What's a beaten '72 240Z worth?

This car has had some unscheduled bodywork. It was hit by a tree, and has been sitting under a tarp for a couple of years.

It wasn't a direct hit, just a few branches, but they hit the roof, the rear window, the rear sail panel, and sheared off the rearview on one side. There was no insurance, and so it sits.

If I was going to pay a body man to fix it right, it would be pricey. Probably $2K +.

And it would still have the advancing return to the earth on the underside of the car.

But here's the good stuff:

• It's a '72 240Z. That's gotta count for something.

• It was owned by a guy who cared about it, and put a lot of effort into finding all the little bits- so it's got all the trim, knobs, handles, and details that are sometimes hard to find.

• It is a totally complete original car, so it's got the complete original drivetrain. I believe I could drive it away, with a little carb tuning.

Honestly, I think it would be best as a parts donor to put together with another good body to make one complete car, but I could be wrong. I don't know what a good finished one is worth, so I don't know if this one is worth the effort. I'm debating selling as is, parting it out, or fixing (but only if someone tells me they are worth some decent change when complete, because this one alone needs some effort).

Thoughts?

sounds nice...i would want it if I didn't already have too many projects

pics would help

In california lots of them end up in pick and pull in better shape than that one sounds like, so probably no more than $800 from my mental image of your description in my area, it may be different there, or it may be nicer than i imagine though.

$300-$600. You have all that rust to fight with. The cost of the floor pans and rails, along with purchasing some of the body parts that easily eats up a pile of money. If you are determined you can find most all body parts for the Z's unlike the Roadster or 510.

You can part a Z out for close to $1,500 if you don't mind boxing big stuff like E31 aluminum heads and carb sets but it ends up being a lot of work. You can still find decent Z's for $5,000 but they do seem to be going up in value lately.

This was a $300 parts car parted out for close to $1,500 and I ended up keeping a bunch of the good stuff; 5-speed, rear end, struts, seats, steering wheel.........

Buy it cheap (sub $500) Take all those good rare trim bits and recoup your money, sell the drive train.

LS1 swap and make it roadster.

Used to have a guy that came to our local autocrosses with a V8 swapped, roadsterized 240 that was just the most amazing thing to watch run.

Gearheadotaku wrote: pics would help

Can't yet.

The car belongs to a friend, and he will let it go to me for a very fair price. I'm trying to decide if it is worth my trouble.

I'll certainly give first option here if I pick it up.

Where is it located?

Americus, GA 31709

I seriously doubt that $4k Z above is going to be $4k by the time the auction is done.

dmidknight wrote: I seriously doubt that $4k Z above is going to be $4k by the time the auction is done.

I saw this Z on craigslist for $4,500. I remember it because the garage was so clean along with all those bicycles hanging. I imagine he would have easily taken $4,200.

http://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/2570653893.html

"Worth it for me" doesn't mean worth doing a restoration.

It might mean "Worth passing off on one of you guys for a little bit of change".

It all depends on what it is worth.

I doubt I'll try to restore this one. I'd rather sell it quickly to you or on FleaBay.

If it's total worth as it sits is $150, then it's not worth my time to drag it off.

Americus? Sell it to Ed Lowell.

Pardon my ignorance, who is Ed Lowell?