Z's on BAT and other places collection

[Carl Beck]

1 hour ago, Zed Head said:

The Z money is coming back.  Three in the 30's, a wide range of styles.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-datsun-240z-201/

This one surprised me - It is a very nice 240Z and worth the money - IF - it didn't need floorboards replaced. It might not matter at all to the current owner, but when he goes to resell it - buyers might be a lot more picky. Not saying he paid too much - just saying it surprised me that two buyers were willing to go above $26/28K.

Edited October 8, 2022 by Carl Beck

[Patcon]

I find the incorrect items can be fairly easy to remedy. The VIN number is fixed however and they don't come up for sale that often and each year we lose a few of them.

[Zed Head]

The market is a combination of enthusiasts (the V8 car went for a good price), collectors (the imperfections detract), and investors (the low VIN number has inherent value that will increase as time goes by).  I think that the investor class is growing as the stock market loses value.  Hard assets bought by investors who like neat cars.  

Here's the BAT price plot for 240Z's with a limit of 60K.  The trend is still up.  Even the low end is up.

Edited October 8, 2022 by Zed Head

[SpeedRoo]

On 10/7/2022 at 5:37 PM, Zed Head said:

LOW VIN NUMBER ALERT!  LOW VIN NUMBER ALERT!  🚩 🚩 🚩

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1970-datsun-240z-96/

Bit naughty not disclosing the engine was changed in the original listing. I think it's now dead in the water and the high bidder may want to withdraw their bid.

[Zed Head]

The BAT people take a lot of abuse over that, reporting the correct numbers.  Surprising that they did not call it out in their description.  As I understand things, BAT writes the description, not the seller.

On the other hand though, anyone that follows the 240Z auctions knows to verify that.  The bidder, MRM, has bought and bid on several 240Z's.  You'd think that they knew what they were bidding on.  Who knows.  Drama!

https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrm/

[Carl Beck]

4 hours ago, SpeedRoo said:

Bit naughty not disclosing the engine was changed in the original listing. I think it's now dead in the water and the high bidder may want to withdraw their bid.

I agree, also think that it hurts the seller's creditability when they don't state right up front - "replacement L24".  ON the other hand a low VIN 240Z with a lot of expensive and time consuming restoration work already done, most certainly would be a pretty nice weekend driver for C&C's.  At $50K-$65K it should be in the market range.   $35K for a pretty nice non-numbers matching Series I seems a bargain  + $15K for a pretty low VIN 1969 production example.  MRM may very well know what he's doing ....

[astrohog]

On 10/8/2022 at 12:04 PM, Zed Head said:

The market is a combination of enthusiasts (the V8 car went for a good price), collectors (the imperfections detract), and investors (the low VIN number has inherent value that will increase as time goes by).  I think that the investor class is growing as the stock market loses value.  Hard assets bought by investors who like neat cars.  

Here's the BAT price plot for 240Z's with a limit of 60K.  The trend is still up.  Even the low end is up.

Looks like the days of finding anything in the sub $10K range were gone a couple years ago.

[Racer X]

13 hours ago, astrohog said:

Looks like the days of finding anything in the sub $10K range were gone a couple years ago.

Oh, I’ve got a few that should be in the sub $10K range.

Edited October 10, 2022 by Racer X

[astrohog]

List some of those up on BAT, it would elicit comment gold! 🤣

[bluez]

Wow a tree in a Z… Haven't seen that in quite a while.

BAT posting must include BAC (bring a chainsaw)...

[DC871F]

7 hours ago, Racer X said:

Oh, I’ve got a few that should be in the sub $10K range.

Your post is all in fun, give a few more years, you may see it.

[26th-Z]

This will require Nissan part number D2345-E4100; "Puller_tree large single diameter" rather than the D2344 for the smaller bush stuff.