Best I can do is my 3rd Z car...circa early 1990's this pic with my son, who is now 27 years old and taller than me

I tried hard to get him into Z's but....he is a cough cough honda guy...sigh...

Not a Z, but still a nice Datsun. These shots of my 1972 510 were taken in 1988. That's Five and Dime on the front porch in the 2nd shot. He's 9 years old.

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Cheap afro wig and cheap leisure suit

and anyone can reproduce that picture

you lost so many years ago

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Accept for the ShopVac in the neighbors front lawn ;-)

My first classic Z, a '77 280z 5spd. Found it in the Austin newspaper, paid $2500 for in 2003 I think. Still had the FI on it and ran good. The wheels on it are 15x6 or 15x7 Shelby's that I bought on Ebay. If I had known how rare they were I would have kept them and put something different on it. The car went to Dallas and I believe was eventually impounded due to the buyer racking up parking tickets with it.

OK, I finally dug out my old photo album and scanned a few pics.

Here is my first Z taken in 1984. I bought a pair of Z's for $600 that had been sitting in a field with the hopes of making one good car. They were an orange '72 and a brown '76, but both were way too rotten to save. I learned a ton stripping them and working on them and I still use the carbs and wheels on my 260Z race car. I took this pic on the day I brought them home, but I had already swapped a few body panels between them as you can see.

After I gave up on the two rusty cars, I drove to Atlanta from Ohio in the spring of 1986 and bought a rust-free auto trans '76 280. Here I am washing it the day I bought it before I drove it 750 miles home on expired GA plates. As soon as I got it back to Ohio, I swapped the auto trans for the 4 speed I took out of the '72 and I removed the headlight covers and Libre copy wheels. I still have both the headlight covers and wheels in storage. I plan on painting the headlight covers and putting them on my BRE tribute race car and if anybody wants the wheels they are for sale. Otherwise, they will probably stay in storage for another 27 years.

Wow, I was about 100 lbs lighter back then.

Jeff,

Who owned the 280ZX in the background? The Libre style wheels are my favorite and maybe someday I'll get a set for my '71 project, but right now the rust repairs and body work are more important. Plus, I plan to refurbish the original hubcaps to keep the car as original as possible.

Robert S.

Hey Robert, Catching the ZX in the background was just a coincidence and there were likely lots of them around as it was only a few year old car at the time. The photo was taken at my sister's apartment complex, so I had no idea who owned that car.

I was trying to post old photos of a few more old Z's I had, but the forum crashed last night as I was uploading them. I'll try again tonight.

This was my first car. Bought it in 1976. It was an early '71.

Bought the 240Z 15 Aug 1970. Traded it for a station wagon it in 1972 with second child on the way. Contacted by second owner 9/89 with offer to give me first choice to buy the car before he put it on the market. He contacted me thru the Air Force personnel system. I was in Shreveport , LA and he was in Dallas, TX. We went to Dallas the next weekend and paid him $3000 the same as I paid in 1970. Currently being restored.

Wally Dill

Bought Montgomery, Al and driven to Craig AFB Selma, AL. Original 85 miles.

Craig AFB

Craig AFB

Marry Me! 30 Dec 1970

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Very cool....the car closed the deal!

I am enjoying these 70s pics. I didn't have the financial ability to buy a Z in the early 70s but almost! I have an original one now I am keeping as a survivor!

Bought my Z from Jaremko Motors in Spokane, Wa., July 1971. First photo was on her maiden voyage to California from Spokane. The photos of it within the roped off area are in 1984 when I sold her at Tri Cities Nissan, Pasco, WA. The last photo is when I got her back in 2008. She is within about a month of being back on the road. See my garage for some photos after her new paint.