This was an interesting experience. This is a series 1, 5/70 build date. White/blue color combo, a good history, with lots of work hiving been recently done. I saw some questionable condition issues with the body and paint, rust in odd areas, some repair work to the rocker panels and a re-spray. IMHO better condition than my car although they have done a lot of restoration work including motor out rebuild and some paint work. My car has never been painted and the motor has never been rebuilt. My under hood hardware is mostly original and it shows it’s age. I do appreciate the effort that was take to keep this example original under the hood. Some of these parts are impossible to find anymore.
This example bid to $46,000 and the reserve was not met. Frankly I didn’t think it would break $30k with the body condition issues. I guess that bods well for my car’s future value and the value of 240Z’s going into the future.
When my dad and I were slinging old Z’s back in the 1990's we had no idea that they would ever end up being high dollar collector cars. We just liked them because they were cheap, easy to work on, and were actually fun to drive and race. To this day I think the most either of us has spent on a 240 was $3,000 that my dad spent on his ‘71 safari gold 240 around 1992. We got the white car that I currently have for $2,000 in 2005.
