EvilC Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Well Thursday night, upstate NY (Orange County) was hit hard with an ice storm that took out 9000 folks power! So my department with the company gets called out to spot. Which is basically, going from zone to zone looking what kind of crews will be needed to repair down trees, poles and lines. While driving down this road at 12am I spot a Z sitting under two covers. I knock on the door of course because I can see flash lights moving inside the house. A woman comes to the door and tells me it is her dads car and only has 19k on it. Well, I went back the next day and took a few pics. So what is it? 1970 2/70 built 240. Dash --> not cracked....int --> almost perfect! The rear dog leg panels still have the plastic wrapper on them! I was the first to pull up the jute (is that the right term?) on the floor to check what shape it was in. Drives floor has a small spot and looks very very good. Car was last on the road in 77. Basically the car was too small for a family of 5 so was put into storage until last year. The woman I spoke to says she doesn't want to see it rot and would give it to me for very very cheap but her dad who is 78 thinks it is worth lots.....so I made an offer and now we wait. I told her, I know I am going to end up with the car so we went over a few things to keep it from getting in worse shape. Let me know what you think.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big-phil Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Well thats it. You've been bit by the Z bug. Nice find, the inside looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Clive - Cool find!!! Are you a lineman troubleshooter journeyman? Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilC Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 Clive - Cool find!!! Are you a lineman troubleshooter journeyman? Yasin Those are the guys who do the real hard work during storms -->hats off to them. No I work as a project manager in the new construction dept. When we have storms, my group goes out and calls in the damage in the "hot" spots. Reporting back which crews are needed and what is needed for the job. Example of where I found this car: (5) 45' poles needed, 4 50kva single phase transformers, primary and secondary wires, tree crew to cut up trees in the road, sight safety (burning hot wires on ground). I will update if I can with pics of this road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeatrpi Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Wow, vents on the hatch and everything. That's an early one for sure. So, when you get it, what will your plans be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilC Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 Wow, vents on the hatch and everything. That's an early one for sure. So, when you get it, what will your plans be? Well depends on price and how much work it will need. I can see the L30ET going into it and the v8 going into the red one I just got. We shall see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Lucky man... What's the VIN? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilC Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 VIN 19xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatBlack Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Wow the interior is awesome. Good luck with another new project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S30TRBO Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Nice Clive you lucky SOB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1noel Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Nice find AGAIN, Clive. Hope you pick it up and rescue it. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilC Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 Forgot to mention. After looking at the car the next day I told her the miles had rolled over and had 124k. When she saw it she thought only 24k...either way the car was only on the road for 6 years....paint missing from the wheel just looked like surface rust getting to it. The slight mold in the car tells me that the garage it was in wasn't vented and caused that process. Either way....all that original stuff is going if I get it. This is HBZ, lmao! Mike if I can get my LS1 Z to look as nice as yours than I will stop finding these cars....Joe....I only find them so I can tell you! =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Those are the guys who do the real hard work during storms -->hats off to them. No I work as a project manager in the new construction dept. When we have storms, my group goes out and calls in the damage in the "hot" spots. Reporting back which crews are needed and what is needed for the job. Example of where I found this car: (5) 45' poles needed, 4 50kva single phase transformers, primary and secondary wires, tree crew to cut up trees in the road, sight safety (burning hot wires on ground). I will update if I can with pics of this road. Ahhhh....cool stuff. I work in a large department that has this same level of responsibility as yourself incl. the lineman piece. Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Nice Clive you lucky SOB I'm w/ Joe on this one! Great find. Offer $500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbk240z Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 WOW!! How much luck can one guy have finding all these Z's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 The myth has finally ended...there are as many Z's in the Northeast as on the West coast...they are just hiding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerAce Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 The myth has finally ended...there are as many Z's in the Northeast as on the West coast...they are just hiding and rusting. fixed it for ya And actually, what's an easy way to tell if the miles have rolled over? my odo reads 57k, but I don't know if it really is 57k, 157k, or even 257k... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 The myth has finally ended...there are as many Z's in the Northeast as on the West coast...they are just hiding.Yep. I bet no one would ever guess there's three Zs at my house. My parents have a '78 in fairly good condition and hasn't been on the road in more than 15 years. I doubt we're the only ones either. Which reminds me there's a 260z within 15 minutes of me, I should go see if it's still there. Granted all those in CA will have less rust... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilC Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 I was called today and she can be mine for.........................$1000. What you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 :ass:Step aside and give me her number......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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