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  1. Hi Will, my name is Peter and i live in Milwaukee. I would contact Bob Bennett from Bennett Coachworks in Milwaukee. Bob and his team have done some of the most amazing projects and restorations ive ever seen. Bob has a soft spot for 240's. He is an absolute fountain of knowledge regarding the 240. Here's a link to his website, best of luck! http://www.hotrodbuilders.com/Default.aspx
  2. WOW, that is a dynomite looking car! I love that wood wheel! What kind of HP numbers is that car pushing! You are Going to have a Fu#%^~g blast with that car!!! PLATA, that must have been a hard car to give up!
  3. Congrats Hoover!!!! We need some pics, lets see it!
  4. Hoover123, your right, that's kinda been the feedback we have been getting from not only other "Z" enthusiasts, but other car enthisiasts in general. These all original rust free examples are getting very hard to find. Before we bought the car, it had not been driven since 1982! The first time we got the car running we where blown away that everything worked! Zero electrical issues!Thank god my partner in crime on these projects is an Infiniti master technician as well as a Cobb pro tuner and general Datsun/Nissan junky who owns and runs his own performance shop. In the last couple of weeks we have mounted and balanced 4 new tires. New front and rear brake hoses including rebuild kit for the fronts and rear drums. new clutch master and brake master. Drained and filled all fluids ( trans, diff, oil, and coolant). Used redline for the trans and diff. New battery. Our dream is a 2011 GTR swap. As i mentioned in my first post, we had no intention of selling but my partner in this venture informed me a few weeks ago that he and his wife are expecting there first child!!! Long story short, we have 2 Datsun projects and his wife said he can't keep both and one has to go. We are torn because we have this amazing 240 and also own original Scarab #157. That scarab we found about a year ago and needs a complete restoration but it's complete and all there. Has a ton of provenance that came with the car. We would love to keep them both but have decided to keep just one project. Which car we are going to keep is still undecided. Best of luck in your search!
  5. I guess I would call it more like a surface rust. There is almost no clear coat left on the car thanks to 43 years in that hot Arizona sun. I was blown away when I saw the shape of the car. Here are a few pics of the paper work I got with the car that explains the drivers side dent on the door and fender. The one pic is the women's actual hand written note she left on the Datsun when she hit it. From the insurance report, the women hit the 240 with a 1973 pinto! The accident happened 9/26/77 in Huntington Beach California. Check out those labor rates to fix the car back in 1977! 15 hours of work at $12 an hour!
  6. The damage you see on the drivers door and front fender was from a women who backed into the car in a parking lot. I actually have the womans hand written note as well as the insurance papers with estimates for the repair. I will shoot a few pics of those items and post them up. The right rear dent was from the owners wife who drove into it with her truck. They never fixed either of the issues. As you can see from the pics of the rear of the car, it's 100% rust free on those dents!!! Shows what that hot dry Arizona air does to preserve a car. If that happened in Wisconsin or out east where you live, the car would be shot. I do have a complete rust free rear hatch and right rear quarter piece that I have for the repair. Both very easy fixes!!
  7. If you are looking at going the route of building one from the ground up. I have a the perfect car for you. A 1973 one owner Arizona car that is 99% rust free with 60,600 original miles on it. I was not actively looking to sell but for the right price/offer I would strongly consider! We picked the car up last December. The car is now located in Wisconsin. Here are a few pics. If you have any questions, let me know.
  8. Gvincent, i don't know if it's just me but your videos of your exhaust don't work. Anyone else having an issue viewing the videos?
  9. Hi CruxGNZ, from your location of Brookfield, we are not far apart. I live in Mequon. The Scarab is kept 15 minutes North of me in Port Washington. Brookfield to Port is 35 minutes maybe 40. When you get some free time, email me at pdane70@yahoo.com and we can set up a date and time for you to drive up and take a look at it and start it up for you. We also have a really nice all original Arizona one owner 73 240Z up there that i can show you to. Not sure what the plan is for this one yet. Here are a few pics of the car.
  10. Here is a bit more info i pulled from my copy of the Z Car Enthusiasts Guide regarding a rear spoiler and a whale tail.
  11. That exhaust is so cool!!! Thanks for the details on how you did it. If you have a video clip of that exhaust, post it up. I along with others on this forum would love to hear that thing! The Scarab brochures are also really cool to see!
  12. gvincent, your car is incredible looking!!! What exhaust is on there? Love the color combo you chose! Would love to see more pics of yours and the other Scarabs you have. I quickly found out that not one of the original Scarabs was built like the other. There are lots of similarities but every pic i have seen of one so far are all different. Here are a few pics of the original order form with the options on our Scarab. I've had several people tell me that this was a pretty highly optioned Scarab.
  13. Hi All, here's a short video of the exhaust note on the Scarab I took yesterday (3/5/15). I can never get sick of this sound! Turn up your speakers, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zL5qjuwNPnA
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