oh man

[Fun_in_my_z]

well i was taking the old tore up carpet out of my 71 when i came across this envolope. it had the name and adress of the PO. (i bought the car from a salvage yard) any way i was looking for some history on this thang so i looked the number up and called.

and may i cotion other members not to do this! the po had died just sunday:cry: you talk about feeling bad.

guess i wont get any info from her. but ill never do that again.

[Zrush]

How freaky is that! Too bad it wasn't an envelope full of cash.

Vicky

[Chino 240Z]

That's crazzzy!

In my car I found an envelop that had paper work where the PO was trying to solve registration problems. He had a bunch of police tickets for speeding in a modified car. Fix-it tickets for "No head lights, exhaust muffler, window wipers, turn signals, and all kinds of crap". This was one major paper trail from the day he took this road race car for a ride in the streets of San Francisco and got nailed. He gave up the fight with the temporary fix-its and repairs on the car and paid the tickets. ha ha ha Now I got the car. Won't add a thing either, I just hope Cindy doesn't get caught during a test drive, but you know women, you can't stop them even in a speeding Z!

[koreavet]

Originally posted by billramsey2002

...and may i cotion other members not to do this!...

guess i wont get any info from her. but ill never do that again.

I've contacted the past owner of my 240Z, based on the documentation found in the glove box, (I bought the car from a used car lot) and it turned out to be the original owner (PO). The PO told me of how he had seen the car in a dealer's showroom in February 1970 and fell in love. He knew that the waiting list to purchase a 240Z was months long but aproached the dealer anyway. The dealer said, "I'm getting a bunch of 240Z's delivered to me tomorrow, I could sell you this one". After owning the 240Z for over 20 years the PO sold the car, because of financial problems, to his brother. And after a few years the brother sold it to the used car lot.

The PO cleared up many questions about the car that no one else could have. He was also able to recall many of his memories and experiences of that early period that I found facinating. So I wouldn't caution other members "not to do this". It's like everything else in life, you take a few risks for potentially huge gains.

Koreavet