Z Car Garage is looking to hire an experienced Nissan technician.  We are looking for a person who has knowledge of the Z and is willing to join us in creating some of the nicest cars around.

Applicants should be well rehearsed in everything from simple parts replacement and maintenance to customization and good ol’fashion hot-rodding.  Z Car Garage is a concentrated group of hard-working and focused enthusiasts and we look forward to hearing from you.
Passion is a Must!!

Please send all inquiries and resumes to Rob@zcargarage.com

Z Car Garage

Today, April 7th, is Z Car Garage’s fifth birthday.  We couldn’t be happier with where we are at right now and we have so many people to thank for it.  The ones who have given the most know who they are and we were lucky enough to have a few of them come down to the shop today.  Our customers and friends are some of the kindest and most giving people on the face of the planet and we wouldn’t have our current success without them and you.  From ZCG to you,  THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

I’ll try to find some old photos of when the shop first opened and I’ll share them with all of you in the next few days.  There are some pretty funny ones.

On a side note, Rob and Fred are pulling late night shifts at the shop right now to finalize the longest build in ZCG history, the red 1982 280zx 2+2 non-turbo restoration.  After years of sourcing impossible to find parts and dealing with strange circumstances this car will be completed in a day or two from now.  This car is unbelievable.  It’ll put any car rolling off of an assembly line to shame.  We rule, happy birthday to us.

Thanks again to all of you,

Z Car Garage

I was pointed towards a link on the Edmund’s Straightline Blog the other day that gives us a view into one of the 370z designer’s mind.  Randy Rodriguez penned the original 370z sketch and it turns out that he grabbed some inspiration from a few exotic Italian motorcycles.

While the 370z was in it’s early design phase Randy was piecing together a MV Agusta F4-750 and it is easy to see how one beautiful two-wheeled machine was able to lend a few design cues to a four-wheeled one.  There were also influences from a Ducati 749/999 upper triple clamp that was morphed into the final design of the sport-package wheel.  His MV Agusta motorcycle now sits behind his desk at Nissan Design America in San Diego when he isn’t out putting it through it’s paces.

Many of you know that we here at Z Car Garage ride motorcycles or have close ties to them and it is always nice to see our two passions come together in a car that we get to enjoy, the 370z.  In a side note, I’ve had the chance to own a few Ducatis and still own a 2006 749s, small world…

There are a couple more photos after the ‘read more’ including one of the Ducati 749s that I own.  Enjoy and thanks to Edmunds Insideline for the Nissan info and a few of the photos.

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Up for sale is this Datsun 1200 fastback which is in amazing condition.  Check out the For Sale section for more infomation.  Happy Friday.

Now that the auto show is over we are getting back to the usual work around the shop.  There are a ton of cars here now so I got on the roof this morning to take a couple of pictures.  Also, we’ve had a couple new customers come in and we certainly welcome the work and the new challenges they bring.  It’s always nice to be able to solve problems on a car that has been to a couple other shops before us and then to see the smile on the owners face when they drive the car for the first time after we are done.

We also had another GT-R stop in on Friday for a rear tire repair.  There were four nails in his rear tire so we just ordered a new one.  Luckily the car has low enough miles that we were able to replace just the one tire instead of all four.

I’m also going to sort out the rest of the Silicon Valley Auto Show pictures and post them for you in the next day or so.