Though the highly popular Datsun 240Z was targeted primarily at America, where it was enormously successful, Nissan produced a radically distinct version of their Fairlady Z strictly for its domestic market.

Since their merger with Prince, Nissan had developed the former’s formidable S20 straight-six into a competition colossus, culminating with the launch of the indomitable twin-cam Skyline GT-R.

It is this same race-derived engine that would be fitted into this rare and exceptional Z-car, along with other competition-oriented components, creating the ultimate production variant, the Z432.

Incredibly rare as only 420 units were produced, many of which have met their fates on the racing circuit or have been heavily modified beyond recognition over the years.

As a result, it is extraordinary difficult to find any such example and harder still to find an authenticated and sympathetically restored car, even in Japan, let alone the literal handful that are known to have been imported ...