Used Car of the Day: 2005 Nissan 350Z 35th Anniversary Barn Find

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

Today we bring you a literal barn find: A 2005 Nissan 350Z Anniversary Barn Find.


For just $100, this project car is yours.

The seller claims his friend bought it new and put it into storage with under 100 miles on the odometer -- and there are still under 100 miles on it. Either 68 or 86, that's unclear.

It's got a manual transmission and still has the Monroney in the window and the plastic on the seats.

It's for sale outside of Orlando and the price is negotiable.

Could this be a fake? Absolutely. But if it's real, someone could have some fun doing a restoration.

Click here to check it out.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • JMII JMII on Feb 02, 2024

    The price is clearly a typo or an opening bid. I guess its possible someone thought 35 year anniversary Zs would be worth $1 million at Barrett Jackson in 2052 and put this into a storage unit. What are the chances that every rubber seal and gasket is totally dry rotted requiring a massive restoration effort?

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    • MaintenanceCosts MaintenanceCosts on Feb 02, 2024

      On the plus side, it's been in the dark. On the minus side, it's been stored in a hot, humid climate. Will probably need tires, coolant hoses, and belts changed to be safe to drive, and all suspension bushings changed to feel right. That's a fair amount of work but not a restoration project.








  • Analoggrotto Analoggrotto on Feb 02, 2024

    At least you can be sure there werent a bunch of naked old men (TTAC editors) rolling around on and in it.

  • Mike Beranek No interior pictures usually means that the interior looks like death warmed over.
  • Kwik_Shift_Pro4X Oof. (again)Not looking good.
  • DungBeetle62 This happened after a run of black cars that lasted Nov 1999 - Jan 2022.And while I like black cars, I had to vote with my dollars so we'll (hopefully) still have a choice
  • Arthur Dailey 'Ere it's a nice little runner.Actually anyone with my log-in/sign-in name and picture absolutely should not be commenting on this article.
  • Arthur Dailey Is the original Legend absolute peak Honda?
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