Z31 convertibles?

[ishkabibble]

I know this is somewhat off topic for the forum, but I thought only ~12 Z31 convertibles were ever made. Is that true?

There are two of them on Ebay right now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...16190h ... rs...73652

Not nearly as nice looking as a 240 vert, but then again the style is a decade older.

[Loki]

I thought they didn't make convertible 300z's until 93?

[nissanconvert]

officially they didn't, this appears to be a special run

[Loki]

I think Dex should buy em both!

[AZhitman]

There were more than that made.

They were converted by Stramann (sp?). A good friend (AZ Z-bum) owns one, I went with him to pick it up in CA.

Let's get his insight, he knows these cars better than anyone in the US.

[streeteg]

that one side shot makes it look like a corvette

[AZ-ZBum]

I know this is somewhat off topic for the forum, but I thought only ~12 Z31 convertibles were ever made. Is that true?

There are two of them on Ebay right now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...16190h ... rs...73652

Not nearly as nice looking as a 240 vert, but then again the style is a decade older.

Worst information ever posted about convertible Z31s is in those e-bay auctions.....

352 convertibles were produced by R. Straman Co. from 1983 until 1989 (full run of the Z31s). This was an $8,000 option and available at a good number of dealerships with full Nissan warranty.

That white one is far from original as the original factory color was actually black. You can see it in the white door handles, side trim, section around the rear license plate, and pieces in front of the headlights. They should all be black.

The person selling the white one is an idiot. I've tried a couple civil e-mails to that *****, but she claims to be French-Canadian and therefore a complete dumb****. I guess it's all American's fault she was lied to. It has nothing to do with the fact that she's only owned the car for 5 years and has a $5,000 reserve.

And yes... AZHitman is correct. I have one.http://www.az-zbum.com/vertI have personally seen 5 others.

I have been sent pictures of 5 more on top of those.

So either I've now seen all 12 of them, or people are stupid.

edit: shouldn't this be in the CLASSIC Z forum since it isn't related to the 240SX convertible?

[ishkabibble]

Thanks for the info.

edit: shouldn't this be in the CLASSIC Z forum since it isn't related to the 240SX convertible?

We S13 vert owners are kind of insular. Plus, I thought it would be interesting for the 240 owners to see a "cousin" to their cars.

[AZhitman]

THanks for the edumacation, Paulie!!!

I'll have one of our guys move it to Classic Z in a day or two...