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Interesting. Are they looking to make a profit or have they simply changed their mind and selling at cost?

All Datsuns are too much work for a first car!

What state are they in? Pun intended.

v8 conversions typically don't attract big money, and 260z typically less than 240z. The seller is obviously happy to receive a pre-auction offer so send them through your max budget and hope for the best! I don't like your chances if you sit and wait for the auction to end and hope for a sub $20k price...

Looks nice - can you be sure that it's a different car in the progress shots though? The inclusion of the $100 ebay mirrors photo is a nice touch.

The 180b SSS suggestion is not a bad one at all - if the market is outpacing you as you say you have a few options - wait for a cheap one to pop up on gumtree, hope that you see it within about 30mins, and hope that you are close enough to go and pick it up that day... OR get into the market with something that is also likely or already is appreciating in value... OR borrow money. If I took out a loan for the zed I bought 4/5 years ago and made repayments on that the whole time, I'd still be well ahead. There is an element of risk associated with borrowing money, but it's also how the rich get richer. "Why invest with your own money when you can invest with someone else's for less" - can't recall who. Good luck - sometimes that's all that's needed!

I purchased this is as part of the group buy over a year ago and haven't ended up using it - I now have other goodies that I'd like to get so it's time to free up some cash... https://www.dapperlighting.com/products/dapper-lighting-7-inch-classic-v2-projector-kit?variant=420979965 This is the 5000k 55w HID kit and includes halo (which can be used or not, depending on preference), and can be installed using stock wiring. Discussion here: http://www.viczcar.com/forum/topic/11641-dapper-lighting-v2-hybridz-group-buy/ Package is new in box, unopened. Asking $600 (my cost price) (new price shipped from the US is currently around $760-800AUD depending on your exact location) Happy to post. Please PM if interested.

This one? http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23132/lot/31/ 280z 2+2, 2000 original miles. Auction was 28 January this year.

Ah, sorry, hard to keep up! Few popping up at he moment haha. Orange ad is peculiar... Perhaps genius? More likely embarrassing.

Not sure if it's a strategy, but it is a bunch of expensive bits with a very good looking shell. You could do worse with some of the others on the market at present!

"Better" is fairly open to interpretation...

It's all just personal choice, so do what you want really... Personally, I don't really like either set that you have, but both will look fine as they are about the right era and style. Maybe keep them all handy for when the cars are done and by then you'll know what colour car you're trying to suit, and maybe have decided on a style that you like as well. I put a set of hotwires on mine because they look okay and I didn't have anything else handy - 12 months later they're still on the car! Haha

Do you have any pictures of the cars/wheels Cliff? What colour are the cars? Sounds like the spoke style are more like a jag e-type original wheel than a hotwire style?

I believe these are owned by a member on here (triple Mikuni 40's) - ebay listing: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mikuni-Solex-Triple-Carburetors-with-Manifold-and-Linkages-240z-260z-/182286431189?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

Next in line for headers and exhaust. Pm coming.

The price is currently $78,000, so dropping it $25,000 would take it to $53,000. The 240z is the first in the line of zeds so the appeal of being "the original" is probably the biggest lure. The prices do the talking though, will be interesting to see what happens if we ever become privy to the details.

Kings are around 165lbs and 180lbs (might not be spot on but pretty close) but are progressive.

Nice car and great work so far! Also keen to know what colour it's going to be, but also what colour it was originally! Good luck JP

That's a good find! Interesting there are no dates for some of the other colours

So I found this which I gather is an expansion on the zhome colour charts. Not sure if the availability is speculation or reliable, but should be a good indication for at least the US market. http://www.xenonzcar.com/s30/colors.html

Thanks Gav, yep I reckon you are pretty close, if not spot on! I reckon harder to establish would be when each colour was phased out... I can't remember seeing late cars with 907/918/920 but not sure if that means that they weren't available or if the colour just went out of vogue! Thanks Peter, that's great! Do you know which of these colours lined up with Datsun colours? I don't see any colour codes that I recognise as zed colours. None of their greens in 1970 match up with the "907" that we know which seems confusing given it appears to be a datsun chart?

I've been doing a bit of reading of the early girl thread and of the minor differences in the 240z models in particular and it seems as though certain colours were only available during early production. Have there been any solid conclusions made (or is any reliable info available) on which colours were available during which years? I'm interested personally in Australian delivered models but global info would certainly be useful for others, I'm sure... Cheers JP

Don't be too patient - prices aren't exactly headed south

Hi mate, seats, interior pieces and rear lights sold - got a fews odd ands ends around the place if you want to pm any other items needed... Cheers

Fair point - didn't consider many of those things, and some I was not even aware of! (I obviously don't have interest in LHD haha...)