narcoosee

The same, Steve. The BaT ended w/o hitting reserve. I was just shy. We agreed on a number, and I bought the car. The seller is raising two little kids right now, and has pitched me hard to buy the car back when they’re older. He’s been great to deal with, so when my time with the Z has ended, he gets first shot.

I’ve had my ‘69 Z11 pace car over 20 years, one of the first cars I bought as a collector. It has carried celebrities several times in the Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade. Chevy built about 3600 of these replicas. I bought a ‘67 pace car replica (about 200 made) a couple of years ago. Reportedly only one of two made w/factory air.

The Gremlin is a ‘73, 3 spd on floor, bucket seats, 258 6-cyl, a/c, and great-condition Levis interior. it came to me from a family near Chicago. It was her mother’s car, bought after her was a breast cancer survivor. It’s a treasured car.

One more thing... I’m the third owner of this Z since new. The original owner had it from 1971-2008. Lovingly maintained.

Thanks, Steve. I have the curse of broad tastes, but the luxury to pursue some of them. The Universal Blue (903) color has always caught my eye. And beyond my high school classmate experience with a ‘72 240Z, one of my high school best friends came home from West Point with a ‘78 280Z. So my inevitable affections for, and eventual acquisition of a Z car was inevitable. I’m here to learn...

Thanks, Zup. Me: Midwesterner, writer and journalist (IndyCar Series), car collector over 20 years. Started collecting (and still collect) Indianapolis 500 pace cars - actual pace cars (2), track/Festival cars (3), and factory replicas (4). Also a Jag E-Type, an Aston Martin, a McLaren 12C Spider, a 911 Porsche, a DeLorean, a Gremlin, and sundry others. My Z was a lifelong California car, originally purchased in Orange County. A 1971, it’s had a repaint (not bad), and the requisite rebuilds and massages. I’d wanted one since ‘72, so the 48-year wait wasn’t too bad. ? Still looking for a few benchmark cars before my “plays with cars” days have passed me by. ~ Tom

Introducing myself... Tom in Indianapolis. I’ve lived Z cars since high school, when one of my classmates, whose dad was a Datsun dealer, drove one. I’ve been a car collector for over 20 years, with varying tastes: Jaguar, Aston, Corvette, Porsche, McLaren, and a wide variety of Indy 500 pace cars.