Z, and you might be able to get away with 73 or 74 doors. Good Luck in your search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Posted February 9, 2004 Author Share Posted February 9, 2004 thanx guys, I have found a guy here in holland who has stripped a euro 260Z and got the window of him. So I'm good to go. Just have to wait for the weather to clear up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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