240Z Nissan restored on e-bay

[RobertH]

This car has been on e-bay several times with no bids and I wonder why it has not sold.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2467973678&category=6187

I was under the impression that these factory restored cars were brought back to 100% and the odo was turned back to 0000. The ad claims over 50,000 miles. Is the price too high? What is one of the factory approved reconditioned 240Zs worth?

[2ManyZs]

That car has been discussed a couple time already.

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=11630

Price is too high for one thing, and there's a couple other things that don't quite add up......

I noticed he did get a bid at 25K, yet it keeps getting re-listed, so obviously he thinks it's worth much more than that. The highest we've seen one of the Z Store cars sell for was around 18.5K on Ebay, and it was a much nicer car, with no "oddities"....

[sblake01]

Keith, how do you link a previous thread to a reply? I was attempting to figure out how and you beat me to it!

[2ManyZs]

hehe, ain't tellin all my secrets....:devious:

I just happend to remember we just had a thread on it and what forum it was in...then I opened the thread to make sure it was the right one and did a copy and paste of the URL....

[26th-Z]

There are some serious collectors in the Tampa area. The car has been discussed. Harry Frigg mentioned it in his thread a few days ago. I do know it is being sold through a dealer, but not much more. I have been watching with interest, although the "damn shame" thread was great. Who bought that car? I think that car could easily bring $30,000 restored. (And it will probably take 30 to restore it)

Beck has been discussing a couple of choice cars on his IZCC site. I understand a guy in New York is selling an extremely nice silver '71 - asking $30,000 - and I have seen a couple of very nice early cars sell within the last few months in the high teens.

Although the eBay car is no bargain, it looks like it could be a decent car. It all depends on how true it is to the unique claims about it. I have heard both yes and no to the question about the odometers being reset to zero. I would certainly expect an accounting of the milage. Has anyone actually seen this car?

[deadflo]

Both Z car magazine and a road and track article said the odometers would be left at the mileage they were at before the restoration, and not rolled back.

[2ManyZs]

I just noticed this morning that it has been re-listed with a starting bid of 27.5K.... no bids on the previous listings with a starting bid of 25K and they raise the starting bid????:stupid: :stupid: :cross-eye

[sblake01]

Originally posted by deadflo

Both Z car magazine and a road and track article said the odometers would be left at the mileage they were at before the restoration, and not rolled back.

I believe that is because the value of a TMU car is difficult to establish.

[koreavet]

Originally posted by 2ManyZs

I just noticed this morning that it has been re-listed with a starting bid of 27.5K.... no bids on the previous listings with a starting bid of 25K and they raise the starting bid????:stupid: :stupid: :cross-eye

I think they did this because they no longer list a reserve price.

[Bambikiller240]

Originally posted by koreavet

I think they did this because they no longer list a reserve price.

Yeah, but they weren't getting any bids of $25K even if there was a higher reserve price. Time will tell, but IMHO it's gonna a deep pockets and a shallow brain pan to sell at this price.

[DatsunZGuy]

No reserve, $17,500 opening bid!

He must have read our comments :stupid:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2469704406&category=6187

[2ManyZs]

Either that or someone finally sat down and thought about what they did this morning....

They'll probably get a few bids now...All the Z Store cars we've seen so far on Ebay have been selling for 18-20K, so maybe this time it will actually sell.