About Auctions Live Auctions. How Much is a Datsun Z Worth? Chris Okula. Related Posts. What's a Ford Bronco Worth? The Z became a beacon for the Japanese automotive industry, a light to show the way forward from homely little inexpensive and inefficient shoeboxes. At the same time, the Z would do well in the gruelling endurance racing that Datsun started out with: a Z would take victory at the East Africa Safari Rally.
Born in , Mr. While now co-opted by marketing and mentioned at every possible opportunity, the term jinba ittai is actually quite beautiful, and refers to the ability of a horse archer to guide his mount with the slightest pressure of his knees, an understanding and connection built up by long partnership. Four decades ago, he was lucky enough to find the right car, and smart enough not to let it go. That car sounds amazing! Have to agree with Dan. Terrible idea to thro in pictures of a ZX in an article about a much better and much different car.
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And with an automatic, no less. Check to see if the car still has its original engine: the serial number is stamped both on a plate under the bonnet and on the block. Most road testers preferred the to the due to its wider tyres and torque spread, though European s were considerably faster than emissions-hampered US models.
Many enthusiasts prefer the revvy nature of the engine. Check the gearbox for signs of wear, and for number of gears: European cars were five-speed, but almost all US cars were fours.
The independent rear suspension is robust, but mountings can suffer, diffs are prone to whine and universal-joint wear will cause clunks from the back end. The Z should give a firm but comfortable ride with excellent, predictable handling — anything less means suspension wear or misalignment. Check for accident damage in the chassis rails or poor repairs to suspension mountings.
I enjoyed driving it and also had a ZX for a while. Then I had the chance to drive a Z and I loved it — you really feel a part of the car. So I started looking and found this one locally. I also bought an interior trim kit from the US and retrimmed it. Though sold in tiny numbers and only on the home market, the BGT V8 was a serious rival to the Datsun in performance.
Rot and neglect have decimated numbers and they are costly to rebuild, with poorer parts availability than you might expect. In the rest of the world, the Z would continue on until the S30 platform was retired at the end of , but in the U. This makes it tough to figure out just how many Zs were actually built versus the Zs, due to how Datsun reported its yearly sales numbers. Roughly , Zs were sold in the U. All told? Close to , Z cars made it across the Pacific from — First, you can check the data tag on the door jamb, which should include the year and month the car was born.
The S30 was offered with a wide variety of hues, ranging from Silver Gray to Safari Gold in the first year alone. White, blue, red, orange, brown, bronze yellow, and green were all available, along with a number of metallic variations of the same.
Interiors were predominantly black or a mix of black, beige, and brown, but red, white, and blue were also available. The engine itself will feature a number stamp with a serial number, essentially either L24 2.
Remember, Datsun made running changes to the car on a continual basis, sometimes even within the same model year, so feature variations can and will be found on certain models although styling is largely locked in. The Series I Z is easily distinguished by the air exhaust vents built into its hatch, a design cue that disappeared with the Series II cars when the vents became circular and were relocated to the C-pillar with the car also gaining larger sun visors, swapping in a speedometer starting at 0 mph rather than 20 on the earlier cars, and a few other minor updates.
Series III cars looks like Series II externally, but feature a different center console design and a dash-mounted cigarette lighter, and features such as a seatbelt warning buzzer. Series IV cars received steel headlight buckets rather than fiberglass, a new dash layout, and larger bumpers mandated by federal regulations. The Z, being somewhat of a mongrel in terms of features and design, offers either rubber overriders on the same bumpers found on the Series IV Z, or full diving-board bumpers that would carry through the Z to the end of S30 production.
Other differences for the Z included moving the turn signals from underneath the bumper to just above and inside the grille, displaced from their lower fender roost by the giant steel 5-mph bumpers hanging off the car.
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