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Since #299 is one of the rare '69 production Zs and has a lot of potential to be a truly historical sports car, perhaps this company, located in Finland (who restored the Toyota Celica rally car discussed in Reply #'s 61-63 in this thread) should be contacted. Maybe there's a remote chance they would be interested in buying and restoring #299. Here's a link to their site: http://www.mat.fi/n_index.php?nav=company

It looks like this restorer, MAKELA AUTO TUNING is based in Finland. They sure do some fine work with some incredible cars. If anyone ever gets an opportunity to go there, they should check this place out and let us all know about it (and be sure to take plenty of pics!) http://www.mat.fi/n_index.php http://www.mat.fi/n_index.php?nav=company

I'd buy it if it wasn't so far away. Some of our members located in the NE should really consider saving her!

Hey, #299 can be restored. I would hate to see her sold as a parts car. If you take a look at this restoration, you will see that anything is possible: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=29314

I agree with Andy, if you like orange, the original 918 Orange is a great color. I used to have a '71 918 Orange that I sold last May to a Frenchman who was living in NY at the time. He recently moved back to France and transported the car to his home in the south west of France. I have attached a pic of the car on my driveway shortly before I sold it plus a couple pics that the new owner sent me (a great guy, by the way) right after it arrived in France.

There's no telling how much money and how many man hours went into this car. They basically built a very nice rally car out a pile of rusted-out scraps! I would have to say that this restoration probably cost close to $100k to complete. Also, did you see the cars in the background in some of the pics? You're not talking about your typical Maaco shop here!

Check out this restoration of a Group B '84 Toyota Celica Turbo: http://www.mat.fi/project1984toyotacelicaturbo.htm

Looks like someone has placed the minimum $15k bid on the car: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=007&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=170187626288&rd=1#ebayphotohosting

Carl, Like Geezer said, thank you for breaking everything down and taking the time to explain the different markets in detail. I think all of us have learned a tremendous amount from you.

Now is your chance, AWC. This time a little over $500.00 might just be enough to win the auction.

I for one don't think $20k is to far out of line for a Series I with only 39K miles and still has its original paint and interior that are in decent shape. As the old saying goes, "Cars are only original once". The seller just seems to have a chip on his shoulder and needs an attitude adjustment if he wants to get what he's looking for. He also needs to post more pics or provide a link to a website that has more pics.

Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/71-Datsun-240Z-39K-ORGINAL-MILES_W0QQitemZ170187626288QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item170187626288

Bob, Here's the link to thread the last time both of these cars were listed: http://classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26318&highlight=%2351

Looks like it was sold early this morning as a BIN. Took just 2.5 days. Probably would have sold a lot sooner if the seller had provided more info and had a better Ebay rating.

I agree with Bigoak, get some shots of the underneath. Also, pull the carpets out and take some shots of the floor pans and the rest of the interior. It wouldn't hurt if you pulled the battery out and took a pic of the tray and the engine bay. Like Bigoak stated, if the rust isn't bad, you should get at least twice your current asking price. Good luck to you.

The seller says there is only minor rust on the floor pans. That doesn't necessarily mean it has bad frame rails and it surely doesn't mean that it has a bad battery tray. From just looking at the pics, this seems like a good buy to me, especially for the East Coast. Personally, I don't like the automatic, but it can be converted. I sold my '71 for just under $15K last May -if the reserve on this car is $3k, it's a fifth of what mine sold for. With that in mind, I would say it's a good value, as long as the floor pan rust is only "minor".

This '72 was just listed on Ebay with a BIN for only $3,500.00: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-Z-Series-1972-Datsun-240-Z-Completely-Restored_W0QQitemZ190189219507QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item190189219507

I agree with you, Jim. The subject car can be restored. All of the metal parts are readily available from Tabco (tabcobodyparts.com), Bad Dog Parts (baddogparts.com). Motorsportauto.com and others. Here's a good thread that discusses replacing floor pans: http://classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25227

Just 25 minutes left at the time of this post.

A small price to pay when you consider how rare a '69 production 240Z is. Here's a breakdown of the first 300 surviving cars from Zhome.com: 00006, 00007, 00008, 00016, 00017, 32 of the first 100 00019, 00020, 00022, 00026, 00027, 00029, 00030, 00032, 00033. 00036, 00037, 00040, 00042, 00048, 00049 00051, 00052, 00056, 00057, 00059 00069, 00075, 00077, 00079, 00087, 00089, 00091, 00101, 00105, 00114, 00126, 00127, 19 of the second 100 00128, 00129, 00137, 00140, 00147, 00152, 00156, 00157, 00158, 00182, 00193, 00194, 00195, 00198 00201, 00202, 00207, 00212, 00215, 29 of the third 100 00216, 00222, 00224, 00230, 00237 00238, 00239, 00240, 00244, 00246, 00247, 00248, 00249, 00253, 00256, 00258, 00261, 00265, 00267, 00268, 00277, 00279, 00286, 00299 There are only 80 of the first 300 known to be in existence! If someone buys this car and just parts it out, there will 1 less and that would be a crime! If this car was out west, I would pay the $1,000.00 and store it as a future project.

Greg, Yes, that is correct. The seats, door panels and the rest of the interior trim including all of the "diamond" vinyl, the headliner, sun visors and all of the interior plastic panels. By the way, time is running out on #299. Come on all you NE members, it's time to save this car! It's only at a measly $405.00 with just 1 day and 8 hours left at the time of this post. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1969-Datsun-Nissan-240z-HLS30-00299_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ34229QQihZ019QQitemZ290195360803QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Not a dumb question, Greg. According to Zhome.com, the Blue interiors were only available on '70 and '71 models and only with 903 Blue and 904 White exteriors: Interior and Exterior Color Combinations: 1970/71 Exterior Color Interior Color: 901 Silver gray (metallic) Black 903 Universal blue Blue or Black 904 Kilimanjaro white Blue or Black 905 Monte Carlo red Black 907 Racing green Brown or black 918 New sight 0range Black 918 Sunshine yellow Black 920 Safari gold Black (#920 aka-Mustard)

Any and all '69 production 240Zs should be saved and restored. What a waste it would be to part-out this car. I sent a message to the seller, inquiring about the title situation. Once I hear back from him, I will post it on this thread. In most states, a lien has to be renewed every 7 years or it becomes null & void. I'm sure that the lien is something that can be overcome, just a minor hurdle in saving a piece of Z history. Some of you members in the NE should really consider buying this car. At the very least, get it out of the elements, store it inside for a while until you can find someone that will restore it (and make a nice little profit as this car appreciates in value). This blue on blue Z deserves to be restored to her original beauty!

His looks like brand new. This one takes the record at $345.00!

I have one stored away in the garage, maybe it's a good time to list it on eBay! :classic: