That’s right!  Valentine’s day is hear already which means that the trip to Hearst Castle with the Z Owners of Northern California (ZONC) and the NSX club of America (NSXCA) is taking place this weekend.  Hopefully the event will have a nice turnout even though the rainy weather and the Valentine’s weekend hotel rush are trying to put a damper on things.  A couple of us here at ZCG were able to get in at the last minute due to a few cancellations.

I will be updating the blog with photos and what-not by early next week so that everyone will be able to participate in the good times.  DRIVE SAFELY EVERYONE!

ZONC website

It’s only of January yet and the car clubs are already going full force to set up meets and drives, not that I’m complaining!  This one comes to us through our friends at the Z Owners of Northern California (ZONC.)  For this event they have teamed up with the Bay Area and Sacramento NSXCA chapters which will make for an awesome car gathering headed to one of the most beautiful parts of California.

All of the information is available on the ZONC website but I’ll lay out the main points here:

Dates:  Februray 14th – 16th (Sat, Sun, Mon)

Package for 2 includes:

Hotel occupancy of 2 per room
2 tickets for Hearst Castle (Tour 1, 2, or 3)
2 dinner coupons ($20ea) at one of two choice restaurants

Price for package:  $284.50 (includes tax)

THE HOTEL MUST BE CONTACTED DIRECTLY AND YOU MUST MENTION THAT YOU WANT TO RESERVE A ROOM HELD BY ZONC/ATKINSON FOR THIS PACKAGE.  Call (805) 927-3998.

We will be meeting at Z Car Garage and be leaving at 10:30AM sharp.

The full event information can be found at the top of the ZONC website.  Check it out and I hope to see you there.

Link: ZONC website

We regret to inform all of you that the GT-R meet and drive to the Canepa facility on Saturday, January 24th has been canceled for the time being.  The weather does not look like it is going to cooperate and we would prefer to have everything on our side to host the best event we can.  Sorry for the late change in plans and we hope to see you for the rescheduled event here at Z Car Garage.

I’ve been out of town for a few days without internet access, so sorry about the lack of updates.

I’m working on quite a few new stories and have a couple of really cool car builds to share with all of you today.  Please check back in a little while to read what is going on with the one, the only, the ZCG.

Forbes

I’m going to start this off with all the photos that somehow relate to ZCG and what we do here.  The next set of photos after the “read more” are going to be of other cool and not so cool things that were seen.

The show seemed to be smaller this year but maybe it was just the sense of imminent doom in the auto industry.  Spectator turnout was lower than normal for the weekend but Saturday afternoon was absolutely packed, maybe everyone carpooled?

Overall the event was a great sucess for us.  All of the stickers and most of the flyers would dissappear everytime we bent back to check on the cars.  We are spreading the word of the Z.  Thanks again to all the owners who loaned us their beautiful cars.

Click below for way more pics

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