http://rustybuttrusty.com/2009/08/20/1972-datsun-240z/ Budget Fun With Unusual Classic Cars Wed, 23 May 2012 05:49:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://rustybuttrusty.com/2009/08/20/1972-datsun-240z/#comment-1284 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:44:23 +0000 http://rustybuttrusty.com/?p=390#comment-1284 I still have my original 1972 Z car. I want to replace the engine with a high performance version. Any suggestions. Also any resources on changing the interior to a high tech looking interior…mjl

]]> http://rustybuttrusty.com/2009/08/20/1972-datsun-240z/#comment-110 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:32:15 +0000 http://rustybuttrusty.com/?p=390#comment-110 I had a 72 zed that was my all time favorite car out of all that I’ve owned. Had a 2.8 block, cam, header, dual SU’s and went like stink. Back in the day it regularly put the hurt on Iroc-Z’s and cockroaches (Mustangs). My life being the ironic vehicle of black gallows humor that it is, the Z was destroyed while parked in front of a pal’s place in a 25mph zone by a drunk uninsured redneck in a Monte Carlo adjusting his stereo. Ahem. I digress…
The Craigslist posting for the 71 Z was expired by the time I checked but I’ll weigh in with this: sellers who can’t post decent pictures should be slapped around. I mean c’mon it’s so fricking easy! You get 4 pictures, make one a front 45º shot, a rear 45º, an INTERIOR picture and one picture of the worst of the problem areas (rust, dents etc.). It’s not rocket science.
240Z’s are worthy of any enthusiast’s love and bank account. What little I saw of this one with its 5-speed and factory paint is very intriguing.

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