Mitx's 1973 french market 240z

mitx · **Posted:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:35 pm

Hello to everyone from Switzerland,

It's not the first time I read your forum which I really like , especially Kev's hakosuka thread. I decided to sign in to reply to another new member from Switzerland JDMjunkies.ch and though I could also show you my baby.

It's a 1973 240z that I imported from the dry south of France. Being a european model, it comes with a five speed gearbox. It still has the original engine with about 109000km.

What else? It's a work on progress but I drive it regularly, It needs a new paint, and to change suspension parts, and later to overhaul the engine

mitx · **Posted:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:44 pm

now pictures taken on the road to Le Mans Classic 2010:

gc_s30 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:22 pm

I like the way white looks on any nostalgic, nice Z Mitx

jdmjunkies · **Posted:** Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:09 am

wow, mate, love your Z! it's almost what i want to do with mine: Black rear spoiler, black fender mirrors, white paint...

fantastic car - simple, clean, beautiful!!

mitx · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:43 pm

the last mod: new wheels:

Now it needs to be lowered. It's never ending project

mitx · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:14 pm

long waited updates

Because of this during this very cold winter I worked very slowly on the suspension. I sandblasted every parts and coated them with an epoxy paint for chassis.

These are the shorter springs (black) I am going to use, compared to the original euro springs.

They come from MJP eastern auto in UK and should lower the car 38mm and are adapted to the european Z which have different spring platform than american Z. I learned this when I bought Eibach lowering spring and it didn't lower at all my car.

I then made my version of the RT mount using an old engine mount:

I also made a tool like in the service manual to torque the suspension strut. I insert two bolts in the small holes to hold the two parts together.

I ordered a complete polyurethane bushing kit from MSA specifying that I needed 22mm and 20mm bushing for the standard sway bar that come on the European model. I received the good part for the rear but for the front the only thing they have is the 21mm bushing for the 280zx and it doesn't fit. So I ended ordering this for the front:
http://www.energysuspensionparts.com/pr ... rod=9.5126

mitx · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:18 pm

I also made a rear strut bar:

NSRz32 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:46 pm

Nice S30! Looks great in white, the only thing I'm not feeling is the headlight covers

ericbauer · **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:48 am

Nice French 240Z in Switzerland... That's crazy you're in the town my family's from... PM sent.

-e

jdmjunkies · **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:11 pm

great work, as usual - love the tool you made :tu:

mitx · **Posted:** Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:44 am

JDMjunkies.ch wrote:

great work, as usual - love the tool you made :tu:

thanks, tell me if you want to borrow it.

Doc · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:55 am

mitx wrote:

the last mod: new wheels:

nice zed!
Where did you find these great Work Equip 03?!
I want to put these on my Fairlady!

best regards from Germany

mitx · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:15 am

Doc wrote:

nice zed!
Where did you find these great Work Equip 03?!
I want to put these on my Fairlady!

best regards from Germany

Thanks, these rims are not from Work but copies from Drag Wheels, the model name is Drag DR20, I bought them in Switzerland from rupteur.com.

Dachshund · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:35 am

Love it

...Why does the nose look so beak-ey?

My dad had a 240z when I was young that had a similarly beaked hood... It didn't look like there was any damage. It just sort of... Looked that way. Did they make different hoods at one point?

Love the covers and bezels

ericbauer · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:51 am

that's just the angle of the photo

there are no different hoods for 240Zs

only difference that happened later is the addition of the louvers for 280Z

-e

Eric · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:09 am

but those drag wheels are only in 4 x 100, i had them on my Civic, if they were 4 x 114 id have them on the Z as well.

edit: no there not, i was looking at the wrong place, now let me order 4 new wheels

mitx · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:21 am

The wheels are 15x7 ET0 in 4x114.3 bolt pattern. It's direct bolt on.

Yes the bonnet is different on my car, you have a very good eye. The car had an incident in the past and was repaired this way. I bought it like that. I just remind you that this is rare in France and probably the bodyshop didn't find a new bonnet at that time. I have a new bonnet waiting. I plan to have a new paint at the end of the summer.

jdmjunkies · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 7:57 am

Doc wrote:

Where did you find these great Work Equip 03?!

They're still made by work and in switzerland main importeur is aerotechnik in stein am rhein. i will go for a set genuine work equip's imported by aerotechnik. they even have them in stock and i believe aerotechnik also has resellers in germany (Same company that sells barracuda wheels, etc..)

mitx · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 10:20 am

A little update to show that the car is now back on its wheel with fresh suspension parts. It runs very well. I drove 1000km to the Historic GP of Pau, which is one of the rare track inside a city in France, and it's also where I grew up before moving to Switzerland. Here is a video of one of the track session.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUz2TmhgH2c
and some pictures taken by various members of my club:

datsun200l · **Joined:** Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:41 am **Posts:** 42

man, that car is sole def of elegant yet overwhelming.......

Mitx's 1973 french market 240z

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