Larry Chen and Sung Kang’s Datsun 240Z cars featuring our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes and Z Car Garage KW coil-over suspension. Enjoy the photos from a recent photo shoot and see details about their meet April 9 in Long Beach, CA….

Larry: I’m so stoked to host Type-S Night Lights with Sung Kang. I called him up the other day and suggested we gather a few 240z’s for a little cruise to shoot a quick promo for the upcoming meet. We stopped for food and we ended up clearing out the entire kitchen at Inn n out 😂🤣
If you are free on April 9th come hang out with us at Night Lights in Long Beach. You won’t be disappointed. Plus we will have night drifting for the first time and Sung will be showing the first 7 minutes of the Drifter Movie🍿. We will also be doing a Q&A session.
It starts at 6pm and the address is 99 Aquarium Way, Long Beach California. All cars are welcomed. It’s free to enter for a show car or spectator. There’s plenty of parking for non- show cars or overflow across the street at The Pike.

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Happy Friday from Z Car Garage! Here are a few cars in for service, performance upgrades and mechanical sorting. Enjoy! Matt’s 1972 Datsun 240Z received our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes and Z Car Garage CV Axles along with a full suspension refresh and engine tuning back in 2022. He returned to ZCG for a KA24 5-speed transmission, LSD and a new 3L L-series engine with triple-Mikuni carb induction.

Michael’s LeMans Sunset Nissan 350Z is getting an OS Giken LSD and gears.

Hiep’s Datsun 280Z is getting a mechanical restoratation with Z Car Garage Big-Brakes, Z Car Garage CV Axles, refreshed EFI, 240Z bumpers and Recaro Seats:

Paul Ferrari’s 1991 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo is back for more performance upgrades:

Hannah’s Z32TT is in for service:

Race-prep for Gabe’s Datsun 510 B-Sedan:

Race-prep and dyno tuning for Greg’s Datsun Roadster:

Lehan’s R32 Skyline GT-R is in for repair work:

Frank’s 350 Roadster in for UPREV dyno tuning:

Stay tuned for full reports zcarblog.com and LONG LIVE THE Z

More photos in the gallery below

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Life at Shutter Speed is a 400-page collection highlighting 20 years of photography from talented car culture ambassador Larry Chen. We were super excited to receive a signed copy at Z Car Garage with some keepsake photos. The hardcover book is impressive and we are still marveling at the sheer amount of work Larry has accomplished. This is not just a photo-book, it is a story of his craft from his latest events to early beginnings. We highly recommend getting a copy for yourself and for any car/photography enthusiast. Thanks Larry!

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Upon reading the book we came across a few humbling throwbacks…

The New Z (RZ34) Reveal in Times Square

In 2021, we joined Larry at Time Square in New York for the Nissan Z Global Reveal in New York. The experience was surreal. You can imagine how honored Rob felt to share a page with John Morton and be recognized as a member of the Z community.

 

R34 GT-R Dreams

In 2004, Rob drove the Z Car Garage R34 Skyline GT-R to the GT Live event in SoCal. In the book, Larry recounts how his dream of owning an R34 began when he saw our R34! It’s a small world as this ex-Motorex car switched hands and years later ended up back with our friend Sean from Top Rank!

Thank you

Larry commissioned Z Car Garage to transform his beloved SR20DET-powered 1970 Datsun 240Z into multi-dimensional sports car with power, handling, braking, comfort, reliability and performance to match its eye-catching beauty. In Life At Shutter Speed, “Ole Orange Ban”g gets its own spotlight and we are thankful to be part of the journey. Huge thanks to Larry for sharing his passion with us. Long Live The Z!

Happy Birthday to Joel Anderson who passed away in 2021. Joel would have been 84 years old today and we miss him dearly. He was an immensely talented graphic artist and successful privateer Datsun racer with regional and national championships all over California. See Joel’s racing career and learn how he helped us enter the world of vintage racing in our tribute HERE

Happy 84th Birthday to our hero John Morton!

An amaZingly talented driver, Morton brought Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE) four National SCCA Championships from 1970-1972: two C-production championships in the Datsun 240Z and two Trans-Am championships in the Datsun 510. Morton will be inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in Daytona Beach, FL this March 9-10. Enjoy our photos with John Morton over the years and let’s all wish him the best birthday!

Rob and John at the Velocity Invitational 2022

Morton, Pete Brock and Steve Millen at Laguna Seca 2018

Road Atlanta 2010, with the John Morton Army (JMA)

BRE Reunions in 2008 and 2010:

The Mitty, 2018:

Honored to spend time with John Morton on the racetrack. Happy Birthday!