XenonZcar Banner
Shop
XenonZcar Full Service Shop

S30 Registry: 240Z, 260Z and 280Z

Datsun never published a production list for the S30, so this registry is built from what owners have reported. It starts with the cars listed in the Internet Z Car Club’s registers on the Z Car Home Page and in the ZRegistry.org 240Z Registry (mostly 240Zs), and grows as owners add their cars in their XenonZcar forum garage, where an admin checks each claim. Owners keep the details up to date and can add photos.

The S30 has a chassis number instead of a 17-character VIN, like HLS30-123456. It’s on the far left of the dashboard (look through the windshield) and on the firewall above the brake booster. See S30 VIN decoding for what the prefixes mean.

Cars with History Records
1,036
With an owner on the forum
2
S30 model plate diagram
Example S30 model plate with its information sections

S30 Chassis Number Arrangement

The chassis number is the prefix (which tells the model, engine and market, e.g. HLS30 = left-hand-drive 240Z/280Z, GRLS30 = 260Z 2+2) followed by the sequential production number. Japanese Fairlady Zs have no letters in front (S30, or S31 from July 1976), except the Z432 (PS30), 2by2 (GS30) and 240Z (HS30).

Chassis number on the firewall
On the firewall
Chassis number on the dashboard
On the dashboard
S30 chassis number decoder
Chassis number decoder

Japanese Fairlady Z Plates and Engine Bays

Japanese-market cars carry a model plate in Japanese, with the chassis number (車台番号) in the same prefix-number form. On the Z432 (PS30) the plate is on the opposite side of the engine bay from L-engine cars, because the S20 engine’s carburetors and air box take up that space.

Japanese model plate on an S30 Fairlady Z-L
Model plate on an S30 Fairlady Z-L (L20), chassis number S30-03614. Photo: Kirk Towner
Japanese model plate on an HS30-H Fairlady 240ZG
Model plate on an HS30-H Fairlady 240ZG. Photo: Jane Weitzmann
Engine bay of a PS30 Fairlady Z432 with its S20 engine
PS30 Fairlady Z432 with its S20 engine. Photo: Kats Endo

S30 Registry Search

Search by any mix of chassis number (or part of one), model, model year, build month, paint, condition and owner. Enter a whole chassis number on its own to also see what its prefix and serial say about the car, whether or not it’s in the registry yet. Owner names and places match only owners who chose to show them.

S30s in members’ garages

2 cars. Search above to browse all 1,527 cars in the registry.

Photo Chassis number Car Built Paint Engine / Trans Condition Entered Miles Owner Garage Location Website Comments
HLS30-423879 1978 280 — — — — Nov 2026 — Hidden wolfman’s garage Hidden —
1978 280z HLS30-460182 1978 280z — — L28E+T / 5 Speed Close Ratio Restoring/Refreshing Nov 2026 — Davis Davis’s garage — —

Is one of these cars yours?

Owner details are kept up to date from your XenonZcar forum garage. Log in, claim your car once (only one member can hold each car, so nobody else can change your car’s record), and then you can update the owner name, location, condition, mileage, website link, comments and photos any time. Your name and location show publicly only if you choose; otherwise only XenonZcar admins see them. Your car also shows on your forum profile.

  1. Log in to the XenonZcar forum (or join; it’s free).
  2. Open My garage, pick S30 under “Which Z?” and enter the chassis number from the VIN plate, e.g. HLS30-123456.
  3. If the car is already in the registry and no other member has it, it goes straight into your garage with the details you entered. Otherwise an admin confirms the claim, usually within a day or two. Sold the car? Transfer it to the buyer from your garage and it stays in the car’s history.
Claim or update my car Join the forum S30 VIN decodingSpecial editions

All registries

Sources Used