New SU Carbs on Ebay

[EhlersRS]

For those that haven't seen, there's a new pair of SU carbs for sale on Ebay. This is the second round for the listing. As you can imagine with a starting bid of $1600 there aren't too many buyers

New Unused Still in Plastic and Box Datsun 240 Z Carburetors | eBay

Robert S.

[Bruce Palmer]

4 screws no water to carbs 70 carbs

[EhlersRS]

Bruce,

I should have known you'd comment on this post. If I'm not mistaken these carbs will also work for '71 Series II cars.

Robert S.

[240260280z]

I thought the same.

$1,600 for two NOS carbs vs. rebuilding/refreshing...... seems like they are concourse bound.

[rcb280z]

But rebuilt/refreshed are better correct?

[zKars]

Better running, undoubtly. But they are not "right".....

Edited October 4, 2014 by zKars

[rcb280z]

But they are not "right".....

Meaning what exactly? Just curious.

Edited October 5, 2014 by rcb280z

[zKars]

Sorry, didn't make my joke/point clear enough. Those who want their car "just like it came from the factory" would not accept rebuilt Z therapy carbs if they had the choice of real, period correct, unused, brand new SU's. Even if they ran noticibly worse... Just wouldn't be right...

[rcb280z]

I figured that's what you were referring to. Makes total sense. It's that "period correct" status that means everything to the "purist". So they would be worth more than gold or diamonds to the right person.

[Captain Obvious]

Those sure are pretty. I'd feel guilty about putting fuel into them for the first time. They'll probably end up on a show car, not a driver.

You better have the entire rest of the engine looking new before you slap those things on.

[siteunseen]

That part number is still good, average price is a little over $1,700.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1BOFA_enUS494US494&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=16010-E4302

Edited October 5, 2014 by siteunseen

[Carl Beck]

I hope he sells them - it will make my set worth that much more…

Although the Part number seems to be good - I wonder if there are really many more in Nissan's Stock.

Carl B.