New Owner, #0001
 

So by chance I am the proud owner of a '11 Gun Metallic #0001 370z Nismo!

I used to own a '08 PPW #1540 350z Nismo and ever since I sold it I've been dying to get back into one again.

I preferred the more exotic styling of the 350z, but the 370z is sexy as well and the interior is a definite upgrade. So after test driving a 370z Nismo I decided that I really wanted one over the 350z.

I went to a dealer that had 4 Nismo's ('10 White, '11 Silver, White, and Gun Metallic). They all had similar mileage and price so I was going to pick based on color and condition.

Silver was out of the running right away as I've never been a fan of silver cars. It was down to the whites and the gun metallic. As much as I love white cars (4 of my last 5), the white 370z just wasn't doing it for me. And I fell in love with that gray sparkle color... I needed a change.

I looked the car over and it looked very clean, no real scuffs or scratches in the paint, front lip wasn't scraped to hell, and the interior was clean and taken care of. I took the car for a drive and it felt great and shifted smoothly and I ended up going home with it.

The serial number wasn't something that I was looking for or concerned with so I never paid attention to it. In the 350z it was right by the shifter so you couldn't miss it. When I got home I started looking around and just seeing what and where everything was and I finally looked at the Nismo numbering badge and I saw Z34 11 0001. And I was like :gtfo2:

I knew the car was a manufacturer vehicle based on the carfax but I didn't expect it to be serial #0001. After doing so research I found out that the Gun Metallic color was a new offering in 2011. So it would make sense that this would be the very first Gun Metallic 370z Nismo produced.

So as excited I am to own this Nismo, it's pretty cool knowing that not only do I have the first 2011 Nismo, but it's the first in Gun Metallic.

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Cool. Post some pics of the car and the plaque.

:worthless:

Updated the post with iphone pictures for now.

nice car

Thats really cool. Take good care of it and maybe she will be up on Barrett Jackson one day LOL

Yeah, keep dreaming right. It's cool to be #1 though.

No. 1, That's pretty awesome! :tup:

Congrats!

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That's the ticket man. Go here and register it. You'll be at the top of the list. http://www.the370z.com/nismo-370z/29847-2011-nismo-registry.html
And make sure to read the stickies in the Nismo section...especially about the spacers on the front springs. Congrats!

Hi

Welcome to the '11 Nismo GM club. :tup:

Awesome find!

Great find! Congrats. Did the dealer even know that plaque was there?

cool! congrats!

I doubt they even knew the Nismo's were numbered.

Agree.

Here is some info I received from Nissan...

Yes, the VIN you provided me below is indeed #1 for model year 2011. And since the Gun Metallic (KAD) color was new to the Z lineup for that model year, it is the first KAD colored Nismo 370Z. #2 was also KAD color. There was a total of 124 2011 Nismo 370Zs built in the KAD color.
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Your car is #1 of 553 Nismo 370Zs built for 2011. Serial plates actually go to 554, but due to a production error #444 was never used. Your car came off the line on October 1, 2010 and arrived in the USA through the port of Los Angeles (Long Beach, CA).
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This is all the information I have on this vehicle.

Nicee welcome and congrats! :tup:

#1, that's pretty cool! Congrats! :tup:

Thanks guys. Glad to be back in a Nismo!

Spaceman, are you in SoCal?

Just saw you're in IL. Wanted to see #1 in person.

wherever he's from.... its spaced out im sure :p

farrrr out there brah! :p...

Good to meet ya space ranger.

congrats on #1! love the color

Congrats!

What? :icon14:

:tup:

:iagree::excited: too cool! Welcome and Congrats!:tup:

You read correct!


I hate how they numbered the 370Z...It shouldn't have reset each year...

Congrats, yes I have #4 for 2011. You are going to knock me off the top of the list now. Mine is magnetic black.

Thanks everyone.

Cool