Here you go. Yes, I bid on it. 
 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1970-datsun-240z-51/

One interesting note, it has the original coil on the car. Or a replacement but it’s an original early coil.

Edited July 2, 20204 yr by hiyabrad

10 hours ago, hiyabrad said:

Here you go. Yes, I bid on it. 
 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1970-datsun-240z-51/

One interesting note, it has the original coil on the car. Or a replacement but it’s an original early coil.

That is a really nice survivor!!  Love the color too.

Beautiful example and long term ownership. In my humble opinion this would be worth more than one of those VZ cars. It's only original once!

FWIW, I am fairly certain this was on craigslist (Dallas) within the last year or two. My guess is that it will go to a new home at the end of the auction.

Good luck to all bidders!

What a lovely car!  It needs a new interior, gaskets, and I think that original paint job could be preserved.  Might be tough to match the paint in spots, but in all honesty, it needs a whole paint job.  Depends on what you want from the car.  Fix the seats and it looks like it would be a nice driver / conversation piece.

On 7/2/2020 at 7:03 AM, hiyabrad said:

One interesting note, it has the original coil

My feb '71, 240z has the same coil.  still working now for 49 years.. 

I really like this 240Z!  I like how original the car is including its original paint and most everything else.  In fact, I liked it enough to place a bid on the car earlier this afternoon. I will bid a little higher, but that may not be enough to win this '70 Series I car.  

The place that rebuilt the engine was still around three years ago.  Not many posts, looks like they got bored with Facebook. Might still be a going concern.

https://www.facebook.com/RisingSunPerformance/

http://sehlers.tripod.com/risingsun.html/

Edit - I added this earlier but it didn't stick for some reason.  They're still around.

Edited July 6, 20204 yr by Zed Head

I'll be surprised if it doesn't double from here. Maybe even up to the 50k range

1 hour ago, Patcon said:

I'll be surprised if it doesn't double from here. Maybe even up to the 50k range

Do you think it will go for that much?  I realize that it has a relatively low VIN at 2207 and has its original matching numbers engine, a 49-year history with the second owner of the car, documentation and  the seller states that the car has its original paint, but $30k-plus?  Now I know why Siteunseen laughed!  As the old saying goes, I guess you can't blame a guy for trying ? 

On 7/2/2020 at 7:03 AM, hiyabrad said:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1970-datsun-240z-51/

It's a bit strange.. on the big third pic on the site (the big pic's)  i can see clearly over(?) 12 ! dents alone in the left door! On pic no: 27 or 28 from the small pic's i can see with great difficulty 1 or 2.. ?   Are those little pics from many years ago or what?

8 hours ago, lonetreesteve said:

Do you think it will go for that much?  I realize that it has a relatively low VIN at 2207 and has its original matching numbers engine, a 49-year history with the second owner of the car, documentation and  the seller states that the car has its original paint, but $30k-plus?  Now I know why Siteunseen laughed!  As the old saying goes, I guess you can't blame a guy for trying ? 

Yes, probably.  I am probably low. I have been on n.v the last few examples like this

 

As for the dents, I would get a good paintless dent repair guy to go over the whole car. If I thought the car would age ok as is, I might leave it original and patina'd

The car sold yesterday afternoon for $43.5k. I really loved this car and I bid up to $36,240.00 which was my budget when you factor in BaT's buyer's fee, transportation costs, Colorado sales taxes, etc. To be honest, I don't think the car is worth $43.5k-plus. I also think that since the auction really heated up towards the end (like a lot of them do) the winning bidder probably paid more than he originally intended to. I would be curious to see what the winning bidder's plans are for the car: Stay with the original paint and have a professional remove the dings and match the original paint and blend or do a complete restoration?    

What would your preference be if you won the auction? 

 I vote for original paint and fix the dings. It's identical to my first Z. Sigh.