14 hours ago, lonetreesteve said:

Engine number L24-014865, which would be from either a late 9/70 or early 10/70 Series I 240Z. 

Just for fun, the zhome registry page.

http://www.zhome.com/IZCC/ZRegisters/classic.htm

21 hours ago, Zed Head said:

The bright orange 72 went for $26,750.  Mid-20's to mid-30's seems to be the range for the "average" nice, clean, refurbished post-71 240Z.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-datsun-240z-141/

Twenty six grand is a lot of money for a rustbecket.

8 minutes ago, Racer X said:

Twenty six grand is a lot of money for a rustbecket.

Surface rust?  I was thinking the same but if you look most of it is really not too deep.  I didn't see any holes.  Kind of looks like somebody drove it over some salty snow then parked it in a dry garage.

1 hour ago, Zed Head said:

Surface rust?  I was thinking the same but if you look most of it is really not too deep.  I didn't see any holes.  Kind of looks like somebody drove it over some salty snow then parked it in a dry garage.

I thought that too, still, it looks like a considerable amount of the underside of the car is rusty. 
 

The suspension, subframes, crossmember, stabilizer bar and mounts, springs are all quite corroded.

Some pictures show the overlap of the stiffeners, like where the front crossmember mounts. Looks like it is rusted under the stiffener, and has a pretty good start at eating away the underlying metal.

 

The buyer is going to have a lot of work to do if they want the car to survive. And that will cost a lot of money.

The orange one seemed like a bargain compared to this https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-Datsun-240Z/224263144994?hash=item3437200622:g:HPAAAOSw3ZFfyTd8

49 minutes ago, zeeboost said:

The orange one seemed like a bargain compared to this https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-Datsun-240Z/224263144994?hash=item3437200622:g:HPAAAOSw3ZFfyTd8

Beverly Hills doesn't have the cachet that it used to.

The car is race ready though, excess weight stripped, and with the special racing left only alignment on the rear wheel..  And it has the desirable non-EGR intake manifold.  And a DieHard battery.  p.s. They have other Z's in their showroom.

 

Edited December 3, 20204 yr by Zed Head

That vin number is way off. Mine is an early '72 and it's 69,??? something or another. That 1 maybe a 7.

Looks like originality has value.  The silver 72 might have been over-modded, maybe.  $21,500.  But reserve was met.  Seems in better shape than the orange one, easily.  Maybe the louvers and the silver paint dropped the price by about $5000.  Warning for any future sellers.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-datsun-240z-151/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-12-03

Edited December 3, 20204 yr by Zed Head

I don't think they're going to get $9K that blue 240

 

2 hours ago, zeeboost said:

The orange one seemed like a bargain compared to this https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-Datsun-240Z/224263144994?hash=item3437200622:g:HPAAAOSw3ZFfyTd8

OMG what the hell happened to that poor Z!?  😞 

8 minutes ago, grannyknot said:

I don't think they're going to get $9K that blue 240

 

 

 

The gauges are adjustable for better race viewing.  I see exposed gauges as becoming a thing in the future.

The glove box door survived, which is nice.

There's a lot of daylight on that one!!

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