I just got back from an exhilarating fun run up to Mt. Diablo with a group of Datsun Roadsters. Fellow owner  Dave The Car Guy was kind enough to invite everyone to check out his car collection AND do some test drives! We had 9 roadsters meet in San Ramon this morning and it was great selection of colors with four 1600s and five 2000s: Neil from Davis(’66 SPL), Raul(‘67.5), Stacey from Santa Cruz(’70 SRL):

 

SPL/U20Leo(’69SRL), DaveTheCarGuy(’68 SRL),  Eddie(’66 SPL/SR20):

 

Ken(’68 SRL/KA), Mike(‘67.5 SPL) and  me(‘67.5 SRL):

 

Before we drove up to Mt. Diablo we drooled over Dave’s car collection…and then he put each of us behind the wheel of his special cars…

 

Fisker Latigo and Fisker Karma, ’86 911 Turbo, ’67 Sting-Ray ‘Vette, Cayman,  and  Aston Martin Vantage

 

It was incredible to see all of these exotic cars together on the backroads for some “exercise”. Dave led us on a test loop and every 5minutes or so we all puled over and switched cars. My favorites? The ’67 Vette (yes that’s me behind the wheel!) and the Fisker Latigo:

 

After the adrenalin rush of driving Dave’s cars we all jumped in our Datsuns and headed out to Mt. Diablo for some twisties and photo-ops. The weather was gorgeous and everyone had a blast. Thanks for putting this together Dave!

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Join fellow Nissan/Datsun enthusiasts as we caravan down to Laguna Seca and park in the VIP Corral!

Meet us at the shop at 7:30am sharp Saturday(8/18) morning. It is going to be a fantastic race weekend!

ZCarGarage
140 Archer St.
San Jose, CA 95112

Z owners are truly in love with their cars: When Kailash got married he rode in on a stallion of course….a white 300zx Twin Turbo stallion!

Congratulations Kailash and we like how you included the Z in your ceremony!

If you are a fan of vintage racing come out to Laguna Seca August 17-19 for the Monterey Motorsports Reunion. ZCG is hosting a VIP Car Corral for your Nissan/Datsun/Infiniti. To park in the corral you MUST purchase the corral tickets through ZCG! It is only $10, allows you to park with other Datsun owners, and it’s literally footsteps away from the track and venue, unlike general parking. See you there!  You can download the flyer in .pdf format below: Monterey Motorsports Reunion – 2012
Pictures from last year’s event are HERE

 

We had a great time today at the ZONC Brisbane Nissan/Datsun/Infiniti Extravaganza! Early morning fog burned off and gave way to a spectacular sunny, warm day near South San Francisco, CA. Our caravan to the show from ZCG was only four cars deep but we still enjoyed the ride: Mark’s ’66 Datsun Roadster, my 67.5 roadster, Tom N’s GTM 370z, and Gary’s screaming 1971 Skyline:

Cars were parked on lush lawns of the Bay Trail just at the edge of Brisbane Marina. There were plenty of Z-cars to drool over:  S30s, 280zx, Z31s, Z32s, Z33s, and Z34s. Oh, and just a few GTRs 🙂

 

I’ll take my Datsun 510 in some shade of blue please!

We had three Datsun roadsters this year. Mark’s ’66 1600 has a 2L (U20) drivetrain that has been turbocharged with EFI! Mark did all of the design/fabrication/install himself on this fully-restored custom:

Mike drove his gorgeous 67.5 1600 that exemplifies how this car would look as it rolled off the showroom floor 45 years ago…with a few creature comforts added to make it an awesome driver:

My favorite S30 was this totally modified 240z. It had little details throughout the car from chassis, engine bay to interior. Check out the firewall, hidden throttle cable(!), extensive carbon fiber, custom fuel cell in spare tire-well, tucked side-exit exhaust, just to name a few. Oh, and it’s hard not to see that Rebello 3.2L on display:

Kevin Neely rocked his uber-clean Z32TT and I spotted a cool rear diffuser on this wingless 300:

 

Dan F. displayed his “Track Rat” that recently got the full Vortech supercharger treatment at ZCG and host of other mods to keep the the rat(and Dan) happy on the race track and auto-x courses:

 

R33 Skyline GTR V-spec, anyone? This one had some eye-catching wheels and a clear timing cover on its RB26:

 

Even the parking lots had some nice J-tin including this odd couple: A Datsun 1200 and Opel, separated at birth?

Here is a short clip of Gary’s Skyline making sweet 3.2L L-series noise:

Big thanks to the ZONC staff for organizing the event!  Check out the gallery for more pictures!

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