The unmentionable car

ben240z

Club Member
Anyone know if the ultimately restored unmentionable car ever sold. I assume it never made the asking price if it did go
 

uk66fastback

Club Member
A guy bought it (well, I think swapped a car in against some/all of it) and then appeared with it on Facebook, after which Albrecht filled in him on a few details, if the unmentionable car is the one I am thinking of.

He said he was pleased with it ... time will tell.

Who knows the final financial details? Only the two parties involved.
 

Albrecht

Well-Known Forum User
If you're talking about THE brown 2+2, new owner is happy.

...apart from the fact that he can't drive it. He's looking for a new gearbox, I believe.

Seems a nice chap, but very likely to be discovering more and more problems as time goes on.
 

SeanDezart

Well-Known Forum User
Not the only cars like that, I've known several leave 'professionals' in a poor state and some broken down.
 

SeanDezart

Well-Known Forum User
Hey tough - if this forum has any use, it is to publicise what happens, happened and will happen.

There is a wealth of experience here, diverses opinions and if someone looking for a Datsun in the UK (or for that matter any country) doesn't check out the national club site and ask a few questions caveat-emptor.
 

Albrecht

Well-Known Forum User
Hey tough - if this forum has any use, it is to publicise what happens, happened and will happen.

"Hey tough" is pretty much what the new owner will be getting, seeing as it was a private sale. "Fully restored" description or not.

SeanDezart said:
I've known several leave 'professionals' in a poor state and some broken down.

In such cases, the 'victim' would - presumably - have recourse to refund/compensation/rectification. Unlikely in a private sale.

The best way to stop such cars falling into the hands of unsuspecting new owners is - in my opinion at least - to try to stop them being built that way in the first place.
 

SeanDezart

Well-Known Forum User
In such cases, the 'victim' would - presumably - have recourse to refund/compensation/rectification. Unlikely in a private sale.

The best way to stop such cars falling into the hands of unsuspecting new owners is - in my opinion at least - to try to stop them being built that way in the first place.

To answer t your second point first - just how do you propose to do that - wear your gilet jaune outside their house and garage to prevent parts arriving and the work progressing ? C'mon....

As to the first.....you can't be that naive today surely ?

One specialist declared bankruptcy and then mushroomed up somewhere else, another threatened the owner with a lawsuit, another seemingly washed their hands of the car leaving the owner to solve the issues and Ian Patmore had some strong feelings on the UKs' Z engine builders I remember.

And this club doesn't want to hear of 'the bad-bits' - even you have commented on the 'happy-slappy' attitude so frankly, it's down to the person opposite be they private or business......the 'law' is an expensive luxury for those who can afford it.
 

SeanDezart

Well-Known Forum User
Thinking about it even more, I think I'd prefer buying from a private seller today than most companies - look at Micks' green 240Z recently !
 

Albrecht

Well-Known Forum User
Thinking about it even more, I think I'd prefer buying from a private seller today than most companies - look at Micks' green 240Z recently !

How about a private seller who is 'forgetting to mention' that his car used to have a sunroof, and has had the hole filled with a welded-in panel?

ps, the car in question is not green...
 

SeanDezart

Well-Known Forum User
How about a private seller who is 'forgetting to mention' that his car used to have a sunroof, and has had the hole filled with a welded-in panel?

ps, the car in question is not green...

Always take a mate with you to see a car, someone not emotional emballed, who can look over a car with a torch, magnet and screwdriver whilst the buyer pumps the seller for the cars' history etc and preferably a mechanic who'd drive it on the test drive and not the buyer.

Tap a roof and one will hear the difference, better still - register here, present yourself and read up on most of these car within the UK and some beyond.

That's what clubs are for, forums created and I believe that we all have a responsability to protect the reputable of our Zs.
 
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