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i've heard a few jokes suggesting that in the 70's drug dealers [for some reason in particular] were know for driving Z's.
Have others heard of this stereotype, ...or am i smoking crack.
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Probably crack...
I can't see dealers buying tiny cheap Datsuns.
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...or maybe it was users.
http://www.unwind.com/jokes-funnies/miscjokes/carsays.shtml
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the story pertains too, the opening in the wheel wells that were used to hide deveil weed, if you pull the plastic inner panel you will find a handy ledge for storing things you would not want found.
1975 280Z [STOCK]
the answer lies not within the question but rather within the answer itself!
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I don't remember any plastic fender liners in early Z cars...
I think the stories were for Porsche that had "smuggler boxes" built in the front of the car for tools.
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I've also heard that [at the time] they were referred to as "disco-rails" becuase they were often seen in the club parking lots.
...for the record, i never saw the seventies, so this is all heresay. just some food for discussion.
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The 77/78 280Z's interior rear deck, just aft of the front seats, has a large space under it that does not have any access. The earlier Z's had 2 doors to this space. Because there is no direct access, this is a perfect location for smuggling stuff. I wonder why the doors were eliminated? I found it when I had some tools go missing from the spare tire area.
Don't crush that dwarf - hand me the pliers
78 280z body restored, stock except tokiko springs + shocks, clock works
03 Subaru Legacy GT Wagon 5spd
00 Volvo V70XC
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I heard it was because the early ZX's were the cheapest car you could buy that would outrun the 5-oh
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1982 280zx
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That's weird, cause my '77 had the doors missing... somebody had made the spaces into speaker boxes. They covered the holes where the dorrs are supposed to be with wood... I always wondered why they took the doors off... I figured that the speakers made the doors rattle so they replaced them with wood.
I also pulled the doors I am gonna put on there off of a '77.
'81 280ZX-N/A 2+2 - stolen on 11-9-2006 :-( - recovered 11-13-2006 :-D
'77 280 - now back to being my project car.
'76 280 2+2 - parts car - slowly being stripped
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Early Zs did have plastic fender lines, over time they usually get removied or damaged, here is a pic of them on Joels car
See them above the tires there?
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Oh I see them. It was real hard to look away form the engine...very nice.
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1990 300zx NA
- Custom Exhaust
- JWT Pop Charger
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mmmmmm turbos
82 280zx turbo 5 speed
86 300zx NA 5 spd
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Those will suck a child in
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'74 2+2 -- MSA sway bars, Illuminas, Eibach Progressive, Energy Suspension
L28 with MN47, 240Z rods, milled down dished pistons (11.6:1 CR) and 240sx tranny
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committing suicide in small managable payments
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I have a friend who owns a body shop and he has found some crazy **** inside some of the cars he's worked on. My favorite was a red Porsche 911 turbo he bought at a police auction that was impounded from a drug bust. He found a hidden compartment with a MAC 10mm submachine gun still inside it.
1972 240Z always in progress
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