Zedhead,

I'm thinking a lot of that shine is from a ceramic coating. A lot more shine than stock but it is "modified" and it is a lot easier to keep clean.

Three Datsuns up today.  A silver 78 with normal shine, the Mad Max 76, and a 68 Roadster.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1978-datsun-280z-86/

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1976-datsun-280z-44/

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1968-datsun-1600-roadster-18/

1967 Porsche 911S Soft Window Targa 5-Speed Sells for $427,000!  

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-porsche-911s-soft-window-targa/

Edited March 5, 20214 yr by lonetreesteve
typo

The guy did not take $16,500 for his off-road 280Z.  There's even a Baja type video on the page.

Edited March 5, 20214 yr by Zed Head

Note to future car sellers - close the hood (bonnet), just to show that it will.

5 hours ago, lonetreesteve said:

1967 Porsche 911S Soft Window Targa 5-Speed Sells for $427,000!  

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-porsche-911s-soft-window-targa/

Very nice. I've always liked that era for 911's. I have been fortunate to take a couple out on the road course at Pacific Raceways. Once in a street driven 911 Carerra, and once in a similar Carerra that was race prepped and ultimately became a competitor of mine in the ICSCC Production class. Fast cars, handle perfectly, comfortable to drive.

If I was rich I'd have these instead of Zs.

So the itemized refurb cost was $402,622.24, and it sold for $427,000, for a net of $24,377.76.

I guess that guy isn't getting rich building Porsches and selling them on BAT, eh? 

2 hours ago, Racer X said:

Very nice. I've always liked that era for 911's. I have been fortunate to take a couple out on the road course at Pacific Raceways. Once in a street driven 911 Carerra, and once in a similar Carerra that was race prepped and ultimately became a competitor of mine in the ICSCC Production class. Fast cars, handle perfectly, comfortable to drive.

If I was rich I'd have these instead of Zs.

So the itemized refurb cost was $402,622.24, and it sold for $427,000, for a net of $24,377.76.

I guess that guy isn't getting rich building Porsches and selling them on BAT, eh? 

I agree with you Racer X, that was a great era for the 911's.  As far as the auction is concerned, when you consider all of the time and effort involved in the restoration of this very rare 1967 Soft Window Porsche Targa 911, I agree $24k is peanuts. 

13 hours ago, lonetreesteve said:

I agree with you Racer X, that was a great era for the 911's.  As far as the auction is concerned, when you consider all of the time and effort involved in the restoration of this very rare 1967 Soft Window Porsche Targa 911, I agree $24k is peanuts. 

You can call me Racer, Steve, ;)

For sure, the quality of the refurb should have commanded a much higher price, especially for a car like this. Considering all the labor involved, and the coordination and management of the build, the guy barely broke even, maybe even lost money.

 

(Reserve not met, I'm guessing) twin turbo RB26DETT 1972 240Z. 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-datsun-240z-168/

On 3/5/2021 at 11:53 AM, lonetreesteve said:

1967 Porsche 911S Soft Window Targa 5-Speed Sells for $427,000!  

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-porsche-911s-soft-window-targa/

 

Those Porsche people always had too much money.  Especially for a car shaped like a dung beetle...😄

On 3/5/2021 at 8:52 PM, Racer X said:

If I was rich I'd have these instead of Zs.

When I bought my first Datsun 240Z, I had just been at the local Porsche Dealer trying to trade my 67 911s in on a new 911E. The Webers on the "S" were always loading up and fouling plugs in stop & go traffic. It was very hard starting in the Winter and the shift linkage was worse than the Corvairs I'd owned before. I couldn't get together with the Porsche Dealer - they wanted too much for their new car and offered way to little for mine. On the way back to the Base, I passed the Datsun Dealer and saw the 240Z. Stopped and long story made short - I bought the Z.  Three months with the Z - and I sold the Porsche. Never wanted one again. Over the years that followed I did add Corvettes, Jag's, and a Ferrari to the garage - and over the following years I sold them all except the 240Z. Nothing since 1970 has ever been better than the 240Z. 

1 hour ago, Carl Beck said:

When I bought my first Datsun 240Z, I had just been at the local Porsche Dealer trying to trade my 67 911s in on a new 911E. The Webers on the "S" were always loading up and fouling plugs in stop & go traffic. It was very hard starting in the Winter and the shift linkage was worse than the Corvairs I'd owned before. I couldn't get together with the Porsche Dealer - they wanted too much for their new car and offered way to little for mine. On the way back to the Base, I passed the Datsun Dealer and saw the 240Z. Stopped and long story made short - I bought the Z.  Three months with the Z - and I sold the Porsche. Never wanted one again. Over the years that followed I did add Corvettes, Jag's, and a Ferrari to the garage - and over the following years I sold them all except the 240Z. Nothing since 1970 has ever been better than the 240Z. 

Carl,  I too got my 240Z while in the service and still have it.  I had been lusting after one as soon as I read the 1970 Road and Track article, but finishing my degree, my draft notice from President Nixon (Greetings!...), and Navy service (and pay) got in the way until I returned in December 1972 from 11 months on Yankee Station (off N. Vietnam) with enough cash to buy one.  It still took 4 months on the dealers wait list until April '73 before I could buy it.  After the 240Z came out, no one, at least in my squadron, bought any other sports car.    Here is a photo I took in December 1972 as our ship departed Japan returning to the US.  I've annotated it with the model of Z each of us bought (eventually). 

 

Edited March 8, 20214 yr by jayhawk