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Update: The car sold for $2,400.00.

JSM, You may also need to have your 5-speed shifter modified as well. That's what I had to do with my former 8/71 a few years ago when the original 'Type A' transmission went bad and I replaced it with a low mileage 'Type B' 4-speed out of a '72 that I had in the garage. My body & paint guy modified the type B shifter so that it would work better in the '71. I have attached the pictures.

This is a '71 240Z? http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/cto/5955165173.html

$70K? Wow! I remember seeing one in 2004 when my son and I visited Peak Nissan in nearby Littleton, CO. It was originally purchased in 1996 or 1997 by a gentleman in Florida and Peak Nissan had it on their showroom floor. Asking price back then was $30K. Here are a few pictures that my son took of the car. By the way, Chris, I would love to buy a copy as well.

Thanks for clarifying things, Carl. I should have said that my Series III console and not Series II console on my 12/71 240Z had the blank plug where the coming seat belt warning light was planned to go. You also mentioned that Nissan's records indicate that HLS30-62001 as the beginning of the horizontal defroster lines. So my thinking is that perhaps my former 240Z's (HLS30-59523) rear hatch glass with vertical defroster lines was broken at some point before I bought the car in September 1978 and was replaced with a new a piece of hatch glass with horizontal defroster lines.

Motorman7, Your friends' car is an early '72 model Series III car built with in late 1971. I find the early Series III cars to be interesting. I like the vertical defroster lines on the early Series III cars: Sept thru Nov of '71? My very first Z that I bought when I was in college was an early '72 (HLS30-59523), but it had the horizontal defroster lines since it was built in 12/71. However, it still had the older, non-retractable seat belts, as well as a blank plastic plug in its Series II console fuse box cover where the seat belt light was later installed in the '72 models starting in 1/72. My son and I used to have HLS30-64733, built in 1/71 and it had the retractable seat belts with the seat belt light and the annoying buzzer that was still operational when we bought the car in 2004. Good luck with the 918 Orange project!

Here's the link: http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-datsun-240z-15/

You're right, it is a scam. Here's a link to the car when it was featured on BaT: http://bringatrailer.com/2014/06/04/46k-miles-all-stock-1972-datsun-240z/

This listing looks more legitimate and even includes a phone number (under the Reply button in the upper left corner).

Great story, Madkaw! The uni-body looks pretty solid on the '71. I hope you restore the car and don't cut it up for body parts. Worst case sell it to someone who will restore it.

Being a 240Z guy, I don't pay enough attention to the later Zs, so this is the first time that I have ever heard of the Shiro Special Edition, very cool, Mike! The only thing that I'm not so crazy about are the white wheels, but overall a very nice car.

Only a mother could love......

Does anyone have an answer to my question from December 4th? Was it sometime in early 1970 or a little later? Thanks in advance.

Here's the link: http://norfolk.craigslist.org/pts/5934435591.html

For only $350.00, you can't go wrong. I wonder if the trailer is included?

Does a '71 240Z BBQ on a trailer count? Check this one out: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/5933626912.html

So you are the one who beat me to the punch on this car! I texted Shawn the seller on Saturday, asking if the car was still available and he texted me back a little later and said: "Hey Steve, sorry but I just sold the Datsun". Looks to be a great find, Oemz. Congrats! I've owned two 904 White 240Zs, a '72 and a '71. The '71 had the blue interior that I bought out of Phoenix back in 2007 and then refreshed. I love both the white/blue combo and the blue/blue combo on the '70 and '71 240Zs! On the '70 and '71 white and blue 240Zs, the blue interiors were far less common than the black interiors.

Looks like the guy trying to sell the 240Z shells in Modesto, CA is listing this '73 car separately: http://modesto.craigslist.org/cto/5904271008.html

Check out this "Supper Rare" Datsun for sale in the Reno, Nevada area: http://reno.craigslist.org/cto/5909379762.html

I sent an e-mail to the seller a few minutes after that I started this thread on Saturday evening (I'm in the Mountain time zone) the guy got back to me and here is his e-mail and mine below. I'm so glad you guys alerted me about this crook! From: "craigslist 5907594778" <ftdr2-5907594778@sale.craigslist.org>To: c74e698d38aa3834842c244a86d7151b@reply.craigslist.orgSent: Monday, December 19, 2016 7:09:55 AMSubject: Re: 1973 Datsun 240Z - $4082 Hi there,My Datsun 240Z is available for sale for $4000.Please send me your email to send you more pics and details, for some reason i cant send them trough CL filter.CLear title under my name, no accidents. Regards On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 7:31 PM, craigslist reply c74e <c74e698d38aa3834842c244a86d7151b@reply.craigslist.org> wrote:

If it were a left-hand drive car I'm sure that it would have sold for more money.

How do you know it's a scam?

Located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Priced at only $4,082.00, this car looks to be a real bargain - here's the link: http://greenbay.craigslist.org/cto/5907594778.html

Beautiful, restored right-hand drive car. Here's the link: http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-toyota-2000-gt/

Here's the listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/162316331540?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT