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

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

I had my Mach 1 when I started college, parked it and got a Spitfire IV
1500 with a GT-6 bonnet, a Marcos, a Karman Ghia, 2 TR-6's and and a Volvo
145 Stationwagon that was used as a camper for SCCA track weekends ( corner
worker ).
Started my professional career with the Pimento Red 73 TR-6 and bought the
Audi after 6 months on the job.

I kept the TR-6 for more SCCA Solo II events for a few years. Loved that
car.
It saved my life once, story for another day.

I was one of very few college students who maintained a three car fleet,
three jobs at the same time helped.

Michael Shortt
On Oct 31, 2013 6:13 PM, "Tom Shinrock" <tmshinro at aol.com> wrote:

>  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
> 5186
>
>
>  -----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)
> 6559
>
>
> 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
>> 5186
>>
>>
>>   -----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
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