240Z Registry

This page shows every 240Z that has been registered to date. Information is continually being added on registered Zs. Follow the VIN link to see more detailed information about each Z. In the future a link will be added so you can provide the information to register your 240Z.

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Number of 240Zs in the Registry by Country of Location

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The “Datsun 240Z Sports” began with Vehicle Identification Number HLS30-00006¹.  Earlier VINs Were Either Prototypes or North American Road Test Vehicles.

1970 Model Year
First Production VIN Sold to the Public – HLS30-00013²

A word about an Automobile’s Model Year:
Automobiles in the United States and Canada are identified and regulated by model year, whereas other markets use production date (month/year) to identify specific vehicles, and model codes in place of the “year” (model year) in the North American make-model-year identifier. The new model year typically begins in August to September of the preceding calendar year. This was partly due to the advertising of a new model being coordinated with the launch of the new television season in late September, because of the heavy dependence between television to offer products from automakers to advertise, and the car companies to launch their new models at a high-profile time of year. Imported cars use the model year convention in the U.S. and Canada, even when this system is not used for the same cars when sold in other countries. Model year followed with calendar year until the mid 1930s until then president Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order to release vehicle model years in the fall of the preceding year in order to standardize employment in the automotive industry. The practice of beginning production of next year’s model before the end of the year has become a long-standing tradition in America
In other countries, it is more common to identify specific vehicles by their year and month of production.⁴

Since the majority of 240Zs were sold in the United States, we will primarily refer to the VINs on this site based on the “Model Year”.

Link to Start of HS30

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Approximate Start of 1971 Model Year ~HLS30-10001

The start of the 1971 VINs are an approximation. There is a wide variation of 240Zs registered as a 1970 or a 1971 around HLS30-10001 with a lot of year overlap for the VINs in this range. In general, 240Zs manufactured in 9/70 could/should be registered as a 1971 model year but it seems to possibly depend on the date it was sold and how the dealer chose to list it. Nissan Motor Co., LTD PUB. NO. C-0010L implies that the 1971 model started in January 1971 with VIN HLS30-21001² however there are many titled as 1971s prior to that VIN. The Z-Series Datsuns by Ray Hutton states that the 240Z went on sale early in 1970 and that Nissan USA’s sales figures show that 10,000 were sold in North America in that first year.³

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Supplemental data available through HLS30-10987.
Additional data for following VINs to be added.

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Start of 1972 North American Model Year (9/71) – HLS30-46001^2,5

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Start of 1973 North American Model Year – HLS30-120001²

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Start of Right Hand Drive HS30

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Google Earth Registry Map

Here is the latest version of the 240Z Worldwide Registry Map. This map indicates the location of every 240Z that is currently registered. There are currently 240Zs registered in 49 states in the United States as well as 32 countries worldwide. I’m still looking for that Vermont 240Z.

Follow these instructions to open the file. This is the easiest and best way to view the 240Zs in the registry based on it’s location in the world.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Download the file and save it to your computer. For now, you must be a member of the group Datsun 240Z International Registry on Facebook in order to download the file and see the information because the information for each 240Z is linked to the group. The website will not allow me to load this file type. The file on Facebook is located at: Google Earth Registry Map

2. Open this link to get into Google Earth.

3. Click on the 5th icon on the left side called “Projects”

4. Click on “Open” and then choose “Import KML file from computer”

5. Click on the file that you previously saved and click on “Open”

6. Once the file is open, you can drag the Earth to any location, and zoom in and out. Every 240Z that’s registered will have a red push pin with its VIN listed. Just click on the pin for the 240Z that you want to see and then select the link in the popup. That 240Z will open in a new tab.

Footnotes

1. Nissan Service Bulletin Vol. 125, May 1970, Introduction of Datsun 240Z Sports Model S30 Series
2. Nissan Motor Co., LTD PUB. NO. C-0010L Revised March, 1976
3. Hutton, R (1985), The Z Series Datsuns  Including Nissan 300ZX (2^nd Edition)
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_year
5. Service Manual, Datsun 240Z Sports, Engine Chassis and Body, 1972, Nissan Motor Co., LTD.