It's like playing rugby with wet soap....
From my point of view its more like a game of Monkey Tennis
TM.
Your serve, and you put it straight into the net:
1) Anyone from from export-market country whether RHD or LHD could have bought an S30 ordered new through Nissan's Diplomatic Sales department
Why you no rissen? There were strict rules in play due to the tax breaks being offered. To qualify for a purchase from Nissan's Diplomatic Sales you'd have needed to have the applicable Japanese visa status. You couldn't just rock up and order.
2) That S30, irrespective of the buyers'nationality could have been ordered as RHD or LHD and in any* specification from the many options available.
Within reason, yes. Common Sense applies. It would have to comply with the pattern of available choices, so you couldn't order a Z with the Y40 V8 from an H150-series President.
What has "
buyer's nationality" got to do with this? As I tried to make clear, the (theoretical) car in question would need to comply with regulations
applicable to the territory in which the buyer intended to register it and use it.
3) The only known (known) cars that you know of are those bought and later personally exported by US servicemen whether on mainland Japan or the islands.
"
Only"? Not what I wrote. Go back and read again.
There are many examples of cars being bought in Japan (both new and used) by US forces personnel and later exported as personal property. I own such a car.
Yes, they are the majority of known cases but I also know of cars that were purchased new (from Nissan Diplomatic Sales) by civilians who qualified for the scheme (clue: 'Diplomatic Sales'). I don't know why you seem to want to turn all this inside out and try to pick holes in it. A more scholarly approach would be to keep an open mind and look at each example (each such car) on a case-by-case basis.
4) The car in question might therefore have a paper trail confirming it's travels but not in this case as an original RHD car because we've ascertained that it was LHD new
The "
bought new in Japan in 1970" comes from the seller's ad. I think it would be fairly safe to assume that doesn't come from nowhere, and that's he's got evidence to support the claim. You started off on this thread questioning that because - apparently - you had no idea that such a thing was possible. I have spent half my time on this thread attempting to get you to understand and accept the fact that it
was indeed possible.
Unlike you, I'm happy to separate the seller's description of "
bought new in Japan in 1970" from "
original RHD". Clearly one of those is incorrect, but the other may easily be correct.
I don't automatically assume any malice or ill intent from the seller's description of the car as "
original RHD". It could easily be that he doesn't understand the significance of the chassis prefix and the conversion from LHD to RHD has been done well enough for him not to notice that it had been carried out (LHD wiper layout notwithstanding). I've known people own cars for years without them understanding some of the most basic things about their car's identity, including a 2-seater 260Z with a GRLS30 chassis number (he was oblivious). The seller appears to be a general classic car dealer, not a Z specialist.
'North America' comes from your words here :
Again, you don't seem to pick up on the nuances. Somebody ordering from Nissan's Diplomatic Sales and intending - ultimately - to bring the car 'home' with them after their time in Japan was up would be wise to make the effort to ensure that the car complied with local regulations applicable to where it would eventually be taken. So - again, theoretical case - a buyer who would rotate back to California after a tour of duty in Japan might well specify a car that complied with HLS30-UV type details in order to smooth its transition onto Californian registration. It would also - key point - be worth more in California if it was largely similar to the locally-available models. This is, I think, logical and easy to understand. No doubt you will find a way to avoid doing so...