Wolf3000

Anyone seen this. It is 1 of 3000. Thought it was interesting. Ive seen the 10th anniversary but this is #1 and 1,086 miles.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1980-...t_17773wt_1165

evandubya

That is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SportBikeMike

Beautiful!

mrprofile

that would be a great parts car lol

Wolf3000

That would be a good parts car lol

NismoPick

Lots of pics and no info on the car's history... hum...

And a car that has been sitting for 31 years probably has dried out seals.

Otherwise, noice!

Bleach

That is really nice.
Anytime someone says their car is 'factory showroom condition' it should be compared to that 10th anniv car.

mrprofile

does that air filter look too dark of a blue to anybody else? or is that what they looked like new? and if it is then im going to be majorly pissed off because I just took the time and agony to strip my air filter down to its bare metal because the previous owner painted it a bright red, and then I sprayed it bright blue, going off a sample the guy missed when he sprayed it red.

Wolf3000

It does look blue. I seen that and thought the same thing. Im pretty sure they came green thou. Now that i look at it again, it looks like the shadow off the hood making it look dark.

mrprofile

Thats good, and I dont think they ever came green, i've never actually seen a green one, even on the like stock ones.

NismoPick

It's the normal blue, the photographer just doesn't know how to white balance his camera... or he intentionally over saturated the pics to give a "gold" look...

No the interior isn't really "puke" colored:

mrprofile

thanks nismo, i just realized the title should be change, it is 1 of 3000 but thats nothing big, anniversaries seem to be a dime a dozen it should be #1 of 3000

ozzy 79

Anyone know what this car sold for?

And have the pics survived online anywhere?

I caught Pawn Stars last night, on which a guy tried to sell them his red/black Anniversary 280zx, and he tried to convince them that it could go for $60,000... Ha!

(My wife just sat there continually corrected them every time they pronounced it "Zee Ex"... "ZED!"...

Does anyone know if any 10th Anni ZX's have been imported to Australia?

Cheers

FricFrac

Don't worry - the USA is the only place they pronounce it Zee Ex It's their way of showing their independance from England by bastardizing the Queen's english lol

ozzy 79

Just found the pics on another site...

http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/word...1of3000-01.jpg

Change the 01 through to 12 for more...

AMAZING car... So envious! Have to admit, if I'd had the cash, I'd be driving that car, not storing it...

NismoPick

You should read this:

https://www.zdriver.com/forums/280zx...rebuild-34380/

ozzy 79

Ahh well I guess someone had to buy it And then have a massive headache.

I'd love one, and have considered importing a 280 from the US, partly to get a natural turbo, and partly as they are so much more common over there, even with $1,000+ freight, it'd probably let me buy a great condition car much cheaper than I could find over here...

But then I've got the left - right conversion issue... as I don't think my head could get round driving the car from the wrong side...

And then of course the Anni car wasn't turbo anyway... so now I'd need an anniversary and a turbo...

Well... I do have 1 son, and another baby on the way... One each...

Do you know how much the 1/3000 car sold for? (Out of interest)

Lesnocker

You wount like importing from the states! Lol fast food grease stains. The poor repairs useing duct tape. Plus the fact our chubby asses crushed the seat foam. Sorry addicted to "top gear" they made me feel guilty of being american. Also must say sorry for the "dodge neon" and "Pontiac sunfire" lol

FricFrac

You can transport a car from the US for $1000? Hmm I gotta start looking at C10 and C110's from Austrailia then ;P

You'd figure the LHD/RHD out fine. There are TONS of imported RHD here in Canada (mostly from Japan) and most of the nitwits manage to figure it out....

ozzy 79

I must admit, the $1,000 quote was from about 2005... and from the West Coast of the USA... (ie closest route)

Here, to get a seriously good condition 280zx, you're up for well over $10,000... Easily $4-5,000 just for an average condition car that needs new paint/jolly good service/average interior... And as noted - no original turbos, no ZXRs or Anniversaries...

The LHD to RHD conversion shouldn't be too much of an issue - except for finding a good condition dash... Not sure how much you'd have to pay for it though... Fair few man hours I imagine, and I'm not sure I'd wanna give it a go myself.

FricFrac

The great thing about Australia is they tend to keep old carss in junk yards instead of constantly crushing them like we do here.

West coast is perfect - the East coast is about 6000 km from Victoria lol.

ozzy 79

I "picked" off a couple of 280zx's in wreckers yards here... though of course, ultimately they do get crushed still... as did my '81 after I scavenged as much as I could store/use...

I imagine with so many Z's in North America, it's not as desirable to try to hold on to them...

FricFrac

They crush cars like mad in comparison to Australia. I haven't seen a 280ZX or 240Z at a wreckers for 15 years. Z31 is about the oldest you ever see in Canada. My friend was complaining 15+ years ago that the 510s never went to the wrecking yards - straight to the crushers