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The car looked great when it got here, supposedly "rust free" and "dent free" and "running great," but this was not the case. I'm a little short on time, so I cant give a full explanation of all the things I found wrong with it, but I will post more when I get home later tonight. One of the things that concerned me the most was the deformation of the drivers side frame rail, so I am attaching that picture right now. What do you guys think about it? I havent bought it yet, and after seeing the condition of certain areas and the engine putting out blue smoke under load, I am inclined to send it back to california. The owner, one "Ray Toms" or "Jerold C. Rule" (I can't tell who I am dealing with here, because the Ray Toms character claims to be the owner but said after the transaction had begun that the title was in the name of Jerold C. Rule) Ray Toms (I think) has been giving me lots of garbage. The engine only had about 3 quarts of oil in it, extremely black when we took it out, and he claimed that he changed it less than 1000 miles back, he flat out lied about the condition of the car, basically making it out to be a near show quality car (it is FAR from it). I bought this over ebay and had it shipped here, but I am using the securepay option, so I have the right to reject the merchandise by tommorow and then ship it back at my own expense. Given the discovery of rust in various places (camoflagued by black spray paint) I am going to send it back. I just want to post here to A) get an idea of what happened to this car, and make sure that NONE of you get suckered by this guy. He is a congenital liar, and I recommend that none of you do business with him when he makes an attempt to sell it again later. Thanks, Andrew

My 1972 240Z finally got here from california. The body is in pretty good shape, with no detectable rust (except under the battery tray, but the previous owner says it has been there for a very long time) and found no bondo while checking with a refridgerator magnet. I have a few problems though: I don't have an owners manual yet, and when I checked the oil, it was extremely low! The treaded part of the dipstick wasnt even oiled up when I pulled it out, and the oil that was on the tip of the dipstick was pretty dark in appearance. I plan to change the oil tommorow before I even THINK about driving it anywhere else, and I need to know how many quarts of oil it takes, and what type of oil and oil filter you experienced owners recommend. Also, for other Texas members, what exactly do Texas inspections include for a car of this year? The owner told me the reverse switch in the tranny is missing, so I think this would be in violation, correct? I will upload some pics in the next few days. Thanks, Andrew