Lot details

Year: 1976
Make: Datsun
Model: 260Z
Registration: TAP 292R
Chassis No: GRS30-010990
Engine No: L26-149147
Mileage: 37,231
•: One owner from new
•: UK supplied right hand drive example
•: Matching numbers
•: Time warp example with a detailed history file

Purchased new through Datsun Broadwater Limited on 1st August 1976 by its one and only vendor, a Mr M Willis of Burgess Hill, West Sussex this wonderfully original right hand drive UK supplied, Datsun 260Z is offered to the market for the first time since new! Following the owners purchase the Datsun was driven back to Sussex where it has resided ever since. Dry stored in the vendors small private collection, the Datsun was enjoyed as intended until circa 1990 where it was used less regularly and in 2022 the decision was made to recommission the 260Z ready for further road use. The works of which were undertaken by Datsun specialists, Fourways Engineering, Kent. The comprehensive recommissioning included renewal of the brakes, a major service, rebuild carburettors, remove and machine the cylinder head, replace inlet valves and valve guides, replace various bushes and bearings, and prepare for an MoT, the final cost totalling £10,381.35. Since then, the Datsun has been treated to further maintenance by Fourways including a service in 2022 at a cost of £368, and further work in January 2024 costing £532.

Offered in its original colour combination of silver paintwork over a black interior, the Datsun remains extremely original having covered a mere 37,231 miles from new. The paintwork is generally very good with few minor blemishes and the interior and engine bay are in very good order. The underside is too in very good condition having received a 'Full Zeibart' from new, as the original sales invoice confirms. The history file that accompanies the car includes the original warranty and service booklet, the original owner's manual, original Datsun 260Z sales brochures and the original sales invoice from Datsun Broadwater Limited. Also included is the original Datsun toolkit which appears to be unused. Additionally, the history file contains a sizeable MoT record and the current registration document. Interested parties should note that the registration document has previously been changed into the vendors partners name and back on two occasions which is documented on the HPI report, however, we can confirm that this is a one owner example from the exhaustive paperwork and having been kept in the same garage from new! This time warp example of the very rare right hand drive 260Z looks superb and would be at home in any serious collection. Consigned by Daniel Godin