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Welcome to my Blog devoted to the restoration of my 1972 Datsun 240z. I purchased it in 2013 and have been actively working on my driving-restoration, so I can enjoy the car rather than having it in pieces for years. Please enjoy the write-ups below, as well as the how-to's. Feel free to reach out to me directly if you have any comments or questions. Thanks. - Dave

09 June 2016

Glove Box Insert Fix

For all those with the original style paper/cardboard glove box insert in their 240z, I found a cheap and easy way to upgrade to a plastic insert from a later 280z.

Glove Box, 70-73 240Z   280Z Glove Box Compartment


Here is the picture of what I started with.  A huge cut in the back of my cardboard insert from the prior owner.  Its only gotten bigger since I've owned the car

Old and new side by side.  The 280z plastic insert will need to be trimmed to fit.

 




There are various approaches, I chose to trim just the bottom tab and the made a new hole for the glove box door arm


The finished product is much nicer than what I had in there originally.  I did need to mount the glove box door first and then slide the new insert in.  I also put screws into these front holes to hold it better.  I probably could have trimmed down the side tabs as well and use the original holes, but this seemed like a much more secure way of mounting the insert.

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