280 ZX - The 3rd generation Z legend.
240z, 260z
, 280zx, 300zx, 350zx
| This 1983 280ZX is one of the last of its kind made.
Still with its original factory champagne color paint. The car had hard life until it got into our house. In 1998 this car got new owners- us. Being the second z in our family, it was very much loved. (The first z was 1983 280zx na I loved the color of that too- red, 5 speed, and it was Targa as well). The car was in a 'very original' condition. It wasn't looked after. The interior was rough, body in excellent condition (but not polished) and motor was running half decent. After an extensive wash and polish the paint work looked A+. With a bit of work on the engine and interior the car got back to its excellent condition.Until it was left to be our transport for good 4 years. The rust started to take over the car with enormous speed and the car had to be sold. $2500AU was the price tag (4 years before, it was bought for $2000AU). It went to 280zx enthusiast who already owned three 280zxs. Good luck to him. |
This 280zx had clocked over 300 000 km (190k miles) with one engine rebuild, and still had close to factory compression. Nothing else from the running gear had major rebuilds, repairs of failures. |
I love targa top, and that awesome looking bonnet scoop. |
This car had its standard allows always polished. |
Having 35% tint the car looks million bucks. |
Australian burning sun killed the dash, forcing us to put a dash mat on, doesn’t look too bad. |
The interior was cleaned out and restored to a point. The sealing got some tricky material, from a local fabric shop, glued on with ‘spray-on-adhesive’ and it looked better than original. The boot panel (the one that is lifted by the hatch) got recarpeted. And the rest looked OK after a good wash with 2 tones of chemicals. |
Stock L28 engine looks like a beast. The 2.8 litter straight 6 injected, was a very reliable engine. The three speed automatic transition was a big downside of this car. |