Story and photos by Zachary Mayne
Dave Scholz’s friends tell him he’s lucky when it comes to acquiring Datsun Z-cars, and it’s easy to see why. Not one, but two classic 240Zs have wandered into his life with minimal effort on Dave’s part—and for very little cash.
“My first Z came to me by luck,” h…
Wow. Just WOW!
This happened to me (kind of). I was at a customer’s House with a co worker. The coworker and customer are a few decades older than me, so naturally they are ignoring the young guy in the room. Out of the blue, the customer says “hey do you want a car?” My coworker (a man with zero knowledge of cars and zero passion for it) says “SURE!” We go to the garage, there sits a ‘73 S30! I begin oozing my knowledge of these cars and how I’ve owned several and was looking for one to restore. The customer gives it to my coworker. My coworker oinks like a pig the whole way back to the shop. He hallucinates about restoring the car and I offer to help him with that. I also told him if he wants to sell it, LET ME KNOW! Six months goes by, and the ass sells it to some guy on Craigslist after doing absolutely nothing with the car other than allowing to sit in the rain and further the rust out. /rant.
Nice to get more of the story behind this car.
It's also featured here:
https://petrolicious.com/films/dare-to-be-different-in-a-datsun-240z
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