Love For the Slightly Unloved - Datsun 280ZX 2+2

[Uncle Silvia]

Hi all

We all know and love the beautiful lines of a Datsun 240Z (Fairlady Z)


BUT..... what about its slightly younger, bigger and not so pretty brother... the 280ZX 2+2 (targa/hardtop). Personally I still love them ;D (carefull 280Z 2 seater is a different car!!)

I did own a early Z31 300ZX Turbo and I loved that, which is very similar but with a later front end and the larger 3.0V6......
***Photo Whoring***


.......but Ive always had a soft spot for the earlier 280ZX and think we should reconise this with as many pics of cool ones right here............ Ill start....... please continue

[niwid]

Is that the one Bruce Almighty drove before religion clouded his judgement and he turned it into some horrible Saleen?

[PandaSelecta]

Personally i think with the costs of the 240 and 260 going up, the 280 prices will start climbing too, then more people will realise its a cool car.

[hybris]

A 280ZX done right is definitely a cool car. And I've noticed they've gone up in value quite a bit recently, so not entirely unloved any more, which I think probably is partly due to the rise in value of 240s and 260s, aye. My old man had one when I was a kid, and thus begun my love of Z cars. You know there was a 2-seater 280ZX too, right?

[Uncle Silvia]

Yea i know there was a 2 seater but its the 2+2 thats the real "unloved" one.
The 4 seater is the "hard to find an awesome one" one!! lol

[hybris]

Right, yeah, no the 2+2 still doesn't get a lot of love, haha. That silver one you posted looks the nuts.

[Uncle Silvia]

Apr 1, 2013 20:04:21 GMT hybris said:

Right, yeah, no the 2+2 still doesn't get a lot of love, haha. That silver one you posted looks the nuts.

I'm more of an old school JDM guy and love the bottom blue one on the gold rims and the top dark red on on longchamps ;D

oh and th really low black one on gold rims

[unitybonez]

Howcan you not like these? Yeah, i get that the 240 is the nicer brother, just like the splitty is usually more popular than a bay window, but in my opinion a rightly done bay window is better than a splitty, and i don't see why the equation cant be transfered to the datties...


Wasnt this one on Speedhunters on a blog with a similar title?

[Uncle Silvia]

Apr 1, 2013 20:21:05 GMT unitybonez said:

Howcan you not like these? Yeah, I get that the 240 is the nicer brother, just like the splitty is usually more popular than a bay window, but in my opinion a rightly done bay window is better than a splitty, and I don't see why the equation cant be transfered to the datties...


Wasnt this one on Speedhunters on a blog with a similar title?

The orange one is a 2 seater 280ZX and are more desirable but I think only avaliable for the US market outside Japan. (?)

Its the long wheel base 4 seater (2+2) I'm on about which people sometime muddle up. The 2+2 is often refered to as ugly due to its odd stretched dimentions.

2 Seater:


4 Seater (2+2):


Yes the very low blue 2 seater was on various blogs over the last few years.

[twincammy]

anyone else look at these and think..



?

[octagonalpaul]

I really really love these!



and a 300zx

[Uncle Silvia]

Hmmmm It seems that the 2+2s are pretty hard to find interesting ones!!

Ive found a few more.........

[EmDee]

[randywanger_]

My mother had one when I was a kid, I begged her to keep it for me, I think she swapped it for a Ford Fiesta... silly cow!

[TurboDieselWeasel]

I'd very happily own one