Vehicle Description
1979 Datsun 280ZX - Blue over Blue - 2 Door Coupe - 2.8L Inline 6
Fuel Injected - 5 Speed Manual (Please note: If you happen to be
viewing this 1979 Datsun 280ZX on a website other than our Garage
Kept Motors site, it's possible that you've only seen some of our
many photographs of the car due to third-party website limitations.
To be sure you access all the more than 150 photographs, as well as
a short start-up and walk-around video, please go to our main
website: Garage Kept Motors.) People these days are remembering all
that was good about them when new. ... the 280ZX was the last car
to incorporate so much of the early Z car design language, making
it the final entry. - ClassicCars.com The Datsun Z cars attracted
legions of fans. As ClassicCars put it: When Datsun introduced the
240Z car in 1969, it created one of the most disruptive products
that the sports car market had ever seen. The car offered the
performance of such cars as the Jaguar E-Type, the styling
reminiscent of the Ferrari 275 GTB, and reliability that was better
than either. Calling it the world's best-selling sports car,
MotorSport magazine chronicled the model development over the late
Seventies and early Eighties: ... as emission restrictions
tightened, so Nissan-Datsun was forced to enlarge the engine... to
2.6-litres as the 260Z, then, for the US only, to 2.8-litres as the
280Z. The next stage, in I 978, was to re-shell the nine-year-old
theme, to meet current demands of creature comforts and
legislation. The result was the 280ZX. Offered here in light-blue
metallic over a blue interior, is a driver-quality 1979 280ZX.
Showing 80,906 documented miles on the odometer, fewer than 2,000
miles per-year on average, the car has plenty of additional miles
to go. The exterior metallic blue paint shows fading on up-facing
surfaces, notably the hood, roof, and rear deck. There are surface
imperfections, most noticeable on the right-rear fender where some
fluid spill deteriorated the finish. The passenger door also shows
a small bubble on the finish. A tape accent stripe on the car is
broken in places. There is impact damage to the right-rear of the
car. (To best assess the quality of the paint and trim finishes, be
sure to view the close-up photographs of the car in the
accompanying gallery.) Panel gaps are excellent (a tribute to
Japanese manufacturing processes at the time), and panel alignment
is likewise proper. Window glass-including the large rear hatch
glass-and lighting lenses-including the large rear taillight
panels-are free of cracks and imperfections. Factory badging-the
circular Z hood emblem, and the Datsun 280ZX emblems on the front
fenders and rear deck-are in place. Factory original, 4-spoke
14-inch alloy wheels (with Z center caps) are mounted with
Michelin® 195/70 tires. Inside, the striking blue interior is a
vintage Eighties look. Blue velour front bucket-seat upholstery,
and rear, deep-set, 2-position bench seat is free of rips or tears,
and in very good condition overall. The same holds true for the
matching blue carpeting extending through the full cabin and cargo
area. Door panels, the car's dashboard, and its Z-branded steering
wheel all display an excellent look and feel. The full complement
of gauges, characteristic of the Z-cars, is in place and
functional. The car's Datsun-branded AM-FM stereo push-button
factory radio and HVAC controls remain in place. A
5-speed-manual-transmission shifter is mounted on the console,
forward of a useful storage compartment. Under the forward-hinged,
vented hood, the 2.7 liter inline 6-cylinder overhead-cam
Nissan-branded engine is complete, with all components and
extensive plumbing properly located. (The throaty engine note can
be sampled by way of the link to the startup-and-walk-around video
available on the GarageKeptMotors site.) The engine bay has not
been detailed. Viewed from below, the car's chassis is complete and
undamaged with generalized surface rust on
