[DeTomaso] NPC - Did Datsun 240Z's always sound this good?

[Tom Shinrock]

 I bought my 280Z new in 1978 for $8500 (included dealer installed AC).  I bought it because one of my friends got a 260Z while I was still in school and I thought it was cool.  Another friend bought a TR6 new the year before and that's what I decided I wanted to buy when I graduated but by the time I finished school the TR6 was gone and it was the first year for the TR7.  Went and looked at a new TR7 but was not impressed so I bought the Z.

Tom
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Detrich <jjdetrich at gmail.com>
To: Tom Shinrock <tmshinro at aol.com>
Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Thu, Oct 31, 2013 4:58 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Did Datsun 240Z's always sound this good?



They were about $3200 going up to over $5000 for the 74 260Z. Plus you had to wait 6 to 12 months for delivery. Rust in the pressed frame rails was a real problem. Ran circles around a TR6.
 
Jeff (two 240s and a 260z)
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On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Tom Shinrock <tmshinro at aol.com> wrote:

 Obviously a tweeked engine and aftermarket exhaust.   Sounds sweet.

The first new car I ever bought, right after I got out of college, was a 1978 280Z.  By then they had gotten heavy, went to fuel injection and had the big bumpers but it was still a very sweet ride.  Loved that car.   I don't see many first gen Z cars anymore (at least here in Iowa) but everytime I do I have to take a closer look and go back into the time machine of my youth.

Tom
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-----Original Message-----
From: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
To: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Thu, Oct 31, 2013 1:36 pm
Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC - Did Datsun 240Z's always sound this good?



I can’t get over the sound that the car makes in this video:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO2y_-vpolA&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLtoI3QrvJpTzxHu7Arw78-AgNoEu0dgL0,
 
It’s not a stock exhaust system or a stock engine (why does that sound familiar on the DeTomaso forum?) but I can’t get over how amazing this car sounds…
 
I never paid all that much attention to 240z’s, as they were a little before my time, but I found the video interesting
 
Charles McCall
Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe
1985 DeTomaso Pantera #9375
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