richiep
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Looks like time for an Anything and Everything thread! Will snap some piccies of the toys.Lets take this somewhere else then! Be good to see some peoples set up!
Looks like time for an Anything and Everything thread! Will snap some piccies of the toys.Lets take this somewhere else then! Be good to see some peoples set up!
Including the last one that hopefully Albrecht can decipher!
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It says "Igirisu" in Katakana (phonetic) characters (actually 'I' 'Ki' 'Ri' 'Su', which rolled together, and with the second syllable modified for convenience, is read as 'Igirisu'). Pronunciation is with the 'I' as in 'it', 'Gi' as in 'give', 'Ri' as in 'rip' and 'Su' as in 'soup'.
It means 'England'. Lovely example.
I don't think that's a number '11' underneath it. Japanese schools in that period were teaching kids to write numbers with characteristic seriphs and they are very distinctive. Instead, I believe it is a 'Ditto' mark. The guys prepping and fitting-up the dashes before installation left these little messages to each other, and I will eat my hat if it doesn't indicate a 'Ditto' as in "another English one, same as that last one I just sent up the line to you...".
Love it.
Your car is an absolute treasure trove! Just brilliant little details to geek out over! Just do the bare minimum around all that stuff - preservation and all that!
Brilliant stuff!
One thing I discovered that surprised me - I assumed that being a 1972 240z it would have had a Type A 5 speed box; but it's actually a type B. Not sure when the change over occurred or whether it's actually had a gearbox replacement at sometime? The Haynes manual says the type B is for a 260z but I'm not sure that's right. I've already found the jdmjunkies blog.
Changeover from A-type 5-speed to B-type 5-speed in UK market HS30 variants was December 1971 and January 1972. Factory literature says FS5C71-A up to end of December 1971 and FS5C71-B from beginning of January 1972. With no 'official' production date marked on HS30 variants, you have to be vigilant and watch out for changeover nuances...
Haynes manual was basically a crib from the North American market factory manuals, just with a few details changed to suit. Useful as a general reference, but highly misleading for details on UK market variants.
jdmjunkies blog is - like zhome.com - essentially a one-man curated assemblage of stuff posted elsewhere, often without being fully understood and often divorced of original context. A good effort, but - like zhome.com - not peer-group critiqued and somewhat guilty of marking its own homework.
Government advice: Wash Hands Often.
Loving that dolly! Nice work [emoji106][emoji106]