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Shaun @ Tru6 12-17-2017 08:50 AM

My old car, I think
 
I'm pretty sure I owned this car back in 1985-87. How many fireball red (what the painter said it was) with mag wheels and Webers 240Zs can there be ? Have to go see it and see if there is a flaw in the roof paint where a twig landed on it. If it was my car I think I'll buy it.

https://boston.craigslist.org/nos/cto/d/1971-datsun-240z-reduced/6412473044.html

JackDidley 12-17-2017 08:55 AM

Nice. Thats a car I could own.

fastfredracing 12-17-2017 08:57 AM

Sweet car I have always wanted to own one, but , fastest car on the road in 1971??

lsf911 12-17-2017 08:59 AM

That would be awesome to get back a car from your youth. I wonder sometimes what happened to a couple of mine.

thamlin000 12-17-2017 09:33 AM

Hope you get it back. The price looks reasonable considering what I've seen a lot of 240s sell for recently.

Had a 260Z. Simple cars that are reliable and fun. I'd like to get another Z someday.

enzo1 12-17-2017 09:40 AM

This one sold local to me. They took the mirrors off @ buyers request. They have several that are going to restore. I'll take a pic of their bone yard...
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-datsun-240z-35/


Also one currently on BAT.... https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-datsun-240z-44/

Shaun @ Tru6 12-17-2017 09:53 AM

I am watching the orange one on BaT

enzo1 12-17-2017 09:56 AM

There are some cars going across BAT cheap. Think its because of Christmas, dunno.

enzo1 12-17-2017 09:59 AM

75 results... https://bringatrailer.com/datsun/240z/

pwd72s 12-17-2017 10:02 AM

You just have to go look at the one near you. If nothing else, to see if it's your old one.

In a strange way, I'm a bit jealous. I can't think of a car I had that I'd want back. Fond memories with a few of them, but I believe T. Wolfe was right, you can't go home again.

masraum 12-17-2017 10:11 AM

Wow, cool car and cool if it's yours. Definitely go get it. I'm a bit jealous.

ckelly78z 12-17-2017 10:11 AM

I've had probably 30 different Datsun Zs, actively drove about 5 of them for many years, and parted out about 20 of the rustier ones. The one car I wish I could have kept was a low VIN # 71 240Z that was in excellent shape (painted dark blue), that I had later 280ZXT turbo wheels on. I loved that car, and would buy another one in a heartbeat.

The Indy mechanic I use exclusively for all my cars used to have an import shop. He would make regular runs to California for different races he was competing in (Datsun 2000 roadster race car), and would bring back clean, rust free 240Zs to have for buildups. After getting flooded out several times in his former location, he now has all of these nice rebuildable cars in his barn at his home. At some point, when I can gather up some scratch, I need a new project car before he retires completely.

gwmac 12-17-2017 10:21 AM

Had a white 70 with the same wheels for 5 years, great car

enzo1 12-17-2017 10:30 AM

That orange one is exactly like the one I had...My brother hit a stop sign and totaled it

MBAtarga 12-17-2017 10:46 AM

Mine Z was a '72 in pumpkin orange. Bought it in '80 when I was a Freshman at Ga Tech. Sold it around 88 for $1600 to fund the purchase of a brand spanken-new IBM PC clone - whopping 12Mhz processor and 512k of ram. Dual floppy drives! :rolleyes:

And what's going on with the orange one on BAT - the rear hatch is proud of the roofline and rear quarters.....

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1513539938.jpg

onewhippedpuppy 12-17-2017 11:19 AM

Faster than a Porche!:D

There are a few cars I would like back, cool to get a second chance.

BeyGon 12-17-2017 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy (Post 9852041)
Faster than a Porche!:D

There are a few cars I would like back, cool to get a second chance.

I have had a lot of cars I would like back but none I could afford to buy back today.

herr_oberst 12-17-2017 12:55 PM

Slotted aluminum wheels with fake knock off wheel centers still look great on Zcars.

Shaun @ Tru6 12-17-2017 01:17 PM

Left a message. Hoping he still has it.

On being fast, my car had dual Webers and headers and was very fast but what made it special was it so light and tossable and communicative. You should kick out the rear end going too hot into a corner, let off the gas, point the steering wheel where you wanted to go and punch it and it would just go. Had many 240s when I was 16-19, my red one was the best by far. It had this amazing "afterburner" smell when your foot was too the floor and then you let up, a heady aroma would fill the cabin. Not so much that it bothered you and it wasn't exactly the smell of gas. It was the smell of speed.

Jim Richards 12-17-2017 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shaun @ tru6 (Post 9852165)
it was the smell of speed.

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