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Car Of The Day: September 29, 2010; Hot Wheels '84 Nissan 300ZX
Topic Started: Sep 29 2010, 12:52 AM (1,084 Views)
NoirGuru
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Today's car of the day is Hot Wheel's 1984 Nissan 300ZX.

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The Nissan 300ZX (called the Fairlady Z in Japan) is a sports car that was produced by Nissan. It comprises the third and fourth generations of the Z-car line-up, respectively given the chassis designations Z31 and Z32.

The 300ZX name followed the numerical convention initiated with the 240Z, put forth by Yutaka Katayama, the one time president of Nissan Motors USA. The "X" was added to the model name by its predecessor signifying "luxury". The name was used in most markets with the exception of a few including the Japanese home market, there the car like all previous Z cars was sold as a "Fairlady Z". The best selling 300ZX's were the Z31s, with over 100,000 more sales than the Z32.


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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_300ZX

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A great cast from Hot Wheels for details, wheels, and almost all the paint variations they issued. I also have this one in an extremely playworn yellow, that used to be the best car to push around the playsets, because the wheels in combination with the suspension made for the smoothest ride ever!

This particular example came from my room mate's good friend, to which I detailed- as usual; to my heart's content.

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The Z31 chassis designation was first introduced in 1983 as a 1984 Datsun/Nissan 300ZX (the hatch lid had both a Datsun badge and a Nissan badge). This continued until 1985 when Nissan standardized their brand name worldwide and dropped the Datsun badge. Designed by Kazumasu Takagi and his team of developers, the 300ZX improved aerodynamics and increased power when compared to its predecessor, the 280ZX. The newer Z-car had a drag coefficient of 0.30 and was powered by Japan's first mass-produced V6 engine instead of an I6. According to Nissan, "the V6 engine was supposed to re-create the spirit of the original Fairlady Z. From 1990 to 1996 there were only 10,000 made each year, winning one of the most reliable cars of all time.

This new V6 (2960 cc) Single overhead cam engine was available as a naturally-aspirated VG30E or a turbocharged VG30ET producing 160 hp (119 kW) and 200 hp (150 kW) respectively. The engine was either a type A or type B sub-designation from 1984 to April 1987, while models from May 1987 to 1989 had a W sub-designation. The W-series engines featured redesigned water jackets for additional cooling, fully floating piston wrist pins, and more power—165 hp naturally-aspirated and 205 hp (153 kW) turbocharged. The 1984 to 1987 turbo models featured a Garrett T3 turbocharger with a 7.8:1 compression ratio, whereas 1988 to 1989 models featured a low inertia T25 turbocharger with an increased 8.3:1 compression ratio. Finally, these engines were equipped with self-adjusting hydraulic valve lifters. The transmissions were a 5-speed manual or an optional 4-speed automatic (E4N71B for turbo models, L4N71B for naturally-aspirated models). The automatic transmission on the turbo models did not have a lockup mechanism. All Z31's were equipped with a Nissan R200 rear differential, later year turbo models received an R200 limited-slip differential. There were three trim models available: SF, GL and GLL. The SF model was only available in Canada.

Similar to Chrysler's Electronic Voice Alert, the 1984-1986 Z31 GL and GLL models featured a voice warning system.


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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
One of my favorite Hot Wheels- and one of the very few with opening doors!
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
Swifty
Sep 29 2010, 01:47 AM
One of my favorite Hot Wheels- and one of the very few with opening doors!
Was it an original HW casting, or was it picked up from another manufacturer???
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If it is a HWs casting they did a superb job on it. Noirguru you did a fine job detailing it out too!
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jedimario
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Mine has stripes, I think I like yours more!

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Dean-o-mite
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Muscle Car
ivantt
Sep 29 2010, 04:33 AM
Swifty
Sep 29 2010, 01:47 AM
One of my favorite Hot Wheels- and one of the very few with opening doors!
Was it an original HW casting, or was it picked up from another manufacturer???
A Hot Wheels original!

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NoirGuru
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I love the variations!

Just as a by the way guys, I removed the stripes.

The sides look nice with the original tampos.
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JustDavid
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Very nice!!!!!! I really like this casting.
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
I like Dean-O's de-tampoed yellow version. I think all the color variations would have looked much better without the decorations. They look like dollar store car decorations....I think Hot Wheels does a much better job on current cars. I'm sure we'll never see this car as a mainline again, too many moving parts for their austerity program.
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Here is my yellow one with the tampo printing intact.

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