I found an old memory card while rummaging through a desk drawer today, and it had some photos I took of the 73 before I had it shipped from Virginia down to Georgia.

1972……..Atlanta to Virginia…..reverse order of your Z.

1993 - Chino Hills CA to Clinton MA.  The top 240Z wasn't running at the time (and still isn't ...) - the hauler was parked at the bottom of the hill I lived on, and I was able to coast down the hill with enough momentum to get it onto the first ramp.  From there, the driver worked it with hydraulics and ramp tilts to get it above the cab.  Aside from some minor dings on the tail end of the Corvette, the cars arrived unscathed.

1987 My first car purchase. Saved for 2 1/2 years

35 years...😉

Here are a few of my old pics.  First is the orange '72 240Z the day I bought it.  It was my first Z and I bought it for $200 along with  brown '76 280Z for $400 in 1982.  The 240 ran great, but was too rusty to fix, so I parted it out and used the SU's on my race car over 15 years after I pulled them from the 240Z.

Next up was my first nice Z.  I bought the '76 280Z in Atlanta in 1986.  This pic was the day I bought it.  I gave it a wash before driving it 750 miles home the next day.  I pulled the Libre wheels and sold those to a member here a few years ago and I pulled the headlight covers and after 30 years of storage, installed them on the race car.

The white 240Z's were a clean Arizona '72 rolling chassis that I bought sight unseen from Arizona and had shipped back to Michigan.  The pic was taken the day it arrived in 1995.  The '73 was a really rusty car that I bought cheap because it had a lot of good performance parts including triple Webers and Bilstein struts.  I combined the two Z's and cut up the '73.  The '72 ended up with a forum member and was moved to Paris, France.

Finally, here is a pic of my '78 280Z the day I bought it in Atlanta in 1990.  I still have it almost 32 years later.

 

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Looks like more than the cars need a restoration. Looking forward to the time we can restore ourselves instead of the cars LOL. 

I need to put some MT-90 in my knees and elbows, then S.E.M upholstery paint my faded hair and carpet.

 

1 hour ago, siteunseen said:

I need to put some MT-90 in my knees and elbows, then S.E.M upholstery paint my faded hair and carpet.

 

Maybe do something about the sagging rear end and stinky exhaust, too. 😎

I need a new "wiper bag" mine's sagging after 50 years. And the rear clunk when changing gears is just as it sounds, I've changed gears and have a clunk. Maybe a new rubber mount would work? but going through TSA would be a bitch.

15 minutes ago, siteunseen said:

I need a new "wiper bag" mine's sagging after 50 years. And the rear clunk when changing gears is just as it sounds, I've changed gears and have a clunk. Maybe a new rubber mount would work? but going through TSA would be a bitch.

With age, properly functioning emission controls and vapor recovery become more important.  😎

4 hours ago, siteunseen said:

going through TSA would be a bitch.