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Cheap as chips early S30z console. $169 USD. Some minor repairs. Otherwise excellent... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Datsun-69-8-71-240z-OEM-Manual-Center-Console-w-Choke-Lever-Plate-Plug-/261932887830

PS30-SB radio delete pocket. Part no. 68835-E4100 Asking US $599.99 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nissan-Datsun-240z-Radio-Delete-Plate-432-Beyond-Rare-NOS-/191601680752 We should buy it and have it reproduced. Surely there is another car out there with a DIN pocket that could be modified to look like this? Hmm might be worth looking in some junk yards...

That's a nice Silver 240z, good luck. There seems to be increasing competition for what comes onto the market. So you need to "think differently" to snag a good car. Ask around, and follow up on leads for a car that "might be around" or "might be for sale" is the best advice I can give.

I was looking at Craigslist Las Vegas last night, for example this. http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/cto/5054105419.html It looks like a Nevada original car, being in Vegas it's the middle of the desert, not much rust to deal with, just sun-dried and burnt interior's and rubber trims etc.. But all that is cheap to rectify compared with rust repair. The best part? $3,500 USD for a relatively complete car. Try find a car like that here...and what do you know the wheels look similar to my gold car. Even looks like it still has the faceplate for the original hitachi head unit. Strip it back, paint it and bob's your tea pot.

LOL, that was funny. Buying a race car Lurcho's? With special gearboxes maybe? I'm still waiting on the photos of the works rally car that Alan Stein has. Mr Decoy?

Welcome, what parts do you want? Some of the NLA stuff might still be obtainable but requires a bit of digging around auction sites.

Joe - saw it on the old pacific highway last year on a drive with a few guys from Sydney here. Not sure where it lives at the moment but think it's still in NSW. Not sure current owner is on here or at least not very active.

Thanks I don't watch the UK market closely because there is hardly ever anything for sale... GBP 25,000.00 current asking price. ~50,000 AUD at current exchange rate.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Datsun-Z-Series-240Z-/261933281029 HLS30-00452 - Nov 1969 build date. Starting price: US $1,499.00 6 days to go. She's very rough, but well worth saving being such an early build date. Remember it was October 1969 that the S30z was displayed for the first time to the public.

I've got a friend at work who was going to help with some SQL queries to make the migration over. Just been a combination of busy, a bit sick the last week and when I have spare time working on the car for fear of it stagnating.

I can't recall if I shared this video or not on here already? But it's very topical to this discussion. Well worth listening to all the way through.. Some funny stories in there also.

Can I get a nay or yay for where we want to order from? MSA - full length mounting pins. or Randy's offering with the shorter mounting pin in the middle and fasteners in the kit? I haven't approached MSA yet to see if they will do a group buy discount but if that's the kit we want I'll gladly ask them?

Very true. Having driven a 944 recently I would agree. They are very under-valued. I also think the first generation RX-7 falls into the same category. Lots of early 80s cars are there though, and probably won't take off for another 5-10 years.

It wouldn't surprise me if Classic Cars were in a bubble, as with any other asset class at this point. Given globally low interest rates and this race to the bottom mentality with trying to keep interest rates low to compete with what the US is doing and trying to drive exports with lower currencies etc.. This trickle down wealth experiment has failed miserably it's time to raise interest rates again and stop this madness. Case in point house across the road from me and it's nothing short of very average sold a year ago for 1M, it's now on the market again for 1.6M and it's had no improvements with the exception of a concrete driveway and steps out front. So Sydney real estate is caught in a massive speculative bubble thanks in part to record low rates. I see no reason why Classic cars haven't succumb to the same fate, as an older demographic starts to die off and particular marque's that generation was fond of don't have the same appeal to the up and coming generation I'm sure their values will drop. A car like the 1960's Ferrari GTO's (SWB) will have appeal the transcends generations and therefore be less impacted than say a couple of outlier muscle cars. Also cars of global appeal will always hold value, that's why the Porsche's hold value, they are popular cars in almost all countries around the globe, not just the US, Australia or Europe. Japanese cars have started to kick off in terms of values lately, in particular S30z's, C10, C110's, Mazda Cosmo (which are very rare anyway), Toyota 2000GTs and really they are the blue chip investment of Japanese cars. Most of them quite rare and lusted after. As with real estate, those who already own the cars are happy to see their values increase, those wanting in, not so much. In terms of Classic S30z's I already own 2 so I'm happy to see values go up, but also wary that higher prices mean people with more money will own them and that in turn will increase prices for rare NOS parts driving restoration costs higher. So it's a double-edged sword. I don't own a house and given the price of Sydney real estate it's looking unlikely I ever will. But I'd rather rent and be able to indulge in my hobby than be a slave to a mortgage with no money left over for anything else. If there is a market correction in classic cars I think the highest value cars will take the biggest hits, for example a Ferrari GTO could loose a couple of million off it's price and still remain unobtainable but that's a huge value to shed. Do I think S30z's will loose value? Hard to say, they could loose 10-20k from the top of market cars. But I think they are a relatively practical classic in that they are reliable, relatively easy to source parts for and have appeal across generations (when I took my 240z out last time I was in Melbourne a young fella maybe 16-17 was just watching me drive by in awe with his father also looking on, I could relate to how he felt because 15-16 years ago I was that kid). Thing about S30z's, unlike Mustang's, Camaro's etc.. is that relatively fewer numbers of them were made so their rarity (not helped by rust) will help them hold value over the longer term. But in general I really hope central banks raise interest raise and take the hot air out of the property and asset markets in general.

Thanks, but I probably also just doubled the value of every second hand tail light and parker light on eBay now. haha. My 72 240z in Melbourne has 1 new lens on 1 side and 1 older lens on the other side. At the time I thought I should have bought 2 because 1 looks a bit dull and the other side is brand new. Now at least I can polish up the older 1 and make it look nearly as new. Now every time I see S30z's for sale I'm going to be critiquing their lens dullness haha.

Might be worth a watch.. http://www.32hours7minutes.com/

Well if it helps you get out of a bind I've got a cracked passenger side lens Also got a housing for that side with a minor crack at the bottom corner. If Dimitri comes through with a driver side lens/housing combo for me I'd happily give these away.

The engine in this thing gives people wood.

See here: http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,16104.msg170269.html#msg170269 Do you need lens only or housings also?

Mad rush on for these see links here. http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,16104.msg170269.html#msg170269

Hey Dimitri how did you go? Have you got any spare housings (driver side preferably?) or full housing with lens? Just cleaned up mine, not perfect but they are ok... http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,16057.msg170682.html#msg170682 Definitely need a housing though...

Thought I'd share photos of the parker light restoration I'm doing. The non-restored 1 is at the bottom of the photo for comparison. It's actually quite hard to photograph these. Bottom 1 isn't polished. I managed to get most of the overspray off the housing. But some wasn't coming off. This photo better highlights the difference in clarity between before and after. Front and rear Bit of flash I didn't go nuts on restoring these because they have rusted screws stuck in them which I am thinking of using a dremel to cut the plastic around it and remove them. Then use a hot glue gun to re-fill the screw holes and using a drill re-tap the hole and then thread a screw in which should re-tap the thread on it. That's the plan anyhow. Also 1 of these is a 260z type lens with the divider barely visible in the middle of the lens and has a small crack in the corner. So these are really just a make do set until I eventually pony up for some replacements. Just need to find a good driver side housing now.. But hopefully this could be useful to get someone out of trouble when going for a RWC or similar?

I didn't read it first time around but I've copied it now. Just saw the photos and thought car spoke for itself without the advertorial .

Try Lurcho's also.

Mint looking 280zx 2 seater in the US. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Datsun-Z-Series-280ZX-FLAWLESS-5-SPD-WITH-21K-ORIGINAL-MILES-/381294604730