240z 1970 for sale

[Snaponfitz]

For sale 1970 240z runs needs restoration a great starting spot. Vin 003266 some rust engine runs good trans shifts 10,000.00

[240260280]

$10k is too low!  Did you see what Z's are going for these days?

[siteunseen]

Yes! $20K would be my starting number if it runs out okay. Good looking car.

[M3333hp]

The comments above are right on. $10K is too cheap for an early first year car like this.

For a look at what these early Z cars are selling for have a look at Bringatrailer.com  (BaT)

There have been quite a few auctions of these cars in the past few years, especially during the past year. You can get a feel for what these early Z cars are selling for by looking at past auctions on that site.

If you go through the comments on BaT of some of the auctions of early cars you can also get a feel for what potential buyers and Z car fans look for in an early Z car, and what you need to do to get your car sold for the right price---what it's worth in today's market.

You need to upload a LOT of photos of just about every square inch of the car, including the underside----especially the underside. Get the car up on a lift at a shop, make sure there's enough light, and take a hundred photos of all areas of the underside including the frame rails and the floors. It won't matter how dirty the underside is. What will matter is how much rust there is.

From what I can see of this car's frame rails looking down into the engine bay, they look OK. That's a big one---how rusty, or unrusty, the frame rails and the floors are. Don't try to hide anything. The people who haunt BaT know it when something important isn't being shown.

You said the engine runs well and the transmission shifts. Try to get a video of the engine running and also the car going down the road----from both inside and outside the car. That gives people a lot of confidence about a car. Do a cold engine start video with the hood open, and also a full walkaround the car with the engine running. Then get a friend to drive the car while you film from the passenger's seat. It doesn't have to be a long or fast drive. You just want to show that the car and the drivetrain are roadworthy.

And remember, originality always brings the best price. Don't take anything off the car even if it's old, dirty, cracked, or broken. People pay up for original---and rightly so. The best way to destroy the value of a car like this one is to take original stuff off of it or modify it. The only exception might be if you can source some early wheels to replace those later wheels that are on the car. The best kind to have would be original steel wheels with "D" hubcaps, but those are pretty much unobtanium these days unless you have very deep pockets. The next best would be 1970-72 vintage slotted aluminum "mags".

I would offer to buy your car instantly for your asking, but you deserve to get about double that or more for it, depending on how much of that rust that you mentioned is present.   Good luck with the sale!

 

 

 

  

[Zed Head]

$35,000 for sure, easily.  We need to make sure that people who want a 240Z pay as much as possible and strangers who are selling their 240Z's get as much as possible.  It's the right thing to do.

[Zed Head]

7 hours ago, Snaponfitz said:

For sale 1970 240z runs needs restoration a great starting spot. Vin 003266 some rust engine runs good trans shifts 10,000.00

I think that people are excited over the fairly low VIN and the fact that it looks unmodified.  Except for the accident.  3266 isn't really that low though.

How much damage is there underneath?  Looks like somebody hit or ran over a large object.

[rcb280z]

One weird thing: The passenger headlight scoop is cracked as if it were a fiberglass scoop. Were they fiberglass then? I didn't think so but......

[Gav240z]

19 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

$35,000 for sure, easily.  We need to make sure that people who want a 240Z pay as much as possible and strangers who are selling their 240Z's get as much as possible.  It's the right thing to do.

Yeah I am thinking $40k if he paints those fenders. ?

[Gav240z]

Just now, rcb280z said:

One weird thing: The passenger headlight scoop is cracked as if it were a fiberglass scoop. Were they fiberglass then? I didn't think so but......

Early S30Z's had fiberglass to begin with.

[rcb280z]

1 minute ago, Gav240z said:

Early S30Z's had fiberglass to begin with.

Wow, I didn't know that. Learn something new every day.

Seriously, how much is it really worth?

[Zed Head]

He's probably posting all over the net.  @Snaponfitz

[siteunseen]

7 hours ago, Zed Head said:

$35,000 for sure, easily.  We need to make sure that people who want a 240Z pay as much as possible and strangers who are selling their 240Z's get as much as possible.  It's the right thing to do.

Keeps out the riffraff.