1972 Datsun 240z on 2040-cars
Los Alamitos, California, United States
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I bought this 240z in June of 2011 from a fellow in Sausalito, California. After spending some time
on the phone with him I felt that I could fly up to San Franciso and drive the car home to Orange County without any problems. So, I flew up in early June, concluded our business and began the drive home. Immediately I was aware of the leaking exhaust fumes invading the cockpit. I tried closing the windows, running with windows only partially open, running the fan on high and opening the vents. Nothing would prevent the exhaust from invading my space. As I passed thru San Jose I noted that the temperature was 102 degrees!!! I was miserably hot, the car was belching exhaust at me, but the Water Temp and Oil Pressure gauges were reading just off the center line of the gauges. The engine was very happy in the Hell-like heat. The prior owner had lowered the car with a shock/spring kit that would be fantastic on a billiard table smooth surface. Additionally the car was shod with Bridgestone 205/50 RE-11 tires. To say that the combination did not work well on California's deteriorating freeways is an understatement. The ride home was bone jarring. Lack of Oxygen finally ended my first day with the 240z in Paso Robles. We had covered about 250 miles in around 4 hours. Refreshed, I continued south to Orange County the next morning. The ambient temperature had dropped to the high '60's along the coast, the engine and transmission continued to perform perfectly and I was very happy to be out of the stifling heat of Northern and Central California. The car did continue to try to kill me with exhaust fumes as I made plans in my head to change out the impossibly stiff suspension. In the last almost 2 1/2 years I have replaced the exhaust manifold with one that is not broken, changed the springs and shocks to a more Street friendly combination and added 185/65 R15 tires. The car sits about 1 1/2" lower than stock and rides on Eibach spring and Tokiko shocks. Addditionally I have: rebulit the leaking carbs, replaced the faulty or missing gaskets and seals that caused the exhaust problem, changed out the Brake and Clutch Masater Cylinders, changed the rear transmission seal, added cocoa mats and had the seats redone in leather with new foam bolsters. The State of California has supplied me with a list of owners going back to Jan. of 1982. I am tlhe sixth owner on the list and I have extensive records of work performed and parts purchased bly the last five owners. The car has been in California since new. There is one paint bubble near the left rear wheel well that I had not seen prior to taking photo's for this add. The bubble is about the size of a small finger nail. All gauges and instruments, except the clock work. It has a non electric antenna. It has a numbers matching engine that was rebuilt in 1997 that starts every time and does not leak. Current mileage is 39,800 however actual mileage is 239,800. It drives better than you would expect for a 42 year old car. The paint is bright and shiny driver quality. This is a really nice little car that you could use as a daily driver or weekend toy as I have done. I would not hesitate to drive it anywhere. It's ready to go. Contact me at 562-296-3480 for additonal pictures. |
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