looking for 240k datsun

[Mr Camouflage]

Yet I get the impression (especially from the $20k comment) that the market is no higher than it is locally, so why are people bothering to steal all our cars and send them to the Middle East?

The market is high for LHD cars, RHD cars are used for parts, and therefore aren't worth as much to them.

They want our RHD cars for parts. They cut them up and stuff as many as they can into a shipping container. Apparently its not allowed for them to convert a car to LHD legally so they will stripped and cut up for parts or possibly use the id of a wrecked LHD car to illegally convert it.

This was the prices they were selling for 6 years ago (this post from 2006). Anybodies guess what they are selling for now.

In Kuwait as well as Saudi Arabia as well as United Arab Emerates, we like

the 240k crazily !!!!!! cause we live with that car for decades 1973 up

to today.. for me I have a 1976 240k and I,ve paid about 5000 $ and

more eventhough it has some rest and missed many parts.

You know those guys whom go to Australia and pay you hundreds of dollars they

will pay thousands of them if your cars are LHD, cause we can not drive

them here in GCC countries (GCC means Gulf Counsol Coporation including

six Arab countries ) what we do we just cut the car into tow parts and

ship it otherwise we can not inter it to our countries !!!! our trafic office

in all GCC countries are so tough... then we start selling them as a spare parts ( yea it is a profitable challenge) we brought almost all the 240Ks in Europe (about 60 pcs from Germany,11 pcs Portugal,10 pcs Holland

5 pcs Finland and .....) and about 300 pcs from Austrailia what to do you

are accepting the offer ........

our market prices nowadays are as follows (2006)

1- Europian 240K sedan with Skyline emblem good codition $ 18000

2- Europian 240K Coupe with Skyline emblem GC $ 12000

4- Europian 240K sedan with DATSUN emblem GC$ 13000

5- Europian 240K Coupe with DATSUN emblem GC $ 9000

6- UK, Australian, Newz, Japanese 240K sedan GC $ 8000

7- UK, Aus, Nz, Jp 240K coupe $ 6000

8- GCC 240K sedan GC $ 22000

9- GCC 240K coupe GC $ 18000

GCC means the car was imported to our pretty hot countries with

( A/C , Skyline badge on fender , steering wheel center, dashbord, at rear

between the tails, Steel distinguished rims and so and so)

sorry I wrote to much later I will show you some photos from my yard

which has C110 & C210 all of them KHLGC110 005019 but now I lost my

Digital Camera and thank you very much brother Austrailian and whom others

and please forgive us about what we did, BTW soon or later you will see no

C110 or C210 240Ks running in your street

( 90% ) of ur 240Ks r stripped for parts

nowadays we r searching in Europe.... we got about 20 pcs

from Germany , 5 finland , etc ofcourse they are LHD

I inviting u all guys to visited middle east to se our Ks

we have about 300 C110 ( 270 pcs in Kuwait and about

350 C210 250 in Kwt )

so don't miss the chance to see especially in 25 and 26 Feb,

every year in celebration of thr National day

[240k Style]

The market is high for LHD cars, RHD cars are used for parts, and therefore aren't worth as much to them.

They want our RHD cars for parts. They cut them up and stuff as many as they can into a shipping container. Apparently its not allowed for them to convert a car to LHD legally so they will stripped and cut up for parts or possibly use the id of a wrecked LHD car to illegally convert it.

This was the prices they were selling for 6 years ago (this post from 2006). Anybodies guess what they are selling for now.

O.O !!!!

[coupe72001]

A good 240k RHD can always go to the UAE, get restored and rego as RHD, converted to LHD, driven to Kuwait and reregistered as LHD. Legally, from what I hear.

A 240K would have to be appalling to get half cut these days, but C210 and 280zx are most likely to get chopped up as spares.

[nathan 240k]

well ive meet a couple of these guys in tas and these c110 and c210,s on there way to the middle east not the usa or japan.

[coupe72001]

I've never really understood why Japan doesn't import the Australian 240k back to Japan. Maybe their customs/import laws are a dog. Looking at Yahoo auctions Japan a good c110 goes for similar money to the middle east, but I've yet to ever hear of one going 'home'.

[degruch]

well ive meet a couple of these guys in tas and these c110 and c210,s on there way to the middle east not the usa or japan.

Hopefully Somalian pirates nick the lot...they should be staying in Aus.

[240k Style]

Hopefully Somalian pirates nick the lot...they should be staying in Aus.

^^^^

[coupe72001]

Somali pirates are mostly into short wheelbase Hilux utes, but you take what you can get on the high seas.

[Guest moderator]

looking for c110 , sedan "not for shipping :)"

[Guest Flauski]

They don't sell back to Japan often because of their tight import laws on old cars. Registering an old car in Japan is very expensive (their govt wants rid of the old fleet, not to keep it!)

A 240K coupe in NZ needing resto recently sold for over $10,00 NZ

A 240K sedan sold back to Japan last year for $20,000 NZD however that was mini tubbed and had a full panel and paint.

[Adzmax]

I often wonder what cars like ours will be worth when complete. Not that I'd sell it.