Vehicle Description
1993 Nissan 300ZX 2+2 ? Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Poster Artist John
Souder?s personal car? The car is exceptionally clean in and out!?
Fastidiously maintained and exercised; car was Souder?s daily
driver? Cherry Red Pearl exterior (code AH3) and Charcoal leather
interior (code G)? One of only 1,767 300ZXs made with this
exterior/interior combination in 1993 and one of 11,559 Nissan
300ZXs, all models, made in 1993? 3.0L 24-valve DOHC V-6 engine
(code VG30DE) with (N-VCT) and sequential fuel injection ?
Four-speed automatic transmission (code RE4R01A) and 4.08 gearing?
Air-conditioning, power rack-and-pinion steering, power four-wheel
and ventilated disc brakes with anti-lock, driver?s side air bag,
cruise control, power windows, power locks, power mirrors and power
front seats? T-tops, remote fuel filler door and hatch releases and
rear defroster and rear wiper/washer? Roadmaster subwoofer in cargo
bay? Very tidy undercarriage Even though Nissan heavily advertised
its ?4-door Sports Car,? it still made plenty of its two-door
sports car in the 1990s, the Nissan 300ZX. This example belonged to
Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Poster Artist John Souder and was his
personal car. He fastidiously maintained and drove the car on a
regular basis. This nineteen ninety-three 2+2 edition is dressed in
a somewhat rare exterior color and this 300ZX is in exceptional
condition in and out! Made in Nissan?s Shatai, Japan factory in
July 1992, this Z is finished in Cherry Red Pearl, (code AH3) one
of only 1,767 300ZXs made in this exterior/interior combination.
The paint and trim are in overall very good condition, however,
there is damage to the driver?s side B-pillar. The door opens and
closes normally and the driver?s side window is intact. The
bodywork is solid otherwise, the engine bay is extremely tidy, the
battery appears new, the cargo area is in great shape for its age
and the body-colored bumpers fit tightly to the body and look
great. The 2+2 was only available with T-top removable roof panels
and this car still has its original storage bags for the T-tops.
This Z rolls on Goodyear Eagle RS-A tires in front and Goodyear
American Eagle tires in rear, all sized at 225/55R16. Each tire is
mounted to a factory, five-spoke alloy wheel. All wheels and tires
are in very good order. The car has front, unequal-length control
arms with additional articulating hub and multi-link rear
suspension. The paint still holds a great shine and luster and
shows well. There are some stone chips and slight spidering on the
front bumper. Like all 300ZX 2+2s imported to the US, this one has
the normally aspirated engine. The motor is a 3.0L, 24-valve, DOHC
V-6 (code VG30DE) with variable valve timing (N-VCT) and sequential
fuel injection. Backing the motor is a four-speed automatic
transmission (code RE4R01A) with a 4.08:1 rear end. Its timing belt
was replaced at 101,166 miles, according to the underhood sticker.
Driver convenience features are plentiful ? air-conditioning, power
rack-and-pinion steering, power four-wheel and ventilated disc
brakes with anti-lock, cruise control, power windows, power locks,
power mirrors and power front bucket seats. Other safety and
convenience features include driver?s side airbag, remote fuel
filler door and hatch releases, rear defroster and rear
wiper/washer. Inside, the car?s Charcoal leather interior is in
overall very good order. The center console flows around the driver
and front passenger; however, the low cowl never lets you feel
cramped while sitting behind the wheel. The leather high-back front
buckets and rear demi-buckets appear solid and the surfaces look
great for their age, as does the matching carpet. The four-spoke
steering wheel houses the driver?s air bag and there are pods for
minor controls that jut from the dash. The inner door panels,
dashboard and center console all echo the rest of the interior?s
theme and an aftermarket JVC AM/FM stereo with CD player supplants
the factory Bose stereo with cassette deck. Artist John Souder
created the first 37 posters for the annual Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg
Festival to celebrate the cars built by the Auburn Automobile
Company. Souder had an eye for detail and artistic style that few
possess. Through the decades, his designs have become examples of
commercial and automotive art. Souder died in October 2018. The Z32
was a new design for Nissan. The body was wider with a rounder
profile and fewer hard edges. It had a marginally increased drag
coefficient of .31 compared to the Z31's .30. Unchanged from the
previous generation 300ZX was the 3.0L VG30 V-6 engine, now with
DOHC and variable valve timing (N-VCT). For 1993, the following
changes happened:?Brake caliper material changed from aluminum to
iron to help alleviate warpage/shimmy issues?Seat belts redesigned
and moved from door mounts to true B-pillar mounts?New style fuel
injectors for the non-turbo that were less prone to premature
failure?Upgraded Bose stereo made standard?Air injection valve
(AIV) system eliminated?On non-turbo models, ECUs changed from
eight-bit to 16-bit by Japan Electronic Control System Co. Nissan
utilized the Cray-2 supercomputer to design the new Z32 with a form
of CAD software making it one of the first production cars to
utilize this tool. Competition to this Nissan in 1993 included
Chevrolet?s Corvette, Dodge?s Stealth ES, Ford?s Mustang LX,
Honda?s Prelude Si, Lexus? SC300, Mazda?s RX-7, Mitsubishi?s 3000
and Toyota?s Supra. If you really wanted one of these while you
were in high school or college, before getting married and having
kids, now is your chance. If you owned a 300ZX when they were new,
isn?t it time to try one again? Come by MotoeXotica Classic Cars
today to check out this 2+2 rolling time capsule from the golden
age of Japanese sports cars. VIN: JN1RZ26H6PX535022 This car is
currently located at our facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Current
mileage on the odometer shows 142,970 miles. It is sold as is,
where is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt title. GET OUT AND
DRIVE!!!? Note: Please see full terms and conditions listed below
that pertain to the purchase of any said vehicle, thank you.