Hi there, folks. Just started wanting to purchase a 280Z and thought that I'd better start learning as much as I could about them before I did. I'll be getting my Nissan hardbody first, but after that, it's all Z.

P.S.- Oh, and after I pay off my student loans....

hi there good luck on finding the right z.make sure its the 1 you really want before you buy it.

i myself have a 280zx that i am restoring.its a long slow road.

I wish sites like these were around when I was searching for the right Z. At first I was hunting for a 280ZX because that was the car I most recall as a child. Then one night after test driving a few 280ZX's , I took a 78 280Z for a spin. That was the car that won my heart. Damn, that was such a rush. I never drove a car like it in my life!...and this was completely stock. That very Z has been with me ever since.

Anyway, good luck!

dont get me worng i love my 280zx and i love to take her out.but now that i know more about the zcar i really wish i had a 240z.:tapemouth

you're right about the 280 i remember when i was a kid my bro had a 280.not sure of the year but he used to take me for rides and ever sence then i knew i had to have one:man i love the z

A friend of my mother's had a nice two-tone silver and blue ZX. That was the very first one I remember. I would always ask my mother when the guy with the "cool" car was coming back.

Then there was a modified white 240Z with triple webbers and a whale-tail attached to it. My friend's father was selling it when I was a teenager. I had dreams of somehow saving up all of my allowance money for that one car. Fortunatley I didn't acquire that Z for my first car. That would've been a disaster. I crashed my very first car and drove it to the ground. It was an 83 Sentra station wagon.

my very first car is my 280zx i have in my shop to bad its not all together anymore.i hope to have some pics of it on here soon.

That would be....."AWESOME".

well shes not really much to look at now.but i still love her.

haha, well, to bring this thread back on topic!!! WELCOME! good luck on finding yourself you first Z!

I second that e!!!

I started with a 280 and now have a 240.

At the rate I am working lower in the numbers I will have a 220 next.

I vote for a 240, but whatever you choose, do yourself a favor and read up on some threads on rust areas to watch for...

Most are fixable, but be sure that you are getting a car that is road safe, and not too bad for the fixin'.

~Brian