Well with Carolyn and I having twin boys on the way (Currently she is 38 weeks and 4 days along and she is doing amazing! Due October 21st) I have been in a mad dash to get my 1973 240Z project to a point that I can hand off before the boys arrive.

 

Well I have pretty much made it which means it is time to part with my 1971 Datsun 240Z.  This is a sad yet happy day for the Hoss household.  I will be very sad that I have to part with my 1971 Datsun 240Z which has been so much fun over the past 10 plus years.  I had her out driving her around today and she still has lots of power coming out of the 280 block I put in her a long time ago. Still so much fun to drive.  But I am very happy because this means I am truely moving forward with building the 1973 to what I have wanted fro some time now.

 

If anyone is interested in purchasing the 1971 Datsun 240Z here are my brutaly honest specifications.

 

1971 Datsun 240 Z "Project" Car for sale

 

I call it a project car because even though it runs and drives with all the gusto you would want it has seen better days.  I drove this as my daily driver up untill the begining of this last winter when the wife decided i needed to drive a newer car if I was going to be picking her up and dropping her off.

 

Mileage: 189,000

1971 Body is blue.

1971 hood which is black.

1973 doors and hatch that are red (rust buble son both)

40K ago I took a 280Z block rebuilt it and mated it with the 240 Z head - runs strong have not had any problem

Manual transmission was replaced with a five speed a while ago but it will not shift into 5th either because of the transmission or because I did not cut the tunnel away to let the leave go far enough

Dealer factory option wheels

Both outside door handles work but need to be replaced because during last winters ice storm I had to move it and the doors were frozen shut so the door handles broke.

The interior does not have the tunnel pieces or the radio console area, the dash is cracked.

The seats are out of a 280Z but are not even in decent shape.  Bad car covers hiding the ripped up seats. 

Had to charge the battery the last time I went drive it.  but before that i had not driven it in probbaly 3 months.

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