New 240z Owner

[LONDON2012]

Hello, All

I'm not new to this forum, but there was nowhere to post a new owner of an older Z and I'm too excited not to post. So I traded my 1990 300ZX and some cash for a 1973 240z!!! I'm so excited. I still plan on getting a red 370z NISMO some day, but with my wife and I closing on our first house next week, I just can't imagine being able to afford the 370z for a few more years. I have no intention of selling my 240z though. It'll be my perma garage queen along side my NISMO.

My first Z was a 2008 350z enthusiast. I fell in love with the 350z in 05. I patiently waited for it to make financial sense. Then in Sept of 09, I found the perfect car. Six months later, my wife totaled the car.

I made it about a month without a Z before deciding to buy a 300ZX to tide me over until I could afford a 370z. I did some light tasteful mods to it and drove it from Colorado to Tennessee for ZCON 2010. What an awesome experience that was. It was there that I fell in love with the Z-car community as a whole and saw my first 240z in person. I knew that I just had to have one.

As luck would have it, I couldn't get any serious offers on my 300zx as I tried to sell it for 6 months. It was one of those "once you see it in person, you'll know why I listed it for so much" kinda cars. After much difficulty trying to sell it, I finally came across the perfect situation where a 240z owner wanted my car and I wanted his. We were able to reach an agreement that was mostly a direct swap with a little cash from me seal the deal.

It is one of the sexiest cars that I've ever owned. I can't stop staring at it. I can only imagine what people thought in the 1970's.

Pic of my 3 Z's attached.