Low Rust Daily Driver Datsun 240z W/ 54k, 5 Speed, Performance Work. Devil Z! on 2040-cars
Stamford, Connecticut, United States
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Wangan Midnight fans over my VIN number right now. A Devil Z!
Album link: picasaweb.google.com/flyingaero/Datsun240Z "Looks good! Why are you selling?" This is a reliable no nonsense car so I dont have a reason to fiddle and work on it...boring! If it sells Ill pick up another Z project. If it doesnt ill probably paint it over the winter. Details: -1971 Datsun 240Z. Its been in the Northeast all its life. Guy who I bought it from registered it in 2012 which was the first time it had been registered since 1987. Owner before him had the car disassembled in many boxes. -54k miles on the numbers matching 2.4L Inline 6 engine. Always fully warmed up before driving (my neighbors can attest to that!). In my experience with early Datsun Z's, theres no way a northeastern car with as little rust on the original japanese metal as this one could have 154,000 miles.
-Daily driver. I drive this car every day and its my only car. Im not crazy, its just a reliable car. I was always fiddling with my 260Z but I just start up and go with this car. -Rust. Low rust for a northeast car which supports the mileage claim. I had an all original garage queen northeastern 260Z with 83,000 miles on it and thicker undercoating that had more wear and rust around the car. I stripped the floors down to bare metal, used rust converter for good measure, painted the floors, then covered them in truck bed liner. Water is not getting to the floors any time soon! Before picture after I peeled off the tar sound deadening material:
-Performance camshaft(Details unknown. Lumpy idle, engine really picks up at 2000rpm, and the 0-60 is in the 6 second range compared to the stock 8 second range) -Previous owner claimed it had head work done. Snapped a picture when I was adjusting the valve clearances
-5 speed and limited slip differential from a 280ZX -Rebuilt ZTherapy SU carbs ($780!) -Fuel Economy.Made some adjustments and im getting WAY better fuel economy. BEFORE the adjustments, I achieved 22mpg averaging 80mph with both windows down on a 100 mile trip across CT and back. Around town is closer to 16-17mpg. -Other extras: Beefy front and rear sway bars, Original ANSA exhaust system option(Header into 2 pipes all the way back. More on that below), Pertronix electronic ignition, MSD blaster 2 Performance ignition coil, dealer option AC installed (doesnt work. no compressor or power), new tires on the optional 5 slot mag wheels(~1500 miles on tires), new starter, new fuel pump, new 55 amp alternator, new suspension, lightened flywheel and bushings(claimed by the previous owner), and recent brakes(rotors and pads barely lost any material. Compared them to a new setup). Just changed the oil and filter (K&N) after seafoam. WHATS WRONG WITH IT? -Exhaust. This could be a plus for a lot of people and the reason I havent done anything about it is because I love the sound. The car has 40+ year old glasspacks so its LOUD. One of the glasspacks also broke off so im running a 40 year old glasspack and a straight pipe (in the pictures. ~$100 to get brand new glasspacks welded on). Its not ridiculously loud but when you drop a gear or rev high people think a race car is approaching. If people arent already looking at the car, they will when they hear the rasp coming! Video comparing it to my friends stock 260Z: -Interior. Very barebones interior. No radio and the temperature controls dont work. Everything is there but I never tried to get it working. No carpets for the driver/passenger. Ive got a few trim bits in the garage but I never really cared enough to install them. As you might be able to tell, I didnt buy this car for the interior comforts but thats not to say its far off. Parts are cheap for these cars! Dash has two small cracks.
-Body. Previous owner was going to paint the car so he sanded down to bare metal to make sure there was no bondo anywhere. There isnt any bondo, but there are a few scattered dings. Car is currently in primer which I recently redid. -Rust. Saved the buyer a ton of trouble and thousands of dollars by stopping the floor rust in its tracks. The hatch has a small area of rust that I didnt pay much attention to. In the 6+ Months ive owned it, the area hasnt gotten any worse, its not structural, and it doesnt get any water on it when it rains either. In my mind its a cosmetic spot -Weatherstripping. Weather stripping around the doors is worn/non existent. If its parked in the rain, water will get inside onto the floors. Its covered in paint and bedliner now so its not a huge issue rust wise but it really takes a LOT of paper towels to get rid of the water. This car needs nothing. Ive done some improvements/upgrades in the time that ive owned it and if it doesnt sell I will continue to drive it as is until I decide to improve upon it some more. It would cost a few hundred dollars to fix everything but paint on this list(by a few hundred I mean less than $500, not $999). If you want to own a classic car with all the classic car problems, constantly worry about long trips, love having cars whiz by you on the side of the freeway, want to give your favorite body shop welder thousands of dollars or be able to Fred Flinstone your way around town through the rust holes then this is not the car for you! It was supposed to rain today, but I managed to record the walkaround like I promised!...Except almost as soon as I started recording my camera started flashing with the "low battery" symbol. Rushed through the walkaround and forgot to show off the wipers and driver side floors...DOH! At least you get to see more of the car and assured its not a rust bucket. Doesnt look like a north eastern Datsun from the underneath! |
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