On Saturday, August 29 we attended the Tokyo Calling 6 event hosted by Breakfast Club Rally. Z Car Garage participated with a group of client cars and enjoyed a wonderful day of driving through the foothills of Northern California. The event featured 250+ Japanese classics and 90’s-era wonders to appreciate during the morning social gathering and rest stops. Enjoy our report with photo gallery and video!
Breakfast Club Rally
The Breakfast Club Rally (BCR) started 6 years ago as a small group enjoying weekend drives. It blossomed into monthly events with one hour of hanging out followed by several hours of driving. I highly recommend it for anyone looking to enjoy the beautiful Northern California roads and scenery. You can see our previous BCR reports HERE!
The initial BCR Tokyo Calling event, Tokyo Calling 2, Tokyo Calling 3, Tokyo Calling 4, and Tokyo Calling 5 were all a blast. We did not want to miss their sixth all-Japanese, mostly-vintage rally so I assembled a group of Z Car Garage clients and friends to participate in TC6. We left the shop at 6:15am heading to Sonoma, here is a preview of our cars:
Jim’s 1971 Datsun 240Z
Jim’s 1971 Datsun 240z is now sporting a Rebello 3.2L with Jenvey ITB EFI, A/C, Recaro Specialist seats, CD009a 6-speed transmission, our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes and Z Car Garage CV Axles!
Frank’s 1978 Datsun 280Z
Frank’s 1978 Datsun 280Z features our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes, full suspension refresh, 240Z bumper conversion and Panasport wheels.
Mrs. Butters
I drove Mrs. Butters, our Series 1 shop 240z. This Series 1 S30 features a 3.2L with triple-Mikuni induction, Z Car Garage Big-Brakes, Z Car Garage CV Axles, ZCG Heat Shield, 6-speed transmission and full KW Suspension.
John’s Datsun 240Z
It was great to see our client John Enjoying the Ride in his 1971 Datsun 240Z featuring our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes and Z Car Garage CV Axles.
Armon’s 1973 Datsun 240Z
Armon’s 1973 Datsun 240Z has a great story. He got this car running on his own and even performed rust repairs. He’s running our ZCG Heat Shield on his triple-Weber carb’d L28:
Linda’s 2023 Nissan Z
Linda Williams drove her 2023 Nissan Z. This is the special,”Proto Spec” edition limited to just 240 units. We love her “1OF240Z” tribute license plate. Linda joined us on the last two Tokyo Calling events in her 1972 Datsun 240Z OMS Pace Car Duplicate. She loves driving it everywhere.
Beau’s 1976 Datsun 280Z
Beau’s Datsun 280Z received a Z Car Garage full cosmetic and mechanical restoration featuring Recaro Specialist seats, our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes (for small wheels) and Z Car Garage CV Axles!
Vince’s 1973 Datsun 240Z
Vince’s 1973 Datsun 240z is Enjoying The Ride with our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes (for small wheels) and Z Car Garage CV Axles. He scored this Z from our friends at Bring a Trailer and regularly drives it on rally events.
Tokyo is Calling before the Rally!
Our crew arrived at the rally start in Sonoma and it was already filled with fabulous J-Tin parked at a local airport. BCR hosted a “social hour” from 7:30-9am so we could take in all the glorious cars. The vibe was tremendous, and as usual it went by too quickly. Let’s go through some of the highlights, with more photos in the gallery below!
Over 25 S30 Z cars were present!
I am always on the lookout for Nissans and Datsuns, and roadsters get my attention. There were at least 14 in attendance including a few genuine 1967 2000s.
One of the most sought after Datsuns, these “half-year” models were introduced mid-1967 offering a 5-speed transmission and 150hp twin-Mikuni carb’d 2L engine…hot stuff for the era.
Ian’s SRL is #601 (out of ~1000 cars) and it was fully restored years ago by Les Cannaday in San Diego. Ian is meticulous about maintaining this car, but it is no garage queen, attending monthly rally events. The (655) Off-white paint with red interior is one of my favorites. Yes, it even sports a factory Nissan hardtop with all the stainless trim!
Another ’67 2000, this one is #048! Our client Vince M picked this up from Bring a Trailer last year:
High and low-windshield roadsters models were present. John Baker’s ’69 2000 is always a stunner with Spanish Red paint and many rare, Nissan Competition parts fitted:
Datsun 510
We spotted this ultra-clean Datsun 510, built by our friends at Spriso on with an S15 SR20DE/6-speed:
See the gallery below for more S30 Z car photos!
A S130 280ZX attending!
Our client Cameron’s Z32 Twin Turbo visited Z Car Garage for maintenance work, downpipes, inlet piping, larger intercoolers all from Specialty Z. Cameron has been bringing his 300 to us for many years and we we are really glad to see him driving. There were several Z32TTs in attendance!
350Z!
There were a handful of S13, S14 and S15:
Kevin’s Bluebird
Super happy to see Kevin and his 1967 Datsun Bluebird SSS.
Nissan Skyline
R34 Skyline GT-R in Bayside Blue on BBS LM-R wheels.
R32 and R33 GT-Rs
Enjoy this walk-around video from Tokyo Calling 6:
Rally On!
Photo by Emma Lai
The rally started at 9am and I was tasked with leading our group. I really enjoyed hustling Mrs. Butters through the backroads. This route was a little over 100 miles roundtrip through Marin and Sonoma County.
One of the perks of BCR events is their team of professional photographers at various stages capturing epic rolling and detail shots so people can focus on enjoying the drive. I encourage you to visit each of these FOUR photographer’s photo albums to see shots of your rides: Kevin Lee, Alex Nibyt, Hubbe Emma Lai and Chris Friske.
We took a midpoint break in the small town of Occidental. Lots of cars to see and great chatting with fellow enthusiasts.
The rally concluded back in Sonoma airport, where BCR arranged for lunch from Kinoko Japanese Home Cooking. We enjoyed Japanese comfort food surrounded by J-Tin and vintage aircrafts.
There were so many cool cars, please check the gallery for more photos! Next, let’s check out some non-Nissan/Datsun action…
Honda
Honda was well-represented including late model DC2 Integras, a few NSXs, lots of S2000s, CRXs and EF/EG hatches rounded out the display:
Mazda
First-gen, FC and FD RX-7s, and many Miatas attended:
My favorite Mazda was this Rotary Pickup:
Toyota
Some of our favorite Toyota’s including Supra (A60, A70, A80), first gen MR2s, and AE86s!
Trucks and Vans
Let’s not forget the Japanese classic trucks and vans! Land Cruisers, Datsuns and a Isuzu VehiCross!
Thanks BCR!
Many thanks to the Breakfast Club Rally organizers, we had a blast and I urge you to register for their next event, especially if you are in the South Bay area like me and want to see what driving bliss lies North.
Photo by Chris Friske
Thank you to all of the Z Car Garage clients that made the journey with us! Huge thanks to BCR for extending their hospitality to our crew, everyone was thrilled. Here’s to the next rally and always, always #DoitInADatsun! More photos in the gallery below…
