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Since it has been re-listed I will add my thoughts and suggestions. 1. You need to add the all of the pictures from under the car to the auction. We know someone can always ask for them but being more upfront from the beginning drives buyer confidence and lowers your inbox count. 2. Lower your starting bid to something like $5,000 and let the bidders bid. Add a reserve back if you like but the market spoke once at $26,100 but that was without the chassis pictures. You should have dropped your reserve to meet it because that is a very strong number and after people see the chassis pics, you won't see it again. 3. I think the value of the car as it is shown and taking in to account the pictures of underneath is around $12K - $18K. I know that is far from the other numbers you hoped for and someone overseas or in the rust belt might pay more but as it has already been said, this is a '73, not the more desirable '70-'72. 4. The suspension has not received any attention in a long time and therefore does not command a $20K+ price. The repair work underneath was not done to a high standard. People will value this in different ways. Some will care less that the floors are flat and the rails are not closer to stock, they will just be happy that someone else replaced them. It will be a deal breaker for others. 5. The color is less than desirable. If it was a more popular color it would bring a few to several thousand more as long it was done to the same quality. Finally, I do not mean to knock the car in any way because it is very nice in it's own right. From what I understand Mike was very proud of it and rightfully so, it is very pretty. At the end of the day it comes down to who wants the most and what they are willing to pay. In the end, I hope you get a number that you, the family, and the buyer are happy with.

Booked my hotel at the Austin Airport Hilton for 20-24th Zedyone will be there! Just curious, do we have to pay to park their nightly? Self parking is 10/day per the website...You would think that would be waved since we are mass booking for a car show.

This may be for production-based Japanese racing car as the GTP-ZX won for Japanese racer: http://nissannews.com/en-US/nissan/usa/channels/us-united-states-nissan/releases/nissan-gtp-zx-wins-class-at-amelia-island/photos/amelia-island-award-to-the-bre-datsun-2 http://nissannews.com/en-US/nissan/usa/channels/us-united-states-nissan/releases/nissan-gtp-zx-wins-class-at-amelia-island

Just trying to keep everyone updated on the latest with ZCON 2017 in Austin, TX. Don't Forget! ZCON 2017 in Austin, Texas is just over three months away (June 20-24th)! We have several exciting developments regarding this years event: Early Bird pricing expires on April 1st, 2017. Register today! Hotel Rooms are filling up fast! Be sure to reserve your room today! We will update our website with overflow information as it becomes available. Harris Hill Road (our HPDE venue), has recently been repaved, this smooth as silk surface is ready for your Z when it arrives in June! Speaking of H2R, limited HPDE spots are still available. Get them while they're hot! You can register any time, day or night, at www.ZCON.org, and feel free to shoot us an email with any questions or concerns to info@zcon.org!

Those BWT-5's can cause an chirping noises in the rear though Sent from my iPhone using Classic Zcar Club mobile

Very much looking forward to it! Hope the Shiner Bock is stocked up. Should be a great time.

Just in case anyone is interested, the car is back on Ebay with no reserve. Hopefully I can get a real buyer. http://www.ebay.com/itm/182486843636?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Hello Mark, somewhere else you sayd i want a set of these... see pictures.. Here in the Netherlands these are rare.. i got a set for sale. PM me if you got interest in them. I'm following a little of your restoration. Keep up the good work. I'm restoring a 280zx from 1979, the first edition here in europe. A 2+2 SLICKTOP!

New aftermarket turn signal lenses and gaskets for 240Z & 260Z, sold only as a full set. These will run you $76 + shipping at one major source, $127 + shipping at another. My economical price is $65, includes shipping within CONUS. One set available.

Like this, cut the socket in half and weld a pipe in between, I had to rig this one up to remove and tighten the main nut on a Datsun 5spd transmission

You've come a long way baby!

Well the Sankei 555 ball joints just came in, so that will be the next project.

Excellent. I've removed original rubber bushings that were so crusty, deformed, and dryrotted, that it was pretty much impossible to discern what direction they actually started with!

Oregon's farmers are in their glory days. Keep Oregon green.