Did the change line up with the lock improvement amount other things.
Details changed on a rolling basis with these cars. Some changes coincided with 'new' models hitting the market, others didn't. Nissan published regular 'Service Shuho' booklets (essentially Technical Service Bulletins) to explain the new features to dealerships and service centres. These, combined with the Nissan factory parts lists, give the best explanation of the rolling changes and the Japanese models they applied to.
johnymd said:
It’s hard for me not to think of the 240z’s, which I’ve had for the last 35 years, as 240z’s. Bad habits are hard to change but I’m trying.
Nothing wrong with calling a '240Z' a '240Z' if that's what it is. The problems start to come when people refer to the '240Z' as it was just
one thing. It wasn't. If we want to understand each individual car properly then we have to look at the
whole series, and
especially the other sub-variants in the series that were produced at the same time.
For example, if you lived in the UK and had never seen or heard of any other market models, you might find it hard to understand why the unibody had
four windscreen wiper mount holes. Of course, once you understood that this particular body pressing catered for both LHD and RHD versions then it would explain itself. But what about those mysterious holes in the radiator support panel and lower radiator support crossmember? They don't make sense until you see a 432, and preferably a 432 equipped with the factory oil cooler kit. Suddenly all those holes and captive nuts make sense. Like tits on a bull they're there, but you need to see a cow to understand their real function.
Pretty much all of us know that LHD and RHD models were made, but I find that fewer people seem to take on board the fact that some things on these cars are there because the Japanese domestic market models required them.