Hey Everyone,
This past weekend I was finally able to achieve a lifelong dream of mine. I finally was in a position to pick up a Z and found, what I believe to be, a super clean example in Wisconsin. It was originally a California car, purchased 25 years ago from the original owner by its second owner, now owned by me. The body/frame has zero rust (aside from a small area that was fixed by the side mirror). The engine hasn't been started in about 15 years, so I have some work ahead of me to get it running, but I feel confident that it will turn over once I replace all of the fluids with fresh stuff and do some of the much-needed maintenance. I believe that I got a great deal considering the shape of the frame and a pickup truck full of spare parts; including original blue CA plates, 4 or 5 sets of hub caps (incl a couple sets of the grey ones), headlight covers, dash cover, brand new leather seat covers, NOS radio, a new set of emblems, rear bumper bar add-on piece of some sort, some funky space-age looking bubble acrylic rain deflectors for the side windows, and a bunch of other stuff that I still need to sort through. Everything to put the car completely together is there 2x over. I've done several different builds over the years and am really looking forward to completing a clean OEM+ type build on this 280Z. It'll eventually get passed down to my son, but he's only 1, so I still have many years of enjoyment with it
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Let me know your thoughts and how you think I did. I'm proud to finally be a part of the Datsun family, and hope to have her fully road-worthy come spring.
1976 Datsun 280Z 4-speed manual, 50,000 original miles, unmodified, clean title
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This past weekend I was finally able to achieve a lifelong dream of mine. I finally was in a position to pick up a Z and found, what I believe to be, a super clean example in Wisconsin. It was originally a California car, purchased 25 years ago from the original owner by its second owner, now owned by me. The body/frame has zero rust (aside from a small area that was fixed by the side mirror). The engine hasn't been started in about 15 years, so I have some work ahead of me to get it running, but I feel confident that it will turn over once I replace all of the fluids with fresh stuff and do some of the much-needed maintenance. I believe that I got a great deal considering the shape of the frame and a pickup truck full of spare parts; including original blue CA plates, 4 or 5 sets of hub caps (incl a couple sets of the grey ones), headlight covers, dash cover, brand new leather seat covers, NOS radio, a new set of emblems, rear bumper bar add-on piece of some sort, some funky space-age looking bubble acrylic rain deflectors for the side windows, and a bunch of other stuff that I still need to sort through. Everything to put the car completely together is there 2x over. I've done several different builds over the years and am really looking forward to completing a clean OEM+ type build on this 280Z. It'll eventually get passed down to my son, but he's only 1, so I still have many years of enjoyment with it
.Let me know your thoughts and how you think I did. I'm proud to finally be a part of the Datsun family, and hope to have her fully road-worthy come spring.
1976 Datsun 280Z 4-speed manual, 50,000 original miles, unmodified, clean title
