SeanDezart
Well-Known Forum User
Well, it's your call and your time ; if you're counting all the hours into a build and expecting to recover all costs, the 'cheap' good-nick 280Zs are easily going to become £20k cars on the market.
If I were to put 240z badges on it 90% of people wouldn't know the difference .
Higher prices when justified yes and I'd like to see 280Zs get that sort of money whether they be 4 or 5 spd but be careful as low mileage, original paint but modded are not so appreciated in the classic world
Modded ? I wouldn't say putting a Datsun or Nissan 5 speed box and 240Z bumpers on a 280Z was modding though ? Would say more of an upgrade / improvement but paying homage to the line ? Good old Ralph Nader was responsible for the oversized and overweight bumpers and I don't know why all US bound Zs had to make do with poverty spec 4 speed boxes until 77 ?
Red Barons offer he turned down at £ 20k makes my car seem cheap or at least on the money then Sean
I would make an educated guess that Honda dealer didn't know the difference between 240 and 280Z and probably wasn't consciously thinking about or actively looking for one to buy - he just saw a Japanese classic car he loved the look of and made an impulse offer there and then ? Barking up right tree Red Baron ?
I had exactly same thing from a Porsche dealer last week on mine. He knew nothing about values or 240s or 280s just that it was a 2 seater Z and he loved the colour, the stance and the look of the car and thought it was great value at £ 15k, so much so he is thinking about buying it for himself when he gets back from holiday if it is still around.
Has anyone on here actually driven a 240z, 260 and 280z? Assuming they were same spec, would you
honestly be able to tell them apart?
. For the huge majority, a KGC10 is "the same thing" as a KPGC10. However, this doesn't make the KGC10 "worth" as much as a genuine KPGC10, does it?
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An S30-series '280Z' might well be an alternative to a '240Z', but let's not kid ourselves that they are the same thing, as they are not.
I've been in a 280z, it felt a bit more wheezy than the 2.4 engined 240z I was in the day before. It was a nice car but it felt like the interior had lost some of its charm, I guess it was just a little more refined but 'heavier' feeling.
Chris, I will come over, I've a week off coming up
A later model 280 built in 77/78 with 5 speed box, power steering and 170bhp will be even more removed from the original 240 and definitely noticably different but haven't driven one to comment.
my jap book say280z 77/78 168bhp at 5600rpm