Now's Your Chance To Buy A Rare And Completely Unmolested Datsun 260Z
The Datsun 260Z is car porn. It’s an icon among late 1970s Japanese sports cars but most have either rusted away, been crashed, crushed or modified into oblivion. But in an incredibly rare barn find an auctioneer in the Midlands has found an absolutely original one – with just 8285 miles on the clock.
Stunning, right? The 1978 right-hand drive car has had two owners since new, with the seller having bought it in 1994. Sprayed in Copper Bronze Metallic, the seller apparently chose this one after a long search to find the very best one in the UK. It was used for just one year before being put into storage, where it stayed for 21 years.
Set to sell for between £18,000 and £22,000 it’s still in incredibly original condition, making hens’ teeth look ten-a-penny by comparison. The engine has been turned by hand, connected to an external fuel tank and started, with, the auctioneer says, “no obvious issues.”
The buyer will get the car’s full history file including past MOT test paperwork, the original handbook and service book, original tool roll, jack, wheel chock and even a letter from the Datsun Z Car Register confirming its low mileage.
It’s up for sale on September 26 at Classic Car Auctions’ sale in Warwickshire. Check out this and all the other cars for sale on the same day here.
Comments
Oh wait: I live in Australia and I’m piss broke. Welp: guess I’ll go back to my lowly Fiat.
Fiat fam unite!!!
You and me both, though at least I have a Datsun, which needs a lot of body work
Lucky for you, you have at least a car. Me on the other hand, i live in canada, im underaged and have 10 $
I don’t need it… I don’t need it….
Thought something as rare as this would be worth more tbh
Well in the end it’s just a datsun 260z.
For that amount you can have way more exiting cars… even though less rare.
Most Z fans want the 240Z and 90s era 300ZX
The sad truth
That looks really nice
Cmon the licens plate says ‘SHT 800S’
If I were to be buying this car, my alarm bells would be going AWOOGA, AWOOGA!
And then Appreciation kicks in yo
A classic Z with original everything….
Anybody got £22,000 to spare?
yea……… can we not post about datsuns and get the price driven up more than it is.
Whoever gets it I hope the dont modify the s**t out of it. Just, please keep it stock!!
I would keep it stock… Except from rims, turbo…
Or at least have the mods be reversible
why not? look the FuguZ for example, those cars were made to be modded imo