1970 Datsun 240z | Tire Tracks

[@McBeamer94]

V6s are nice but I wish Japanese car companies still made Inline-6s. The simplicity and the inherent refinement of a Straight-6 just can't be beat!

[@patrickmichael3384]

The best sounding I6 motors are from this 240Z and BMW.

[@milinda2569]

mazda has made it return

[@benjaminwatson7868]

@@patrickmichael3384I would say all of Nissan in-line 6s

[@nolarobert]

The 240 through 280-Z Cars were perfect for the 70s. They still look great today.

[@CheesusSVT]

So true Robert.

[@brettbanta2100]

Beautiful cars

[@wilburhendricks2900]

I had number 71 that was made. Best car that I ever had.

[@gogriz91]

Buddy of mine has number 78 in his garage, it's going to get restored.

[@Matt68B]

Timeless design, just a beautiful classic.

[@TheSDB13]

My Grandpa bought a used 280z in the late-80's and after leaving church with Grandma, the first sunday after buying it, a friend hollered across the parking "MID LIFE CRISIS!" XD

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

In the late 90s I had a 1973 240Z for about 3 years before this girl in a 67 Mustang plowed into it and totaled it. I had Low Profile TA Radials on the front and big 60 Series Donuts on the back and my Z loved it!! It handled like a budget Ferrari!! I'm a pretty social guy so I also loved that everywhere I would go people would want to talk about the car.. Would love to own another one..

[@PonderingGhost]

If I was there back in the day as an adult, I would've been all over the Datsun Z Cars. Such an iconic automobile.

[@CheesusSVT]

Always my true dream car. Absolutely love the 240z. 😁

[@tscooter22]

I had a white 240z back when I was in college. What a great car! The rust, well, not so much. heh

[@fastdude2002]

I had a white with burgundy interior 1973 240Z as my second car in 1985. Mine was a rust free California car. It was in near perfect condition. I wish I would have kept it. The lady I sold it to totaled it within a month...

[@97warlock]

I love when I look under the hood & can identify most everything I see . The straight six looks really good.

[@hermanman8235]

After all this year.the shape are still stunning .midnight club and wangan high speed racing really bolted this sweetie into undying immortal classic.

[@americanchallenger]

LOVE THE Z! I have a 71 with a swapped l28

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

That cars design is timeless!👌🥰👉❤👍

[@patrickmichael3384]

R.I.P. Yutaka Katayama, without him, the world would have no Datsun/Nissan Z.

[@Daehawk]

Still my favorite Z car and still want one.

[@SITRUUNAKAKKU-kl3sf]

i like it my favs are 1969 and 1972 models

[@cbh148]

>only 20 or 30 grand >_ONLY_ sheesh, must be nice. . .

[@skip741x3]

yeah and parts easy to get...uhm no, try getting parts for my 94 probe gt and its a pain for a 25yr old car...Now try going to autozone and asking for parts for ur 72 240z and see their faces go blank..

[@dflf]

Pretty laughable

[@boostedmaniac]

Skip741 x might have to look in a different catalogue. Maybe there’s a catalogue like summit or similar for Japanese sports cars.

[@JK-g62]

They are worth more now

[@jamesh7571]

What a Classy rememberable ride it was ❤

[@danhurd6156]

Driving the 240 was a pleasure the longer they made it the heavier it got the smog and 5 mile bumpers took away from the original by the time the zx came out they were more of a luxury car the 300 zx was such a beautiful car every time I see one I envy the owner

[@majorskepticism7836]

I had one 50 years ago. Wish I still had it.

[@marcscordato4385]

The Toyota 2000GT Datsun 240Z first and third generation Mazda RX7s were the most beautiful Japanese cars of all time.

[@gav240z]

Agree that's why I've got 2 of those. Guess which 1 I can't afford? Haha.

[@duster0669]

Digging deep into memory here. I remember these things fairly well. My step dad and his brother was into 2 seaters. They never owned one of these, but they knew of them. As they would put it, "The 260Z is the one you want because it will beat a 240 or a 280 Z car." I personally know nothing about the Z cars, but I believed them because they both knew 2 seat sports cars and had lots. Growing up I raced (street racing) a lot of cars, but I never was given the opportunity to test a Z car at a stop light.

[@jayrogers8255]

I have inherited my mom’s 260Z, so I am happy your stepdad & brother put the 260 at the pinnacle, but I am curious what made them come to that conclusion.

[@joncouncil4454]

@@jayrogers8255 The 260 arguably is the sweet spot in performance evolution. The Goldilocks of the bunch. The body of a 260Z is little different from the 240.before it, but with the larger engine, you get extra horsepower (15) and torque in the mid 150's. This is only applicable for the U.S. cars for 260's made from halfway in the 1974 model year until the 280Z took over. In '75, the engine was increased yet again to 2.8L, which gave birth to the 280z. However, by this time weight and size was creeping in on the Z's body, so even with 177hp, it could be argued it's impact was being negated by the car's size. Personally I think the early 280Z could be the best (two seater only), with a 260Z a close second,. Until the reskinned 280Z of the late 70's (1978-1983) came around. By that time, it was clear the magic was gone. Emissions cut the power back down below 240Z levels, but weight and size were way up. Hence why a turbo was added, but still, getting the turbo car back up to earlier 280z power levels did little when the car was more luxury touring than straight sports car.

[@jayrogers8255]

@@joncouncil4454I have read that the 260Z’s horsepower rating was “down” versus the 240Z, but the thing is that partway during the 240Z’s run, the way HP was calculated changed, so the 260Z is actually “up” on HP compared to the 1973 240Z. I agree about the 280ZX being a pig. The aesthetics of the S30 are the most beautiful of the whole run, I think.

[@mlee6136]

8s 0-60 back in the early 80's was pretty fast, 150bhp at 2,400 pounds is a solid car. It's still beautiful today... alas I was only a teenager and could never dream of owning one back then. This and the RX7 were every high school kids dream.... great video.

[@skip741x3]

my 1st car was a 72 240z with 150,000mi on it and a 4spd stick..it was a car from the east coast and Full of rust and bondo...I was new to Z;s and didnt know just how bad they rotted...After buying it for 800 dollars and having a very insecure feeling ride home, I discovered the seats were attached to the back of a washing machine back panel ,the sheet metal which was screwed to the floors had the seats bolted to it! when I took out that metal, i literally had 2 sunroof sized holes in driver and passenger wells! plus,the usual rot behind the front wheel s when you look in that cavity...hilarious! I was dirt poor and couldnt afford to have the body properly painetd, it was orange but had grey and black all over the place.. so i got a can of brush paint and slopped it all over the thing and made it white.. it was just the funniest thing ever, im sure people laughed as they got closer and said WTF? that dude brush pained his Z! later down the line , a friend cut out all the rust and welded in new sheet metal which was a Major project...It Was easy to work on and had all the space in the world under the hood,unlike todays cars..it made nice sounds and had good pull and I used to bliss out revving it to redline thru the gears..I was a kid, it was my 1st car and it didnt take much ..i appreciated what I had and had a blast in it...cool memories! PS: im 60 now

[@a.person7825]

Good story. Today’s kids don’t have a clue.

[@apollo4657]

It’s a great little car. I LOVE em. Don’t fit in them so well however. Lol

[@grabir01]

Love the straight 6 !! Sorry to see Datsun become NISSAN and now owned by the French Renault company.. NISSAN is not so good any more.....

[@emeyer6963]

Once they came out with the CVT the handwriting was on the wall.Mere shadow of what they once were.

[@abdulbukhary2372]

Blame it on Ghosn the Lebanese conman!

[@jdmjimmy]

Looks nice

[@taurussho86]

One of these are in my local junk yard. Body is still in good condition.

[@TommyRobinson-ep5xq]

i have a 71 240z and a 83 280zx turbo. Both 5 speeds. I love both of them.

[@claydog1299]

This is funny me and my dad went to our local car show and saw this car there and I asked “dad what’s a Datsun”

[@johnhoyt9073]

I had a '73 z (last year of 240) It was a great car...

[@Kgio-2112]

I ve had many zs. 77 280z 79 zx 82 zx , 2 84 anniv. 2 86 turbos and many misc parts cars. Currently got an 86 turbo. Never selling it.

[@GeekTherapyRadio]

In 2003 a buddy at school had one and was mocked. They were next to worthless at the time. He paid less than a grand for it. Hope he still has it...that's a good pad to the nest egg.

[@Thirteenwindows]

Great video

[@Porsche996driver]

Straight 6s are awesome. Even Benz is going back to it in the new E class. Amazing sound and feel.

[@chriscornelius2518]

Why are there not as many straight 6 cars? The Lexus GS model was a straight 6;and I hear they are easier to work on for mechanics.

[@WhittyPics]

My brother had a Z just like that one. His was red too. I haven't seen one in years. I bet not many survived.

[@daniellanderos7385]

cant wait to enjoy my 70 240z. plan to put a fairly stock L28 and enjoy it as is

[@SmallADVentures1973]

I had a '72 4 speed (it was turd brown inside and out,LOL) from '91-93,loved that little fun car ^_^

[@chriscornelius2518]

They should remake these cars ala the way Ford, GM, and Chrysler did with their signature 70s cars. A nice refreshing with today's performance would be a great success.

[@tomwebber9377]

He's cute. I've always wanted one of these, but it's so tight inside, owning one is out of the question.

[@waynerogers6621]

By the time I got back from Japan in 1970 dealers were getting 5K. Shouda,wooda,coulda, bought one in Japan for 2,300.00 and ship it to California for around 300.00

[@VcArena]

I bet these were real monsters when people started putting small block chevys in them

[@gav240z]

Faster with the L-series haha.

[@JB-tb2qp]

gav240z definitely not

[@JB-tb2qp]

Around a track yes

[@JK-g62]

For sure in a straight line....but with the weight of a v8...handling is terrible unless you really know what ur doing.

[@MatrixDiscovery]

An Icon

[@Bubba-1962]

How hard are these to maintain

[@KS-ro6in]

we will have a all new Z by October 2019 to coincide with the original intro

[@FrenchValleyAirport]

the s2000 of its day

[@syxepop]

This madam (as is still called the Fairlady Z in JDM) revolutionized the sports car market in ways "the real BMW roadster" (it looked more Bavarian than the Z3's made at the same time) or the Honda engineers could ever wish for.

[@mr-t1243]

Best z car in my opinion.

[@jackjohnson7396]

Rust buckets, if one lived in a snowy area!

[@mlee6136]

I live in Canada and everything is a rust bucket after 8 years... cost of car ownership is relatively high, you have to buy a new car every 10 yrs minimum. The amount of salt on the roads in canada eats through everything including shoes, boots and unfortunately every car.

[@JK-g62]

@@mlee6136 i believe it!

[@geemanbmw]

Listen to this guy.... it will only set you back 30-40 grand gtfoh lolololol

[@thetreblerebel]

Gimme gimme gimme

[@mrdaykurutakuchannel]

The Devil Z.

[@thetreblerebel]

They made this then went on to make it a luxury car, took all the good ideas and made it heavier, slower and less agile

[@jeffmorse645]

If Nissan would do a retro style concept of the original Z (similar styling and dimensions) that wasn't ridiculously expensive they'd sell a ton of them.

[@mickeyhartsell6096]

Looks so much better than the New 350z -370z's so ugly today. The 240z looks kinda like a Honda S2000 hardtop to me. Nice and sexy.

[@cetri777]

i just want one, please or even 10 of 240z :(

[@ranger51262]

WHAT..TOP SPEED 125...I had mine up to 165 MPH Officially clocked by The Kansas State Police

[@moejr1974]

No you didn't. If you're going to BS try and be realistic.

[@ranger51262]

@@moejr1974 Prove Me Wrong...

[@moejr1974]

@@ranger51262 Engine: 2.4 L (2393 cc/146 in³) I6, cast-iron block, alloy head, seven-bearing crankshaft, single overhead cam, 9.0:1 compression Bore: 83.0 mm (3.3 in) Stroke: 73.7 mm (2.9 in) Fuel system: Mechanical fuel pump, twin Hitachi HJG 46W 1.75 in (44.4 mm) SU-type carburetors Power: 151 hp (113 kW) at 5600 rpm (SAE gross) Torque: 146 ft•lbf (198 N•m) at 4400 rpm (SAE gross) Transmisson: Four-speed manual or three-speed automatic (after September 1970) Brakes: Front: 10.7 in (271.8 mm) discs Rear: 9.0 in (228.6 mm) by 1.6 in (40.6 mm) drums Suspension: Front: Independent with MacPherson struts, lower links, coil springs, telescopic dampers, anti-roll bar Rear: Independent with MacPherson struts, lower wishbones, coil springs, telescopic dampers Steering: Rack and pinion, 2.7 turns lock to lock Wheels: 4.5J-14 steel wheels with 175 SR 14 tires Wheelbase: 90.7 in (2304 mm) Length: 162.8 in (4135 mm) Width: 64.1 in (1628 mm) Dry weight: 2355 lb (1068 kg) Top speed: 125 mph (200 km/h) 0-60 mph (97 km/h): 8.0 s Typical fuel consumption: 21 mpg (11.2 L/100 km) Nissan changed nothing about the car until 1974, and still the sales were a real big success.

[@ranger51262]

@@moejr1974 sooooooooo what, were you sitting in my car on july 10th 1989, on I-70 outside of Manhattan Kansas......just because it says Top Speed 125.. that is on a track, not going down hill for 6 miles with no steering because the damn car is about to go airborne. And I like how you copied and pasted those stats off some article you might have read..Go bs someone else, I went to jail over this for wreckless driving

[@moejr1974]

@@ranger51262 You're right I wasn't in your car but unless you were going off a cliff you weren't do 165 in that Z. Every road test out there bears that out down hill or not.

[@CoastalAutoReactionCAR]

Where’s Joe?

[@gadiellukesevilla998]

This is a different motorweek video

[@scott8238]

THIS Made me buy a 370Z:)

[@dflf]

aka as the Fairlady Z in Japan

[@Ayaki6166]

240 Z is Best car.

[@saadqureshi7127]

Still looks sexy af today. I'd so put a wide body kit on it. Seen some with it and it looks badass!

[@gav240z]

Ruined..

[@gadiellukesevilla998]

This is a very different moterweek video

[@missinglink9973]

Not to mention the gas milage is way better than a muscle car. I love my 72Z

[@TheShootist]

this guy is among the worse of TV auto presenters. America has no one to compare to Tiff Needall or Jeremy Clarkson. . No one.

[@migueldelaguira8421]

HEY HOW OLD ARE YOU MISTER??????🤓🤓🤓🤓I’ve seen you in the 1982 car videos and you looked in your 20s 😮😮😮😮

[@shazash1]

John davis has aged very quickly, he looks about 85 here

[@mikehawk5396]

‘Looked almost as good as a Jag” Ha! Better imo

[@JK-g62]

I have to disagree...i think a Jag is sexier...and thats comin from a sports car guy who owned a 280z for 20 years. But i love Zs...they will always have a special place in my heart

[@NativeTexMexican]

An SR20 powered Z would be nice... : )

[@ono3869]

The Devil Z!!!

[@thetreblerebel]

Still like the Datsun name..

[@sunilayya8948]

Its sad that a company that built such legends as this as well as the z32 300zx tt, skyline gtr went nearly bankrupt by year 2000. Renault has ruined Nissan since their rescue.

[@shisuiuchiha399]

So it looked fast but was slow asf?

[@migueldelaguira8421]

What happened to you 🤔?Ah YOU ARE A TIME TRAVELER 🤭went back to the 70s 😂😂

[@tabryis]

SIXTY FRAMES

[@blackericdenice]

That car did not weigh 2300 lbs. It weighed 2750 lbs.

[@KenshinNX60]

2750 is around the weight of the 280Z from 75-78 with the added emissions crap stiffened suspension etc. Early 240Zs dis weigh between 2300-2400 pounds stock.

[@skip741x3]

@@KenshinNX60 i think ur right.. i had the 72 240 and it was a featherweight..also had a 78 280z and it felt like a porker by comparison

[@JK-g62]

@@KenshinNX60 especially the big bumpers that were eyesores!

[@mercoid]

Motor Weak

[@Passenger--kn3zb]

Too bad I can’t like the video because it wouldn’t be 240 anymore

[@valiantredneck]

240 ZED!

[@deborahchesser7375]

Anyone can own one for only $20-&30k, only he says.

[@JK-g62]

This was 4years ago...the price has gone up!