So a few years ago a buddy of mine and I bought a 1974 240z to just drive around like idiots.

The Car only cost 1200 dollars. and the Idea was to drive the thing around in the desert and just have a good time.

We live in the East SF Bayarea and the car was located in Santa Cruz. We sorta decided to buy the car on a whim and ended up in santa Cruz at night ( Never buy a car at night !). We took a cursory look and things looked good. The car only cost 1200 dollars so we were not expecting much more than being able to drive the car. I took it for a test drive and man it pulled like a monster in 3rd gear.

The Drive Home.

This is when things started to go down hill. First I noticed the car had no mirrors not a huge deal, but I certainly would have noticed this if we had not bought the car at night.

If you have ever driven down  to santa cruz its a great drive however driving a 1200 dollar car down the 17 at night with no mirrors is to say the least an experience. Then I noticed I was getting a bit dizzy thanks to exhaust leaking into the car.

We did eventually make it home but as we entered the driveway the engine showed signs of over heating.

Anyways the car ended up needing alot of work I think I will post about that  another time.