My New Z From PANAMA
 

It's done! Click here to see the rebuild project


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First of all you are not expecting my new Z to come like this so you may LYAO when you see the pics, you can troll if you want to as well! :roflpuke2:

I live in Panama (the country, not the city) where the Nisan dealership only sells the 6spd, touring + sport japanese version of the Z (with rear windshield wiper). Since this is a quite exclusive model for a small country of only 3 million habitants, it sells for more than $60,000 USD.

And given that I'm just an average 22 year old folk who has worked hard and saved some bucks for the last 3 years, there is no way I could afford a $60,000 Z. The average yearly income per person in my country is about $10,000, mine wasn't much higher than that. So the only way to get it was to import one from the US that has been in an accident and given total loss.

I started bidding this Z in copart.com, the car was 2009, 4260 miles, rear collision, but no airbag deployed and the engine was 100% untouched. I paid $18,000 for it in the bid. Then $2,000 more for transportation, shipping, and about $5,000 in importing taxes. I ended up paying about $25,000 for a pretty damaged Z. I know it sounds ridiculous but this is the only way to buy a Z in my country, there are no used ones for sale because there are only about 7 o 8 370z in the whole country.

The good side of this? workmanship in cheap as hell in here, so it will take less than $1,000 to repair, fit, paint and install everything, of course i have to buy the parts which costs like $2,000 in total. If I were in the states I could get a brand new Z for just a few more thousand. :eek:

Here are some pics

In the port with 350z, civic si, galant, etc. Where is my Z?
http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/6351/img1318h.jpg

Found it
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4683/img1319ax.jpg

Front end looking good
http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/1436/img1320i.jpg

So dirty...
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/2425/img1322xa.jpg

Mounted
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/5809/img1323o.jpg

Ta da!
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/449/img1324vf.jpg

In home with my current car, a scion tc also imported from the us. As u can see it is very dropped
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/6025/img1325cw.jpg

damn... 25k is quite a bit for a salvaged car. Good luck with your rebuild.

Kudos for the effort!
You're obviously a dedicated Z fan.

Good luck with the rebuild.

Hey man, I posted in your other thread but this link might help with some pictures you need. These guys also probably have a lot of the OEM parts you need for sale. Good luck with the re-build!

http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-g...ismo-team.html

Looks like quite a bit of damage. Good luck with the rebuild!

wow! looking forward to pics when its finished!

:hello:

Thank you all for your comments!!

If you are interested, from now all the updates will be on my rebuild thread, located here.

Welcome and gud luck:tup::tup:

good luck man i saw in the other thread car is coming along nicely

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so awesome!
panama looks nice :)