Example of a one piece, fiber glass, "Tilt Front End" custom mounted on a 1971 240Z in closed position.

This may be the same unit still sold by JC Whitney to this day? If you recognise the brand of this kit or have a different type to photograph and share with viewers, please contact Eric at
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Photo was taken in 1992. Kit was in good condition, but car had body problems and was parted out that year. Front end now owned by customer in South San Francisco, CA, but not yet installed on his own project car.

Example of a one piece, fiber glass, "Tilt Front End" custom mounted on a 1971 240Z in open position.

Unit hinges forward on a set of special hinges mounted to front rails. This kit has a small metal section welded to the lower body where a stock front fender lower section would normally be attached.

This piece has upper holes in it that receive metal pegs attached to the upper section so as to help support and align the upper section to the body door and cowl lines in it's closed position.

Bill Aldrich sent in another example with these comments:

"I got my full fiberglass front end from MASS or MAS Racing, they have front ends for all popular cars. They advertise in most car mags. The difference is it also replaces the vent cowl/wiper panel. I am going to leave the lights stationary. Will not be a "tilt front end " when done.

With the 240 engine the car weights 1140 front/1120 rear full tank of gas."

Jason Jarvis sent me these comments after seeing the photos of the red car above:

"I have a different one that I was told might be the same part that Whitney sells, but the one you have pics of looks like better quality. I am not tilting mine, I didn't like the look of the exposed unibody. Of course that really doesn't matter in my case now. There are pics of mine at www.jasonjarvis.com under the project speedster Z section. None of them are good, but you can see a little. I decided to cut mine apart. I removed the valence and molded lips to mount the Motorsport front air dam. I also cut out the hood out. I had to make a frame for it (the hood) because it was too flimsy to support itself."

Jerry Cross of Providence, RI, sent in this photo of his custom Z nose design project after discovering the other photos on this page. I thought it would be nice to include his with the others fo r comparison sake. Jerry had this to say about his custom project,

"I was inspired to do this project when I saw the jaguar xj220 concept car. I chose the 260z because of its aerodynamic shape that lent itself toward my goal. I started by cutting three sideview sections of the nose out of sheet metal and formed and fastened wire mesh to the contour and then fiberglassed over that finishing up with lite weight bondo."

You can contact Jerry at ccross5882@yahoo.com if you wish to learn more about his project.

To round out this display of aftermarket fiberglass front end alternatives I have added this photo of a one piece IMSA style G-Nose kit formerly sold by Automotive Enterprise in California. If anyone else has more information about this particular piece or the entire IMSA style kit that this company once sold, please send it to me at
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-Eric Neyerlin