Colorado 240Z Classified

[Glockrebel]

Anyone know anything about the car in this ad? Been looking for a 240Z for many years. Seen lots of rust buckets.

http://www.classiczcars.com/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=4378&cat=500

[=Enigma=]

I believe that same car was up for sale some time ago, in fact, the same picture were used for the previous sale. If I'm not mistake, someone here on thje board was either considering it, or purchased it.

Or.......you are the one actually selling this car and this post is a troll for possible buyers. Wouldn't be the first time.

If not, welcome to the site and good luck in your search.

[ChrisZ]

$7.00 is not that bad, if i were any closer i would grap it

[Glockrebel]

I believe that same car was up for sale some time ago, in fact, the same picture were used for the previous sale. If I'm not mistake, someone here on thje board was either considering it, or purchased it.

Or.......you are the one actually selling this car and this post is a troll for possible buyers. Wouldn't be the first time.

If not, welcome to the site and good luck in your search.

I am not the owner, but an interested party. First saw the car on Craigslist. Spoke to the owner yesterday, but hoped to get some feedback before I make the drive to Golden, CO. He claimed some Colorado Z Club members had looked at the car for a possible over seas buyer.

Edited December 20, 2009 by Glockrebel

[manny1973]

What is asking for it?

[Glockrebel]

What is asking for it?

He is asking $7000. I am really looking for one around $5000 at the most. Said it just turned 105,000 miles and the only rust is below a door.

[manny1973]

From the pictures it looks like it is worth it.

[Glockrebel]

From the pictures it looks like it is worth it.

You're probably right. May save a few thousand on another car only to turn around and spend that much or more in repairs. May drive over after Christmas to take a look.

[Arne]

If the rust is minimal and non-structural, it's probably worth every bit of $7000. Rust (or hopefully, lack thereof) is key, but you appear to already know that.

As a side note, a $5000 budget is an inconvenient limit these days, as most cars I see around that price need significant work, generally for rust repair. Around these parts a $5000 240Z is typically a decent looking car with rust in the doglegs and under the battery. An extra $2k to avoid that would be money very well-spent.

[Carl Beck]

The car has rust in the doglegs and the front fenders - but not major. The front frame rail has what looks like surface rust forming on one side.

A friend of mine inspected the car and sent more detailed pictures. Yes, I am helping an over-seals buyer find a good car. $7K, $8K, $10K, $12K doesn't matter a bit for the right car.. but he wouldn't give $2K for the wrong one...

Overall - I told the owner I wouldn't take less than $8K for it. If he is now quoting $7K he is foolish. A one owner Z is almost always worth an extra $4K just because it hasn't been hacked to death by 10 stupid previous owners and almost always has had far better care than usual.

IMHO - unless a 240Z has had the doglegs replace - they are about to rust through anyway, no matter how good they look from the outside. Likewise there is an 80% chance that the front fenders are about to show rust unless they have been removed, cleaned and some type of rust prevention work done.

The exceptions to the above are cars that have less than 15K miles, have been stored carefully and properly cared for - they are all over $20K now and usually over $25K. The other expecitons are of course the fully refreshed or restored examples - with photo documentation of the process - they too are way over $18K now if properly refreshed - over $25K if properly restored.

Again - just my opinion - if you are looking for something for $5K you are looking for a car that will need at least $10K in repairs and work to get it to a reliable and presentable Classic Car condition. Even in California now it takes at least $6,500.00 to find a "good" car... and even then it will need another $5K to make it road ready and presentable.

There are always "exceptions" - if you look at 100 cars, travel all over the country, spend the next year looking - who knows you might get lucky. Most of the time people get tired of that and come to the realization that it will take at least $8K to $12K to get started with a good 240Z, then once they start fixing, imporving etc - they wind up spending another $5K to $10K...

Heck - the bumper on that car would cost $2,500.00 to replace..

FWIW,

Carl B.

[Glockrebel]

Thanks for all the advice. One owner 240Zs are hard to find. Again, it may worth a look.

[Darrel]

Where in colorado are you?