How rare is an original 5 speed manual 240z?

[EuroDat]

 

EuroDat, I don't know where all the 280Z, 620 and 720 stuff is coming from? Why make this more complicated by introducing ideas from left field? We could suggest a whole raft of other transmissions too, but seems pointless and unlikely to me.

Good point. It doesn't add much to this thread. It would only be relavent if someone changed the original tranny for a us model.

[lonetreesteve]

Reviving this old thread because I just bought a European market '73 240Z (I'm in AZ). Owner had (and now I have) a ream of documents and the VIN plate in the engine compartment is an HLS301XXXXXXX number. Also has square front turn signals mounted above the bumper and those Euro taillights, plus the original sped in kms. I wasn't really looking for something unique like this, but wondering what addition intrigue or value this places on the car (Orange btw, with the original E88 head).However, the dash top has no VIN plate and I'm wondering if anyone can confirm that Euro market Zs then did not have such a VIN on the dash. Thanks. I plan to comb through this site quite extensively over the next few days....

 

Welcome, revlimitbounce!

 

Congratulations on your new Z!  I remember seeing your car on the Tucson Craigslist awhile back, when I was searching the southwest for another 240Z project (I actually ended up buying a project car in Tucson, had it shipped up here to Colorado and it arrived at the body shop about 10 days ago). 

 

I love the fact that your '73 came stock with a 5-speed (versus a 4-speed on North American cars), that it came with the round top carbs (versus the N. A. flattops) and it had the Euro bumpers (versus the N. A. '73 bumpers, which were slightly different than the '70 through '72 N. A. bumpers).

 

Your car was featured on BringaTrailer.com. Here's the link:

http://bringatrailer.com/2015/11/25/swiss-import-1973-datsun-240z-5-speed/

 

Enjoy your new Z!

Edited December 24, 2015 by lonetreesteve

[revlimitbounce]

On December 24, 2015 at 8:41 AM, lonetreesteve said:

 

Welcome, revlimitbounce!

 

Congratulations on your new Z!  I remember seeing your car on the Tucson Craigslist awhile back, when I was searching the southwest for another 240Z project (I actually ended up buying a project car in Tucson, had it shipped up here to Colorado and it arrived at the body shop about 10 days ago). 

 

I love the fact that your '73 came stock with a 5-speed (versus a 4-speed on North American cars), that it came with the round top carbs (versus the N. A. flattops) and it had the Euro bumpers (versus the N. A. '73 bumpers, which were slightly different than the '70 through '72 N. A. bumpers).

 

Your car was featured on BringaTrailer.com. Here's the link:

http://bringatrailer.com/2015/11/25/swiss-import-1973-datsun-240z-5-speed/

 

Enjoy your new Z!

Thanks, Lonetreesteve! Believe it or not, I'm in Winter Park, CO right now. I saw the BaT post afterwards, too. I posted a reply to that BaT thread, but it didn't go through. It was a long reply and I really didn't have time to re-write it, so maybe I'll get to it over the next few weeks. Cheers & happy new year!

[lonetreesteve]

On 12/31/2015 at 5:16 PM, revlimitbounce said:

Thanks, Lonetreesteve! Believe it or not, I'm in Winter Park, CO right now. I saw the BaT post afterwards, too. I posted a reply to that BaT thread, but it didn't go through. It was a long reply and I really didn't have time to re-write it, so maybe I'll get to it over the next few weeks. Cheers & happy new year!

Yes, what a small world it is!  We both just bought our 240Zs in Tucson, AZ at about the same time in December and now you are in Winter Park, one of the resorts where I go skiing since it's only about an hour and a half from where I live here in Lone Tree, CO.