There are a few things on that fairlady that Im not sure why you would do it such as the black underside. Jay had it listed on ebay USA for a while until it eventually sold to the current owner/dealer.

1 hour ago, Zed Head said:

This seems to be one of those cars with its own fan club. Interesting. A Players Club car. Dilettantes need not apply!

"This isn’t a car for dilettantes or dabblers… it’s for connoisseurs and real players…"

A silly comment from the peanut gallery. You seem to be taking it perhaps a little too seriously.

34 minutes ago, 240 in OZ said:

There are a few things on that fairlady that Im not sure why you would do it such as the black underside. Jay had it listed on ebay USA for a while until it eventually sold to the current owner/dealer.

Agreed. And - quite clearly - the vendor knows little to nothing about the car, as shown in the listing and his comments through the auction process.

He wasn't even aware that the chassis number is engraved on the firewall, so no surprise that he didn't know the differences between a Z-S and a Z-L of this vintage nor the somewhat personalised/custom nature of the particular car he was selling.

Zed Head - glad you called our/my attention to that strut rod as the large washer is installed backwards!

Paul, that is Paul Taylor, was the owner of the Franklin Mint car before he died and his Z went to the dark side.

3 hours ago, 240 in OZ said:

There are a few things on that fairlady that Im not sure why you would do it such as the black underside. Jay had it listed on ebay USA for a while until it eventually sold to the current owner/dealer.

The Black underside didn’t hide the poor metal work done when the new floorboards and frame rails replaced the originals. You could clearly see the lines where everything was cut out and the replacements welded in. The OEM reinforcement patches at the rear of the floorboards were cut and left off the floorboards as well. Perfectly OK for a daily driver refresh, but not the professional metal work you expect to see on higher dollar restoration.

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I think there are a lot of signals that the economy is weakening. To me, this is another of a great many.

2 hours ago, zspert said:

Zed Head - glad you called our/my attention to that strut rod as the large washer is installed backwards!

I was just passing on a comment from the listing. Don't know who LookCloser is, but apparently he did. I think the rubber was just old and aged though, and the backward washers had little to do with the cracking. Many commenters were expecting over $100k, but those small details are often signs of bigger problems. Surprised it wasn't caught by the seller or the owner.

Edited 16 hours ago16 hr by Zed Head

Those who thought the Fairlady bid should have gone higher; there was SO much wrong with that car. The black underside was a deal breaker on it's own. It didn't even have a proper valve cover. Should have taken the bid and run.

I found it interesting that the company selling the Fairlady often presents very notable muscle cars, ie COPO GM products, early Z-28s, etc. that are truly outstanding examples. However, in the case in question their rep took a hit. Just one old geezers opinion.

1 hour ago, 26th-Z said:

It didn't even have a proper valve cover.

You might be skating on slightly thin ice if you reckon it would have had a 'Nissan 2000 OHC' valve cover when it left the factory.

Perhaps, Alan. I wasn't expecting to see the NISSAN OHC valve cover.