Terrapin Z

I found it with my "datsun" search, you have to be creative. The sellers are!!?

This won't last long. HLS30-361620 11/76

The winning bidder only placed on bid. I often wonder sometimes if the scammers bid on their own cars if the bid price isn't high enough. They win the car back, pay themselves to complete the eBAY transaction, then sell the car again under a new user name. Lot of tricks to scamming people out of their dollars. Maybe.......maybe not. When the ad's are questionable like this one, and the voice responses from the calls are sketchy too. Makes me wonder. JMO I just search for Datsun, you never know what category people list their cars and parts under. @197TZ patients pays off, you'll find the car thats right for you. Of course, feel free to check in here for good advise and insight. Collectively we have seen and bought a lot of cars. I found mine on Craigslist, but had look for about 8 months to find the one that I was comfortable with and could afford.

Agreed these shops are just glorified car flippers, with a thesaurus of adjectives to describe the cars they flip. I am sure they will offer to help you with financing, and perhaps offer to sell you an extended warrantee. Personally I'd steer clear. JMHO

Hi Gav240z, are you sure about that range. I have two 065XX VIN cars and the engine numbers are both in the 009xxx range. 015xxx would be much later. zKars engine was from 02744 and should have a 00xxxx block number. Perhaps you need 0015xx? I have an E31 block, number 009885 from a 70 that is available if that suits your range.

Thanks.

Interesting VIN number. Here's the rest of the pic's. https://www.gatewayclassiccars.com/SCT/56/1978-Datsun-280Z Lots of pictures, but a lot of redundant ones. Nice toupee on the dash. ? Viewed 7719 times.

I am interested, but I am down near Olympia WA. Any ideas how to make that work?

He had the price down to $25,500 OBO on the Cl ad, he might get that, as people do bid late. It is a no reserve auction, so it sells for the highest bid. The $19,200 is a new bidder.

Appears to be sold now. I saw it on another classified marked as sold recently, and the CL ad says deleted by author.

There are a number of older cars in the background, and a boat. Sketchy flipper is my guess too.

That is the same phone number listed in the ad as the mystery 70 from Vancouver WA I posted about 9.7.1.7.0.1.8.3.6.2

My guess is a home made coolant shut off for the carb warmer.

I agree with your observations, curious abnormalities abound. My thoughts drifted to a high milage car that has been "cleaned up" with newer parts i.e. Seats, dash, doorcards visors, etc. With that huge pile of service records there might be some evidence of these changes I mentioned, along the lines on the new bumpers The DP9 Motorsports pictures are from a dealer in NY that says the car is for sale in Oregon. Strange findings again. From their site : (they misspelled the use of the word "through") (scattered use of Capital letters) As is, it is not our fault. We are Not a Dealer, we Assist in the Coordination of the Sale Threw Our Network of Dealers or Private People. We dp9motorsports are not responsible for any damages on vehicle. Due diligence and third party inspectors are always recommended all cars are as is. Buyer is fully responsible to get the inspection. Like 26th and Namerow says, still looks like a nice car. I suppose it depends on what a buyer ultimately wants to do with it, and what price that decision is worth.

Yes welcome 197TZ (Jay), Please do relay any info you feel comfortable sharing about this car. Seems to have an interesting history. While it looks like a good candidate for a restorer or a very nice driver. About the stereo ~ at least the front speakers are not cut into the doors. Just some new kick panels to fix that. Might have to do some electrical wire repair in the center console, but that shouldn't be too bad. I don't remember seeing any pics of the inside of the rear hatch so I can't speak to any stereo mods there. Good luck with your search.

Sold from Port Angeles WA from Graymotors. Which appears to be a local used car dealer up there https://www.graymotors.com I noticed my New York area code is really 971 not 917. 971 is in Portland area. So at least all the area locations are closer together but still a little scattered. I'm not a buyer, I was just interested in the condition, and what it ends up selling for. The seller has 0 feedback, joined eBAY 01-03-19 and also has a 86 Firebird listed

I agree with Namerow the wear on the car looks more like 54000 (eBAY ad) but that can be hidden. It could be 254000 now, but I would think there would be more tell tale signs of wear. JMO The sellers phone number was in the CL ad in the first post here, a 917 area code which is from New York. The map shows NE Vancouver Wa, and the ad was in the Seattle Cl. The address was Corvallis OR in the Topcalssic ad. eBAY ad says Clackamas OR. Sits at $15,100 on eBAY now. 5 days to go......

I saw yesterday he had reduced the price on CL to $25,500 OBO. As well as listing it on eBAY. Today the CL ad say's deleted by author, it is still on eBAY with 6 bids now at $10,100. The eBAY ad also said it was for sale locally and he might end the auction early. Perhaps someone will get a good / fair deal on it, time will tell.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Datsun-Z-Series/372557096147?hash=item56be2224d3:g:L8EAAOSwb15cLw74&vxp=mtr Looks like it went on eBay for $9K no reserve.

Looking at the vin plate the engine number was 006582 and the car number is 03543. I would think the seller just mixed up the numbers, or perhaps he does not even know which is which.

Well this explains more about the engine and rear end statements in the Cl ad. Some swapped out drivetrain parts. I suppose now that if it's been around for a while and has not sold, it might have some more unmentioned issues. The pics in the Cl ad look better than the other sites pictures, IMHO.

Agreed, while I did point out some items that were changed out, there are also a number of original parts there too. More so than most cars I have seen touted as "original" I don't expect it to take too long to sell this one.

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/vancouver-rare-1970-datsun-240z-dark/6781563999.html Nice clean car, a few changes as expected. Radio and speakers, some switches and hose clamps, etc. All and all it looks pretty good for $30K (not mine)

Confirmation!! Thanks Cliff I was not 100% sure of the fitment. Your welcome, with these cars we have to think outside of the box more and more. Glad to help out.

This is a possible candidate : 84 810/Maxima L28 https://www.nissanparts.cc/oem-parts/nissan-oil-pan-gasket-11121e3001/?c=YT1uaXNzYW4%3D