Mummified Z

[Zed Head]

28 years of dry storage and only 21,000 miles of driving.

Original tires - 32 years old, who wants a test drive?

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ctd/2058313599.html

[AndysPlit]

Whoa....

[geezer]

Kind of makes me wonder about the story behind this car, being in storage for so long. It is quite a common occurrence though. My grandfather was in his mid 70s when he bought a 1968 Cougar off the showroom floor. He tucked it away in the garage and mostly only drove it to the dealership for regular scheduled visits. After he past on, my dad didn't feel right driving it, and refused to let anyone else in the family to own it. That car today has just over 4000 miles on it, owned by a collector. Even knowing this, it still amazes me to see such well preserved examples turn up for sale. A collectors dream.

[SteveJ]

Sweet, but not $20K sweet to me. I'm too tight-fisted with my money.

[psdenno]

$20K? The unpolluted 28 year old air in the tires could be worth that much, alone.

Dennis

[SteveJ]

For a collector, it could be worth $20K. I'd just hate having a car that I'd be afraid to drive.

On the other hand, there's a $5K 78 near me that would tempt me if I could convince She Who Must Be Obeyed...

[lonetreesteve]

The car is in amazing original condition! I'm sure there are some collectors out there that would pay $20k for it.

[Gary in NJ]

I'd darn-near (I'm sure they'd take $15,000) pay that much for a car in that condition...if it wasn't brown.

[gryt57]

What brown? Actually its bronze metallic 301 paint code, the color of my 78 280z best color of all the Z cars.

[Mike B]

It's also listed on ebay now http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110609832767&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT. There are a lot more pictures on the selling dealer's site http://www.platinumautos.com/new_inventory.html. I'm sure it is nice, but I don't think it is $20k nice. For that money, I'd rather have the yellow 71 (also from Seattle) that sold recently for about the same price. I don't know a lot about 280's but it looks like there are a couple of tears on the drivers seat, aftermarket radio, faded rear carpet, speakers added to the front of the rear deck, some marks on the hood that the seller doesn't mention. The engine bay doesn't really look super clean either. Supposedly the tires are original, but I don't know that I would believe a small dealership like that to know what original 280z tires were.

-Mike

[lonetreesteve]

Here are some more pics of #HLS30-430280:

Edited November 14, 2010 by lonetreesteve

[5thhorsemann]

lets face it, we would all leap at the chance to have this car. Imagin the feel of the shifter in your hand, draging it back into fourth at 8k on a fall night on a lonley road. I would be out in mine now, not for the cluster phuck of a vent system on the gas tank, 1/2 5/8 3/4 1/4 and 3/8 hose all to the same part, try to find these replacements at the local parts store, at 8 pm on a saturdday night.