The Daily Vroom

Good morning Vroomers,

Thanks for rolling with us yesterday. No spoilers here, the full, unedited spin is below so you can see exactly who’s heading home with a brand new set of tires.

The wheel also landed on Bob Burke for the TRX tires through Tire Rack. I’ll be in touch with both winners directly.

Congrats to you both and thank you to everyone who reached out.

YESTERDAY’S TOP 5 SALES

As you’ll notice below the top 3 sales from yesterday were by the same seller, WOB. He sold close to $2m worth of cars just yesterday. And he has this golden Countach ending this week that is nearly at $2m.

Want to dive deeper into any of these listings? Just click on the car to take you directly to the listing.

Auctions To Keep An Eye On

If you think you’ve seen a perfectly restored 240Z before, look again.

This 1971 Safari Gold Series I might reset the bar entirely. It is the first S30.world Masterpiece restoration ever offered publicly, and that matters because these cars are not built to sell. They are restored in Budapest, displayed in a private museum outside Amsterdam, and treated more like curated artifacts than inventory. This is the first one the founder has let go.

Originally sold new in Redding, California, the car stayed with its first owner until 2020. What followed was a multi year restoration completed in 2024 that appears to leave nothing untouched.

The body was fully disassembled. Panels were repaired or remade by hand. Factory style spot welds were recreated. The underside was finished with correct overspray patterns. Hardware, clamps, plating finishes, paint markings, even details most owners never think to look for were addressed. The inside of the door latches was refinished. The floor pans show the proper brush painted sections. The seat upholstery was custom developed to match the original look as closely as possible. The clock was updated internally for reliability while keeping the correct appearance. Basically a LOT was done!!

This was not done to be nice. It was done to be right. Mechanically it remains faithful to 1971. Numbers matching 2.4 liter inline six, dual side drafts, 151 horsepower, four speed manual, factory steel wheels with Vredestein Sprint Classics. Finished in 920 Safari Gold over black. The odometer shows 65 miles since completion.

The reaction has been immediate. Thousands of views within hours. Over a thousand watchers. Seasoned Z owners openly admitting this is the most faithful restoration they have seen. When people who have restored their own cars step back and say this is another level, that carries weight.

The bigger story is what this means for the 240Z market. For years the Z was the everyman sports car. Accessible, modifiable, personal. But markets mature. The best examples start to separate. We have seen it happen with air cooled 911s and early M cars. This is gonna be an exciting one to watch.

On paper this is exactly the B7 Avant enthusiasts claim they want: Sprint Blue, Titanium package, 6-speed manual, one owner from new, and properly built with an APR Stage 3+ setup, big turbo, upgraded fueling, Stasis center diff, limited slips, S4 brakes, and suspension that was actually sorted instead of slammed for photos.

The detail dominating the listing is the stuck sunroof. That’s going to turn people off, which is precisely what makes it interesting. A visible flaw creates hesitation, and hesitation narrows the field. Buyers start imagining complexity when in reality B7 sunroof assemblies are serviceable, available, and ultimately mechanical problems rather than structural disasters.

What remains is a rare-spec, manual, big-turbo Quattro wagon that has been owned and developed by the same person since new. The kind of car that rarely surfaces, and even more rarely comes with a built-in reason for the market to blink.

Sometimes the imperfection is the opportunity.

This 1948 Power Dodge Wagon was built to haul timber and pull tractors out of fields. Now it’s a 100-mile, nine-year frame-off restoration with a glossy blue finish and a fully restored Braden PTO winch that probably won’t pull anything heavier than attention at a cars and coffee.

The Power Wagon is one of the first civilian 4x4 trucks ever sold in America, born directly from WWII military hardware and marketed as a tool for farmers, contractors, and oil fields. It was never meant to be precious. It was meant to work.

This one has been elevated from equipment to exhibit. Numbers-matching inline-six rebuilt, original gearbox and transfer case overhauled, 12-volt conversion for usability, fresh wood bed, restored steel, modern gauges discreetly fitted inside. It’s been restored with the kind of patience usually reserved for early Porsches, not farm trucks.

That’s what makes it interesting. The market has quietly decided that early off-road history matters, and the best examples are no longer rough ranch survivors. They’re museum-grade restorations with almost no miles.

The Power Wagon used to be the truck of a thousand uses. Now it’s a rolling piece of American industrial history.

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