Looking for a Z

[jrendler]

Hey--

I'm hoping someone can give me some advice.

I'm looking for a '70, '71, or '72 240 in original condition.

I've been checking the usual publications and web sites

for about three months without finding anything decent that I can afford.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

Jack

[Bambikiller240]

Bigger budget? More of a Fixer Upper?

Hard to be more specific without knowing what "exactly" you want in a car and exactly where you've been looking.

[lvmy240z]

Try EBay, or if there's a Z club within 1000 mile radius of where you're at there's probably one for sale. Get in touch with someone in it and let them know what you're looking for.

You can go to the MSA meet this summer and find one, but it all depends on how serious (meaning how much money you've got to spend) you are about getting one.

[e_racer1999]

i've got a 72 for sale....

[EScanlon]

...snip...

I'm looking for a '70, '71, or '72 240 in original condition.

...snip...anything decent that I can afford.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

Jack

Jack, while everyone here would love to welcome you to the club, and by no means am I opposing that, I think you need to realize that by stating that you are limited with the $ you can afford to spend, and requesting a Z in original condition, you've lost the race without competing.

An early Z in original condition that doesn't need work, parts, etc, is going to fetch money. There are rare and joyous exceptions to this, but they are usually in the manner of a friend of a friend who knows a Z owner who's about to go to a retirement home and is selling his baby who is satisfied with recouping his original purchase price ($3.5k). But these ARE exceptions.

If you contact a Z club and their members there will be a ton of other Z people who will know and jump on an offer before it becomes available outside the club / community.

Now, a car that is in good restoreable or repairable shape, will be a lot more reasonable for your pocket book. At least to purchase it.

But, and I don't think ANYONE on this site will deny this....the Z bug hits you.

And you want to .....fix this ..... upgrade that.....tweak that.....buy a new whatever, and before long, you are more than hopelessly addicted and .....

another Z junkie.

Then you suddenly know what the rest of us mean when we state that you have to LOVE the car, and not look to it as an investment or money making opportunity. Simply put, you'll be dumping money into it in nothing flat. Your wife / girlfriend will accuse you of loving the car more than her. You'll find yourself looking for reasons .... to work on your Z.

Ask any member here, from the guys who still have theirs in the garage being restored, fixed, upgraded, ...to the guys who drive theirs every day and put up with the temporary fixes while dreaming of the day when they'll be able to do everything "right".... to the guys who bought it all "done" from another Z lover. You still find a way to dump money into it.

So, my advice to you is to decide what you really mean by "anything decent that I can afford" and do a little research here and other sites as to what the actual value of that car that you deem "decent".

Then, double that amount.

Heck, I may be too conservative on this. Anyone else want to chime in?

Enrique

[mriz]

So true. When I bought my Z after 20 yrs without one I thought a running not perfect Z would be great and i'll just be happy and leave it alone . But no ,after 9 months of welding/body work I am now about to pull out the dash because the wiring was tampered with by the po and it just annoys me. Then I'm thinking why not another repaint because last years was a shade too light for me. I think my wife is planning an intervention of some sort! (probably run by a Kia salesman). But once you look in the gallery at the work these guys have done and the knowledge they have of the Z car the UPS man will be sitting across the table from you next Thanksgiving.

[Sulla]

I am not sure where you are but in Fort Worth Texas I know where there is a 240z that is all there with a strait body and ok paint etc. But needs redone. Carbs rebuilt, carpet etc etc. I looked over it and it did not seem to have any rust. Exept surface rust in the floors if I remember correctly. They want about $1300 for it. And if you want to run it without the early style bumpers I will gladly take them off your hands.

[texasz]

I am not sure where you are but in Fort Worth Texas I know where there is a 240z that is all there with a strait body and ok paint etc. But needs redone. Carbs rebuilt, carpet etc etc. I looked over it and it did not seem to have any rust. Exept surface rust in the floors if I remember correctly. They want about $1300 for it. And if you want to run it without the early style bumpers I will gladly take them off your hands.

Can you PM or email me more information about this car please?