I bought this lime green beauty in April 2008 from a guy in Atlanta who bought it from a collector also in Atlanta. The collector bought it from the Nissan Museum when the Nissan operations were being moved from California to Tennessee in 2006. This car was one of many that had been purchased on the used market for the Nissan Vintage Z program in the mid 1990's. This program restored 37 240Z's to "factory new" condition and sold to the public. This program proved to be very expensive and was shut down after only the 37 were produced. This car is actually listed in Pete Evanows "35 Years of Nissan Sports Cars" as number 38 of 38 produced. This is in fact an error but the car was is in very good original shape and was owned by Nissan for around ten years with the original intention of restoring it.
The original ad for the car shortly after it came out of the Nissan warehouse can be found here.
You can see more pictures of my Z Car here.
When I first got the car it had the "aggressive accelerator" problem as alot of early 240Z's have. This is when you shift down to second gear and take your foot off the gas to turn a corner and when you give it gas you have a small delay and WHAM it throws you back in the seat. There are two ways to alleviate this problem: wear a neck harness while driving or use this fix to smooth out the throttle response. It drives like a new car now but it still has that 70's nostalgia!
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