Scarab on Bring A Trailer

[240Z415]

Hi all, I am the buyer of this Scarab. Pretty sad that my brother had to send me this link

Having owned Z cars since 1981, I have always dreamed of owning a Scarab. Figuring I would never see one for sale, I completed an LS1 swap in a 72 Z about 2 months ago. Of course, as soon as I finished mine one came up for sale

I had no expectation of buying the car for the $30,000 bid. My buddies and I all thought it would go much higher. I am proud to own it however, and it is one of three nice Z's in my collection. I have the blue LS swap previously mentioned, as well as a white 280 wide body that won best in Z class at JCCS and Nissfest last year. Red, white and blue. We must be in Merica!

I am hoping BAT will post a write up on the sale that I submitted this weekend. If they don't, here are a few details.

The seller is super cool, and the spare parts and documentation included with the car are awesome. Simple things like the Scarab key fob, Scarab watch and Scarab  badging all push my happy buttons! The seller made several changes to the car to improve performance and reliability, but thankfully kept and included all of the original parts. I received the Muncie 4-speed, Scarab bell housing, R-200 diff (need to see if it is LSD. Hoping so!) original radiator and fan shroud, AC system parts, driving lights, Carter carburetor and intake manifold, distributor and original seat covers with the velvet inserts. Most exciting was an entire box full of Scarab magazine articles, owner documentations and receipts for parts. The original owner had the car from 1971-2007/8. I tried to look him up as I would have loved to talk with him about it but he passed away in 2017. I will try and reach out to his kids as they would have grown up with the car. He was a Dr.

As with any new purchase, you get to make it your own, so my projects in order of priority to me are;

1. Remove hood scoop and repaint hood

2. Fix paint touch up job on passenger door

3. Rework exhaust to have rectangle tips coming out rectangle body cutout

4. Restore seats to Scarab original to match door panels

5. Reinstall driving lights or similar

The 6-speed is nice to have, but unfortunately the center counsel was modified to make the shifter work. I am pretty OCD about stuff like that, so I will have to figure out a way to revise the shifter and get a new counsel or switch to a different transmission.

I will be putting both V8 Z's on scales this week. Will be interesting to see the difference between the SBC swap and the LS swap.

Will try and post a few "family photos". Much better with wrenches than I am with technology!

Steve aka  craZee 

 

Edited January 13, 2019 by 240Z415

[Mike]

Welcome to the club and thanks for posting your story!  We would love to see how your progress is moving along, with photos of course.  ?

 

[240Z415]

[Mike]

On 12/14/2018 at 10:29 AM, siteunseen said:

Thank You!  Now to figure out how to get it in a frame. 

@siteunseen, now that you know who the owner is (see previous posts), you can ask for a scan of this poster for your wall. 

[siteunseen]

Yes, welcome!  You have a nice collection, your brother knows too.

 

[240Z415]

Forgot to mention that I will have both V8 cars at Cal Speedway this Saturday and Sunday. They are doing a big Datsun feature with vintage racing, autocross and car show. Here are the details;

Hello Everyone, VARA and GroupZ are hosting a very special event paying tribute to the racing history of the legendary Z car

January 19-20 2019

Auto Club Speedway Fontana Ca. 

This is your chance to see vintage Z cars in action and meet the drivers who race them, show off your Z, test your car and skills in AutoX, tour the race track in your car, reconnect with old friends and make new ones.

Gate Fee will be $15 per person good for Sat and Sun 
Track Tours $20 each day 
Event Shirt $15 
Dash Plaque /Event Poster $5 
Car Show Entry to be eligible for Trophies $25

For a special weekend pass that includes all the above for $50 go to https://www.vararacing.com/california-speed-fest and mail in your registration or sign up through the link to Motorsportsreg on the VARA website. Note this offer is preregistration only so don't wait!

If you want to see the most on track action, come out Saturday to witness all the VARA classes race and get yourself on the track with the lunch time track tours

Sunday will be all about the Z with a special pre lunch tribute race, special lunch time track tour and after lunch car show and race award ceremony.

The pits will be open to spectators and food trucks and Racing and Z car vendors will be on site as well

A detailed weekend schedule will be available soon from VARA

An AutoX will be available both days on site inside the Speedway hosted by Speed Ventures. to register go to:
http://speedventures.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?id=758

For questions about the car show, contact ian@groupz.com

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Edited January 13, 2019 by 240Z415

[240Z415]

Just heard from a buddy of mine who is already at the event above and he says the place is "crawling with Z cars". Leaving at 6:30 am to be there Sat and Sunday. Can't wait!