Don’t forget to RSVP for the tour and drive ASAP! On November 5, 2011, ZCarGarage and Z Owners of Northern California (ZONC) have arranged for a full tour of the amazing Canepa Design Museum and Showroom facility along with a beautiful drive through the Santa Cruz Mountains.

The tour is impressive with a full look at how restorations are done on everything from Porsche 959s to vintage race cars that you see at the major Historic Racing events. It is truly a candy store for automotive fans!

Last year we had 32 cars enjoying the ride, you can see pictures HERE. Bring your Nissan/Datsun out for a spirited drive!

Mark your calendars for November 5, 2011! ZCarGarage and Z Owners of Northern California (ZONC) have arranged for a full tour of the amazing Canepa Design Museum and Showroom facility along with a beautiful drive through the Santa Cruz Mountains.

The tour is impressive with a full look at how restorations are done on everything from Porsche 959s to vintage race cars that you see at the major Historic Racing events. It is truly a candy store for automotive fans!

Last year we had 32 cars enjoying the ride, you can see pictures HERE. Bring your Nissan/Datsun out for a spirited drive!

Save the date! The 3rd Annual Pleasanton Automall Custom Car Meet is on Sunday, October 2nd. This year it will be held in Livermore at Umigo Indoor Kart Racing with activities indoors and out!

As always the event is FREE to show your car, to be a vendor, or to be a spectator! All makes and models are welcome!

The show will be supporting local children’s charity Coins for Campers,
www.ttff.org
https://www.facebook.com/TTFF.ORG

There will also be trophies and food trucks plus Red Bull to keep the fun going! Let’s try to get some Nissans/Infinitis and Datsuns out there 🙂

Time
Sunday, October 2 · 10:00am – 4:00pm

Location
Umigo Indoor Kart Racing
6538 Patterson Pass Road
Livermore, CA

Here is a nice recap of the previous show:

Z you there!

The Dyno Day scheduled for 9/24 is cancelled. Stay tuned for a new date!

Here are a few pictures and video clips of cars on the ZCG dyno, it’s fun and a great way to gauge your car’s health/performance gains.

The 2011 Japanese Classic Car Show (JCCS) was held this Saturday in Long Beach, CA. Our trip down to LA from the Bay Area included several freeway spottings including a clean Datsun 510 and 240z and this convertible Honda CVCC:

Despite some wet morning weather the show drew hundreds of spectators, some lining up 1hr before the 9am opening.  We were stoked to hear that three S20-powered Nissans would be on display and it was truly a spectacular sight.  You may have seen Tom’s 1971 Skyline KPGC10 GT-R from the Palo Alto Concours, but he also showed his Skyline KPGC110(Kenmeri) and a stunning  Fairlady Z432!

The Z432 was impressive, check out the badging and almighty S20 with its beautiful tubular header:

The Kenmeri SKyline was also a treat to see. This body style and model is very rare, especially stateside 🙂

Still not satisfied with two Skyline GT-Rs? There were two more Skylines in the parking lot: a coupe and 4-door hakosukas both with modern engine transplants:

The great thing about JCCS is the variety of marques including Datsun, Mazda, Toyota, Honda, Mistubishi, just to name a few. We are Datsun nuts at heart but we can still appreciate other wicked JDM metal. That being said let’s start with some highlights of the show from the Datsun crowd 🙂

These two Datsun 510s that caught our eye on the freeway were very sharp in person. Both were 4-doors with ultra-clean engine bays and great wheel choice… …[read more]