Mike
01-12-2002, 06:53 PM
Hi all,
I did manage to pick up a 280z 2+2 today. The car condition is immaculate! I picked her up from a retired couple who actually purchased the car in '75. She said that she bought it about 4 months after it was delivered to the lot. So, it's an original owner vehicle!!
They parked the car in '85 because they purchased another vehicle and this one was getting too many tickets. :) I guess she just had her foot into it too much. She mentioned something about 3-4 speeding tickets in a years time.
Because of this, her husband pulled the car into the garage and said ENOUGH! Well, as time went on, they kept piling stuff on top of the car and eventually forgot about it.
At least until they decided to retire and move to North Dakota. So, now the car comes out of the garage when they cleaned up the house and packed up to move. I guess they didn't want to move the car.
Ends up that this car is in very good condition and only shows signs of sitting too long. Luckily, it sat from '85 to '02 in the garage! I think they said that it was started up a few times, but, never driven on a daily basis during that duration of time.
Anyway, back to the car. It's got the original paint and has absolutely no damage. The hood was fixed due to a fender bender (hood got pushed underneath a taller bumper of the car in front of her). The whole body is straight and RUST FREE.
The hydraulics probably need to be flushed. But, I could tell that the clutch and brakes were strong while I went through my checklist. The engine compartment is clean and from what I could see, there were NO oil leaks on the engine. I think the tranny has small amounts of seepage. But, the underside of the car was pretty dry.
After a few days of cleaning up the car, I will attempt to start it. It also has the smog equipment and I think it has A/C (I'll have to double check that).
I think it was worth the trip on my trailer. This car seems to be good enough to use as a daily driver. My wife's looking forward to driving a car again. She hates driving my truck.
Here are some picts!
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I did manage to pick up a 280z 2+2 today. The car condition is immaculate! I picked her up from a retired couple who actually purchased the car in '75. She said that she bought it about 4 months after it was delivered to the lot. So, it's an original owner vehicle!!
They parked the car in '85 because they purchased another vehicle and this one was getting too many tickets. :) I guess she just had her foot into it too much. She mentioned something about 3-4 speeding tickets in a years time.
Because of this, her husband pulled the car into the garage and said ENOUGH! Well, as time went on, they kept piling stuff on top of the car and eventually forgot about it.
At least until they decided to retire and move to North Dakota. So, now the car comes out of the garage when they cleaned up the house and packed up to move. I guess they didn't want to move the car.
Ends up that this car is in very good condition and only shows signs of sitting too long. Luckily, it sat from '85 to '02 in the garage! I think they said that it was started up a few times, but, never driven on a daily basis during that duration of time.
Anyway, back to the car. It's got the original paint and has absolutely no damage. The hood was fixed due to a fender bender (hood got pushed underneath a taller bumper of the car in front of her). The whole body is straight and RUST FREE.
The hydraulics probably need to be flushed. But, I could tell that the clutch and brakes were strong while I went through my checklist. The engine compartment is clean and from what I could see, there were NO oil leaks on the engine. I think the tranny has small amounts of seepage. But, the underside of the car was pretty dry.
After a few days of cleaning up the car, I will attempt to start it. It also has the smog equipment and I think it has A/C (I'll have to double check that).
I think it was worth the trip on my trailer. This car seems to be good enough to use as a daily driver. My wife's looking forward to driving a car again. She hates driving my truck.
Here are some picts!
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