1972 Datsun 240Z: Going Far 

240Z is one of the best vintage cars

"The car was sort of a college graduation gift from myself to myself" dude that's the best graduation gift ever

The Datsun 240Z: When you need to get to Paris, but you don't need to get there first.

That's how you do a crossover, Nissan.

I've always had an affinity for the Datsun 240Z

I can’t even get my dad to say hi to me.

6:40am On the West Coast...Just got in from the Night shift....getting ready for the day shift. I SEE PETROLICIOUS I AM A HAPPY MAN.

Chris - hit the nail on the head! This is truly a great job) You rarely meet a connoisseur with knowledge of history and the ability to perform difficult tasks. Old school and quality at a height) Good luck to you guy! You are the best)

for owning one myself, I totally agree, such a great car! I'll keep mine forever, should life allow me to

Such iconic styling. One of the best looking cars out there.

Amazing project! Here in Spain, we make this with tiny 1500 lb Seat Pandas hehe, but this is another level. Love that "familiy affairs"

Tuesday Morning: Petrokicious time. Even better with a Datsun!

Great father son memories. Good job. Again, great video

Cool car and cooler Dad and son team . Wish you best of luck in your next race !

Magnifique aventure humaine et mécanique, ou comment vivre sa passion pleinement. Le choix de la sublime 240Z est original. Félicitations 👏👏👏

My son is only 6 years old but a budding car guy. This is inspiring because as he ages, we will share father/son experiences in my classic. Great story.

I love this rally... I hope one day I can attend this race

Such a fantastic father and son story!!!!!!!!

Awesome to see more 240Z coverage!

Great car Great Father and Son Team, thanks again petrolicious keep up the good work😉

Petrolicous at it's very best, thank you

Another well conceived Petrolicious delivery! Bravo!

Thank you Petrolicious, for another great video... Hopefully I to can drive in a dream rally like this

Thumbs up and all the best for the son & father Peking to Paris rally!!!

This video got me so inspired! I have an old Ford Capri (1979) sitting around in my students parking lot, which was also kinda a present to myself. I had no big admirations to make it a performance street vehicle, but an endurance/adventure race fully captures my imagination and gets me thrilled. Awesome episode! First I have to get rid of those student loans but hey this keeps me motivated hahah. Cheers everyone 🙌

luv this story and this car, what a great father and son project, well done guys, I could hear that engine was not standard. When I grew up in Southern Africa, I learned and used to drive 1000's of kilometres on dirt roads in a little Datsun 1200 and 1400cc pick up truck, we called them bakkies, a very light basic vehicle by today's standards, but so reliable and strong, I used to literally fly across the dirt roads, it taught me everything I know about vehicle control, only moving off camber when I could see a plume of dust in the distance coming towards me, because you knew it was another vehicle....great times and great adventures... 240z is still the best looking Z I ever saw.... :-)

This is bloody amazing

The 240Z is a bucket list item of mine,. a MZR 240Z to be specific.

A full video?! Thanks a million!!

Many thanks to the authors of the channel for their exact focus and choice of models! Professional team! Keep it up guys)

Such an amazing story!

I watched this video a year ago when it came out.... Now I own a 280zx and love it to death. I now 100% understand the love for these cars, as I 99% understood it before I bought mine

I dig how these guys are using the car in a way a lot of people wouldn't attempt. Offroading a classic car is nightmare fuel in my opinion lol. Props to them.

Wow such a great episode.

professional work guys keep them coming

"A car to me is an interesting way of converting fossil fuels to fun." I've never heard a better argument against the development of electric cars. And this is particularly interesting because I learned to drive (at 14,yrs old) on a 1971 240z. Driving this rally in a 240z is truly the stuff of legends. Great job guys! Both of you are an inspiration!

what a cool dad, cool car and experience, enjoy the ride guys

Great story, great car. I wish I had the money for this type of adventure.

Awesome father and son adventure.

That may be the coolest adventure ever. I wish that I had the means to make something like that happen. I would love to see a video about the trip itself!

nice work Chris, good luck in the race!

Had one in the late 70's to early 80's. I loved the car, but road salt had badly eaten into the body and fenders. I replaced/soldered/glassed over nearly all of it. What did me in, was I blew a head gasket being stupid. I sent the head off to be machined and the shop totally did not know how to deal with an AL OHC head. They screwed up the cam bearing journals and it seized the cam. I considered the small block chevy route, but it was more work than I could afford to put into it (and the weight would of thrown off the handling a bit). It's manual everything including the chokes but I loved the SU carbs. Other than an airflow meter, they're super easy to work on. The hydraulic clutch was pretty exposed and I expect these guys addressed that. The handling...holy crud. With fairly minor parts updates (body bushings, shock tower braces), the thing was just incredible to drive. The other great car from this time is the old 510 which was a Beamer 2002 knockoff.

My parents and grandparents sold a '76 280Z back and forth during my formative years. One of only two cars I ever loved in my life.

Hope it goes well. Good luck!

Beautiful lines. The 240z

Top Video! This is the Spirit what it is all about. The Wohle Car Thing... use, what you have

F-ing awesome guys! Thanks for sharing!

That's the way son and father should live their lifes together. Glad for you guys... When I've bought a Cadillac my father told me this is an unpractical choise...

Great Car! Great Story!

This is a real adventure!!

What a nice dad!

Nice and good luck guys

well i had this car back then.. in a garage somewhere in Gran Turismo

Pleased I didn't unsubscribe after the last few "teaser" videos. Excellent content as usual

Excellent content

Love Datsun 240z's

Epic story 👍

this video is the best

Good luck boys!

I saw this car features on Jay Leno I didn’t know it was a father-son team driving it I like the car even more now

Very intresting video.

This is interesting race. I have just heard this race from a friend of mine couple days ago.

Wonderful episode! Wished there was more detail on the suspension and other technical systems, though. Always wanted to do this with my MGB GT.

I love my 1977 Datsun B210 Honey Bee.

Tried to search off road 240z, was not disappointed!

Love the 240Z, my best friend finished restoring one last year, we went to the Nissan Heritage Musem to see the original rally Zs, these cars are amazing on the road or off.

A great team.

Needs same Jendosa ZG Flares. Awesome out doors race, all Organic smell and nature. 👍👍👍

now that looks fun

One of the goals in my life is to do this rally in my Volkswagen thing... knowing someone who’s done it in a 30’s Bentley it has to be the best thing you can do

Thats just so cool..

I always smile when I see this car, and not to discount Chris and TJ's efforts, but it would have been nice to add a little note about John Coffey who helped build this car for its first Peking to Paris run. That guy was a legend in the Z community.

They are pretty good drivers as well.

You can use the later nismo limited slip if you get special made bolts , nice upgrade , only ten bolts needed but worth it, only found one place to get them so far

Very sweet

This 240Z was featured in the "fully committed" video. Nice car!

Super aventure ,une de mes relation l'a fait avec une américaine,j'aimerais bien le faire avec une citroen DS ,mais le choix d'une 240 Z est plutôt très bon vu la robustesse ,bravo a petrolicious pour cette sympathique video

Would love to see a Cressida feature or other rare JDM classics like the Nissan Gloria, etc. it might be hard to find them, but it would diversify the cast and give us something new and obsecure

Nice garage floor.

Nice CAR!

Lifelong friends.

Please more Datsun videos

Really nice car. I’d imagine the logistics for a journey like that was a real nightmare

Now that's a car!

Nice 👍

I just rewatched the smoking tire episode yesterday

I'd love to see Petrolicious make the movie of the race.

Just goes to show how practical these cars are for just about any kind of motorsport.

Nice in my view the 240z original RX7 and Toyota 2000Gt were the most beautiful Japanese cars of all time . I loved the the Supra’s from the 80’s as well but they are more “cool” then beautiful.

A little sad you didn't mention any of the fab work done by John Coffee. I met with him at Benton performance when the car was getting a cage and the roof rack. It was the last car he built before he passed from a motorcycle accident.

E-P-I-C shots...! B-)

Sin palabras . guauuu!

That Super Duke tho... 😍

240Z NIce !

DECENT!

Very cool car and family. Would have like to see what suspension modifications they did. Also wonder what rear end gear they are running.

This video about what family is!

I feel like Petrolicious is better when it's not just rich people throwing money at cars. I guess most of these people featured are well off, but this one is so obvious it's hard to ignore.

Wow

aha, thats brilliant. we are in a day where people lower subarus and others lift their z's :') but it does look mint!!!