My 1970 Datsun 240z

[Jonathon Anthony]

Hi everyone. I purchased this 240z about a month ago. It will be a daily driver until I take the time to restore it in the distant future. It is not a numbers matching car (engine head is a e88), but it runs and is solid all around. Everything on the car works. It has had some rust repair (fiberglass patch) behind the seat and replaced front fenders. I can't wait to get back from college and start work restoring the rims. You may notice that it does not have the hatch louvers on it. That is because the previous owner put a 1972 hatch on instead of the original when he repainted the car. I still have the original.

Here are some pics of my car:

By the way, I am missing the year correct radio. If anyone has a contact that I could reach for a radio, please let me know.

[tamo3]

Congrats for getting series one!

I have radio from my '75 280z.

I don' t know weather it's same model for series one or not.

Do you have radio model number?

[Jonathon Anthony]

I have no idea. I have not had time to check through all the numbers on my car. I was not even able to drive it home. I used a college weekend to go to Fond Du Lac WI to purchase it. Once I really go through the car, I will update the details of my car (including vin number ~ HLS30 036xx).

[theczechone]

Hi,

I was actually the first caller on this car, almost bought it but in the end I was lacking the funds. Looks like a great car and I wish you a lot of luck with it! I have the original radio out of my January/70 car, I will not be using a radio or at least the stock radio in my car so if you want it PM me. Again congrats and welcome to the Z family... it's sort of an addiction

[Jonathon Anthony]

Hi Michael, and thanks for the message on the radio. I will keep you in mind. The car is far from perfect and still needs some work. The driveshaft vibrates above 70 mph and the SU carbs need to be refurbished. I will drop the driveshaft and send it in to be repaired. The car does seem solid though and I will enjoy it.

[LeonV]

Looks to be in good shape! Probably needs a good going-over but that's a nice start. BTW, if the last photo was supposed to show a patch, I don't see it. Looks stock to me, but it's hard to tell from the pic.

[Jonathon Anthony]

The last photo is the floor pan on the driver side, just to show the level of rust. I did not take a picture of the patch behind the seat. The car does have some undercoating, so hopefully it is not hiding anything underneath (one thing to be wary about). When I bought the car, I spent about an hour and a half banging on the entire floor pan to verify it was solid.

[Mikes Z car]

Jonathon Anthony,

Do you have any idea what color the PO painted your car with?

Mike

[Jonathon Anthony]

I am not sure. It is just a silver paint job. He put three coats on and admitted when I bought the car that it was an alright, but not professional, paint job. I do have his phone number and email, so I can ask him about it if you want the brand and color of paint.

[Jonathon Anthony]

He might not remember, it was painted in 06.