Administrators gav240z 3,005 Posted May 2, 2020 Administrators Last listed in Trading post around 2003.
Administrators gav240z 3,005 Posted November 11, 2020 Administrators https://www.tradeuniquecars.com.au/advice/2007/bolts-datsuns-red-motors-micks-workshop-441 Peter Buckingham owner from 95-2003 Quote Your report on valuations of Japanese cars raised some issues on timing regarding the Datsun 240Z. It said: "Announced late 1969, and Australia saw its first cars a year later." I have the production sheet for the Fairlady and Z cars from 1960 to 1977. The first Zs were the HS30 model and in 1969 there were 438 built. At least one 1969 model hit Australia in 1970.(maybe a few others?) - mine! I bought a red Datsun 240Z, VIN HS3000091, Registration NID242 on 29/6/95 from a car yard in Sale, Victoria. That is, vehicle number 91 off the production line in 1969. As I recall, there were a number of differences between the ’69 model and the ’70 model. The ’69 had: 1. Perspex fairings over the headlights; 2. A front spoiler ‘bib’; 3. Chrome 240Z badges behind the rear side windows over the circular ‘air-vent’; 4. A pair of rearview mirrors mounted on the very front of the front mudguards; 5. A hinged hatch-lid on a small storage area under the back seat. (I’m a bit hazy on the exact location, but it wasn’t in later models as I recall); 6. Possibly the badging on the boot-lid was different. No doubt there were other variations, but that’s all that springs to mind at this time. Prior to my ownership, 260Z mag wheels had been fitted. I had bought the car to have it converted to a replica Ferrari - a Corsa 250 GTO - but when I found out its early build date, I scrapped that plan and bought a second vehicle for that project. By this time, we had 12 cars in our garage, including BMWs, Ferraris, Mustang, Porsches and an F250 Pickup. My wife and I competed in Targa Tasmania from the first event in 1992 for 12 years. She, driving a BWW initially and then a Porsche 356C. I drove a Mustang for three years then a ‘65 911 Porsche. The number plates for the event were HIS and HERS which brought a few laughs. Preparing two cars for Targa Tas each year took considerable time and money so the 240Z/Corsa 250 GTO project never got off the ground. My wife ordered a sell-up of cars after we moved off our rural property and I sold the ‘69 240Z in 2012 to a Brisbane guy who ran a panel shop and was going to restore it. The move from the rural property to our current location meant a new garage capable of storing five cars, plus the carport. Thank god for Shannon’s ‘stable’ insurance. As an aside, we, my wife (Kerith) and I, continued Targa Rallying in Tasmania in our Porsches and competed in the inaugural Targa event in Newfoundland in 2002. Kerith has also navigated in Targa Tas and Classic Adelaide for Klaus Bischoff (Director of Porsche Museum in Germany) in classic Porsches brought out for those events from the Museum. More recent adventures were driving an MGB GT from Beijing to London (2010) and then to finalise driving around the world, in 2013, we drove the same car across Canada to Newfoundland and then back to California via Route 66. The combined distance 46,000km! Each trip was three months. A parting shot: we organised the first Classic Car Show in Melbourne at Caulfield Racecourse in the mid-1990s, in conjunction with your magazine as a co-sponsor. It was called the The Unique Car Show. Mobil and Mercedes were co-sponsors. A bit of rambling history there… Peter Buckingham
