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Personally, I'm glad to see the car bring over $9k. I've noticed that a lot 240s are going for more money on Ebay lately and that's good news for all of us.

Use a rubber mallet and gently tap along the chrome drip rail. After it has been painted, first make sure you have it lined up properly and then gently use the rubber mallet to put them back on.

Right....and if I recall correctly the chorus went: "Livin', lovin' she's just a woman!"

I was pleasantly surprised as well that the subject (below) went for nearly $13k plus the 10% buyer's commission. I thought it would go for about $9k to $10k. As I have mentioned before in this thread and others over the past couple of years, I would love to see what a nicely & correctly restored 240Z would go for at the BJ Auction.

This 240Z should have been sold by now since they were on Lot #400s last night on Speed TV's live telecast. I checked the Barrett-Jackson website, but couldn't find any results from this year's Scottsdale show, only past shows. I'm curious to see how much the car sold for.

"Caveat emptor" or "Let the buyer beware" also applies to body shops and mechanics once you purchase a Z and need to have work done. As we all know, there are a lot of slime bags out there that will take advantage of you if you're not careful. This hobby isn't an easy one to get started in when you first consider how difficult it is to find a good restoration candidate then to find a reputable mechanic, if you're not too mechanically-inclined (like myself) and/or a good body & paint shop. I think all of us has been burned one way or another at one time, but like KTM said, you have to "chalk up your experience to a lesson in life".

How old is the engine? The 327 was discontinued by Chevy many, many years ago, so chances are it's a 350.

Makes sense... street parking can be brutal!

I've attached a pic of our '71 918 Orange.

Yeah, those 280Z bumpers certainly protect the car a lot better than the 240z bumpers, but the bottom line is they're still UGLY!

Looks like 3 of the 4 cars have sold. The 2nd one still has about a day left at the time of this posting.

As we all know, rust-free 240 project cars (or Zs with very little rust) are getting harder and harder to find these days. Here are 4 projects in California that claim to be rust-free currently listed on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1972-Datsun-240Z_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6783QQihZ014QQitemZ330068310216QQrdZ1 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-Z-Series-1972-Datsun-240-Z_W0QQitemZ120069628583QQihZ002QQcategoryZ6187QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-1972-Super-Clean-Rust-Free-240Z-missing-parts_W0QQitemZ140067685280QQihZ004QQcategoryZ6187QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1972-DATSUN-240Z-240-Z_W0QQitemZ180066660685QQihZ008QQcategoryZ6187QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Yes, I am in agreement with everyone else. In fact, I took a look at low VIN 1970 listed on Craig's List a few months back that was here in the Denver area. All I did was give a good description of the car and describe its good & bad points and it helped a couple of members to make a decision on whether to pursue the car (or not, in this case). That is what's great about this club -to provide helpful information to each other.

I was once told by a very well-respected Z-Car mechanic here in the Denver area (Bob Bush, owner of Fortunate WheelZ in Lakewood) that triple carbs (Webers or anything else) do not run properly at altitude. And keep in mind, Denver is at 5,280 and Steamboat Springs about 7,000 feet. If I were you, I would try switching out to the stock '70-'72 carbs and intake manifold. You could probably sell your triple Weber set up to some 240Z owner (living at a much lower altitude) for a lot of money on Ebay.

Jerry, Could this be a piece from the truck that hit the Z on the driver's side?

Good news, looks like the first subject of this thread was relisted due to a deadbeat buyer. Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-Z-Series-1972-Datsun-240Z_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6187QQihZ010QQitemZ200057807763QQrdZ1

Congratulations, Jerry! It will be interesting to see whether it's restorable or just a parts car, but either way I think you got a good deal -it's a Series I car!

Looks like it sold for $2,025.00 to "chevyfan770": http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=005&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=150066863065&rd=1,1

Jerry, I know if it were only 50 miles away from me, I would buy it! I started this thread with the hope that a member in the Ohio-Indiana area would buy the car. Go for it!

Fun, Did this rear quarter come off that skeleton of car you posted the other day?

I e-mailed him the same question a couple days ago and I also asked him if he still had the engine compartment data plate, showing the VIN & engine numbers. I haven't received a response from him either. I think this guy is ignoring all questions that pertain to the old L24 since he probably got rid of it a along time ago and has spent so much time & money putting the V8 in the car. He doesn't want to hear from us "purists" who want to see to see the car's V8, tranny, etc dumped and the car restored back to stock.

Looks like the original color on the car was 918 Orange. That's good you were able to salvage some parts from her.

Eric, I bought a pretty nice 5-speed walnut shift knob from Banzai Motorworks for my '71 and it was only $15.00 plus shipping. It's actually a lot nicer than it looks in the picture on the web site. You can also get a 240Z-style 5-speed shifter knob that looks just like the original 4-speed knobs (see pic below)I believe were stock on the old Fairlady Zs at Datsun-parts.com for $92.00 plus shipping (see pic below). Here are the links: http://www.zzxdatsun.com/ http://new-datsun-parts.com/datsun-240Z-parts-interior1.html

This 280Z was at Sidewinder a couple years ago and was the only one there. Sidewinder is your basic "bring your tools & pick the parts" junkyard like the Pick & Saves around the country. So like what Montezuma was saying earlier, once the good parts are gone, they get crushed. I'm afraid that's what happened to this one below, because the last time I was at Sidewinder it was gone. But it sounds like they have some more 280Zs now.

Dave, I spoke to the manager at the junkyard and he was going to sell it to me for $500.00 and I let him know that I had to make arrangements for storage and transportation and it would take me a couple weeks. This junkyard is about an hour north on I-25 from where I live). Since I already had two Zs and was having trouble finding a place to put it, I called and told him that I wouldn't be able to buy the entire car, but I was still interested in some parts and would be back within the next few weeks and he said that was fine. When I returned a few weeks later to buy some parts, he told me the car had been crushed. It was a crying shame because if you look at the pics, there were a lot of good parts left on the car. I was going to buy the black interior door panels, black plastic interior panels, rear hatch strut (still worked) and a few other parts. I didn't start this thread with the morbid intention of asking members to post pics of Zs rotting in the junkyards for laughs (well, I guess Fun In My Z's post would be an exception ), but my intent was more of bringing the cars to everyone's attention so that other members who may live nearby could buy the cars or parts from the cars or check them out for another member, etc so that these cars could be saved or parts could be salvaged before they are crushed and gone forever. Or for the stories that we all can learn valuable lessons from like the '72 240 that I started the thread with.