Hello everyone! Recently, the temptation to find myself an S30 began to surface again, so I began scouring Craigslist and the newspaper classifieds for some 240/260/280Zs. Long story short, I stubbled upon this 1976 280Z:
The seller wanted $9500 or trade for an old school Japanese car. At first, I thought the price was a little ridiculous for a car like this, but then as I read through the ad, it became more and more tempting. It has a clean title, headers, exhaust, Brembo drilled rotors and brakes, new shocks, new tires, new hub bearings, and best of all, only 7,000 miles on the odometer. That sealed the deal. I HAD to have this car. But then I remembered that these Z's had 5-digit odometers and the odometer could've easily rolled over and it could have 107,000 or even 207,000 miles on it instead. I contacted the seller and began to ask some questions, mostly about the mileage. Just to make sure, I double checked to make sure that the car only had 7,000 miles and that wasn't because the odometer had rolled over. He confirmed this and told me that the previous owner had recovered the car from a garage in the east coast and it sat for 16 years. I asked for close up pictures of rust (if there was any) and he sent me these photos:
At this point, I realized that this was an amazing deal. Almost too amazing... The 7,000 miles seems a little too good to be true, especially since I've seen Z's with twice as many miles going for double the price. So my question is, have I found a super amazing deal, or is there something I should look out for? Also, is there any way to know for certain that the odometer hasn't rolled over? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!