Record 240z price in New Zealand

[240znz]

If you think you guys pay good coin for your zeds, spare a thought for your KIWI members.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=156335203

That's NZ$31,000 so US$24,500

It may now be cheaper to buy a immaculate CA 73 240z, ship it back, convert it to RHD with my parts car than trying to find one.

Supply and demand model working well here.

[Pop's Z]

James, this is just what you need to do...import a pristine 73 like mine and convert it to rt.hand drive. I would sell it to you for $20,000, but Amanda would come over here and kick my butt. You need to finish the one you've been working on before thinking about another. Can you say addiction? By the way the new Hagerty insurance mag is saying that Datsun roadsters and 240 Zs are a good buy for the collector. Who knew? We are all ahead of our time. I've spent so much time and money on mine that I think I'll keep it until I can "break even", by which time I'll be so old my kids will be arguing over who gets it.

Cheers, Mike

ps: Is it done yet? Driveable?

[Bruce Palmer]

Mike,

By the time your kids are ready for yours, they'll be argueing about whether to take out a small business loan and put some gas in it or fill it with dirt and plant geraniums.......

[240znz]

Argh....I'll pass on the offer Mike. Nice try through. Can't stand the braided hoses in the engine bay but each to their own.

Yes, my mechanic mate laid into me last Thursday about being a slack arsed mule. Even Amanda is giving me grief about it, and it takes a lot for her to get going especially when I'm not spending money on it.

But I've had my head buried dismantling the parts car. The issue I have found is that it is so rusty that it's very dangerous to work underneath it for the fear of it disolving on the axle stands. So I'll be taking to it with a reciprocating saw in the middle of the floor pan. Then tip it over and cut the suspension out. Then the shell is off to the dump. I'll take some more pics and post a new thread on the

Engine is in my garage keeping warm for the winter. My NOS door panels arrived with issues that require fixing, but only minor cost involved. They do look great though.

What I should done was take a week off when the family were in the UK so I could have really emersed myself in it. I now know what Mike felt when his got to a similar stage, kinda hoping the guys from ZTherapy will come over and complete it for me. Dreams are free....aren't they?