As well as many Jap cars from the eighties. ;)
mike hunt
"Tom" wrote in
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>> most likely melted down to be put back into new jap cars.
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>> you actually saw a 240Z??? consider yourself lucky. 99.9% of the
>> 240Z's made were scrapped after their frames rotted out and the cars >> split in half.
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> You're not exaggerating about that either. I saw just that years ago on a
> 240Z that was in such bad shape the owner himself took it off the road. >
> One day I watched my mechanic hoist that 240 so he could pull some good
> parts off. The driver door was left slightly open. As the hoist took the
> load and the car left the ground, the entire body emitted a loud series of
> groans, creaks and pops, and the ends of the car sagged three inches. We
> knew the measurement because an attempt at closing the door failed. >
> And remember those Macpherson struts that used to pop through the inner
> fender and bend the hood? A walk through any wrecking yard during the '80s
> showed you where all the '70s cars were...
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>> early jap cars were made about as good as the late 70's
>> gm trucks were. within 5 years they rusted out so bad you were left
>> with nothing but a pile of iron oxide dust.
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> They rusted very badly, no question. But then so did most '50s American
> iron that is now considered classic.
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> But I think the main reason you don't see Japs at shows is that there's no
> demand; nobody wants them. The cars were seen at the time as cheap
> subsitutes for the real thing (American cars), and were treated as
> appliances. Japanese cars also were rarely made into convertibles or
> hardtops, typically the most valuable of collectibles.
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> What's most popular in the classic/collectible market at any given time
> seems to be largely a function of what the owners' fathers had when they
> were kids, or the first car they ever drove. I suppose in time there may > be
> more emotional attachment to certain Japanese models as a consquence of > that.
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