Need advise for a 280ZX

[Erwino]

Hello, sorry if its in the wrong topic but only place suitable i could find.

i live in australia and i have found this

NISSAN 280ZX 1981, Blue coupe, 2.8ltr automatic, power windows/ mirrors, remote central locking plus engine immobiliser, all geared to convert to manual, spare engine & wiring loom, lots of spare bits, buy as package, alloys, GC -$3500 ONO

the guy is willing to sell for 2500 and says it has about 1cm circle of rust on bonite and a line of rust under the windscreen on driver side.

also the mirror on the driver side is smashed and because of that its not road worthy

engine was rebuilt 3 months ago and has 186,000kms

is it worth the price???

[ZmeFly]

Depending on the type of rebuild, Id say the motor is worth about 500-850 american.

Seeing though that you could have a serious rust problem on your hands, being that there is rust below the windscreen, no telling how deep it runs.

It is also not currently road worth which to me if it is something as simple as a mirror why hasnt it been replaced.

Id look the car over very carefully and check for rust and see how well it actually does run.

If you have a compression kit, do a compression test as well to see how good the engine is.

[drunkenmaster]

Unregistered 280zx's are very cheap these days, i would expect a RWC for that price