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> OT: Barn Find - 1972 Datsun 240Z, Some are luckier than others
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post Mar 28 2007, 03:00 PM
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True Story:
Friend of the family is an electrican by trade. A few years ago, he is doing work for a residence in the SF Bay Area and sees a 240Z in the garage with junk piled all over. Orange w/ white-black interior. 28,000 original miles. No mods. All standard. No pics yet.

Owners are an elderly couple. Car used to belong to the son. He offers to buy it but is declined.

Then late-2005, he receives a call from the elderly wife. Husband passed away. She is moving to Colorado and looking to get rid of the car.

And the best part: He gets it for....






























...FREE! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rocking nana.gif)
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post Mar 28 2007, 04:44 PM
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Nice find, however, Zs suffer from the same rust ailments as most older cars. I've been seeing quite a few older Zs being restored lately.
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post Mar 28 2007, 04:49 PM
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I love those Z cars. What a great find.
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post Mar 28 2007, 04:54 PM
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Back in the 1970's my cousin, an orthopaedic resident at a city hospital rendering free care in the clinic, fixed a guy with a herniated lumbar disc. Performed a successful laminectomy. Patient had no job at the time but did well after surgery and was able to eventually resume work as a mechanic. Over the next five years, the patient worked his way up wheeling and dealing. He developed a successful auto repair business to the point where the bank lent him money to buy a fully equipped shop.

He remembered my cousin, tracked him down (now my cousin was just starting out in private practice) because this patient wanted to "thank" him for "giving him back his life." (In NYC you're just happy when the "thank you" isn't the barrel end of a handgun!)

Anyway, as part of the purchase of the garage, a certain Maserati (can't remember which model) went with it and this former patient actually gave the car to my cousin as a gift. Another free car story!

Paul
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post Mar 28 2007, 04:56 PM
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I had one back in the day set up for scca B stock class.

triple webers, BRE head and block, and on and on.... Was a really fun car to drive on the track.

I saw a brown 240 a bout 6 months ago at the Irwindale drag strip.

Looked bone stock except for being lowered a tad and a set of R rubber on the back.

Made no noise... Sounded quieter than stock. And turned Middle TENS in the 1/4 mile.

Must a had a big ass hair dryer on that engine. He kicked every bodys ass. On the way home... He passed us on the freeway.

Yup... It's a street car.... Ya gotta love it. A sleeper in every regard.

great cars... Way fun...

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post Mar 28 2007, 05:35 PM
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Very cool for your friend Erik.

I have a buddy who has been putting a 240 together for as long as I have been working on my 914. He's planning on making it into a rather potent strip/street car (which for him involves turboing it I believe).
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post Mar 28 2007, 08:23 PM
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Z cars are rust prone just like 914's. My wife was the origional owner of a 260 2+2 which we sold when the first daughter came along. It was just too hard to wrestle the large car seats of the day into the back seat so most of the time the wife had to ride in the back with the car seat in the front. It was sold to a friend of a friend and then our friend bought it. So one day she says that she really wishes she still had it so I bought it back. Had to replace both front fenders and patch the floors, and this car never had been out of Colorado. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)
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post Mar 28 2007, 08:29 PM
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Awesome find! Nissan really new what they were doing when they built em.
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post Mar 28 2007, 08:48 PM
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QUOTE(krazykonrad @ Mar 28 2007, 10:29 PM) *

Awesome find! Nissan really new what they were doing when they built em.
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Nissan... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif)

Datsun!

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post Mar 28 2007, 08:49 PM
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QUOTE(krazykonrad @ Mar 28 2007, 10:29 PM) *

Awesome find! Nissan really new what they were doing when they built em.
Congrats, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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eh hem (Datsun) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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post Mar 28 2007, 08:55 PM
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My brother had a 72 Green 240Z that was tuned. We used to cruise up and down I5 at 130mph late at night after he was done playing in a band.(1975-77) fun car. Sold it cuz his new gf couldn't haul hay in it for her horses. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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post Mar 28 2007, 08:58 PM
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I almost restored a 240, original owner car last year. Pulled it out of storage after ~15 years. Car was really rusted. Definatly savable, but quiet a project. Too bad, they are realy cool cars. Car could be on the market for the right person....
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post Mar 28 2007, 09:50 PM
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The first car I went out and bought was...a 1972 Datsun 240Z...I was 18 and my hand-me-down Pontiac Ventura had just spun the timing gear after about 160,000 miles...

I loved that "twenty-four ouncer"...had to sell it to pay for university though...bummer.

Great score from a barn though!
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post Mar 28 2007, 10:32 PM
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A bit more info: Last driven in 1988. Family friend now has it re-registered and is well on his way to refreshing back to original condition. I am working to get some pictures soon. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Mar 29 2007, 02:35 AM
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If you want to see how 240 can rust ... watch the rustoration ...

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post Apr 8 2007, 12:22 AM
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Finally, pictures! Paint is original, glass-smooth. A few bolt-on mods since acquisition: stress bars, aluminized exhaust, new brakes, new body seals. New wheels too while he gets the period-correct slotted mags refinished. Also has the original wheel covers.

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post Apr 8 2007, 12:23 AM
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post Apr 8 2007, 12:24 AM
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post Apr 8 2007, 12:25 AM
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