Walter, that is the absolute best avitar ever! Is that all bare metal?

...better keep the garden hose away!

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It would be interesting to know how that Z ended up in its present situation because at one time like all wives there must have been a sparkle in someone's eyes for that Z. At least the roof would make a good spare for someone looking to replace any sunroof wounds. Just think with the roof cutoff you could get back into the interior and get more parts!

I have to get a pic of my '78 Z when I first spotted it in the junkyard; had I not bought the car and rescued it she would have been crushed.

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......... At least the roof would make a good spare for someone looking to replace any sunroof wounds. Just think with the roof cutoff you could get back into the interior and get more parts!...........

...........or maybe plant strawberries!

That one almost makes my parts car look cherry....

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It would be interesting to know how that Z ended up in its present situation because at one time like all wives there must have been a sparkle in someone's eyes for that Z.

I actually know . I was searching the IZCC database of members the other day looking for other Z owners near central IL. I found a guy right here in Champaign that had a very early member number, so I wondered who he was, and I sent him an e-mail. Ends up that he's still here in Champaign, but unfortunately, in the late 80's the tranny on that Z gave out, and he just never got around to fixing it. After it had sat long enough, I guess there was no point . The parking sticker on the windshield expired in 1990, so it looks like it was probably parked in 1989 and sat ever since.

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Mark,

That's a shame that he didn't put the car up for sale sooner before it reached its present state. There is a '70/'71 240Z sitting out at Datsun Dynamics in Va. and it has a Va. inspection sticker that expired in '79! The owner stated that it had been off the road for about ten years?

We ought to do a coffee table book with junk Z photos?

My 1970 car dropped a valve sometime in the late 80's, and sat around in CA for a year or two. In late 1990 it came to the attention of someone scouting for early cars to be exported to the UK where only 1970 year cars were eligible for for the HSCC race car series. I bought it from the importer in early 1991 and it waited 10 years in dry storage until I managed to do anything with it.

I have to say that 280z has got to be one of the worst rust cases I have seen a picture of.

Andrew

I have to say that 280z has got to be one of the worst rust cases I have seen a picture of.

Andrew

Here's a good one....

Carl,

That picture is pretty awful! I think I have seen that picture before but, I can't recall. It's a good section of a Z car albeit one done by nature. Makes you wonder if it was being driven in that condition.

That was a car that St. Stephen scrapped.... poor car, people just won't let it die in peace.

That was a car that St. Stephen scrapped.... poor car, people just won't let it die in peace.

Yeah, I saved that picture to remind people of what can happen to a Z car if not cared for. (Psst, I think its dead already, so it can't hear us laugh/cry over it)