When this car first came out in 1970, cars and driving were a completely different world to what we experience today, and yet the launch of the 240Z brought a sports car within the reach of almost anyone who wanted to get behind the wheel. $3,500 was the asking price and although that was a lot of money then, this car was still $1,000 to $1,500 cheaper than the competition.
As you may expect, the 240Z was
You may think that when Nissan or Datsun as it was known in 1971 decided to produce a high performance car based on its successful range of family saloon cars that this was the earliest version of the “Skyline” brand. But no you would need to go back as far as 1957 to glimpse the first models that carried the badge with pride.
Check out this classic Datsun Skyline, first produced in 1
Back in the olden days cars used to be like this, the 1973 Datsun 1200, in fact this is the deluxe version and it is owned by Angelo Limnios who must be one of the luckiest people around having his hands on a machine such as this.
The people who build cars such as this has skills and vision beyond imagination, only they can figure out all that is needed to make this car from what may have been a wreak when they start on these projects.
It m
This car is a real blast from the past, it is almost forty years old and yet from a fans point of view this car from 1971 is a dream machine in the respect of sports and collectors cars. For me the 280 ZX was always the car that I would have had, but seeing this 240 Z I am inclined to change my mind somewhat.
This car belongs to Quoc Pham, he paid the princely sum of $1,500 for this car around five years ago, after changing the wheels and the giving the car a decent coat of paint, he had a car that was great a turning heads, but when it got down to
I had one these babies back in the day, well it wasn’t that long ago actually but I can tell you one thing it was rubbish, nothing worked and it ended up with a mega hole in the floor well on the passenger’s side.
However, it is a great looking car now and it was then, probably more so when they were new because Datsun where the in car maker at the time, even though there was a movement in the US against foreign imported cars at the time.
Clearly this one survived and is now perfectly safe to be le
You have to go back to 1997 for the beginning of this story, that was when Rob Fuller noticed a 1970 Datsun 240Z sitting in the driveway of a house in Georgia, it was clear that this car had not been in running order for some time. It was probably something to do with the dirt and straw all over it, but the giveaway was the tags, they had expired in 1986 the car had been standing for eleven years.
When we think of “Z” normally “A” and all of the other letters of the alphabet precede it but when are talking about the wonderful Datsun 240Z we are talking another matter, this car may look mellow in it yellow coating, but this is no slow coach.
This particular model was purchased by Quoc Pham and his father for just $1,500 back
