Hi everyone, thought I'd join up and share my new purchase.

Bit of a back story first. I was driving home on a Sunday a while back when the city to surf run was on here in Perth, due to detours I ended up taking a route I'd never normally take. Well I saw the old girl just sitting on the verge, they do stand out, so I left a note asking if it was for sale. Not expecting much, I get a call on Monday. the Lady explained it was the father in law's car and he had since passed. The sons didn't want to sell it, but at the same time they were going to do nothing with it. She suggested to them they should sell it on to someone who would take care of it, as the father always did. Well, after some back and forth I am now the proud owner of a 1977 240K sedan. I am the 3rd owner, with the 2nd owner buying it sometime in 1979/80, and driving it til his passing.

When I purchased it the lady mentioned that the car never sat outside the garage, and was only there that morning as they moved it out Saturday to hold a baby shower, and they had slept in Sunday. So my random detour led to a car that was outside in daylight for just a few hours. I guess some things are meant to be.

Quick Question, has anyone seen a 240K with the rear skyline badge instead of Datsun? Judging by the condition, and the previous owner being elderly, I assume it is factory and wasn't just added later.

Hmmm, yes that would be a problem.

10K is lowball? geez, these things seem to go up in value all the time. I'm not selling, mind you, but seems like a decent bit of coin.

As for Wedding Cars, well I'm sure there's people who'd love it. Maybe not as big a crowd as though who want an XY GT or a MK2 Jaguar or something a bit more iconic

Been a while since I posted anything, have done a little to the car since then. Fitted a Petronix electronic ignition which definitely made starting easier and helped it rev a bit. Had a problem with the car stalling, and found the old wiring had some bad voltage drops. Ran a power cable from the Battery direct to the coil, using the original circuit to trigger a relay, and everything was perfect.

Bought a set of low king springs and fitted them all around. Gave it a much nicer stance, and made handling so much better. Got rid of a lot of the body roll, without making the ride too harsh. Would definitely recommend it as a cheap effective upgrade.

Fitted an old man rear louvre to nana-spec it a little. Also bought a blanket on the rear seat and a tissue box on the rear parcel shelf.

Lastly got a period set of rims, Turugi Racing Bilbos. I like the out there styling (and really out there name) and think the gold goes well with the blue.

That's all I've done other than use it as a daily and just enjoy it, they really are nice to drive and surprisingly comfortable.

Don't plan to do much more at this point, only thing I wouldn't mind fitting is some JDM rear lenses and wiring them up to have all 4 rings as tail and brake lights, don't suppose anyone here can help me find some? Been checking YaJ through Import Monster and haven't seen a set in a while.

oh, and I painted the grille back and left the chrome trim as is. Does anyone know if they were black and chrome from factory, or left unpainted with the die cast left raw?

this is taillight search on yahoo.

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awesome, cheers. Don't know what I was searching but there are a couple there I haven't seen before

will keep a eye out for u

Grill should be metallic gray

10K is lowball? geez, these things seem to go up in value all the time. I'm not selling, mind you, but seems like a decent bit of coin.

Considering he'd send it somewhere where it would sell for $20,000 to $30,000.

Spot on there Camo. It's annoying how people keep coming into your thread and asking for you to sell. Just ignore them mate, shes beautiful.

Im on the hunt for some JDM lights too so let the fun times roll

Hey sir.

would you by chance be interested in selling this ?

i make you very special one time offer of $9999.

Hasn't been too much to report of late, car has been serving daily duties with out a fault. In the last few weeks I seem to have been getting a lot of offers to buy it, both from "exporters" and a few guys that had them as first cars back in the day.

Anyway, finally sourced a pair of lenses of YaJ, and after a bit of cleaning they are on the car. I love the look already.

Ooooo photos or ban