For Sale

For sale here is what has come to be known by my friends as  ‘The Mad Max Datsun’This is being sold as a project, but we all know what these are worth done! ££$$££Essentially starts, runs and drives, just needs some work.Its a proper 'holy-grail 1971 240z', it has the correct L24 engine and yes its a manual. Imported from the USA a few years ago, Customs cleared with all paperwork and title and nova so ready to register as a road legal historic tax and mot exempt vehicle. As you can see it’s a very distinctive car with the super wide body. I believe it was built as an IMSA race car in the 70- 80’s. We are unsure if it was raced, but the modifications would suggest it did. More recently it was used as a road car stateside, and was cruising the streets of St Louis Missouri for the last few years.   It was grey inside and out. The last owner distressed the bodywork  (mainly paint) to make it the ultimate rat look Datsun, or RAT-sun.  The steelwork is all pretty good and majority of the lightweight panels are Kevlar we believe. It is actually very straight and not as ratty as the paint makes it looks.   Engine with it retains the 2.4L in line 6 running on twin Sus. The engine number would suggest it is the original engine. Having not met the builder I don’t know what internals it has but would guess not standard. It sounds superb. To me is sounds like it has a scatter cam. from idle the pickup is very rapid and it revs very freely. It has performance headers with straight though 3” s/s exhaust, a large ally rad, msd ignition, oil and water pre heaters  etc etc.Competition pedal… Continue reading...

Specs, options and features

• Body Type - Coupe
• Number of Seats - 2
• Transmission - Manual
• Number of Cylinders - 6
• Exterior Colour - Grey
• Fuel Type - Petrol
• Drive Side - Left-Hand Drive
• Year - 1971
• Manufacturer - Datsun
• Model - 240Z
• Car Type - Classic Cars
• Number of Doors - 2
• Drivetrain - 2WD
• Features - Wide Body
• Country/Region of Manufacture - Japan

Originally listed on eBay Sunday 10th September, 2023 at 13:37:18.