thezhead

According to the person in charge of the estate, I offered $100 more than the other offer she received, $500. It cost me $60 in gas and another $70 to rent the trailer. I'm trying to hook up with John from Bad Dog frame rails next week. I'm ~55 miles west of the GWB. I'm in the southern tip of Sussex County, Andover, NJ.

I picked it up last weekend, from the original owner. The car other than the frame rail appears to be rust free. Battery box is perfect - albeit missing the bracket to hold down the battery. Dash is mint, interior is mint. Starter, alternator, electric fuel pump, plugs, wires, tires and battery appear to be less the 3 years old. The car came with 33 years of receipts. Most from the Brooklyn Datsun dealership. New springs in 1990. Exhaust cant be more than 3 years old either. Original radio, antenna and single speaker, all working! Oh yeah, and it has AC too! I still cant get the stupid grin off my face. I bought it essentially site unseen. I have friends that told me about it, they know the original owner. It was her pride and joy. And, not a drip of oil, gear oil, gas or water in the parking space floor or my garage! I drove it thru a car wash while still on the trailer. wow. what a difference. It had more dirt then you would believe on it. Ignition switch is busted, wont turn stuck in "on" position. I filled up the empty radiator, turned it over 5 or 6 times, and then pulled the choke hit the gas, and it started right up. Drove around my neighborhood. Tach is a 50/50 sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It shifts smoothly, pulls in all 4 gears. What a find. It's funny I should find this here- I came to this site when I found out about it. I was investigating a conversion. I know these have the undesirable flat top carbs, and if the engine was abused, or toast, I wanted to do a conversion. I have a series one 240 Z that I updated with an 835spd, L28NA lower end, a 4.11 R180, and the original SU's. Its a blast but always thought it would be even more fun with 300hp instead of 175. I haven't decided anything. Still waiting for the other shoe to drop. http://thezhead.googlepages.com/datsun240z2 Looking forward to the spring...