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Post by 240kskyline on Dec 11, 2015 3:09:47 GMT 1
my new datsun mk2 240k gt barn find last weekend  |
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Post by spottedlaurel on Dec 11, 2015 18:16:04 GMT 1
Great to see, makes me nostalgic for my old one!
Manual or auto? I think I have seen a photo of this car before, apparently it was last taxed/SORNed in 2001?
Somewhere I have some frightening photos of where these can rust, hopefully you won't have anything too bad to deal with.....
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randywanger
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Post by randywanger on Dec 11, 2015 19:07:19 GMT 1
Nice find |
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LaurelLad
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Post by LaurelLad on Dec 11, 2015 21:07:44 GMT 1
Very nice! Goodluck with it! |
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paranoid
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Post by paranoid on Dec 12, 2015 1:41:32 GMT 1
Looks an interesting project
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Post by Al Ramone on Dec 13, 2015 18:45:22 GMT 1
Miss my old C210, I guess it's still sat in bits after the new owner decided to modify it.
Anyways, good luck with this one
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Post by Talking Hoarse on Dec 14, 2015 8:37:31 GMT 1
You have some work getting this car back on the road and presentable - respect indeed. I don't recall ever seeing these in the 1970's - however I also don't recall seeing any 240Z's either until much later. Puzzling that Datsun /Nissan had 2 rather similar cars in the 240k GT and the 240Z sold at same time (am I right?). Also intriguing that the 240Z is well known, is highly valued whereas I suspect the 240k GT commands much less money. Maybe that is partly its competition provenance.
1st 240K GT I recall seeing belonged to a nice chap in Sunderland - sold its wheels to me for my Bluebird about 5 years ago. Interesting car - am I right to recall that it had fuel injection (ie unlike 240Z)? I think that car is now abroad.
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Post by spottedlaurel on Dec 14, 2015 22:21:22 GMT 1
You have some work getting this car back on the road and presentable - respect indeed. I don't recall ever seeing these in the 1970's - however I also don't recall seeing any 240Z's either until much later. Puzzling that Datsun /Nissan had 2 rather similar cars in the 240k GT and the 240Z sold at same time (am I right?). Also intriguing that the 240Z is well known, is highly valued whereas I suspect the 240k GT commands much less money. Maybe that is partly its competition provenance. 1st 240K GT I recall seeing belonged to a nice chap in Sunderland - sold its wheels to me for my Bluebird about 5 years ago. Interesting car - am I right to recall that it had fuel injection (ie unlike 240Z)? I think that car is now abroad. Ed 240Z was an early '70s model, followed by 260Z (essentially the same but with slightly larger engine and option of 2+2 bodywork). By the time the 240K GT came out in '79 the 280ZX was on offer, and I think there is some commonality under the skin. Both used the Bosch-type injected straight-six engine, 2.4 in the 240K and fairly obviously 2.8 in the ZX. The ZX wasn't really a sports car in the way the previous Zs had been, so it would seem to have overlapped with 240K and that probably affected sales of the latter. |
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Post by datman on Dec 23, 2015 2:39:55 GMT 1
I think you mean 'sat outside dissolving into the ground' find
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Post by 240kskyline on Dec 27, 2015 5:01:21 GMT 1
Great to see, makes me nostalgic for my old one! Manual or auto? I think I have seen a photo of this car before, apparently it was last taxed/SORNed in 2001? Somewhere I have some frightening photos of where these can rust, hopefully you won't have anything too bad to deal with..... yes it a auto |
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Post by 240kskyline on Dec 27, 2015 5:02:24 GMT 1
I think you mean 'sat outside dissolving into the ground' find yer mate sat out side for years  |
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Post by gbm25 on Dec 31, 2015 21:53:34 GMT 1
hi nice find could be loads of work.if it to far gone to restore would be very interested in parts for mine
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Post by hoodrat on Jan 15, 2016 20:14:38 GMT 1
Hi there great find been wanting one for a while, spent hours on the net hunting and checking number plates to see if there sorn or gone. Did you just happen across this or did you hunt it down ?
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Post by gainsb1 on Feb 17, 2016 21:55:22 GMT 1
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Post by randywanger on Feb 17, 2016 22:57:53 GMT 1
Put it on eBay with SKYLINE in the title and hope it goes for a killing?
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