Newbie from Europe

[TulipZ]

Good Evening all, I found this site following suggestion from Datsun Tim, having posted some pictures of my recent Roadster purchase on FB . It is a 1968 SR311, bought at private auction in Japan. It is silver with a blue hardtop and red interior. I have never seen a Roadster in the flesh and bought this based on one photo. I started my love affair with Z cars when I bought a1991 300zx Z32, TT 2+2 in 2003 I then bought a 1995 300zx TT SWB Z32 slicktop, then a lovely 1981 280zx with only 6K miles on the engine from brand new, then i bought a 2005 350Z Gran Turisimo limited edition. I was thinking to buy a 240Z or the Roadster, Roadster won. The car is now on a boat to Dublin Ireland where I live and should get it end of Feb. I am very excited with the purchase, but did get a bit disheartened with some of the Datsun experts comments on my pictures, seems there are some anomalies and things not correct with the car. I will try get the pics up here but am not too tech savvy. Patricia

[S Allen]

Welcome and congratulations on your new acquisition. We are here to help. If you like you can send a link to your pictures and I will help post them. I left FaceBook and never was a fan. Looking forward to seeing your roadster.

Steve

[2mAn]

Cant wait to see the pics. As with everything associated with Facebook, take it with a grain of salt.

[pebbles]

Welcome Patricia, very nice car. They are jealous .).) Japanese aesthetics are not for eveyone.
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[ACote]

Welcome! I've been drooling over your car from your facebook posts. I can't wait for you to get the car and get some more pics! The correctness only applies if you're going for a museum/exact stock example. As long as you enjoy it keep it!

[spl310]

Welcome Patricia, Happy to see you here

[PMG]

Hello. Congratulations on the purchase, how exciting!

[fj20spl311]

Welcome Patricia,
We all are JEALOUS of your new acquisition especially of your hardtop. In the USA, I would guess that greater than 50% of all owners prefer making the car their own with slight modifications, another 10-25% prefer Resto-Mods ie highly modified cars with either body, suspension and or engine swaps.
I, personally have 3 roadsters, 2 with engine swaps and a low number 67.5 2L, SRL311-00148

Even my 67.5 2L has a Modified Suspension, shorten RX7 rear axle, "1500" grille and Toyota VooDoo Blue paint. I promised myself that modifications to that car would be reversible, but the list of modifications keeps growing.... LOL.

Its your car, ENJOY THE RIDE.

PS A Restored car has had the most value in the past, but RESTO-MODS of 240Zs are eclipsing Restored examples, so the market might be changing.

Maybe that's because Restored Japanese Cars are still vastly under valued.

[Gregs672000]

Amen brother!

[68DSU]

You found the right site. For the most part, these are not pristine collectors cars. They are cars that are used and enjoyed. I think for a lot of us, the goal is the as-new car but the reality falls quite short.

Ireland is one of my favorite countries. The countryside can only be enhanced by seeing it from the open top of a roadster.

[CSP311]

Hello fellow European! The people on here know there stuff, so its the right place.

[TulipZ]

Thank you all for the warm welcome, I forget where I have joined up, as it is still abour 4 weeks before I receive my Roadster from Japan. I have just found out that it will be the first SR311 in Ireland and the UK. Excited