UK Z432 For sale

Rob Gaskin

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'collectors' and/or 'investors'... ugh. Well, perhaps unfair to collectors if they are genuine enthusiasts who actually use the cars they collect.............

Are there owners of these who use them?

If you want a sporty S30 to 'use' buy a nice modified car.
 

Albrecht

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Are there owners of these who use them?

Absolutely there are.

You have to remember that 99% of 432s and 432-Rs are still in Japan, and owners there, by their very nature (because it is a big commitment to own a classic car in Japan), do tend to use the cars. There are very good informal local and national scenes as well as specialist clubs, and many events for them to attend.

A couple of friends of mine - one with a very well known 432-R, the other with a very well-travelled silver 432, clock up tens of thousands of km per year between them. The S20-engined cars are very practical, perfectly usable and a great 'package' for sporty driving. They don't need to be kept in glass boxes.
 

Albrecht

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Chris Vischer on FB said that an early Euro-spec 240Z is more sporty than a Z432 anyway.

What does "more sporty" mean in this context then?

I'm an advocate for the non-USA/Canada models but, in my personal experience, a good early 432 is a miles better sporting package stock-for-stock than any other contemporary variant.

You've driven one, right? Ah, maybe not. You've actually seen a real one in the metal, right? Ah, maybe not...

Last I heard, Chris Visscher was still trying to buy a 432. Funny that.


Received wisdom incarnate.
 
Chris Vischer on FB said that an early Euro-spec 240Z is more sporty than a Z432 anyway.

isn't he after buying one? has he driven one?

I'd guess(it is a guess as I've not had the pleasure) that it depends on what market cars you're comparing and in what state? Wasn't the s20 effectively the 'race' engine? a 432 a Homologation model?

From my limited knowledge, I can see its missing a few things it should have. however it does present very well.
 

Albrecht

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Are there owners of these who use them?

A couple or three examples of enthusiastic use of 432s and 432-Rs in Japan: My friends Takeuchi san and Terashima san with their 432-Rs (Terashima san's 432-R is an historic, period, race car) and Murata san, who has raced his 432 in the Japan Classic Car Association race series for more than 20 years now, with some success:

Takeuchi PZR-147.jpg Tera PZR Fuji-12.jpg Tera PZR Fuji-5.jpg Murata-1.jpg Murata-2.jpg Murata-3.jpg
 

Albrecht

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my gut feeling is that advert was a scam.

I'd be surprised if the ad is a scam. It's still up, and I know the car is in the UK because I've seen other photos and reports of it being here in the South East since 2018-ish.
 

Rob Gaskin

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A couple or three examples of enthusiastic use of 432s and 432-Rs in Japan: My friends Takeuchi san and Terashima san with their 432-Rs (Terashima san's 432-R is an historic, period, race car) and Murata san, who has raced his 432 in the Japan Classic Car Association race series for more than 20 years now, with some success:

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That 510 is giving the white car a hard time.
 
I'd be surprised if the ad is a scam. It's still up, and I know the car is in the UK because I've seen other photos and reports of it being here in the South East since 2018-ish.

The phone number doesn't connect any more. The direct number(not the service the site offers to hide your number) is a tesco mobile number that always rings to answerphone, it might be 'nothing' and I'm reading too much into it.
 

SeanDezart

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Here's a couple of photos from the 1969 Tokyo Motor Show, where Nissan put their premium model of the new S30-series Z range...... wait for it ...... up on a (rotating) pedestal:

...so, if I do, I think it right and proper.
Fair point, like I said, nice that you put it on a pedestal. I note two things here :

presence of the stainless-steel trim in the front and rear screen rubbers
stock '240Z' rear wing badge (with rear vents ?) instead of the solid version ? Hard to tell with a blurred photo...

Thanks for those.
 

SeanDezart

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A couple or three examples of enthusiastic use of 432s and 432-Rs in Japan: My friends Takeuchi san and Terashima san with their 432-Rs (Terashima san's 432-R is an historic, period, race car) and Murata san, who has raced his 432 in the Japan Classic Car Association race series for more than 20 years now, with some success:
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Albrecht

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presence of the stainless-steel trim in the front and rear screen rubbers
stock '240Z' rear wing badge (with rear vents ?) instead of the solid version ? Hard to tell with a blurred photo...

PS30-D Fairlady Z432 was a Deluxe trim model. Hence the stainless window trim and rain gutter garnish. It was the PS30-SB Fairlady Z432-R that didn't have them.

The rear quarter panel emblems are the original solid, round, non-vented 'Z' emblems that pre-dated the '240Z' quarter panel emblems seen on the Export market cars. Solid, un-vented quarters = solid, un-vented emblems.

Sorry about the "blurred" (LOL) photos. Maybe this will help:

early domestic  rear quarter emblem.jpg
 

Albrecht

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That 510 is giving the white car a hard time.

The 432 won. It was a JCCA 'S' class endurance race.

A well-sorted 510 (that blue one has an L18-based engine) is a very fast thing.

You seem very sniffy about these 'not seen over here' cars Rob. Or is that just my imagination?
 
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