Nice 78 goes to 13K - three days left

[Sailor Bob]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1978-DATSUN-NISSAN-280Z-27-000-MILES-WORLDS-BEST_W0QQitemZ170197590014QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item170197590014

[xray]

I'm not an expert on 280s...the carpet appears faded, or did it come in that color?

[zbane]

Reserve not yet met. I wonder what it is?

[Sailor Bob]

The carpets all fade with exposure to the sun - I dyed mine back to black. I think it's pretty sharp looking.

[BRE-240Z]

The seller should have dyed that carpet. That way, it would fit his 'hibernated in a heated garage' story a bit closer.

[Zak's Z]

It's over 13k with 3 days 8hrs to go. Thats great. I hope this one fetches top dollar. I also hope the new owner has gone and gave it a full inspection so they know what they're in for. It looks great in the pictures though, except for that huge front bumper of course

[Stickerman]

The seller should have dyed that carpet. That way, it would fit his 'hibernated in a heated garage' story a bit closer.

Can't pick apart the car, so pick apart the story? If he had dyed the carpet people here would say he is trying to hide something......

[sblake01]

Pick apart what you want, or not. I don't really understand why the eBay cars get posted here so often, anyway. If someone is in the market for one, I imagine they'd seek one out on their own. I always got the impression the people link eBay ads to this site for the purpose of pointing out what's wrong with the car, or the ad, or the selller, or generally picking it apart, as you say. Anyway, that's what always happens.

[Surfsup]

thats pretty nice. ahha

[Sailor Bob]

Stephen- I am simply pointing out something interesting that you may not be aware of. In this case it is interesting to see a late S30 attract such attention. It cought my eye at $1500 (I check ebay daily) - I knew it was going to 7 or 8k and a little surprised to see where it is currently.

Personally I believe the 78 is fine vehicle and this one appears to be a great example of a nice car.

If you are not interested in participating in conversation about this subject - don't read the post.

[sblake01]

Rick, I don't mind seeing the cars for sale in the threads. That wasn't my point. My response was to Stickerman's comment.

[EScanlon]

The nap on the carpet in the rear looks more like a shag carpet than an OEM one. But that's the problem with pictures that aren't contrasted by other shots. However, if you look close at the "Seat" shots, you notice the same carpet fade on the sides of the transmission tunnel.

The original owner may have put the shag carpet simply to pad, or because he didn't want to mar the carpet below. Sound insulation also comes to mind. Then again, the sun fade is possible, but that's pretty intense to have faded that much without the straps fading as well. Then again, it could be a simple case of very faded carpet.

As far as e-Bay being mentioned often, it IS a site that can be accessed readily without much effort. Granted Craig's list can be accessed also, but without a specific link you have to sift through the individual cities, etc. to find what you're looking for. You can even look in Australia's, Japan's or Europe's e-Bay simply by clicking on links. I don't know if there are many other (if any) sites where you can do that. Especially on a multi-national forum as this is.

However, your point about the nit-picking is spot on. As mentioned on another thread, to identify the flaws, or "nits" is one thing, to assign dubious seller intent...that's another.

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