Mad Max Datsun 240Z
MotorMavens has posted up a feature on one of our favorite cars from the recent Japanese Classic Car Show, the Mad Max Z. We gave you a little taste of it in Part One of our JCCS coverage, but here’s the owner’s full story. This car makes us non-Z owners crave one like there’s no tomorrow. And if there really is no tomorrow, this 1973 Datsun 240Z looks like it’s ready to plow right through a marauding gang of desert bikers. Oh, and you might even catch a cameo by Dan in the photos. Check it out.
October 9th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
that is just so awesome. makes me want to abandon plans of getting a practical car and get a beauty like that
October 9th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
When you get road rash on your backside without even leaving your car, you know your ride is a little too low. But I give the guy props for all the work that he did HIMSELF. His car got featured without it being finished and only a few months after he bought it. Respect.
How does a twenty year old just happen to have extra piping laying around to weld on?
October 9th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
That guy must have found my lost tsurikawa on the 91 freeway!
He was the only one at JCCS rocking one….
Love this Z!
October 10th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
this z is amaZZZing!!!!
damn lovin it!!!
its all in tact!!!
no parts missing cept that filter but still looks awesome!!!
dig the bumperless look!!!
mad props to that dude!!!!
October 11th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
I did the Mad Max thing for the first 3 years. For me, it was called being lazy. lol It has a nice stance for sure, but I’m just a finished car kinda guy I guess.
Mad Max: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/FullBoostOrBust/IM002612.jpg
Finished: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/FullBoostOrBust/CopyofDSC01700.jpg
Which do you prefer?
October 11th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
For your car the finished look was definitely the hotness, but I think this Z, with its brown fender and patina of surface rust and mad stance… all that combined is “mad max”
October 12th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Its cool, as long as you don’t over do it and purposely damage the car. I’m all for driving cars as is.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
sr-fairladyz, I think your car rocked in the “Mad Max” phase. Also great after the fact too!