78 Datsun 280z
 

Well I've been bitten by another bug....the Datsun bug [emoji19] lol I'll be taking a look at a 1978 Datsun 280z that's been owned by the same owner since new....all original, garaged kept, and by a women....even has the original selling dealers plate frame still attached [emoji55] comes with msrp and records back to day 1.

Hoping 15k brings her home!

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That is a really clean/good example! Good luck!

Is that this car?

https://atlanta.craigslist.org/eat/cto/d/datsun-nissan-280z-1978/6513196060.html

I had the exact same car - same color. Loved it. Loved that motor. I think they are great value.

No completely different seats, the one I'm looking at has original seat covers

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Thanks

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Minty, always dug the Z cars, that straight six is just excellent.

To be honest I've never driven one lol, I'm hoping the drive seals the deal.

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Put me in line if it doesn't :)....love those cars from my teen years....got to occasionally drive a friend's new '78 back then....she trusted me ;)

I had a 77 and would LOVE to have another.

back date the bumpers to the 240 look. like Porsche and the short hoods, they uglyed them up with the long bumpers.
great engines. I had over 200k on mine and would hit the rev limiter daily.

I just posted on the 240-280Z FB forum asking the best way to get a 280 down to 240 weight. Great enthusiast group same as 911. Your car looks too nice to fool around with but 280s are downright cheap compared to 240s. Bumper and tail light backdates, for me, are a must. Then pull off the injection for some Webers or Mikumis and you can start to get down to 2300-2400 lb.

Good luck with the purchase that is a nice looking car . I agree that the bumper backdate should be on the to do list .

I've owned 6 Datsun Zs (incl. a 1600 Roadster) over the past 20 years and still have one, they are truly fantastic cars. They are reliable, easy to work on, parts are readily available and the aftermarket offers some great parts for them.

The EFI on the 280Z is great too, the car could benefit from an extra 100hp as the chassis is so capable.

Hope it works out and you get it.
Yasin

Between daily drivers (5), and parts cars that I parted out, I have had about 30 different Z cars over the years. One reccomendation is to put a later 79-83 ZX 5 speed in to replace the 4 speed, it bolts right up, and to use the 3.90 gears from the newer car......make it into a stock rocket.

Now that's a market that's really climbing for nice original cars. I love them.

If he changes the bumpers out will it still be a "nice original car"?

sure, its a 240 backdate
I would put this on my list if I sold the 930.

in fact, let me know if you don't buy it, first in line.

mine had a popping when you would accelerate.
I was just a kid at the time but figured out that changing the tension on the spring in the AFM fixed it. ran great after that.
I new I was changing the mixture but I still feel pretty good about figuring it out for a kid just out of hi school.

probably covered up an air leak, but it was a cheap fix.

I have a very nice `77 that just sits and that I'm considering parting with.

Somewhere south of 110K miles (can't remember exact number from where I sit), documented engine rebuild 6K miles ago, five speed, very nice repaint in a non-factory pearl white, and excellent interior.

I'm trying to figure out if I should sell and, if so, what to ask.

Any ideas?

Just tried to attach some pics but Pelican says the files are too large. I'll try to adjust the size later today in case anyone wants to see some shots of the car.

nk

bring a trailer, $10K reserve

its tough, I want a tractor too.

tractor...280......tractor.......280

After a little cropping, the file sizes of a few photos allow them to be posted.

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are those 13" wheels?

don't crop. lower the resolution to 72 dpi. make copies first.

I'm driving home

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Agreed, and will be on the list

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Thanks I'm almost home

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Thanks bro, it's mine

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Score :)!

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The original owner teared up as I took one last photo .... Her last name is O'Neil she is 71 years old and everything important in her life happened while she owned this car.

So in memory of the PO my Datsuns
plates will read ONeil78!

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Great story, and glad you got the car. Should be a lot of fun!

Thanks bud

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Expression says it all. God bless her. Tough but sensible.

Those sixes really respond to a little positive intake manifold pressure.

Just sayin.

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I know, I know, i'm evil.

I've toyed around with getting another Z many times over the last several years. I have owned 2 - 240s, 2- 260s and 3- 280s.. Loved them all! I like the look of the the early cars better, but the newer ones had vast improvements..
Enjoy!

My 77 was the same color as the OP and I had the same wheels as
Norm here. You don’t see those wheels very often. The FI gave me fits when I was stationed in Denver but it loved sea level after I got my orders to the Big E. Sold it when I started having babies. Though I love the throttle response of the 71s, the thought of another 77 with a 240 backdate makes me get all itchy.

The wheels, a factory/dealer option are indeed pretty uncommon these days, and the ones on my car have kind of cool story: the PO had always liked this style but could find pretty much only trashed ones (almost always without center caps) so he began a nationwide search of now-Nissan dealerships in a quest for an NOS set. As I recall, he found two on a dusty backroom shelf at one dealership and one each at three other stores. The set on my car is essentially new, having, I believe, less than a thousand miles on them. Plus, I have a fifth one that's never been mounted. Center caps are apparently the proverbial hen's teeth, too. Frankly, they're not my favorite so I'm holding out for someone doing a concours (or somewhere close) restoration that wants a set of five.

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Back in the day my oldest brother took part of his baseball signing bonus and bought a 260z that looked allot like this one, but it had wire wheels hubcaps.
i never got a chance to drive it because he would have killed me if i got within 20 feet of it but that was the coolest car ever.

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Another vote for the clean JDM look. Won’t devalue it because it’s period. Keep it mostly original!

Wow what a difference

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