Who has a rare Z ?

[280zx Fever]

I was more interseted in people that have the rare varients eg 432's ZX-R's etc...

But as for numbering.. i have HGS130-000713.. Fairlady Z came from japan and has no Aus Compliance plate I would hazard to guess original everything cept a motor rebuild even has the japan stickers on the front bumper but its squashed at the front

Can anyone bet my HGS130-000713 in australia ?

Lets branch out a little now hehe anyone know of someone with a rare model Z ? eg 432 or ZX-R ?

[HS30-H]

Originally posted by 26th-Z

I don’t think the S30 is rare. There are also very many unique variations of the S30; a unique type on it’s own with a unique and interesting history. How unique a specific car is might be a better question as we compare the words “rare” and “unique”. An S30 variant produced less than fifty times might be the most rare of unique!

Do you mean the S30-series as a whole or the base-model Fairlady Z ( S30-S )?

If you mean the S30-series as a whole then I'd agree with you, but in a worldwide sense the base-model S30-S Fairlady Z - especially unmolested and unmodified early production models - are certainly one of the rarer variants. There are not all that many early and unmolested Fairlady Z-L's out there either.......

There seem to be plenty of relatively early HLS30 models knocking around ( a good handful of them over here in the UK, and I saw lots in Japan too ) so I can imagine why the REALLY early VIN numbers command a premium.

I don't think I have seen many REALLY low VIN number RHD cars come up for sale recently, and somehow I suspect that something with a really early ( two digit? ) VIN RHD car in good to excellent condition would easily match any of the low-VIN LHD cars on the price it could command at sale. Condition would be the crunch factor of course. Exchange rates would come into play, and I know several countries where the value of the local currency would help to trump a US Dollar price. Of course, VIN number Bingo and any discussion of prices / potential value etc etc are purely in the eye of the beholder, and must be taken on a case-by-case basis.

There's also the factor of limited production in the first place. I rather suspect that a genuine PS30-SB would win the limited production rarity award if there was one to be awarded. You could get into an argument about all sorts of parameters, but in my mind the 432R wins hands-down because it was an OFFICIAL Factory product that WAS sold to the general public and was also on display to the Japanese press at the preview event in October 1969, and on the Nissan display stand at the Tokyo Motor Show just a few weeks later. That particular car would be something of a Holy Grail for a serious collector and something of an icon that would deserve a place in Nissan's museum ( yet to be built ).

I would also have thought that local-market dealer promotion editions would mainly be valued in the country or area of their sale? I don't know much about the American special-editions but I would have thought that they would usually fall into this kind of category?

There's also the factor of the car's location in respect to its rarity. I know a little about this, as I own what we know is the only GENUINE Factory-built HS30-H ( Fairlady 240ZG ) in Europe. This makes it rare in its current location, but if it was taken back to Japan it would be quite a lot less rare ( although GENUINE ZG's - as opposed to fakes and replicas - are actually not all that common over there either ).

[HS30-H]

trumpet blowing.........

[Zedrally]

I think the original discussion point may have been based on uniqueness, rather than rarity.

To say zeds are rare is a contradiction as over 1/2 a million where built, however, some varients are unique and surviving examples of these may be considered rare by some.

Depending on how the question is put, different answers will eminate from different corners of the globe!

:classic:

[HS30-H]

Originally posted by 280zx Fever

I was more interseted in people that have the rare varients eg 432's ZX-R's etc...

[Zedrally]

Originally posted by 280zx Fever

Im not saying mine are rare but they are of the limited bunch

In which case they are unique!

[26th-Z]

Here is the Suncaost Z Car Club Christmas Party.

[26th-Z]

And the other side of the yard

[Mike]

Originally posted by Arizona240z

2Many and Mike both have rare Z's.....because they have rarely been on the road!!

You'd be gettin a spankin right now if it wasn't so damn TRUE!! Haha.... good one. My car rarely sees the light. In fact, it rarely sees me anymore. That's what women do to a car project.