HLS30-000105 is now for sale on Ebay

[M3333hp]

HLS30-000105 is now for sale on Ebay:

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Datsun-240z-Series-1-/292151078816?hash=item44058fafa0:g:dCsAAOSwFqNZQM9-&vxp=mtr

Has 49 bids to $15,000 within 4 hours after being listed.

It was listed on CL and within a short time after I posted on here the listing was taken down.

I should ask the guy for a finder's fee.

[87mj]

Im not sure I get the whole "low vin" thing.  If I were shopping for a 240, I would take good factory sheet metal over a low vin any day.  I know I am wrong though because everyone wants a low vin.  I'm wrong.  Right?  

[Zed Head]

24 minutes ago, 87mj said:

Im not sure I get the whole "low vin" thing.  If I were shopping for a 240, I would take good factory sheet metal over a low vin any day.  I know I am wrong though because everyone wants a low vin.  I'm wrong.  Right?  

Stop...

[esmit208]

NOT WRONG! I would take good sheet metal and a complete car as well. The low VIN'S typically need more work or have had lots of work done.

[Zed Head]

You can tell that the guy who got it is just a car guy who got lucky.  A collector wouldn't run 40 year old rust and grime through the engine just to hear the engine noise.  Cringeworthy...

 

[psdenno]

20 minutes ago, 87mj said:

Im not sure I get the whole "low vin" thing.  If I were shopping for a 240, I would take good factory sheet metal over a low vin any day.  I know I am wrong though because everyone wants a low vin.  I'm wrong.  Right?  

It's kind of like a "mine is bigger than yours" mind game and is only meaningful to those who play the game.  A lower VIN is only more valuable if you think it is.   And the owner of a low VIN is only as important as he and the other players think he is.  Easy!

Dennis

 

 

[Zed Head]

It has no title - "it is sold with a notorized bill of sale."

[psdenno]

3 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

It has no title - "it is sold with a notorized bill of sale."

I noticed that, too.  It does say "Clear Title? in the description, however.

Dennis

 

 

[esmit208]

some of these LOW VIN rigs are getting ridiculous on the asking price. The buyer will need 15K or more to get it presentable again. Let's all try to be just a little more realistic here

[M3333hp]

I think that engine has had some work. It's much too clean and it started too quickly to have been brought into the shop and just hooked up to gas and a battery and be fired right up. The carbs seem too clean to not have been worked on.

There are reasons why someone might want an early car. Probably some people on here can understand, since it is CLASICZCARS.com after all, and you can't get much more classic than a Z car with VIN 000105 that was built in 1969.

1) Anyway, one reason is that the earliest 1970 cars were different in about 30 different ways from the later 1970 cars. And now a lot of those very early parts are being accurately reproduced, so it's not impossible to get an early car back to what it was.

2) The earliest cars bring the most money when restored well, meaning they can be saved instead of ignored or crushed because restoring one would be a losing proposition.

3) Having owned some, and restoring one now, I like the early versions of many different cars. They were often the most basic, and not affected by "marketing" or "comfort' features that sometimeds watered them down.

But, hey, anyone with an early Z car that's not in bad shape and not too expensive, just let me know and I'll take it off your hands.

 

 

[Patcon]

16 minutes ago, psdenno said:

I noticed that, too.  It does say "Clear Title? in the description, however.

I noticed both of those too. Does Nevada title old cars?

[Zed Head]

Makes me feel sleazy if they're actually hiding but it is the internet age.  Did you hear about that Congressman who posted a screen shot of something important to his constituents but forgot to crop out the porn site links at the top...

Maybe it really was found in a barn  The youtube video is from Harmon Classics.  Apparently an equestrian club.  Sounds a lot like the old "Harmony" guy though who posted old Z's but never sold them.

http://www.harmonclassics.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HarmonClassics/

Here's another, that's more likely - https://harmonclassicbrakes.com/

Another - http://www.harmonsclassiccars.com/

 

 

Edited June 15, 2017 by Zed Head