240z for $300, is it a good deal??

[Guest Anonymous]

I found a 240z for $300.

 

I'm considering buying it for my project

car.

 

Its apparently been sitting up for a while,

as weeds have grown up all around it.

 

Amazingly, there is no rust in the visible

portions of the body, however I did find

a bad spot of rust in the driver's side

floor pan (about the size of a quarter)

that I can stick my finger through.

 

The car's back bumper has been removed

and replaced with a dam from some sort of

areo kit (the rear end has been modernized),

and the front bumper is missing.

 

There are MSA headlight covers on it, but

they are cracked.

 

The interior could use some work, but

is servicable. The car supposedly runs

and has a performance ignition and intake.

 

There are no wheels, the car is sitting on

blocks (But the blocks are placed where they

don't damage the car.

 

Is this a good deal for $300?

 

How much work/money will it cost to fix the

floor-pan?

 

Should I buy this one or the 280zx I

mentioned in a previous post?

[Guest 70240z]

I think $300 is a reasonable price cause you can do a lot with them.

 

I picked mine up for $100 and it looked like this.

 

Now it looks like this..

[Guest Anonymous]

Sounds like a killer deal, buy it before the guy wakes up.

[jeromio]

Be careful. If the driver's floor is rusted thru, then both floors and their rails will have to be completely torn out and replaced at a minimum. Depending on your abilities this job alone will either take a few weekends and a few hundred bucks, or a few months and a few thousand.

 

Furthermore, the frame rails could very well be rusted thru as well. This is major work. See Pete Paraska's site (member's rides).

 

Basically, if you feel like tackling a potentially huge project, cutting, welding, fabricating, possibly rotissery-ing, then go for it.

 

Otherwise, don't chance it. These cars are so susceptible to rust....