!!!Attention all Datsun fans!!!
Z Owners of Northern California(ZONC) will be hosting a Datsun/Nissan car corral at the Historic races August 13-15 at Laguna Seca. This is a very special event with several Datsuns competing and the legendary John Morton will be driving the BRE 510! The last time Morton drove ‘Seca in this car was back in 2001 where he impressed crowds by winning a car-to-car battle with an Alfa. If you missed Morton pilot the famous Corkscrew back then here is your second chance!
Don’t miss this event and bring your Datsun/Nissan to the corral to show some support!
Car Corral passes are included with admission through ZONC, ticket purchasing info is here:
Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Or you can contact Tiffini Clark at tiffiniclark@gmail.com
Datsun Dominination!
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HookedOnDriving is offering the Z community a great deal for running
Thunderhill on September, 8 2010. TONS of track time with a max of 3 run groups….that’s 6 sessions per group….if we could get together 15+ Z’s, we could do a private group for $150 per! This is not something that they can do on a regular, pre-scheduled basis…and this is not being advertising to the public. If you are interested please send a brief “I’m in” or “I can’t” message to David Ray at dray@hookedondriving.com
www.hookedondriving.com
office: 925-552-8112
mobile: 925-683-1991
Let’s get some Nissans out there on the track!
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Anthony S is the owner of this sinister Datsun 510 wagon. We first met Anthony years ago at the All-Datsun Meet at Mt. Shasta. He started visiting the shop frequently, driving this wagon all the way from Oregon to San Jose, CA. We have done many events together and I thought it was time to share his 510 with you since it recently got a new drivetrain.
Anthony built this 510 from the ground up himself, and it has been constantly evolving. He started with a rather unorthodox inline-6 cylinder engine, the Toyota 7M-GTE. This single-turbo setup spun the ZCG dyno to almost 400rwhp! Suspension and brakes modifications include Brembo calipers up front, a Ford rear end and massive 255/35 tires in front with 285/35 rears. Anthony is a track nut and this 510 has seen many days running hard at Portland Int. Raceway. A radical front grille/spoiler design, rear mounted radiator, air to water intercooler(now air-to-air), custom gauge cluster and other mods showcase Anthony’s tremendous fabrication skills. Anthony recently “swapped” in the mighty 2JZ-GTE engine. You can follow the build-up over at
Supraforums
<c/center> More pics in the gallery!
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ZCarGarage may be known for working magic on Nissans/Datsuns both new and old but they also build/modify cars of different marques. This 1967 Camaro had a colorful history with it’s previous owner Tony F, a long time friend of Rob’s from Georgia.
Adolfo recently purchased the car this year and plans to build it Pro-Touring-style, with some ZCG touches of course 🙂
The car is in fantastic shape an the interior was also freshened up. Stock, inline-6 cylinder will be replaced with one of GM’s LS-series V8 drivetrains
Check the blog for more updates on this resto-mod!
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The
24 Hours of LeMons race at
Thunderhill usually features wild and zany cars like these, seen at the
May 8 event. Zcar owner/racer Wade W is entering a tasteful BRE-style 240z for the upcoming August 8-9 race. Wade is an accomplished road racer with 6 previous Lemons events completed and a top finish at 18th place.
The ZCG crew is helping build the car with drivers Scott S, Mike O, Josh C, and Wade. The chassis with no drive train, interior and a broken suspension was donated. In order to save money, the drivetrain, suspension, wheels, tires, gauges, and seat is coming from the 280ZX Lemons car that met it’s untimely end at the Thunderhill event in May this year. The roof was cut off the 280ZX to remove the cage then Paul Moor cut the roof off the 240Z to re-install it. Almost everything from the dead 280ZX was used to resurrect this rusty basket case of a 240Z!
Our good friends at William’s Autobody threw some paint on the car with left-over paint in the classic BRE pattern for free and saved time by not prepping the body for spray beforehand 🙂
Josh at ZCG helped remove the interior, every bit counts in the weight reduction process.
The license plate is a bit optimistic, a proper L-series will fill this engine bay
Stay tuned for more updates on the build-up and let’s wish the team good luck on race day!
