HS30 (Right Hand Drive)

This page contains the HS30 Right Hand Drive 240Zs that are currently registered.

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VIN Number: HS30-00035
Original Engine Number: L24-011803
Current Engine Number (if not original): n/a
Production Date: Est 10/69-02/70
Body Paint Code/Color: 905/Monte Carlo Red
Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Andover, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Date Registered: 11/16/2017
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: The first UK road test car, all performance figures in magazines came from this car. Bought by present owner in 1988 and restored in 2003.

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VIN Number: HS30-00063
Original Engine Number: L24-011644
Current Engine Number (if not original): n/a
Production Date: Est 8/70
Original Body Paint Code/Color: 904/Kilimanjaro White
Original Interior Color: Blue
Current Location (City, State, Country): Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Date Registered: 11/8/2020
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: Originally displayed by Nissan at the 1971 Melbourne motor show (see photo) Will be restored to factory original.

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VIN Number: HS30-00099
Original Engine Number: L24-013553
Current Engine Number (if not original): n/a
Production Date: 9/70
Original Body Paint Code/Color: 907/Racing Green
Original Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Andover, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Date Registered: 2/13/2018
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: Purchased 12th Feb 2018. Just needs some TLC.

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VIN Number: HS30-00109
Original Engine Number: L24-2664
Current Engine Number (if not original): n/a
Production Date: Est 11/69
Original Body Paint Code/Color: 920/Safari Gold
Original Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date Registered: 7/15/2021
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: 3rd owner, purchased on 15/11/1988, drove for 3 years before starting a resto that has never finished but has come close.

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VIN Number: HS30-00122
Original Engine Number: L24-015460
Current Engine Number: L28-370927
Production Date: Est 10/70
Original Body Paint Code/Color: 904/Kilimanjaro White
Original Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Date Registered: 1/12/2022
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: I found in a chicken field in 1997 and I home built it up as a drag race 12.96 @ 105.7 mph, then hill climb and then sprints. 2850cc,head work, wrk76 cam, 11to1 comp , Datsun motor sport headers, 71c box and 4.375 Nismo diff, my YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/user/robwhite240z/featured

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VIN Number: HS30-00149
Original Engine Number: L24-015356
Current Engine Number (if not original): n/a
Production Date: 10/70 est
Body Paint Code/Color: 920/Safari Gold
Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Warragul, Victoria, Australia
Date Registered: 2/15/2020
Original Factory/Dealer Options: Mag Wheels
Vehicle History: Early in 1970 accountant (& all round car nut) Harry Thorpe is perusing the auto magazines at his local news agent, when he spies a copy of US magazine “Road & Track” in which they have road tested the all new DARRRTSUN 240Zee.

Harry was impressed but the flowing lines of the new ‘Zed car’, & was even more excited about the performance figures…

Now Harry was no stranger to performance sports cars – be had previously owned a couple of very quick Austin Healey’s 100’s, even racing one in the 50’s at Albert Park against the likes of one ‘S. Moss’ in a Maserati 300S…

Anyway, so impressed was Harry with the reviews of the 240Z, he wandered into his local Nissan/Datsun dealer at the time – Novadale Motors – a few months later to enquire about a test drive.

He was rather taken aback when the salesman informed him that no 240Z’s were available for test driving!

Harry then deciding to bite the bullet, then asked to BUY one.

“Not a problem sir – as long as you can wait 6 months” (The US having similar supply issues, as Nissan Japan could not keep up with demand).

6 Months! Very annoyed, Harry left a securing deposit & then went home to inform his wife Dawn that the new car won’t be ready for “a little while”…

December 1970 rolls around & Harry gets a phone call from Novadale: “Mr. Thorpe, your 240Z has arrived & is waiting for you to collect it.”

Excited, Harry raced down to the dealer – only to be disappointed:

“It’s light brown!”

“It’s called Safari Gold actually, Mr Thorpe”

“It’s horrible – do you have another 240Z in a different colour?”

“I’m afraid not Mr. Thorpe – it’s either this car, or you can wait another 6 months”

Begrudgingly Harry paid for the 240Z (he REALLY wanted it badly by this time) in full & drove it home. He was not disappointed…

For the next 25 years Harry used the 240Z as daily transport, as well as numerous holiday trips to NSW & QLD with wife Dawn beside him.

(Indeed, so potent was the 240Z, that during the 70’s with Harry behind the wheel, it did something quite extraordinary. Victorians will know that the distance from the Melbourne suburb of Croyden, to Bairnsdale down near the Gippsland Lakes.
Well this particular 240Z did that trip from Croyden to Bairnsdale in 1 hour & 50 mins. Twice. At night).

In approximately 1986, with the body showing its age, Harry finally did something he’d been wanting to do since he bought it. The body was repaired & resprayed in a bright Ferrari Red (the same colour it wears today). Fast forward a number of years later & Harry is finding the original L24’s performance has really dropped off, so Harry asks the man who had been servicing his Z since new to rebuild his trusty L24 & maybe give it a bit of a performance boost while it’s apart. That great man of Datsun tuning: Gordon Dobie.

Harry’s brief to Gordon was simple: as much power as possible without sacrificing drivability. And Gordon delivered just that. Combined with the rebuild, the head was ported & L28 size valves fitted, a DPC spec camshaft, upped CR, performance headers, 280ZX injection manifold & controlled buy a WOLF V4 ECU, the new engine gave new life to the Z & made Harry grin even more so than when he first drove it in 1970…

Years later Harry & Dawn retired to the Gippsland Lakes district & naturally the Zed went too. Sadly, Harry’s health had started to deteriorate & the Zed was used less & less, in favor of a cheap hatchback to run around in.

And THIS is where the story takes a turn…

A few weeks before Easter this year (2010), a mate from the Gippsland Car Club lobs into my work for a quick yack & informs me he’s heard about a 240Z for sale, down near the G/Lakes.

I said “yeah, get me some details” (thinking that nothing will come of it).

Right before I’m due to go on holidays for Easter, said mate lobs back in on a Friday with a phone number for an older bloke called Harry… Hrmm…

I get home that evening & mull over for a few minutes weather or not to call this ‘Harry’.

I give in & make the call:

(Summation of the call):

“Hello?”

“Hi Harry, my name is Locky & I’m enquiring as to whether you have a 240Z for sale?

“Umm… well… yes I guess I do”

“OK well, umm, can you tell me some information about it? What year is it?”

“Oh, well it’s a 1970 model”

Bells start ringing in my head & I immediately ask”

“Ahh ok – do you know what Chassis Number it is?”

“Oh it’s 14something – I can’t remember atm”

(At this stage I break out into a cold sweat).

“Right. Is it still registered?”

“Oh Yes – It’s been registered & insured since 1970 – still has the original plates on it.”

(My heart starts racing)

“Oh excellent” (me trying not to sound too excited)

“So how long have you owned it Harry?”

“I bought it new in December 1970 – it took aaaaaggges to arrive from Japan”

(My hand starts shaking).

“So is it in stock condition is it?”

“Well it mostly is, but I had the original engine & gearbox rebuilt a few years ago buy a bloke called Gordon Dobie who used to run a workshop called ‘Datsun Performance Centre’. Have you heard of him?”

(I nearly drop the phone)

“Umm, yes the name rings a bell”

“Right, well he rebuilt the engine with a ported head with big valves, cam, & he also fitted fuel injection with one of those ‘Wolf’ computers.”

“Oh right”

“Yes, but it doesn’t run very well – I don’t think it’s been tuned correctly.”

“It’s also got a rebuilt close ratio gearbox in it – it’s magic to shift”

(At this stage I’m nearly a drooling mess on the floor)

“That all sounds excellent Harry – oh, is there much rust in the body?”

“Nope, apart from the bottoms of the guards – they’ve blistered. Damn things, they’re the 2nd set I’ve had on it!”

“Well… umm… (trying to sound composed), that sounds like a very nice 240Z Harry”

“If your home tomorrow (Saturday) would it be possible to come down & have a look at it?”

“Yes, I don’t see why not. But make it after 10am – I’m retired & I don’t get out of bed early anymore unless I have to! (laughs).”

I hang up & sit on a chair in complete disbelief.

So much for nothing coming of that…

The next Day I head down there (2hr drive) & meet up with Harry & his lovely wife Dawn, to inspect the Zed.

I think most of my Christmas’s came at one that morning.

Not only is it an early Chassis number – HS30-00149, it’s also matching numbers! L24 015356

Harry was undeniably nervous about selling it (with good reason!), so a careful negotiation process took up most of the morning.

However fate intervened when I went & started it: a high pressure fuel line burst in the engine bay, spraying fuel all over the garage floor.

I quickly shut it down & this (sadly) was when it really hit home for Harry – the mighty 240Z was beyond him…

Dad & myself shot down after Easter & collected the Zed with the trailer, & we spent most of the day there talking, eating, drinking & socializing – basically making it easier for Harry to separate from the Zed, which he so loved.

He also gave me all the old parts he’s taken off it: the Hitachi carbs, steel wheels with early ‘D’ hubcaps, front under tray, front spook (which he had made in the 70’s for it!) etc etc.

He even gave me the original sales receipt for it, from when he bought it!!!

In the coming weeks after I took position of it, I repaired the rust in the guards, then the floor, chassis rails, foot-wells, inner guard (under the battery tray), firewall… It was a tad rustier than Harry thought…!

Then the panic set in –I was so busy at work, and with only a few weeks to get a Roadworthy (in order to keep the original B&W plates) & transfer it into my name I decided to hand it over to Mike at Spyder Automobiles in Warragul to finish the mechanical repairs & organize the roadworthy.

The roadworthy was achieved with a few days to spare – to say I was stressed during this time would be an understatement…!

Mike is also a Wolf dealer, installer & tuner & had the 240Z running like a Swiss watch – as it always should have been.

And that’s the story – perhaps the greatest find I’ll ever have!

Future plans are to fit new door rubbers (thanks Simon!) then upgrade the brake/suspension/diff & maybe fit some triple throttle bodies (nice easy ‘bolt-on’ modifications)… then see what it does on the track.

This is one Zed that’s never going to be cut up/butchered & is to remain one VERY special Z (at least to me!).

The entire thread can be seen at:
https://www.viczcar.com/forums/topic/5319-lurch%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98early-girl%E2%80%99-240z/

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VIN Number: HS30-00394
Original Engine Number: L24-024418
Current Engine Number (if not original): L28
Production Date: Est 1/71 or 2/71
Original Body Paint Code/Color: 905/Monte Carlo Red
Original Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Havelock North, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
Date Registered: 5/15/2022
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: Imported from Victoria Australia 1995.

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VIN Number: HS30-00418
Original Engine Number: L24-024697
Current Engine Number (if not original): L28-643565
Production Date: 2/71
Body Paint Code/Color: 918/New Sight Orange
Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date Registered: 3/8/2020
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: Purchased on the 11th of August 2001 from the Z Restoration Factory in Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia. Full restoration completed over several years, painted in HSV black cherry mica. Registered on the 28th of October 2011. Engine was built in 2012 and includes: – L28 F54 block with 1mm oversized forged flattop pistons. – ARP head studs – Megasquirt II ECU – Standard crank, rods and cam – R33 flywheel and Exedy extra heavy duty clutch – 280ZX turbo distributor – 890cc injectors – 3/8″ fuel line – custom fuel rail – custom exhaust manifold – 280zx turbo intake manifold – Deatschwerks DW350iL external fuel pump – 3″ Stainless steel exhaust – GT28-71r Garrett turbo – custom intercooler and piping – runs E85 – S13 gearbox conversion – R200 LSD 3.70 – Z31 300ZX CV half shafts – 260Z stub axles – Peugeot 504 vented disc with Toyota 4 runner 4 pot calipers for front brakes – R31 skyline rear disc conversion with functional handbrake – R34 booster and master cylinder conversion – BC racing coilovers – Rota RB/RBR wheels 17×7.5 +20 fronts. 17×8 +4 Rear

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VIN Number: HS30-00737
Original Engine Number: L24-035508
Current Engine Number (if not original): n/a
Production Date: 1/71
Body Paint Code/Color: 905/Monte Carlo Red
Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Date Registered: 4/3/2020
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: 68150 Miles. I’ve owned it for 25 years. I installed lowered Pedders springs and Bilstien shocks, installed a rear sway bar, installed exhaust extractors, rebuilt gearbox, engine, brakes, clutch, and differential.
Used to do a few hill climbs with it, and occasional daily drives. It’s my intention to have body tidied up and painted at some future time. I believe it had 4 owners prior to me. I know it sat around for a few years with a head gasket issue. Paint work is a little ordinary but the car is fairly original and a lot of fun to drive.

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VIN Number: HS30-00109
Original Engine Number: L24-2664
Current Engine Number (if not original): n/a
Production Date: Est 11/69
Original Body Paint Code/Color: 920/Safari Gold
Original Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date Registered: 7/15/2021
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: 3rd owner, purchased on 15/11/1988, drove for 3 years before starting a resto that has never finished but has come close.

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VIN Number: HS30-00898
Original Engine Number: L24-039361
Current Engine Number (if not original): L28-761278
Production Date: 5/71 est
Body Paint Code/Color: 901/Silver Gray (Metallic)
Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand
Date Registered: 2/15/2020
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: Sold new Australia, imported into New Zealand 02/09/1980. We have owned the car since 2007, was still a driver but in need of full restoration. Dry stored until 2017, when we started the restoration. Full professional coachbuilder body restoration & fabrication, including new floors, rails, radiator support, tail rail, gutters, rear panel, rear arches, doglegs, rockers – + all the usual Z places. Complete bare metal. 112 Yellow Lime. Spies Hecker paint system. Currently we are part way through all new interior, L28 full recon with rebore, 5-speed and diff overhaul – all new bearings, seals, brakes, suspension – in fact any component that can be replaced with new, rebuilt and overhauled, we are doing so, as it is our intention to build as near to a new car as possible.

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VIN Number: HS30-00109
Original Engine Number: L24-2664
Current Engine Number (if not original): n/a
Production Date: Est 11/69
Original Body Paint Code/Color: 920/Safari Gold
Original Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date Registered: 7/15/2021
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: 3rd owner, purchased on 15/11/1988, drove for 3 years before starting a resto that has never finished but has come close.

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VIN Number: HS30-01712
Original Engine Number: L24-067101
Current Engine Number (if not original): L28-394264
Production Date: 12/71
Original Body Paint Code/Color: Unknown
Original Interior Color: Unknown
Current Location (City, State, Country): Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Date Registered: 10/4/2015
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: I bought the car as a road registered vehicle with some mods for racing. I raced it in the Victorian Road Registered Racing series with a fair bit of success. The car was stripped to bare metal and painted in the Sharp colours in 1986. I then raced it in the newly reformed Marque Sports series against Jags, Porsche, Triumph, MG, Alpine amongst others again with a fair bit of success. In recent times I have been running in the Queensland Super Sprint series with some class wins. The car runs an L28 with triple 48mm Webers, still runs a points distributor (much modified Bosch unit using Porsche points) and has 300HP at the flywheel (a small diameter unit with a twin plate clutch I purchased off Electrmotive during a visit in the late 1980’s) Gearbox is now an R32 Skyline unit with a short shifter running to an R180 diff using either 3.9 ratio with LSD for the longer tracks or 4.9 locker for the shorter tracks. I have seen a top speed of 260KMH at Phillip Island. The wheels are 16″ x 9″ and fit under the guards with no flaring what so ever (the guard lips are rolled) 4 wheel discs complete the package. The body is all steel and the windows are all glass except for the 2 door windows. The car weighs 1030Kg.

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VIN Number: HS30-01804
Original Engine Number: L24-067124
Current Engine Number (if not original): L28-339244
Production Date: 12/71
Original Body Paint Code/Color: 112/Yellow (Lime)
Original Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date Registered: 11/17/2018
Original Factory/Dealer Options: Automatic Transmission
Vehicle History: Purchased from Shane Gosling in 1994, painted the year before in Toyota 3H4 (Red Pearl). Interior had been extensively and tastefully re-trimmed. It was a show-winning car at the time, the best I could find in the state. Paid $6800. Previous owner fitted the L28 with a Holley 350 carb, sunroof and Armorlite copy mag wheels + 8″ 60 series tyres. Manual conversion (original FSC71A 5 speed) complete end of 2018, aiming for re-registration Q4 of 2019.

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VIN Number: HS30-10471
Original Engine Number: L24-077977
Current Engine Number (if not original): L28-XXXXXX
Production Date: Unknown (Plate missing)
Body Paint Code/Color: 901/Silver Gray (Metallic)
Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
Date Registered: 10/16/2017
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: 13 Owners, Last on the road before I owned it was 1995, I was driving it in 2016. Now being bare metal restored.

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VIN Number: HS30-11315
Original Engine Number: L24-096516
Current Engine Number (if not original): L24-160157
Production Date: est 4/72
Original Body Paint Code/Color: 110/Red
Original Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Date Registered: 9/19/2022
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: This Z had 11 former keepers. Purchased Oct, 2015. Saved from a Ferrari 250 GTO conversion. I’ve done an extensive restoration on her over the last 6 years.

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VIN Number: HS30-11933
Original Engine Number: L24-110496
Current Engine Number (if not original): n/a
Production Date: 6/72 est
Body Paint Code/Color: 115/Blue Metallic
Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand
Date Registered: 2/15/2020
Original Factory/Dealer Options: Automatic Transmission, Sunroof, Chevoit Alloy Wheels
Vehicle History: Sold new Australia 8/72, imported into New Zealand 12/24/1980. Dry stored last 15 years. Car is a complete unrestored survivor, very good mechanical condition, will require some of the usual 240Z body remedial work. Horrible non-240Z color paint job was added before 1980.

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VIN Number: HS30-101007
Original Engine Number: L24-149303
Current Engine Number (if not original): L28-825359
Production Date: Estimated 1/71, Compliance Date 3/73
Original Body Paint Code/Color: 114/Brown Metallic
Original Interior Color: Brown
Current Location (City, State, Country): Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Date Registered: 9/5/2022
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: Original owner was a salesperson at a local Datsun dealer. I bought it from the second owner in 1998. It was in poor condition and I rescued it from the grave, with rust repairs, repainting and rebuilt L28. It was my daily transport for about 10 years, then I did some basic performance mods and used it in some motorsport events while keeping it road registered.

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VIN Number: HS30-101272
Original Engine Number: L24-155804
Current Engine Number (if not original): L28-672638
Production Date: Est 2/73, Compliance Date 4/73
Original Body Paint Code/Color: 113/Green Metallic
Original Interior Color: Brown
Current Location (City, State, Country): Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date Registered: 12/20/2024
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: I’ve owned the car since early 90s. When I bought it from z car workshop in Queensland, it had a smashed front engine rail that needed to be pulled out. It’s currently Metallic Purple (Wild Violet, 70 s Ford colour). I’ve just started my 3rd rebuild of it, after it’s sat for 10 years.

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VIN Number: HS30-102121
Original Engine Number: L24-162746
Current Engine Number (if not original): n/a
Production Date: Est: 3/73
Original Body Paint Code/Color: 113/Green Metallic
Original Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
Date Registered: 3/26/2016
Optional Features: n/a
Vehicle History: Options include possibly an 8 track player and I think that’s it. Owned car since 1982. Undergoing paintwork and light restoration at the moment.

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VIN Number: HS30-102170
Original Engine Number: L24-165730
Current Engine Number (if not original): n/a
Production Date: Est 4/73
Original Body Paint Code/Color: 904/White
Original Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date Registered: 9/8/2021
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: I brought it circa July, 2007 after almost 6 years convincing previous owner to sell it to me. Still in restoration progress.

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VIN Number: HS30-102323
Original Engine Number: L24-167343
Current Engine Number (if not original): n/a
Production Date: Est 5/73
Original Body Paint Code/Color: 110/Red
Original Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Castewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Date Registered: 1/29/2019
Original Factory/Dealer Options: Five Slot Mag Wheels
Vehicle History: Unknown, trying to trace. I bought the car just outside of Belfast which is the capital of Northern Ireland. The car was first registered in Northern Ireland. The guy I bought the car off had a full bare metal restoration done on the car but unfortunately, he didn’t store the car well. Which means I have a bit of work to do, he also fitted the rear bumper of a Triumph which to the untrained eye didn’t look to bad.

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VIN Number: HS30-102918
Original Engine Number: L24-172265
Current Engine Number (if not original): n/a
Production Date: 8/73
Body Paint Code/Color: 904/White
Interior Color: Black
Current Location (City, State, Country): Tsushima, Aichi, Japan
Date Registered: 1/22/2018
Original Factory/Dealer Options: n/a
Vehicle History: The previous owner was from Akita, Japan

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VIN Number: HS30-103344
Original Engine Number: Tag Missing
Current Engine Number (if not original): L28det
Production Date:
Original Body Paint Code/Color:
Original Interior Color:
Current Location (City, State, Country): London, England, United Kingdom
Date Registered: 9/7/2015
Optional Features:
Vehicle History: Current paint is Gloss Black. Current interior color is Alcan Tara Grey.

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To Be Continued