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[daretobedifferent]

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Edited July 13, 2023 by daretobedifferent

[GongZ]

Hello and welcome Trung,

 

I suggest that you keep an eye on these topics;

 

http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/board,19.0.html

and

http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php?topic=2630.new;topicseen#new

 

If you click on the "notify" button - you will receive an email every time a new post is added.

[daretobedifferent]

@GongZ: Thanks for that!

[CroS13]

Hey buddy whats your budget for a car?

 

Get used to looking at cars that need alot of work. Sounds like your looking at the lower end of the price spectrum if your not happy with what your seeing.

 

I was once told forget about any engine swaps, aftermarket parts, fancy interior or paint jobs, the value of a zed is determined by how much rust it has. Period, and it rings 100% true.

 

Good luck with your search.

 

Rudi.

[gilltech]

Well the simple fact is that there were never that many around to start with, so after 40+ years of attrition there are far less today. Every week there are several people on this forum asking where they can find a Z & complaining that they can't find one. So if you see one advertised then you had better get on to it quickly.

Put together a realistic budget for 2015, not what you might have paid 10yrs or even 5yrs ago for a Z which is the mindset that many people searching still have. Generally they can't find what they want because they are either too stingy or are searching within restrictive boundaries. The rules of supply & demand apply & prices have steadily climbed over the years.

Buy the best car you can find body-wise. Then you can sell off those mechanical parts you don't need & go from there.

What is your budget?

And what has been wrong with the cars you've looked at so far?

[G]

Classic and Sportscar magazine have a "what to look for" when buying a 240/260z here:

 

http://www.classicandsportscar.com/guides

 

It's at the bottom of the page and you need to register to download the pdf.

As a beginner's guide, I'd suggest it almost be made a sticky on this site as there seems to be more people looking for cars every week.

 

 

[daretobedifferent]

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Edited July 13, 2023 by daretobedifferent

[CroS13]

If you plan on taking the car back to bare metal and starting fresh anyway, then the things you were worried about with the other cars you looked at shouldn't even matter.

 

I believe you wont find what you are after for 10k. its either double your budget to get something decent to start with, (and it will most likely still have rust and need some work)

 

Or buy a car for sub 10k, get it sandblasted to see what your left with, then cry into your cereal every morning as you pour a lot of your time or money into getting the bodywork up to scratch like most of us do.

 

By the sounds of it, a car you are after comes up maybe 3-4 times per year, and when it does you have to pull the trigger without hesitation, because it will be gone, sometimes within a day or even a few hours.

 

As for missing out on a car residing in a different state, im going to assume it was that gold one for sale in QLD last week for 7k, the new owner started a build thread on here, its not as good as it looked in the photos, that car will need some serious dollars pumped into bodywork to get up to scratch.

 

My advice, for what it seems you want, push your limit to 20k for a decent starting point. Unfortunately the zeds are in a price bubble, they have doubled in value in the last 5-10 years.

 

Rudi.

 

 

[Brabham]

I'm with Rudi, if you are taking it back to bare metal anyway then #3 might fit the bill, depending on price. 10K should get you a half decent shell, 2-8K buys a rust bucket.

 

Cheers