Ummmmm it's fairly simple, no one is going to want to buy a fibreglass ad on's in 20 years from a 40 year old Z.. Keep your Z as original as it can be, not decked out with 12" SUB WOOFERS.[TIS] With good original Z supply products it can be done.
End of the day we won't really know till we get there and there's really not a lot in our favour: Not a huge racing background to call on, no really memorable movie appearances (Timecop & Kill Bill). So it's certainly not gonna be a mainstream classic. On the otherhand if it is, like Magic's saying, the more stock its the higher its value, if it is modded i think something along the lines of that Top gear episode from some years back with the DB5 and the E-Type, all the looks of the old classic, but modern suspension, brakes etc to make it more driveable. My guess is best chance is to keep it stock, or only milder mods.
boring.... fact is in 40 years NONE of us will have our zeds if we are honest, us young 0nes will grow up with families... (hopefully not all... i hope some people here never reproduce) and all the mods will die off in a few years so none of us are keeping our cars for the long haul as a collectors item... so go, do what u want.. its all money down the drain so enjoy it.... owning a zed is like anal sex.... all your friends will call you a fag, it hurts your back pocket like hell, we invite a dozen blokes over when ever we want to bend over the hood and have a play zeds wont be worth much in 10 years... just enough it for now whilst nissan still has spare parts
People just need to stop selling their cars so cheap! That's killing the market. We need a 'no selling under 10k rule'
I read through the thread but i havent seen anyone talk about what they thought would be the rarest model, I would also like to know what everyone thinks is the rarest model i would say it would have to be one of the jap tt fairlady Z imports either 2 or 2+2 or even the convertibles are fairly rear now
I'm with you I say its going to be the convertibles (2or4 seater). Did they come out as a 2+2 ? Followed by the slick top, which IMO defets the object of a sports car (sorry dave). Can't take the top off and get wind in your hair (for those of us who have hair ) Followed by the stock body targa tops. TTs then NAs. toss up between the 2 or 4 seaters. Lastly the body modded taga tops. The big winner is going to be the parts cars. Our cars are sometimes worth more as parts than as a whole. When the OEM parts dry up, and they are starting to now, those with a good supply of parts will win. Game Over!
pfff...listen cheech...people listen when I agree with you...when you make statements they're ignored.
Zeds are already dirt cheap in L.A. 2-4k http://losangeles.craigslist.org/se...&catAbb=cta&srchType=T&minAsk=800&maxAsk=5000 and with so many sold just in the USA, excluding Japan, Europe, Canada +++ 1990------39,290 1991------17,653 1992------6,704 1993------9,801 1994------4,836 1995------4,176 1996----< 3,000 TOTAL....84,460 they will always be cheap. But being the low slung and beautiful cars they are, they can still compete for consumers affection because the new cars of today and tomorrow will still lack coolness. The problem would be the engine maintenance though, that is why some kinds of easy engine swap kit should be marketed to convert busted up and costly cars over. Personally after reading so many complaints of various mechanical mystery's and cost of refurbishing... I may just settle for a Q45 swap rather then pursue a perfect tt.
Im going to keep my Z as long as I live, it might not be in any working state by the end of it but there is no point selling a Z these days. Im sure I will have many a daily throughout the years but my zed will always stay MINE!:zlove:
Nice contribution to the thread, cant put your objections in words? In America they sell a learning package called hooked-on-phonics, look it up
Excellent stastical reference, thank you Arashi. It is possible that we are not looking at the situation on a global scale, I'm assuming that we're just going on the Aussie market. No doubt they are going down. Anyhow, the most appealing part about kits is if you up the CC's, and cylinders. I may be out of line(APU) but the asthetics of the Z32 holds sway on appeal, rather than the twin turbo enchantments that ignite this road-shark. Undoubtably we are far advanced in tech nowadays that performance possibly won't be the value holder. You might go with notoriety, but to which end? The technical nightmare of engine and running gear? Or the 'when perfect' handling and aggressiveness of Japanese muscle? So does a possibly 'specialist' car retain/improve future value? Can rarity be a factor? High end markets always cater for reproduction of parts, but does a major company after shelving a line?
The rules are cars are not classed as veteron cars until they are 30 years old by the clubs.Value should go up after they are 30 ore more years old
It's the first time I've seen less than 100 300zx's for sale listed on carsales (and the total number has been falling fast over the past year or so!). Take out the Z31's & there's only 84 listed. Take out the ones that have been on there for 12mths+ and those which the owners clearly aren't serious about selling and there's not too many for sale at all! While a worn-out and neglected Z32 is never likely to increase in value much, I reckon the well kept ones will start pulling good sale prices within the next few years (if anyone's actually willing to part with a good one!) :zlove:
