There's overspray on the data plate! Lots of other issues with the car. The market is pretty weak right now. It's not going to bring 15k much less 50k!

7 minutes ago, Patcon said:

It's not going to bring 15k much less 50k!

Hmmm... Seems like it should be worth at least as much as the 10/70 "project" 1971 Datsun 240Z Series I Project that was on BAT a couple weeks ago.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-datsun-240z-359/

That one went for over $13K with a non-matching engine and poorly installed replacement floor pans.

I'm thinking If that "barn find" thing on ebay has the original engine and floors, it should be worth more than the one that went on BAT?

Probably true. The barn find is in a dry state but that seems like a lot of money for a project car...

Yes, based on the BaT price it might be in the ballpark

A fool and his money are soon parted.

I sent the barn find seller a message through eBay. I also sent a message to the Silodrome publication pointing out the manufacturing date. The author of that article apparently didn't even look at his own pictures.

I think the eBay seller might just be a consignment shop. Doesn't really know what they're selling, and is selling the hype instead. Very weird that the person sells mostly $5 to $30 stuff and suddenly has a $50,000 item up. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=226925718575&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l161211&_ssn=auctionhouse-25

From eBay discussion:

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Okay, thank you for the information

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Your previous message

It's well known in the 240Z world that the VIN's vary. Just trying to help you out. Nissan stamps the Manufacture date on the plate as the car is being manufactured. It was built in late 1970. That's just the reality.

Good luck.

the ID plate clearly shows that the date of manufacture is 9/70, not 1969

auctionhouse-25:

VIN HLS30-10683 please look up the vin #

Your previous message

Hey, the ID plate clearly shows that the date of manufacture is 9/70, not 1969.

1970 Datsun 240Z

Forgot to say, it looks like the most awesome mouse house ever. Has to be full of mouse excretions. Wear a mask, hantavirus is still out there.

I had also sent a message to silodrome using their contact form

Contact Us - Silodrome

letting them know about the build date and that looking at the car it probably had 107000 miles on the clock rather than the 7000 in the article. I'd bet that the Ben guy that wrote the article didn't know that the odometer has only 5 digits.

The author is the founder of the magazine.

"Ben Branch has been a professional writer for the better part of 20 years, starting out as a contributor and columnist for print publications like Time Out Magazine. As the digital era came of age and print publications (mostly) disappeared, Ben switched to writing for established online publications, then founded Silodrome in 2010.

...

If you would like to contact Ben regarding his work here or just touch base with him, you can reach out to the Silodrome team via our official Contact Us page here. "

Silodrome

Ben Branch - Author Page

Ben Branch has been a professional writer for the better part of 20 years, starting out as a contributor and columnist for print publications like

15 hours ago, Zed Head said:

The author is the founder of the magazine.

"Ben Branch has been a professional writer for the better part of 20 years, starting out as a contributor and columnist for print publications like Time Out Magazine. As the digital era came of age and print publications (mostly) disappeared, Ben switched to writing for established online publications, then founded Silodrome in 2010.

...

If you would like to contact Ben regarding his work here or just touch base with him, you can reach out to the Silodrome team via our official Contact Us page here. "

Silodrome

Ben Branch - Author Page

Ben Branch has been a professional writer for the better part of 20 years, starting out as a contributor and columnist for print publications like

Ben Branch is a repeat offender. Look here for his assertion that Nissan's L-series engines were the result of the Nissan-Prince merger of 1966: https://silodrome.com/history-datsun-240z/ He can't even get Dr Shinichiro Sakurai's name right.

Katayama lore ahoy! The usual - and some unusual, if not utterly baffling - nonsense trotted out:

"Nissan’s senior management were actually not particularly pleased that Yutaka Katayama had achieved such a notable success and so to “reward” him they sent him to Los Angeles in the United States in 1960 to do “market research” and work on establishing Nissan/Datsun in the US market in all likelihood fully expecting him to fail."

"Mr. K’s research and persistence in establishing a Datsun dealer network against the odds were remarkable achievements."

"What was chiefly needed however were cars that would appeal to American buyers and Mr. K wisely advocated to the design team in Japan to build a real driver’s car. Japan heeded the call and the result was the groundbreaking Datsun 510 (aka Datsun 1600) of 1967. Incorporating a fully independent suspension and four cylinder SOHC engine based on Dr. Sakuri’s Prince six cylinder, effectively with two of the cylinders lopped off."

"A sports car with that fully independent suspension and which featured an engine based on Dr. Sakuri’s Prince six cylinder with no cylinders lopped off – made to be a car that would give the Porsche’s a run for their money, the first of the “Z” cars, the Datsun 240Z."

"But Mr. K understood that to call the car “Fairlady” was a kiss of death in western markets such as the United States. It is said he personally went and removed the “Fairlady” badge from every car in that first shipment."

"Although the Datsun 240Z was designed by Yoshihiko Matsuo and a Nissan team the real concept for the car came from Mr. K. He had been heavily influential in the design of the Datsun 510 on which the 240Z was based, despite the two cars looking very different."

...and it goes on. Is there a car - and a backstory - that has had more utter nonsense written about it than the S30-series Z? Some of the stuff that these people come up with is parallel-universe level fantasy.

So his daft description of the car for sale is hardly surprising.

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by HS30-H