When these came out in the U.S. they were so popular there was enough of a demand that dealers were marking the price UP. Something unheard of for a Japanese car. The magazine road tests adored this car and it received rave reviews. The 1600 and 2000 Fairlady roadsters were also popular but nowhere near as much as the 240Z. Old fogies like me remember the early Hondas, Toyotas and Datsuns were much like VW’s and Opels in that they were bare bones budget cars, but reliable and cheap to own. The 240Z changed the perception of that, it was a prestigious car. It’s STILL a classic look.
Your comment is spot on.. I didn’t live it but when I was with this car I had chills this car is genesis for the whole JDM movement some will say it was the Toyota 2000GT which this car is like a little version of that the Toyota was expensive and rare I don’t believe they exported that car here could be wrong through
When I was in the navy the ship I was on made a port call to Sasebo Japan. The navy base there was surrounded by some mountains and I one day took a taxi to the top of one of them where there was a spectacular view of the navy station and you could look way out into the ocean. The taxi driver was driving a Nissan 510 and it was quite a ride up there and back!😱 I could have sworn that he had been a kamikaze pilot the way he was driving! 🙄
The 240Z was a game changer. Performance and reliability that was previously unheard of. There was a California company that offered a kit that would squeeze a chevy small block in one of these, but I never saw that in person. A friend has the predecessor Datsun 2000 roadster. He has had it for many years.
It’s the car that started the whole JDM movement. I saw those 350 powered Zp’s on TH-cam it seems like it’s hard to keep them going straight would make a great donut/drift car
Great story awesome memory thank you so much for sharing Stick shift for this car is the only way to go.. did you see the new 400 Z 2023 Nissan 400 Z pays homage to the datsun 240Z it looks so good I’ve been looking for one I want to review it for this channel
I got a '72 model used in '76. Many fans don't know the first were produced a year earlier. You can tell the earliest models because they have a couple little louvered air vents on the rear hatch. Later models moved the vents to inside the logo on the quarter panel.
My dad and I were restoring one in the 90s when it was sandwiched and totaled in a freeway pileup. Loved driving that car and though it led to the 69 Mustang Fastback he planned as his retirement project (I took over and it’s in final assembly), I’ll always wonder how it would’ve turned out. So straight, no rust, dad had bad luck with projects going to completion but when it came to finding the perfect cars to work on, he had the Midas touch. Definitely would’ve added the turbo at some point. Wasn’t really “quick” but fun as hell to drive. It was a 4 speed manual. That’s about all I can remember and it was blue very close to the one in the vid.
Awesome story Datsun 240 is a car I really want to drive one day sometimes is not all about speed I’d rather drive a fun car then a fast car some of the older fast cars are a chore to drive, plus it’s more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car fast
Hey Jay, I always liked the 240Z. When I was a kid one of my neighbors had one & I rode in it a couple of times & thought that it was the sportiest car on the planet!!! Thanks for sharing another great review of a great car!!! 👍👍🙂
It was like meeting a hero I love these cars and as time goes on see less and less of them. That 260 that I mentioned in the video that was a clean one there was no rust it was red black interior.. still kick myself for not buying that car but like I said in the video 3,600 dollars was a lot for some one that didn’t have any money
You have no idea how bad I want to drive a 240 Z it’s one of my all-time favorite cars of the 70s era I want to know doesn’t live up to the hype maybe this summer
Hey Jay. I came across your channel. And here is some Datsun racing history. In 1971 John Morton won the SCCA 1971 Trans Am B class in a Datsun 510. And in the same year the Datsun 240 Z won the 1971 East African Safari Rally. And when I was my youngest grandson's age. He is now 6. I was watching the Safari Rally in 1975 on the Wide World of Sports. And I saw the Mitsubishi Lancer/Dodge Colt. And I said to my Dad who was doing paperwork. And I said Daddy there is our car on tv. And I been a Rallying fan ever since. I hope you can do. A video on the Dodge Colt/Lancer. And the Audi Quattro
My man Jimmy. Great song for this car! You saw a "butt LOAD" of these back in the day, but YEAH! Rust buckets. For some reason brown was popular? I remember the TV ad "We Arrrrrre Driven!"
I think orange is my favorite color for this car I really wanna review the 2023 400z I think that car is awesome and it pays homage to this car I’m a huge z fan I got to do a bucket list thing yesterday I work at a classic car dealership it’s sort of a new thing I’ve been working there for a month and a half or whatever we got a factory five AC cobra roads are in has 68 miles on it I got to driving on the road yesterday I might put a pull up because it’s not a real car in the sense it’s not a Shelby car whether or not to do an episode on that is a super cool car and I would highly recommend to anyone that’s looking to buy one.. what an experience that was
My wife had a 73 white with red interior when we first started dating 1980. It ran great but ended up a rust bucket. She ended up selling it to someone that was going to restore it. Wish we had it back.
Too bad it wasn’t made of fiberglass they are so cool I haven’t had the chance to drive one yet but if it drives like the car looks, I’d probably want to start looking for one.. great story thank you for sharing =)
I had a customer who had a 1971 240Z. Over the years we did some modifications. The first was to install the self-contained electronic distributor from a 280ZX. That improved drivability immensely. Because this was California with heavy smog control regulations, we next replaced the finicky side-draft carbs with a dual downdraft Webber Redline kit. The next modification was installing a head from a 280Z, which was lower compression and bigger valves with a more aggressive camshaft. The final modification was installing a 5-speed manual in place of the 4-speed. The customer was very anal, so we gave him back all the original parts so the car could be returned to 100% stock. Every change we did made the car more reliable and roadworthy. Although the values of the 240-280Z's have escalated. you'd never guess what this customer traded in on his new 240Z. A 1966 or 7 Corvette 427 tri-power roadster. He never should have got rid of that one. Oh, the 260Z was made for atleast a year and a half. Production was extended until the 280Z was certified. There was also a 260Z 2+2. The last of the 260Z's were made in 1975 and sold as 1974 1/2, so emission equipment wasn't changed and had the body modifications for the 280Z. The way 260 was on the fenders, you had to do a double-take because the 280 was so similar.
Thank you so much for that awesome story and the added information =). My dream for the longest time was to put a stoker engine in when I was looking this was at least ten years ago it was $1,100 just for tri Weber side drafts those engines are expensive to build would have close to 5k in it and only make 300-350horse but horsepower is only half the story those engine sound great. I had a 93 civic with b16A MADE 175 hp that car was a blast it only weighed 1800lbs or something like that it was like driving a go cart. Question what was so great about 1976 Mercedes 450 SL I don’t get that car at all
@@What.its.like. The 1976 MB 450 SL was the first year they used the Bosch K-Jectronic CIS fuel injection. It could be considered a mechanical fuel injection as the only electrical part of it was to turn the electric fuel pump on or off. Plus there was a on/off switch on the throttle body. The amount of airflow moved the air door, like the Bosch L-Jet, but it moved a fuel valve allowing more or less fuel to be injected. The next generation was KE-Jetronic which added an oxygen sensor which allowed a variable fuel mixture by having a solenoid valve(like an electronic fuel injector) inline with the fuel distributor, varying the pressure between the upper and lower halves of the fuel distributor. This made the air door harder or easier to move varying the amount of fuel going to the mechanical fuel injectors. This was also the first year for the breakerless electronic ignition. Previous the points type distributors used the points as a low current on/off switch and all the magic happened in a Capacitive Discharge box mounted on the fenderwell. Those points-type distributors were used with the old Bosch D-jetronic EFI system which had a separate set of 4 points on the V8's, mounted in the base of the distributor. As a side note, when Cadillac used a similar Bendix EFI system, it operated on a magnetic pulse system from a magnetic pick-up in the distributor shaft. The main drawback of the 1976 & 75 450 V8's was, atleast in California, catalytic converters were added at the exhaust manifolds under the hood, so it really heated things up. They were of a ceramic honeycomb design which would melt down and/or break up. Routinely, we would remove them and punch out the insides and then put them back. When a smog inspection was required, we had to replace them with legitimate cats. After smog, the customers would have us put the hollowed out cats back on and make all the adjustments to give it the best performance. During the life of the 107 SL chassis, from the first 350 SL's to the final 560 SL's, there were very few changes to the chassis or body. The removable hardtop of a 350 SL would fit a 560 SL. Drivetrains, emission controls, safety features and climate or ventilation controls were the major changes. The look of the interior varied, but retained the original design concept. Even when they added airbags the interiors didn't change much. The idea behind the 107 chassis was a personal luxury car, basically in concept like the original T-birds. The cars were heavy and handled OK but didn't have as aggressive alignment specifications as the other MB's had. Power was good and the cars could really scoot. The early 350 and 450SL's had good power, but that went downhill as most everyother car did of the era. When the 560 SL's came out, power and performance was better than ever. Cadillac tried to compete with the MB SL's with the Allante. A car in that class didn't go over very well with front wheel drive, especially when the first ones used the HT4100 trouble prone V8. The biggest and costliest mistake Cadillac made was guaranteeing that the Allante would depreciate the same as the MB SL's. That cost GM millions. Check on how much a 560 SL is going for compared to the Allante today.
I just don’t get that car it makes absolutely no sense to me Mercedes sold the car from 1973 to 1980 no changes by the year 1980 that car cost $31,000 which is equivalent to $126,000 of today’s money. By 1980 could have both a top end Lincoln and Cadillac and still have money left over I might do an episode on that definitely want to compare it to the Cadillac and Lincoln
@@What.its.like. There is no comparison to Lincoln or Cadillac. Cadillac, as I stated, tried it with the Allante, but bitterly lost. Chrysler tried it with the TC and lost. The closest successful competitors that was successful was the BMW 6 and 8 series. It is hard to compete with the Mercedes-Benz name and the quality and prestige which goes with it. As I stated, the MB aim was a small sporty and powerful personal luxury car. It filled a void once filled by the original T-bird. The MB SL's combined the best of many worlds. A convertible, a hardtop, a luxury car, power, style, grace value and reliability. Nothing else has ever come close.
Hi J, thank you for informing the public on what "240, 260, 280, stood for it was the engine size, 2.4L, 2.6L, 2.8L and by the way, 300ZX, 3.0L. "Z" meant Project "Z" Car. "X" stood for "Luxury" on the 300ZX. Please reply. Dave...
Yeah I wasn’t sure when the turbo model came out I was a huge fan (still am) 1600/2000 roadster and 240-280z I meant to put nada price differences I’ll see if it will allow me to pause if not I’ll try and put in community tab =)
I always thought the Z's were some really cool cars for sure! My cousin had a '77 that she bought in like '85, from the original owner, it had good mileage on it and had been taken care of. I got to drive it a few times and it was a sweet solid ride! I didn't like the color though, it was that ugly dark green, with like the saddle colored interior. It had the wheel covers like that blue one in the video, which I liked. Her brother however, who was doing well in the insurance business, would always lease some cool and expensive cars every year, and he had a new beautiful silver '81 280Z, and then he had a new '83 turbo 2 + 2 model I think, it was a beautiful pearl white with red leather interior, regrettably I never got to drive either one of those 😏
In 1972 -1974 if you didn't have one of these as a 2nd Lieutenant just out of Airborne Ranger School... you were suspect of not spending your off time in danger. As a lowly buck Sgt. who rode a more affordable 1968 Triumph 650 Trophy Sports Motorcycle... I'd still out danger the best of them. I even ride that bike to this day. ~U.S. Paratrooper Sgt. William 'Rock' Gilpin 82nd Abn. Div. 1/504 way back in '71-'74
You got it somebody else beat you to it though I really need to figure out when is a good time to release videos and add that way it would make it fair for everybody
@@What.its.like. Just keep up the good work. I look forward to your videos. With the way I type someone could start the day before me and still beat me to the finish. LOL
Also with the footage that I thought that I recorded was me talking about all the different cars that are compared to like the XKE there’s a lot of Toyota 2000 GT influence in that as well the headlight buckets could almost look like Ferrari Dino there’s lots of car influences in that design the more you look at it the more you see.. it was a brilliant design it’s timeless in my opinion it’s one of the best cars of the 1970s I don’t care what part of the world it’s from.. just like the Volvo P 1800 that is a gorgeous car that is my favorite Volvo of all Time.. just curious totally random question but maybe somebody can answer the question we recently got a Mercedes 450 SL car community puts that car up on a really high pedestal I don’t understand why it’s not that special it was marketed for people that wanted something different than a Lincoln mark five or an El Dorado but it’s not fast it gets terrible gas mileage it’s not like I honestly don’t get the concept of that vehicle and it was incredibly expensive when it was new.. looking for insight
@@What.its.like. I also had a Volvo P1800S. The only car from my past that I remember the VIN: 3060. That was it, 4 digit number. Since assembly was switched to Sweden after 3,000 cars, I guess mine was the 60th made there.
That’s awesome did you like yours I never drove one I know that they only had 101 hp they cost about the same amount of money when they were new as a 356 Porsche most people went for the 356.. if given the choice between the two of them I honestly don’t know which one I pack the 356 is probably faster but I think the Volvo has more character and is argumentatively more reliable because Ivr Gordon had one from the 60s and his car is in the greatest book of world records for most miles ever put on a car 3million Miles unfortunately he passed away a couple years ago
@@What.its.like. in 1988 I traded my 79 MGB vie the Volvo, which was disassembled in a half done restoration project. I did some work on it getting it ready to paint. Then a career promotion had me moving to Washington DC, and I sold it. Owned it for 18 months and never got to drive it!
My late husband would take me out for dinner and for desert we would hope in the back of the Z and do the nasty. Not much room, but it did the trick ! ! !
I tend to agree with Scotty they use timing belt instead of timing chains and I know a lot of people that have had problems with the signs of the new ones I stay very far away from those put back in the day they made a quality product.. The engines were almost bulletproof they would run forever the bodies you had to wash them if they got in contact with salt otherwise you wouldn’t have it for very long
@@What.its.like. I forgot to mention that when I was working in a warehouse we had a Nissan forklift that we used for our shipping dock. It seemed to be a good product.
Jimmy Hendrix, Purple Haze
You got it =)
''Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.'' ~Jimi
When these came out in the U.S. they were so popular there was enough of a demand that dealers were marking the price UP. Something unheard of for a Japanese car. The magazine road tests adored this car and it received rave reviews. The 1600 and 2000 Fairlady roadsters were also popular but nowhere near as much as the 240Z. Old fogies like me remember the early Hondas, Toyotas and Datsuns were much like VW’s and Opels in that they were bare bones budget cars, but reliable and cheap to own. The 240Z changed the perception of that, it was a prestigious car. It’s STILL a classic look.
Your comment is spot on.. I didn’t live it but when I was with this car I had chills this car is genesis for the whole JDM movement some will say it was the Toyota 2000GT which this car is like a little version of that the Toyota was expensive and rare I don’t believe they exported that car here could be wrong through
When I was in the navy the ship I was on made a port call to Sasebo Japan. The navy base there was surrounded by some mountains and I one day took a taxi to the top of one of them where there was a spectacular view of the navy station and you could look way out into the ocean. The taxi driver was driving a Nissan 510 and it was quite a ride up there and back!😱 I could have sworn that he had been a kamikaze pilot the way he was driving! 🙄
Great story thank you so much for your service =)
The 240Z was a game changer. Performance and reliability that was previously unheard of. There was a California company that offered a kit that would squeeze a chevy small block in one of these, but I never saw that in person. A friend has the predecessor Datsun 2000 roadster. He has had it for many years.
It’s the car that started the whole JDM movement. I saw those 350 powered Zp’s on TH-cam it seems like it’s hard to keep them going straight would make a great donut/drift car
I remember this car and it was so cool. My Father had one of these and it was a stick not an automatic. great memories..
Great story awesome memory thank you so much for sharing
Stick shift for this car is the only way to go.. did you see the new 400 Z 2023 Nissan 400 Z pays homage to the datsun 240Z it looks so good I’ve been looking for one I want to review it for this channel
@@What.its.like. My Father's "Z" was green with tan interior. Wow!! In with my Father's was crazy nice!!
Dad had a 1600 Roadster when I was growing up. That was a really delightful ride.
I love those cars as well I’m a huge Datsun fan plan on hitting all of those cars as soon as I can find them =)
I got a '72 model used in '76. Many fans don't know the first were produced a year earlier. You can tell the earliest models because they have a couple little louvered air vents on the rear hatch. Later models moved the vents to inside the logo on the quarter panel.
Great information how do you like yours
My dad and I were restoring one in the 90s when it was sandwiched and totaled in a freeway pileup. Loved driving that car and though it led to the 69 Mustang Fastback he planned as his retirement project (I took over and it’s in final assembly), I’ll always wonder how it would’ve turned out. So straight, no rust, dad had bad luck with projects going to completion but when it came to finding the perfect cars to work on, he had the Midas touch. Definitely would’ve added the turbo at some point. Wasn’t really “quick” but fun as hell to drive.
It was a 4 speed manual. That’s about all I can remember and it was blue very close to the one in the vid.
Awesome story Datsun 240 is a car I really want to drive one day sometimes is not all about speed I’d rather drive a fun car then a fast car some of the older fast cars are a chore to drive, plus it’s more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car fast
Hey Jay, I always liked the 240Z. When I was a kid one of my neighbors had one & I rode in it a couple of times & thought that it was the sportiest car on the planet!!! Thanks for sharing another great review of a great car!!! 👍👍🙂
It was like meeting a hero I love these cars and as time goes on see less and less of them. That 260 that I mentioned in the video that was a clean one there was no rust it was red black interior.. still kick myself for not buying that car but like I said in the video 3,600 dollars was a lot for some one that didn’t have any money
@@What.its.like. $3,600 is still a lot of money!! 😏
It is but it’s easier to come up with that now if I had to.. it’s crazy that I was that was 14 years ago
You have to drive one if you get a chance, to this day they still hold up and provide a very visceral driving experience.
You have no idea how bad I want to drive a 240 Z it’s one of my all-time favorite cars of the 70s era I want to know doesn’t live up to the hype maybe this summer
Purple Haze is one of my favorite songs from the best guitarist ever!
You got that right I wish he lived longer than 1970 just imagine if he did how different music would be.. that’s a really sad story there..
Had a '75 280z first year for FI. Great car.
Nice =)
My upstairs neighbor had a 240 Z in the early 80's. He maintained it himself.
Bright orange color. Don't know the Datsun name.
Thanks, Jay.
Bright orange was the best color in my opinion
Hey Jay.
I came across your channel. And here is some Datsun racing history. In 1971 John Morton won the SCCA 1971 Trans Am B class in a Datsun 510. And in the same year the Datsun 240 Z won the 1971 East African Safari Rally. And when I was my youngest grandson's age. He is now 6. I was watching the Safari Rally in 1975 on the Wide World of Sports. And I saw the Mitsubishi Lancer/Dodge Colt. And I said to my Dad who was doing paperwork. And I said Daddy there is our car on tv. And I been a Rallying fan ever since. I hope you can do. A video on the Dodge Colt/Lancer. And the Audi Quattro
Thank you so much for sharing that =) welcome to the channel
My man Jimmy. Great song for this car! You saw a "butt LOAD" of these back in the day, but YEAH! Rust buckets. For some reason brown was popular? I remember the TV ad "We Arrrrrre Driven!"
I think orange is my favorite color for this car I really wanna review the 2023 400z I think that car is awesome and it pays homage to this car I’m a huge z fan
I got to do a bucket list thing yesterday I work at a classic car dealership it’s sort of a new thing I’ve been working there for a month and a half or whatever we got a factory five AC cobra roads are in has 68 miles on it I got to driving on the road yesterday I might put a pull up because it’s not a real car in the sense it’s not a Shelby car whether or not to do an episode on that is a super cool car and I would highly recommend to anyone that’s looking to buy one.. what an experience that was
My wife had a 73 white with red interior when we first started dating 1980. It ran great but ended up a rust bucket. She ended up selling it to someone that was going to restore it. Wish we had it back.
Too bad it wasn’t made of fiberglass they are so cool I haven’t had the chance to drive one yet but if it drives like the car looks, I’d probably want to start looking for one.. great story thank you for sharing =)
I had a customer who had a 1971 240Z. Over the years we did some modifications. The first was to install the self-contained electronic distributor from a 280ZX. That improved drivability immensely. Because this was California with heavy smog control regulations, we next replaced the finicky side-draft carbs with a dual downdraft Webber Redline kit. The next modification was installing a head from a 280Z, which was lower compression and bigger valves with a more aggressive camshaft. The final modification was installing a 5-speed manual in place of the 4-speed. The customer was very anal, so we gave him back all the original parts so the car could be returned to 100% stock. Every change we did made the car more reliable and roadworthy.
Although the values of the 240-280Z's have escalated. you'd never guess what this customer traded in on his new 240Z. A 1966 or 7 Corvette 427 tri-power roadster. He never should have got rid of that one.
Oh, the 260Z was made for atleast a year and a half. Production was extended until the 280Z was certified. There was also a 260Z 2+2. The last of the 260Z's were made in 1975 and sold as 1974 1/2, so emission equipment wasn't changed and had the body modifications for the 280Z. The way 260 was on the fenders, you had to do a double-take because the 280 was so similar.
Thank you so much for that awesome story and the added information =). My dream for the longest time was to put a stoker engine in when I was looking this was at least ten years ago it was $1,100 just for tri Weber side drafts those engines are expensive to build would have close to 5k in it and only make 300-350horse but horsepower is only half the story those engine sound great. I had a 93 civic with b16A MADE 175 hp that car was a blast it only weighed 1800lbs or something like that it was like driving a go cart.
Question what was so great about 1976 Mercedes 450 SL I don’t get that car at all
@@What.its.like. The 1976 MB 450 SL was the first year they used the Bosch K-Jectronic CIS fuel injection. It could be considered a mechanical fuel injection as the only electrical part of it was to turn the electric fuel pump on or off. Plus there was a on/off switch on the throttle body. The amount of airflow moved the air door, like the Bosch L-Jet, but it moved a fuel valve allowing more or less fuel to be injected.
The next generation was KE-Jetronic which added an oxygen sensor which allowed a variable fuel mixture by having a solenoid valve(like an electronic fuel injector) inline with the fuel distributor, varying the pressure between the upper and lower halves of the fuel distributor. This made the air door harder or easier to move varying the amount of fuel going to the mechanical fuel injectors.
This was also the first year for the breakerless electronic ignition. Previous the points type distributors used the points as a low current on/off switch and all the magic happened in a Capacitive Discharge box mounted on the fenderwell. Those points-type distributors were used with the old Bosch D-jetronic EFI system which had a separate set of 4 points on the V8's, mounted in the base of the distributor. As a side note, when Cadillac used a similar Bendix EFI system, it operated on a magnetic pulse system from a magnetic pick-up in the distributor shaft.
The main drawback of the 1976 & 75 450 V8's was, atleast in California, catalytic converters were added at the exhaust manifolds under the hood, so it really heated things up. They were of a ceramic honeycomb design which would melt down and/or break up. Routinely, we would remove them and punch out the insides and then put them back. When a smog inspection was required, we had to replace them with legitimate cats. After smog, the customers would have us put the hollowed out cats back on and make all the adjustments to give it the best performance.
During the life of the 107 SL chassis, from the first 350 SL's to the final 560 SL's, there were very few changes to the chassis or body. The removable hardtop of a 350 SL would fit a 560 SL. Drivetrains, emission controls, safety features and climate or ventilation controls were the major changes. The look of the interior varied, but retained the original design concept. Even when they added airbags the interiors didn't change much.
The idea behind the 107 chassis was a personal luxury car, basically in concept like the original T-birds. The cars were heavy and handled OK but didn't have as aggressive alignment specifications as the other MB's had. Power was good and the cars could really scoot. The early 350 and 450SL's had good power, but that went downhill as most everyother car did of the era. When the 560 SL's came out, power and performance was better than ever.
Cadillac tried to compete with the MB SL's with the Allante. A car in that class didn't go over very well with front wheel drive, especially when the first ones used the HT4100 trouble prone V8. The biggest and costliest mistake Cadillac made was guaranteeing that the Allante would depreciate the same as the MB SL's. That cost GM millions. Check on how much a 560 SL is going for compared to the Allante today.
I just don’t get that car it makes absolutely no sense to me Mercedes sold the car from 1973 to 1980 no changes by the year 1980 that car cost $31,000 which is equivalent to $126,000 of today’s money. By 1980 could have both a top end Lincoln and Cadillac and still have money left over I might do an episode on that definitely want to compare it to the Cadillac and Lincoln
@@What.its.like. There is no comparison to Lincoln or Cadillac. Cadillac, as I stated, tried it with the Allante, but bitterly lost. Chrysler tried it with the TC and lost. The closest successful competitors that was successful was the BMW 6 and 8 series.
It is hard to compete with the Mercedes-Benz name and the quality and prestige which goes with it.
As I stated, the MB aim was a small sporty and powerful personal luxury car. It filled a void once filled by the original T-bird.
The MB SL's combined the best of many worlds. A convertible, a hardtop, a luxury car, power, style, grace value and reliability. Nothing else has ever come close.
Hi J, thank you for informing the public on what "240, 260, 280, stood for it was the engine size, 2.4L, 2.6L, 2.8L and by the way, 300ZX, 3.0L. "Z" meant Project "Z" Car. "X" stood for "Luxury" on the 300ZX. Please reply. Dave...
Yeah I wasn’t sure when the turbo model came out I was a huge fan (still am) 1600/2000 roadster and 240-280z I meant to put nada price differences I’ll see if it will allow me to pause if not I’ll try and put in community tab =)
I always thought the Z's were some really cool cars for sure! My cousin had a '77 that she bought in like '85, from the original owner, it had good mileage on it and had been taken care of. I got to drive it a few times and it was a sweet solid ride! I didn't like the color though, it was that ugly dark green, with like the saddle colored interior. It had the wheel covers like that blue one in the video, which I liked. Her brother however, who was doing well in the insurance business, would always lease some cool and expensive cars every year, and he had a new beautiful silver '81 280Z, and then he had a new '83 turbo 2 + 2 model I think, it was a beautiful pearl white with red leather interior, regrettably I never got to drive either one of those 😏
Great memories thank you so much for sharing on here =)
In 1972 -1974 if you didn't have one of these as a 2nd Lieutenant just out of Airborne Ranger School... you were suspect of not spending your off time in danger.
As a lowly buck Sgt. who rode a more affordable 1968 Triumph 650 Trophy Sports Motorcycle... I'd still out danger the best of them. I even ride that bike to this day.
~U.S. Paratrooper Sgt. William 'Rock' Gilpin 82nd Abn. Div. 1/504 way back in '71-'74
Thank you so much for your service =)
Beautiful example
Yeah it was I’ve only saw two so far this year the other one wasn’t a 240z it was a 280z really cool car
Always wanted one of these but like you zi could not afford one. The song is Purple Haze by Jimmy Hendrix. I Think.
You got it somebody else beat you to it though I really need to figure out when is a good time to release videos and add that way it would make it fair for everybody
@@What.its.like. Just keep up the good work. I look forward to your videos. With the way I type someone could start the day before me and still beat me to the finish. LOL
Thank you it means a lot =)
I was impressed when they launched. It was like a Japanese update to the Jaguar XKE (which I owned at the time). Compare the specs & dimensions.
Also with the footage that I thought that I recorded was me talking about all the different cars that are compared to like the XKE there’s a lot of Toyota 2000 GT influence in that as well the headlight buckets could almost look like Ferrari Dino there’s lots of car influences in that design the more you look at it the more you see.. it was a brilliant design it’s timeless in my opinion it’s one of the best cars of the 1970s I don’t care what part of the world it’s from.. just like the Volvo P 1800 that is a gorgeous car that is my favorite Volvo of all Time.. just curious totally random question but maybe somebody can answer the question we recently got a Mercedes 450 SL car community puts that car up on a really high pedestal I don’t understand why it’s not that special it was marketed for people that wanted something different than a Lincoln mark five or an El Dorado but it’s not fast it gets terrible gas mileage it’s not like I honestly don’t get the concept of that vehicle and it was incredibly expensive when it was new.. looking for insight
@@What.its.like. I also had a Volvo P1800S. The only car from my past that I remember the VIN: 3060. That was it, 4 digit number. Since assembly was switched to Sweden after 3,000 cars, I guess mine was the 60th made there.
That’s awesome did you like yours I never drove one I know that they only had 101 hp they cost about the same amount of money when they were new as a 356 Porsche most people went for the 356.. if given the choice between the two of them I honestly don’t know which one I pack the 356 is probably faster but I think the Volvo has more character and is argumentatively more reliable because Ivr Gordon had one from the 60s and his car is in the greatest book of world records for most miles ever put on a car 3million Miles unfortunately he passed away a couple years ago
@@What.its.like. in 1988 I traded my 79 MGB vie the Volvo, which was disassembled in a half done restoration project. I did some work on it getting it ready to paint. Then a career promotion had me moving to Washington DC, and I sold it. Owned it for 18 months and never got to drive it!
WOW that stinks
Jimmy Hendrix - Purple Haze
Dang... Just missed out. 😂
I understand the 1970 Datsun 240-Z had a spun aluminum body. Is this correct???
The body was made of steel and wasn’t the same quality of steel that was available in the USA.the cylinder head was made of aluminum
Hendrix, Purple Rain.
Purple haze
My late husband would take me out for dinner and for desert we would hope in the back of the Z and do the nasty. Not much room, but it did the trick ! ! !
=D
jimi hendrix purple haze
You are correct but somebody got it for you
This was from when Nissan made some good cars. They make junk now since some European companies took them over. According to Scotty Kilmer. 🙄
I tend to agree with Scotty they use timing belt instead of timing chains and I know a lot of people that have had problems with the signs of the new ones I stay very far away from those put back in the day they made a quality product.. The engines were almost bulletproof they would run forever the bodies you had to wash them if they got in contact with salt otherwise you wouldn’t have it for very long
@@What.its.like. I forgot to mention that when I was working in a warehouse we had a Nissan forklift that we used for our shipping dock. It seemed to be a good product.
Some people swear by them I never owed a Nissan yet
Jimmy H👍