hello

i found a 240z in a junkyard and the body is pretty srtaight, a little bondo on the roof nothing major, and i guess all thats wrong is the clutch cylinder is out. the motor was rebuilt awhile ago and the junkyard owner was pretty firm on $600 cash. that seemed a little steep to me because i bought my 81 280zxt for $500 and it runs perfectly. i am finding it hard to justify $600 for a "ya it used to run and it was rebuilt" when i payed 500 for a working one.

what are your thoughts about it, i will have a motor from a 1976 280z with 60k on it to swap in just in case so it might be worth it.

 

Hum... a junked 240z with bondo for $600. Yep... that sounds steep, like $600 too much.

How do you know there is bondo (aka body filler) on the roof?

 

what about the rust? did you check for any rust?

 

why don't you just try to get it running right quick without putting any money into it and pay $600 after you confirm that it runs well and was actually rebuilt? hell, if it had perfect compression and got oil pressure when i turned it over that would be enough for me.

 

Ask yourself why anyone would junk a good Z just because it needs one of the easiest fixes in the book.

 

Exactly!

 

i am gonna go look at it again today and see what else i can find wrong with it, or hopefully right

be back on in a few hrs hold on

 

well i have been looking on craigslist and all of the sudden, 600 for the car doesnt seem that bad, but in the same junk yard i found an AE85 so i am gonna roll with that suckas i found my drift project

 

What happened w/ the 240z?

And the AE85 is the crap shoot economy version of the AE86. Just want to make sure you know what you are buying....

 

Yeah that's the SR-5 which has no horsepower, SOHC, and no rear LSD. My friend actually bought an 84' Corolla SR-5, but overtime he converted it and now has a 20v blacktop 4A-GE in there. I got to help with wiring up the ECU/Fuel Injection.