OT: Garage find..., an unmolested Datsun 240Z, 23 years idle in garage Options

[neo914-6]

I'd love to buy it but not sure what it's worth or what to offer. All original paint, optional AC, very little rust that I could see, only one shallow crease in the rear quarter panel, door dings, cracked dash, tears in drivers seat, rusted exhaust, some worn door seals. Everything else is just dirty. It was only outside the garage for the past year.

How do you start cars like this? My guess would be to replace the fluids, filters, plugs, plugs wires, rotor, gas, carb fuel lines, good battery, hand crank it to see if it turns, prime the carbs, and try to start her up...

[cooltimes]

It's worth can probably be found here:
http://www.zcar.com/forums/

Long story cut short.
I had a 1970 240Z with a number within the 1st 500 sold in the USA. Traded a 914 for it. Both ran. The Z was all original, no rust or damage. Just as it came from the dealer except it had been driven and had all the normal looks of a Zcar from years of fun time driving. A year or so later, I tried to sell it local (Memphis TN)for $1500. Nobody even called after running the ad for 10 full days. Then I went online Found ZCars.
Dropped price to $1K but never a peep from anyone there. Everyone had a Zcar to sell it seemed. When I learned my serial number was one of the 1st, actually, the 70 I had was manufactured and stamped on the door plate as built in 69. I added that into my for sale ad their at Zcar. Within an hour I had sold the car to someone in Arizona. They picked it up 2 days later cash in hand.
Then, I learned that the Japanese people were buying the 1st ones to restore back to prime condition and were planning on offering a new 1970 ZCar back to the pub johns for around $50K. Yep. I cried.

You didn't say what year your wanna own Zcar is but personally, I would dicker below $1000 to start with. They probably have already tried to do it online.

CoolZ

This post has been edited by cooltimes: Mar 29 2009, 09:35 AM