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[Rif]

1972 240z. We're picking it up this Friday.

[Rif]

More pictures:

[rdefabri]

Nice - same Personal steering wheel I had on mine (and now selling on eBay). I just looked at a parts car with similar color (silver / red), it's quite striking.

[Sailor Bob]

Wow - that is a beautiful looking car. It looks brand new. Congratulations

[DougN]

Looks great! I loke the red/silver combo, congrats on your new addition!

[DeesZ]

Very nice looking car! And on the east coast, too! I noticed one on ebay a short bit ago in NY that resembles yours... same one?

[Carl Beck]

Looks great in the pictures - tell us more about it. When was it refreshed, how did you come upon it etc. How many did you go look at before you found a good one etc.?

Are you going to keep the 280ZX as well?

Carl B.

[Rif]

I'm picking it up from North Carolina this Friday. The car is originally from California. It's been on the East Coast for about a year. I found the ad online. We are purchasing from 2nd owner so we'll be #3. It's got 130,000 miles and runs like a champ. I have no doubt that it will make the trip to New York. We will be keeping the 280zx as well. My wife loves the 280zx so that is hers to cruise in. I rented a storage unit the other day because we only have a one car garage for now. In the spring we will be replacing the one car with a 4-car garage with climate control. It will actually be a 3-car 2-motorcycle garage. I'll post again after I find out more. Here's some more pics:

[Rif]

As far as I know @ this point, the items that are not original are side views, steering wheel, radio and rear spoiler. It's been painted once but I don't know when.

[Carl Beck]

Hi Rif:

Looks like a really nice Z.

Because of the additional down force that the rear spoiler puts on car (75lbs of down force vs the stock 20 lbs of lift) - I'd recommend that you add the front BRE Spook to it.

The nose of the 240-Z begins to lift at about 40mph - and by 70mph it has about 140 lbs of lift in front. Adding only the rear spoiler - pushes the rear down more - and thus forces the front even farther up (in effect adding more lift at the front were you don't need it ).

The front Spook will generate 105 lbs of down force (115 lbs with no air ducts), which almost cancels the 140lbs of lift at 70mph.

So with both the front and rear spoilers added - the Z is really much more stable at highway speeds.

FWIW,

Carl B.

[Rif]

What's a front spook Carl?

[Mike B]

What's a front spook Carl?

Spook is a term people use to refer to a front spoiler (specifically the BRE style). Replica spoilers made from the original BRE molds are available through www.classicdatsun.com under 240z parts - fiberglass parts.

-Mike