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Now come on man, I know its rough but sheesh. Outa the blue he just starts flamin my ride! I can't help it that my car was left to die out in the New Mexico desert and then sideswipped by some oki-hick in a wercker tryin to make off with another car.

Yeah, That is the "fiber optical" light for the cig lighter. I know the early 280z had one, not sure about the 240 though.

Hey there, I have one of the Harbor Freight parts washers and it is OK. The pump works good but the switch that turned the pump on broke so I have to wire up a new switch. As for aqueous parts cleaners I used a product called Oil Eater. I bought a 5 gallon bucket from Kragen auto Parts for like $35. Here is the link to the online shop. http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?categorycode=3227&mfrcode=KAF&mfrpartnumber=35438 This stuff works great, but be warned that it will corrode aluminum if left for long periods of time. (I left my pistons in it for about 6 hours and they came out perfect but I left my intake manifold in for 3 days and it started to corrode it) Just be careful and don’t leave alum. parts in to soak for days on end.

I'd call it a POS.

Anybody else notice the incorect steering wheel for the year? If I am not mistaken that is an early series 1 wheel.

This car would be a good parts car but it is pretty rusty, interior is shot but fairly complete as well as the engine. I would have bought it but they did not have the title and I din;t have room for two cars. My avatar shows the car I bought from them 20 in. after we left their property. I will be posting my progress on it here as soon as I get started. Here are the photos after I cleaned it up a but and a couple of my 75 2+2. http://photobucket.com/albums/f285/er34gtt2000jp/

Well I am still in that oh so happy I just bought a 240Z, stand in the garage and stare at it stage but I think I have a little problem. The car had been hit in the passengers front fender and it bent up the inner fender a bit in the front. I thought that was all it did but after pulling off the fender and assessing the situation it looks like the frame got bent a bit. What do you guys think? Aside from the rust it looks like the frame is kinked right above the TC rod mount. The drivers side is straight as an arrow but this side has a noticeable kink. I am planning to take the car to a media blasters and have it stripped, do you think I should have take it to the body shop first and have it but on the frame rack? I don't want to fix the rust in the frame rail and then take it to the body shop as I think the repair work would get messed up by pulling the frame back into place.

I looked at that one too but they told me that it did not have a title. A shame too because it is not that bad, rusty but pretty complete.

Well to everyone who was watching this thread. DO NOT BUY THE BROWN CAR! It has been totaled and very poorly repaired and someone ripped the lower radiator support out with a chain. I was able to finagle another car that happened to be the best deal on the property so my trip was not in vain.

I am pretty sure it was September. I will have to pull up my old Japanese de-registration cert and check again. I sold the car almost 3 years ago so I could be wrong.

Hey guys, 6/73 HLS30-164890 Just rescued from the New Mexico desert and transplanted to Sacramento California! I also have 2/75 GHLS30-002278 this was my first Z. As a side note, how many of you recognize what this S/N is from? MFG Date 9/89 BNR32-0003066

My spedo looks lie the one Arne posted in the for the 1973 on ebay. Thanks for the help! I was worried that I had the wrong spedo.

I just bought a 73 240Z and have doubts as to if it has the original (or correct) speedometer in it. What years came with the speedo that starts at 10MPH? Thanks

Thanks for the info. I wilkl be sure not to weld them up then!

Anybody know if the 73' 240Z is supposed to have a hole in the rear quarter panel in the center of the bumper indentation? The bumper indentations were Bondoed over on my car and after 30 seconds with a screw driver I was left with this. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/big_daddy_nismo_4x4/detail?.dir=/df68&.dnm=adf3scd.jpg Both left and right sides are the same. I am guessing that the 73' bumper has an attachment point there?

Well I averaged 14.2 MPG there and 13.5 MPG back and it was just over 2300 miles round trip. I have to say the 2k5 Frontier did well pulling 4500lbs throught the mountains. I was able to run up the hills in 3rd gear at 75-85 MPH. Flatland towing was even better, I saw 15.3 MPG on one strech up I-99 here in Cali on the way home. But if I pushed her hard, like 80+ the mileage dropped to like 9 in the hills!

Yeah, I did not have to pour it on too thick though. His fiancé was all for it, but he put up a fight to the very end. I have to say they were nice enough but i still think they needed to be more up front in their auctions. I am just glad it worked out well for me, and kinda felt good to stick it to the guy who originally sniped the car from me! Check out the photos I posted here, remember the bondoed rear bumper indentations? http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/big_daddy_nismo_4x4/album?.dir=/df68 Thanks again for your help and hope to see you at MSA

STOP reminding me!!!!! The horror, I haven't even checked my bank account since I got back.

OK guys, It looks like they approved my photos. I did a little work on the Z, mainly exploratory surgery but the verdict is good. I took off that mangled fender and the air dam. The inner fender looks good, the front part where the headlight and hood hinge bolt up is a little tweaked. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/big_daddy_nismo_4x4/detail?.dir=/df68&.dnm=447cscd.jpg I think I will take it to a body shop and have that professionally fixed after I have the shell stripped. I took a bunch more photos too, the rear bumper indentations on the quarters had been filled with bondo and very poorly at that. It took me about 30 seconds with screwdriver to get them to this; http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/big_daddy_nismo_4x4/detail?.dir=/df68&.dnm=adf3scd.jpg here is the remains, let this be a lesson to all....never bondo over painted metal! http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/big_daddy_nismo_4x4/detail?.dir=/df68&.dnm=5c01scd.jpg I had to pull the cowl to get the fender off so i cleaned out the crap from under the cowl and took these photos as well, looks pretty good if you ask me. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/big_daddy_nismo_4x4/detail?.dir=/df68&.dnm=23d9scd.jpg http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/big_daddy_nismo_4x4/detail?.dir=/df68&.dnm=548bscd.jpg http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/big_daddy_nismo_4x4/detail?.dir=/df68&.dnm=fd77scd.jpg I also took a few of the frame rails and floors, gonna need a little work here. One small rust hole on the drivers side, but that is all I could find. Pretty solid, just bent up a bit. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/big_daddy_nismo_4x4/detail?.dir=/df68&.dnm=312bscd.jpg http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/big_daddy_nismo_4x4/detail?.dir=/df68&.dnm=a879scd.jpg And lastly the drivers dogleg, by far the worst rust on the car. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/big_daddy_nismo_4x4/detail?.dir=/df68&.dnm=970bscd.jpg All in all I think i made out pretty good, just don;t ask how much it cost me in gas!:nervous:

Hey guys, Sorry I am late but we were so beat Saturday night and I could not get the forum to load on my laptop so I said F*** it and went to bed. Well I was able to get the white 240Z and only paid $270.00 for it! Very little rust from what I can tell, hatch, trunk and floorboards all good! Doglegs need a little attention, but the frame rails and battery tray are A-1 sweet-as! I need to send a HUGE thanks out to Art, you are the proverbial POOP! Thanks for the help and advice, and for coming along for the ride......I was a bit nervous about driving off into the back woods with some stranger who seemed nice enough but you never know right! I am sooooo glad I did not get the brown 72' it was way bad! Pretty complete but would have needed an entire new front end from the shock towers forward. Anyway, back to the story! After you left, it got to be almost 2PM and I was thinking to myself it is gong to take us a good 4 or 5 hours to get to Flagstaff. This SUX! So that was it, I was walking down the hill going to get in my truck and go home. Pretty bummed. Then the guys girlfriend shows up, the one who was setting up the auctions. She was very concerned about the brown car and almost fell over when she saw the white one. After we explained the situation, It took about 2 minuets for her to ask me to make an offer on the white one! So then came the loading fun! After getting my truck up the mountain and changing the one tire out that someone had try to steal and removed all the lug nuts I tried to turn my truck around in this maze of cars and small trees! Well anyone who has towed a U-Haul auto-transport know they do not back up for crap! So it took about an hour and my truck in 4WD Lo to get turned around. Then in the middle of this the transfer case in my truck decided it wanted to go into neutral and get stuck! So now we were STUCK in bum-f***-egypt on the side of a mountain with a POS U-Haul trailer hanging off the back of my truck! Oh and did I mention cell coverage is almost nill and it was 3PM now! So that was it, now I was really going home, I called USAA roadside assistance and was was about to disconnect the trailer so we could pull my truck down the hill (so the wrecker could find us!) when along comes some guy who is a Suzuki dealer mechanic. He saved my arse! He gets my truck into 2WD and helps me get turned around so I could drive back down the hill and load the Z up. Well by this time it is after 4PM and we finally get the Z loaded. Thanks god I borough my Z keys with me. I was able to jiggle the ignition enough to get the steering unlocked and with the help of two other guys and my wife we pushed the car up the little incline it was on and down around the bend to the trailer. We made it into Flagstaff about 10PM and let me be the first to say, I SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN GALLUP! That drive SUCKED!!!!! Especially since I was dirty, tired, hungry (no lunch or dinner) and I got a bit of sun stroke to boot! So I was feeling like CRAP and had to drive for 5 hours to get to the hotel. But a we made it back to Cali last night in one piece. The car is still on the trailer (all the tires are flat again). But I could not be happier! Here is a run down on the car; 1973 240Z original color was Orange appears to be the original engine, with 3 screw round top carbs 3 into 2 header and cheesy monza tip with no muffler not too much rust (that I can find so far) SUPER COOL Wheels! (for 1980 maybe) and it needs a complete restoration! Damage to right front fender, bent the inner fender up a bit where the headlight extension bolts on but it is fixable All in all it was an exciting trip, full of peril and drama. But i would not have passed it up for anything. Thanks again Art and to everyone who posted on this thread. You guys rock! Oh and as soon a an admin approved my photos you can see the car in my gallery. http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=8081 I will post some more photos and an update now and then on the car later. Eric