Wyle E Coyote

And now the picture of the brand on the title:

Here's a few more pictures of the car. Just light surface rust in the spare tire well, similar to other areas inside the car. Passenger's rocker panel, other side just as nice. So little rust that the factory spot welds are still visible at the bottom of the quarter panel, and in many other areas on the car. Underside of the passenger's side rocker and floorboard. I believe that this was at the left rear, looking forward. Every inch of the wheel lips are clean like this! Obvious lack of rust or damage from blown tires, tire chains, whatever. There's the little heat shield I mentioned.

I'm not sure how you found my eBay listing on those websites, but that's the car. The car did sell at $4,550. I had a hidden reserve of $4,000 on it. And you're right about the oil gauge, the one on the dash isn't working, but that one does. So at least we have that. Seems to have good oil pressure.

As far as the history of the car is concerned, i'm not sure how it would really help the situation, but if you'd like I'll go through it as quickly and efficiently as I can. But you might want to grab your favorite beverage and get comfortable in your seat. The story of the Washington state barn find came through the current owner, but that was what her husband at the time (currently an ex husband) told her. And we all know how some people aren't quite straight with their wives about such things. When it came up with an Oregon stamp on it, it threw a lot more shade onto the whole thing. Mainly because the guy is so shady. He bankrupted my friend who was a successful midwife and naturopathic doctor with her own practice and over 20 employees. She had to close her practice and sell everything to try to settle the debts he rang up with her name attached. Then he skipped town and is living somewhere near Portland Oregon, as best we can determine. He's not paid a dime in child support for his kids and they've struggled for a while now. And he's reportedly a doctor of some sort himself. So he reportedly brought it home and started "fixing it up" as a father/son project. But when he left and started causing so much trouble for her and the kids, that they quickly fell out of love for it. It sat most of the year and sometime each summer, I would be called to come make it run again. And they'd drive it occasionally, then park it again when the weather turned. So when they did finally decide to sell it, they asked me for help. The car with only the ignition key and drove it to my house. After giving it a tuneup it still wasn't responding well, but I cleaned it up and listed it on eBay anyway. Giving full disclosure to what I knew about the car and it's condition, including lots of pictures. She had been out of town for most of the duration and didn't even get back to me with the "title" until two days after the close of the sale. She apparently had lost the physical title, so I told her to go down to DMV and get a duplicate replacement, sign and date that, and I would send it to the seller. What she came to me with was the paperwork that showed she transferred ownership to me, and now we were waiting two more weeks for the title to arrive. When it did, it has a reconstructed brand on it from Oregon. Obviously this caused the sale to fall through, because where it was headed they don't allow reconstructed cars to be legally titled and registered. She had told me that the title was clean, but I guess to her, clean meant that she hadn't spilt any coffee on it or something. Needless to say, I was beyond upset about it. But I can only blame myself, since I hadn't physically looked at the title before I started on this adventure. So now I sit here with the car that I wouldn't mind keeping, but it isn't practical for me right now. And I don't know what to do with it, because I don't want to just give the car away. The woman could use some money. So anything that's reasonable in cost or time that would maximize the value of the car, I'm interested in doing. So I came here looking for some information and/or advice as to what to do with the car. Because I had a hard enough time even determining what the value would accurately be before I listed it for sale in the first place. Personally, I like to see this car go to someone that would care for it and make something out of it, rather than part it out. I don't know Z cars that well, but this thing seems to be about is rust free incomplete as you could hope the find. For example; on the lower control arm near the exhaust pipe is a factory installed heat shield that not only is still there, but is still clearly the original body color of the car. If I have time when I get home tonight, I'll put up a few more pictures of the car than I have. I am dictating this to my phone, and all the pictures that I have are at home on the computer.

I have come to posses a 78 280Z that looks like a rust free survivor car and had a great story of being found in a barn about 7 years ago, where it sat for about 20 years. But the story has some holes in it, because when the title arrived, it was branded with a remanufactured mark from Oregon from a few years ago. I was simply trying to help a friend sell her car, and now it's taking up space at my place and the title is in my name now. I'd love to keep it, because I've had a little crush on this thing ever since I first drove it. But it's totally unpractical for me, especially in this stage of my life. So, since I'm unfamiliar with the Z car values and prices, I'm looking for some advice on how to get the most value from the car. But I'm in no way looking to shaft anyone. I just want to get her a good return because she could use the money to catch up on some bills. I'm not sure where to turn at this point. Would it be worth my while to get it inspected by a good shop to affirm what was repaired and if it was a quality job? Or should I just list it again on fleaBay, or maybe here? PS: The huge, involved, back story was largely omitted for brevity purposes. But will be included in the listing for clarity and accuracy.