My first love, a car called zoe

Roughly a year ago, the president of the Classic Car Club informed me of an interesting car for sale.. a 1989 Nissan 300ZX twin turbo for around $350k. I wanted it. After getting the number for the owner I was determined to visit him. I was heading home right after spending the whole day at the beach and had to go in the midst of downtown to look for this car.

Well as said before it's an 89 300ZX, it was originally an N/A ZX but he swapped the engine out for a full twin turbo engine [yes a full engine swap he did not just bolt on 2 turbos and call it a day. He still had the original engine as spare parts which he included in the sale [everything was there except the engine block which was stolen by scrap metal thieves] It was targa top 2+2 [because you couldn't get the 2+2 from factory with turbos, this was a one of a kind] The trunk was massive [as all Z's are] and the original color was blue [instead of this orange which is a tribute to the 350Zs shade of orange] but the biggest drawback was that it was an auto. Despite the auto slushbox and the worn leather, I loved it. Unlike the RAV 4 where you felt as if you were riding a horse, this felt as if you were in a proper cabin.

I nearly cried when my father lectured me on why he wanted me to keep the RAV4 [it was grandmothers own b4 she died]. But being the good guy I am, I helped the owner give that 300ZX find a new home. The owner constantly offered me cash offerings of kindness but I declined as a) he sold that car for much less than it was worth and b) I not going to those ends of downtown again.

Why did I love it.... I dunno. To the average man it was pure crap, but to me it showed that there is hope for the rwd auto enthusiast in this country. I felt the same way when I went to my mechanic's house today to look at his BDA powered Merkur XRTi [aka Ford Sierra] The interior was crap and pieces of the body were evaporating, but I wanted it. I really hope that by the time the current owner will be ready to sell it, I'll be ready. [and maybe by that time he might do the manual swap for me]

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