Nice project, low entry price

[xray]

All the hard work's been done! Looks like a great platform for a modified Z--Just add drivetrain.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-Z-Series-240z-Datsun-240z-1973-Great-car-for-collector-Mint-Body_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6187QQihZ013QQitemZ230234513307QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[geezer]

Based on the Buy it Now price, I don't think it will be a low entry price. Just take a minute and guesstimate the cost of the missing pieces needed to finish this car. Wouldn't interest me in the least.

[Surfsup]

All the hard work's been done! Looks like a great platform for a modified Z--Just add drivetrain.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-Z-Series-240z-Datsun-240z-1973-Great-car-for-collector-Mint-Body_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6187QQihZ013QQitemZ230234513307QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

i like the starting price. $1.75 haha id buy that right now for 5 bucks HAHAh then i saw the buy it now price ..and I was like oh. :disappoin

[xray]

Ron,

It costs much less to get an engine and trans than to pay someone $50-75 or more per hour for body and paint. I can do better than guesstimate since I just completed a restoration, and I know you'd be getting a significant bargain starting at this point.

I can say from experience that the heavy financial lifting has been done (if the reality matches the pics). It's quite easy to find a drivetrain for substantially less than the cost to do the bodywork (just ask the hybridz folks)

I figured I'd get flamed for posting the listing since it's not for the purist...

[geezer]

No flaming intended, just a difference of opinion. Steve, you are correct about the purist point of view. It very well may be worth whatever the reserve is set at for someone who wants to avoid the aggravation of body & paint. A non-purist would not be concerned it was not painted an original color and might even like the seat and door panel treatments. The jury is still out on the rest of the interior pieces, which I suspect are lacking more than just the instrument panel. More pics and some of the interior would be helpful. I just think a better deal can be had by finding a solid, rust free and most importantly, complete car. Seat skins & door panels aside, it is all the other missing interior pieces that have given me the most grief with my own restoration. Bumpers don’t come cheap either. I agree the cost of the engine & transmission can be cheap enough. You get what you pay for in that regard. When all is said and done, a substantial amount of cash will be invested into this car. Maybe as much as you have spent Steve, assuming you started with a complete car.

[Sailor Bob]

Won't touch it with a 7500 ft pole - There's some high hopes there.

[Blue Meanie]

Seats looked nice. Not $7,500 nice mind you. I think if you could get her for under $1,000.00 (depending on closer inspection of the paint and body work) it could be a good start. A good paint job can be expensive. Also you'd have to factor the whole "oh God, I hope I don't scratch my new paint job installing EVERYTHING in this car!" feeling. I am curious as to the interior and how much of the electrical system is left. At least it has a new exhaust for the nonexistent motor. !

[Jeff G 78]

If the body is indeed perfect, it might be worth it to someone, but I have seen plenty of finished, nice 240Z's go for less than $10,000. I know of a beautiful red '72 in Michigan with a rust-free body, perfect chrome, a very nice two year old paint job, and a 10:1 CR L28 with triple Webers that didn't sell on eBay last year for the $8200 reserve. I'm not sure if he ever sold it. To get the black car as nice as the red '72 in Michigan, it would take another $5000 - $8000. When you start adding up the chrome, wheels and tires, interior trim, carpet, etc. not to mention the engine and trans, the car really isn't much of a bargain. I'm SURE he has more than $7500 in it, but we all know that these cars are anything but investments.

[7277]

Jeff G 78 "...but we all know that these cars are anything but investments." -statement of the year!!!