"Vintage" Z on eBay

[BRE-240Z]

Ow, My Eyes, My Eyes!!!

Ugh, no kidding.......

[jillh1987]

guys...

while on the topic of the restoration program...

...pleeease excuse me if i speak out of line...

bu bu but...

can i have a leg up here?

what year are we talking... i was affected in 97 when i went to purchase a new 300...

...and came up w/ a fat fart/dud.

...b/c Nissan came up w/ this new program...

...so...

uh.

what year(s) did this go on.

this is where i decided to restore my '76 280 (ran out of $ when it came to paint)

...and i have more questions after that.

-J

[26th-Z]

No, it is not a Vintage Z.

In Summary

The Vintage Z portion of the Z-Store promotion conducted by Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A. (Nissan U.S.A.) officially spanned between May, 1997 and October, 1998. During those seventeen months, approximately thirty-seven to forty restored early model Datsun 240Zs (1970-1972) were delivered to Z-Store dealers and offered for sale. Initially, the cars were priced at $25,000. They were completely refurbished previously owned vehicles warranted by Nissan for 12 months / 12,000 miles and represented as new.

Curiously enough, I have just been told that the banners making up the backdrop to the stage have been aquired by a collector. Here is a crappy photo of Mr. K up on stage during the Vintage Z introduction ceremonies; May3rd, 1997. I have an old VHS film taken by Pierre of the event.

[jillh1987]

Bankston Nissan?

..................................what?

heh?

i dunno...

just my personaL opinion, but...

who in their right mind would allow Bankston Nissan to restore their Datsun?

personally...

i was in Dallas at that time...

...we are talking late 90's right?

...and NO dealerships were restoring vintage Z's...

i was here...

.............hmmmmmmmmm.........................

[26th-Z]

Here is one of the official publicity photos of Mr. K and Dale Ishimoto with the banner in the background. Dale Ishimoto played the role of the mystical Mr. K in the "Dream Garage" series of television commercials. This is one of the reasons I think the Vintage Z program was all part of the Dream Garage ad campaign.

[jillh1987]

26th-z gave me the date/time specifics i was looking for...

what a heck of a time it was looking for a new 300 back then.

i knew what i wanted and would NOT settle for less...

dead end after dead end.

anywho...

after that is when i decided to restore my 76, who (blessed be mybaby)

had collected dust in my garage for ten years.

Robert Clary of ZCar World did all the work...

...and/or directed me to the right place (for non-mechanicaL stuff)...

...

more questions for the Zbrains later...

you guys r good...

-J

[Rockr69]

did anyone notice the dirty globe vents in that brand new dash? DETAILS PEOPLE!

[sblake01]

Ugh, no kidding.......

That's why I didn't post the picture.

can i have a leg up here?

I'm gonna just leave that one alone.:devious:

[kurtwwalters]

I had this car on my watch list - it was pulled due to "an error in the listing". Hmmm...

[bobc]

It was on my watch list too. I wrote the seller the first night it was posted with some questions about the car, but never got a reply. If anyone learns what happened, please post an update.

Best

Bob

[Stickerman]

26th-z gave me the date/time specifics i was looking for...

what a heck of a time it was looking for a new 300 back then.

i knew what i wanted and would NOT settle for less...

dead end after dead end.

It should have been tough to find a new Z in 97. 96 was the last year for them......

[Carl Beck]

I found a brand new 1996 300ZX TT for a friend at a Dealer in Texas...in 1998. There were still a few around the country then.

FWIW,

Carl B.