Might be one to watch

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No Reserve: 1972 Datsun 240Z 4-Speed

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Maybe not...looks like a colour change from white to lime...I posted the link prior to looking at all of the photos.

4 hours ago, 240 in OZ said:

Maybe not...looks like a colour change from white to lime...I posted the link prior to looking at all of the photos.

It was Yellow when advertised on Craigslist 2017. This is #55381 and #55380 is also Yellow. On a color change, you usually do not see the backside of the pinch welds on the rockers - painted with a new body color. I can see the areas that appear to be white on the undercarriage...where paint appears to have been wore of scuffed off. White Primer maybe?

$39,000

One of the Restoration Program Z's is up on BaT.

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Vintage Restoration Program 1972 Datsun 240Z 4-Speed

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Always good conversations with these. I'm ready to learn something!

This Z was in the first of 3 batches. As the program went on more reproduction parts needed for the program became available. In the meantime there was a lot of recycling.

Almost forgot, it was officially the Z Store program.

19 minutes ago, zspert said:

This Z was in the first of 3 batches. As the program went on more reproduction parts needed for the program became available. In the meantime there was a lot of recycling.

Wow! Did these restores actually increase the weight of the car by 420Lbs? Or is the right hand plaque in the picture for another car?

6 hours ago, w3wilkes said:

Wow! Did these restores actually increase the weight of the car by 420Lbs? Or is the right hand plaque in the picture for another car?

GVWR is gross vehicle weight rating. That should be the maximum weight with passengers and luggage/cargo.

1 hour ago, SteveJ said:

GVWR is gross vehicle weight rating. That should be the maximum weight with passengers and luggage/cargo.

I understand that. What I was talking about is the 2 ID plates side by side which I guess are for the same car and the one on the right is like GVWR 420lbs heavier. If this is what the car weighs after it's been through the Nissan refresh I wonder what they did to increase the GVWR by 420lbs. From the pictures it wasn't the radio (that's gone) 😄

My suspicion is the lighter plate is for the very early cars. The later iterations were heavier