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What a beautiful car. Something that has always bugged me with sellers wanting high prices is why can they not spend the extra $150 and have the dash vents chromed? Maybe also replace the pedal rubbers. A lot of many has been spent on the resto and these small details make all the difference. Happy to be called a dick for my comment

Hi, One more set left, send me a message with your details. Cheers.

Gav, check your messages. I think the address I have is incorrect. Cheers.

Recently replaced my battery after 10 years and could not find any white body / black top batteries still available. The battery I have been using is a 90D26L as this fits the tray and bracket perfectly without any modifications. I ended installing a Yuasa NS70LX MF that is the same size as 90D26L but all black, had my designer mock up the original N50Z artwork and printed the decals. Looks OK, images attached. I have a couple of overs if anyone wants them, not sure what side the positive terminal should be as I have mine on the right so I can easily disconnect the negative when not using the car. Cover the postage and I shall send a set until I have no more. Cheers.

Out of curiosity, has anyone timed the 0-60 for their zed ? I ask as yesterday I had same fun with commodore 6.0 V8 and was only just falling behind as speeds became silly. From a standing start to 100km\h he was not pulling away and I had an advantage to about 60. Based on this, I am assuming that my stroked 2.4 with twins SU's is running low 5's from 0-100. I was impressed. To improve this I am thinking of ITB's but wanted to know what times other people are getting, a 3.1 must be in the 4's ? Cheers.

As a zed owner I am glad to see these kinds of results as the cars have been undervalued for many years. I do feel sorry for the younger guys who will never have the chance to drive a zed, 1600 or 240K coupe through the forest getting air borne over jumps us some of us older members used to do regularly when they worth $1000.00. The higher the value, the further away from 7000rpm we have to drive

I have to say this is one of the best looking zeds I have ever seen. The stance of this car is perfect and the photography is very nice. Talking about photography, is there anyone in Sydney that can take photos like shown in the BAT auction.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-datsun-240z-149/

Quick update. I sent all the relevant information and photos to Enthusiast Motor Insurance and they have agreed to a healthy 6 figure valuation. Very happy about this. Has anyone had to claim through this company and was the process easy or a battle ?

Thanks Gav, haven't heard of this company before now. Shall call them during the week.

I am currently with Shannons and the most they are prepared to offer is $85K, the current problem is that on a global market I would need another $85K to replace what I have. The reason for my post is to see if anyone is using a speciality insurer that allows them to insure for the current market prices. Not that I like to admit but my resto was a 6 figure number and I am glad that my gamble paid off looking at the values for s30's now. I have no plans to ever selling my car but at the same time don't want to lose out if something does happen. The reason you have a zed is to drive it as they should be driven and sometimes bad luck happens.

Happy Easter All. I am wanting to know who is offering real insurance values for 240z's. Gav today has posted another 240 that has sold north of $150K, you need to argue with insurers in Australia to get half this as the agreed value for our cars. There are now quite a number of properly restored zeds in Australia and if these cars were written off or stolen we would be out of pocket tens of thousands to try to replicate the cars we had. This would be almost impossible anyway as I took more than 12 years accumulating NOS parts for my resto that do not exist now. Any assistance would be appreciated as I am becoming paranoid to drive my car and constantly look who is following me when they shouldn't be (yes, this happened a few times but luckily it has to be a very good car to keep up with a well sorted zed when it is twisty). Thanks for any assistance in advance.

I found some more Capitol Motors stickers in my drawer following a recent clean up. If anyone wants one let me.

Finally found a new RHD headlight switch and want to covert back to original. I have used an NOS LHD switch and modified the LHD covers to suit RHD. Hard to tell in the attached photo.

Hi All, Does anyone know if you can buy new or repro steering column covers for RHD ? If anyone has a perfect set they are willing to sell I would be open to the idea. My meaning of perfect is like new, no marks, scratches, cracks, discolouration, threaded screw holes. Cheers, Aaron

His showroom looks like what yours will be soon Gavin. Very nice car, am I critical if I say the decal on the door would look 100% better if it was colour matched to the interior ? Best 240 colour combo other than white / black.

Just want to make sure they are still on the road in another 50 years.

We really need to get together to compare parts inventory, I have been collecting parts for the past 20 years that I thought would be hard to find down the track. I remember buying 6 brand new hubcaps for US$800 10 years ago and I thought that was good value. Looked through a few tubs over the weekend and was surprised at how much I had forgotten about, NOS headlight switches, blinker switches, gear knobs etc. I think I need another zed to put them all in.

Based on this I might get my money back if I ever sell , what great example and well worth the money. I am glad zeds are now being valued for how good they are. Always a good idea to keep all the original parts when restoring cars to ensure they can be converted to 100% original if needed, I know I threw away a few parts over the years that I now regret. Things like original steel wheels and splash trays. The cost to replace these items are more than I paid for the car 20+ years ago.

Am I being picky, but for NZ$400K should the window rubbers not have been replaced and maybe cad plate the door strikers ?

The hole at the bottom of the bumper is for factory fog lights.

Including the cost of the car ?

Knowing the costs of full nut and bolt restoration, I am seriously considering ordering one of MZR's 50th specials. These are like modern cars in the coolest body shape designed. Maybe I have something wrong with me but I am thinking this over an M5. My thoughts are company car / daily driver. If people were open with the costs of restorations, you would be shocked at the cost to bring. zed back to new condition.

I would be very keen to buy a RHD dash.

Does anyone have photos of the back of the mirror. Are these identical to the genuine mirrors ? Had some f@#$wit wandered onto the edge of the road and sprayed me with rocks, one of the rocks has dented the back of my genuine RHS mirror.