1969 240z #456 for sale.

[EVILC]

Another 69 Z car that probably will not be saved:

http://williamsport.craigslist.org/cto/1397692172.html

Is Carl keeping track of these cars that pop up so at least we know at one point in time the number car was around?

[Carl Beck]

Hi Clive:

Yes - I had that car last listed as belonging to Al Leri, IZCC #2925 in Peckville, PA.

Thanks for the link - I now have File Pictures..

FWIW,

Carl

[Montezuma]

At $1500 it might end up in the hands of someone who wants to restore it.

[Kathy & Rick]

Looks like it might have got popped hard in the L/R at some point in time. The L/R quarter panel looks like it has the flow-thru air porthole in the "C" pillar which did not come in till about VIN #21000 or so. Also, the hatch glass didn't have a vertical defroster until about #965 or so (1/70). Which suggests these parts have been replaced for some reason......

But I would still consider it at the right price.......

Carl Beck, whaddya think???

All Z Best..........Rick

Edited September 30, 2009 by Kathy & Rick
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[geezer]

It looks like this car has already been relieved of most of the early car specific parts. I don't believe you could recoupe the purchase price by parting what is left and it would be cost prohibitive to restore. That's not to say the seller doesn't have that much into the parts he's giving with it, their just not the correct parts. A better starting point could be found if someone is looking to restore an early car, in my opinion. An itemized list of the 5% of the parts missing would be nice to compare to what is really missing.

Edited September 30, 2009 by geezer

[Carl Beck]

Hi Rick:

We always hate to see a 69 production year 240Z crushed. On this one we'd need far better pictures, and then we'd have to go inventory all the parts to see what is or is not there. Too much can get misplaced over the years.

Low price aside - it looks pretty rusty. If he has new quarters, it is most likely because he felt the car needed them. I can't tell from the pictures -but that might just be more surface rust on the left rear quarter - instead of a factory hole..

Might be farther ahead to start with one in far better condition that hasn't been taken apart - even if it cost four to six times as much. $6K to $9K for a fairly sold, complete and restorable 69 is not out of the question today.

An "unfinished project" with scattered bits and pieces - is always a pig-in-a-poke... it has to have a very low price to off-set the risk.

One members several years ago - got a very good "deal" on such a project. After buying it and putting far more money into it - he found out that the doors wouldn't fit within the door openings on the body, nor would the windshield go into place. More time on the frame rack and he found that the body had just the slightest of twist and bend... nothing that more time and money wouldn't cure but ..... time and money he hadn't planned on.

but who knows - it is worth going to physically inspect ...

FWIW,

Carl B.

[DeesZ]

I inquired about it. The seller related the following to me.... "the frame rails have been replaced in the engine compartment from what i can tell, they beefed them up for a v8 conversion and the battery box area has also been replaced. the floor pans have been started in repair work. as for the interior, it was not in the car when i got it......"

The price will have to drop in half for me to take a two hour drive just to see it. You may feel differently.

[MEZZZ]

Hi Rick:

nothing that more time and money wouldn't cure but ..... time and money he hadn't planned on.

FWIW,

Carl B.

Carl,

I would think your statement would be true of just about all of us and our cars, I know it couldnt be more true in my case

[Kathy & Rick]

I'm still assessing things. The data plate on the L/H door jamb doesn't look transplanted, so if the #'s match w/the data plate on the R/F inner fender well and the VIN plate on the L/H side of the dash, I would conclude that the basic structure is indeed a "69, #456.

But then I look at the L/H door, which is red, not white, therefore a replacement. It looks like #905 red which would be from a "69-'71 Z, as opposed to the #110 persimmon red from 72-73. But it has a red interior panel; the early red Z's had a black one, white Z's had a blue one.....

Ranger Rick

2-1969's & 1-1970 (sold the 1971)

Edited October 1, 2009 by Kathy & Rick
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