I have decided to sell my 918 Orange 1971 240Z.  This is an original restoration with most of the work documented on this website link at: 

 

(Unfortunately some of the earlier work on this thread was accidentally deleted by the site admin due to some external spammers)

I would consider the car a Category 2 restoration based on Hagerty's scale. 

This car placed 2nd in the Z car category at the 2016 JCCS which had nearly 50 entrants, arguably one of the most competitive Z car shows in the nation.  

The car runs great and all electronics work well including an original radio, antenna, wipers and clock (quartz mech)

The car has also been featured in the 2018 Fall edition of the GQ style magazine and can be seen at this website: https://www.gq.com/story/datsun-240z-oral-history

Many new and original parts on the car.  Freshly chromed bumpers and 'Just dashes' dash just to name a few.  Rims and hubcaps are epic (they were carefully stored for over 45 years) and are a bit hard to part with.

While many parts of the car would be considered condition 1 by Hagerty's, I would consider the paint it's weak link and a category 2 ( I personally would give it a 7.5 or 8 out of 10).  It is a beautiful high end single stage paint that could probably use a little more color sanding.    On the flip side of this, I was praised by one Concours car show judge on how the paint replicates the original factory paint in its' appearance.

Other minor issues would be a gap near at the drivers side door that is a bit wide and the original 47 year old exhaust that sounds a bit like a motorboat at low RPMs. I will also include a new aftermarket (motorsport) exhaust in the sale.

Below are some recent pics.

Will be listing on BAT soon

Many more pictures available upon request

Thanks, Rich

Edited October 31, 20186 yr by motorman7

Gorgeous car!  Good luck with the sale..

Mike

Beautiful! Hope it goes to a good home.

That's looking more 1ish than 2, hope you get every penny.

Beautiful car! Worth every penny!

@motorman7 should put this on bringatrailer, could probably get more than that for it, they have reserves you can place. 

Problem with putting it on BaT or CL, is you never know who's gonna buy it... Could be some rich kid who'll crash it in a month. Putting it up here lowers that possibility... Now of course you'll find some well caring people on BaT and CL, but it's less likely. It all depends on how much you like your car, and how well you want it cared for.

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11 hours ago, heyitsrama said:

@motorman7 should put this on bringatrailer, could probably get more than that for it, they have reserves you can place. 

I couldn’t agree more. You’ll get top dollar...I’ve seen Z’s a heck of a lot worse than this go for $35,000.00 on BAT. Especially if you get in a bidding war. Rich, just take a ton of pics, put a $40,000.00 reserve and watch the fun! I’ll bet this car hits $45,000.00 on BAT. You probably have $37,000.00 invested, especially if you count your hours at $70.00/hour.

24 minutes ago, Diseazd said:

I couldn’t agree more. You’ll get top dollar...I’ve seen Z’s a heck of a lot worse than this go for $35,000.00 on BAT. Especially if you get in a bidding war. Rich, just take a ton of pics, put a $40,000.00 reserve and watch the fun! I’ll bet this car hits $45,000.00 on BAT. You probably have $37,000.00 invested, especially if you count your hours at $70.00/hour.

Thanks for the comments everyone.  I will probably leave it here for a couple weeks and after that move it over to BAT as mentioned if it does not sell on this site.  I am not really in any rush and wife says I should wait till Spring to sell.  I would probably go with a bit lower reserve, but we will see how that goes when we get there.  $70/00 sounds pretty good.  With all the labor I put into the cars, my wife often jokes that I work for about $0.25/hour.   I need to look into this.

The 240z will be more valuable at 50... wait another year!

Hi, What did you pay for the Just Dashes dash restoration?  And were you happy with it? GLWTS (good luck with the sale)

The Just Dashes restoration was $1850 (paid for by previous owner).  Personally, I would go with Vintagedashes at half the cost.  The appearance is about the same, you just have to do the install yourself.  The install is pretty easy.