Z Car Garage wants to thank all of our customers and friends for making the 10th Anniversary celebration a spectacular day! We had a great turnout of cars and people from all over the Bay Area with free swag, raffles, and food. The shop was open for all to peruse some of our latest project cars and we also dyno’d a few Nissan Skylines.

 

It’s hard to believe that 10 years have passed since we first opened our doors! This was our future dyno room, circa 2004 (left):

 

In case you missed the celebration here is a brief glimpse of the facility. Front office and the main work area with a few project cars on display:

We had a nice showing of cars including all generations of Z-cars:

 

Some neat engine swaps:

 

Lots of Skylines including Peter and Gary’s GC10s, DR30, R32, R33 and R35 models:

 

The highlight for most people (besides the free food and prizes :)) was the dyno running of three Nissan Skylines. Starting off with Gary’s C10

 

Next up was David’s R32 GT-R:

 

Finally, Jermaine’s R35 which we will feature soon on the blog. It was cool to see folks so amped on the results. Here is a short video of all three Skylines on the dyno, enjoy!

 

 

So let’s toast to many more years of service, passion and performance and thank you for supporting ZCG as we celebrate our 10 year milestone! Don’t forget to visit the gallery for more photos below…

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Motor Trend pays homage to the legendary Hakosuka GT-R by taking a drive with owner Hiroaki Shinomiya. It’s a great little story with plenty of eye-candy to drool over from the S20 engine to the Watanabe wheels. Thanks to reader Clark G for the heads up! Click HERE to read the article.

 

By now you have probably heard the hype surrounding Nissan’s answer to the wildly successful and totally rad Scion/Subaru (FR/BR) sportscars. The concept is called the Nissan IDX and it is polarizing Nissan/Datsun fans everywhere. What do you think? Is Nissan’s effort a little late or do we have a winner? Our dear friend Forbes brought our attention to this Jalopnik article with more pics HERE.

Ever wonder how the Nissan Skyline got its start in racing? Want to know more about the Porsche getting over taken in the photo above? Check out this exciting article on Sportscardigest.com and amazing video from Nissan:

Some of you may remember this amazing Nissan commercial that started the “Enjoy the Ride” campaign. Here is a high-resolution version on Vimeo. It still gives me goosebumps to watch…
http://vimeo.com/41519940