rayaapp2 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 (edited) My family and I moved into a new house back in July 2010. Its now 6 months later and we've discovered the crawlspace entrance while cleaning the yard up. The house is built on a hillside so its like 2 feet on one side and 9 feet on the other. When we moved in I had noted that there was a tire and some lawn chairs down there and closed it all up. I popped it open and behold! its a 240Z rims and tire. I grab the flash light and take a better look inside there. I find 3 hub caps stored a little further down the way. I found a second rim and tire. After a little bit more searching I found the fourth hub cap. No curb rash on any of it. One rim looks like its a spare with no rust. Both tires are original 1973 240Z Toyo's(maybe 260Z but most of those have the Bridgestones from my observations) The 1 of the hub caps is immaculate. the other 3 have slight flaws and a little bit of surface rust. There isnt any curb rash on any of it. Neighbors say they've been here since the early 80's and no-one has owned a Datsun that has lived at this house. They have always been a tight bunch of car folk too so its likely that this stuff has been under the house since the 70's. People often tell stories of how they found something neat in a Datsun, well Id thought would share that I found some neat Datsun stuff in a house! OH, Yeah and a pile of the rustiest Datsun lug nuts I have seen in a long time. Edited January 17, 2011 by rayaapp2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorillaFart Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 So no pics of your find?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 E Bay is your friend. You have just run into a goldmine, those OEM Hubcaps are golden and Restorers pay $$ for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockerstar Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 +1 on what Tony said! If they're the series one types, with the "D" in the center, you're around the $4-500 range since they sound restorable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Cool...all I get is mouse turds when I move into a new place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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