Today we took delivery of our 2023 Nissan Z at Nissan of Dublin, Ca. This is a 6-speed manual, Performance trim finished in Black Diamond Pearl with Graphite Leather interior.

 

Huge thanks to Dan Passe and Jonathan Buhler from Nissan North America for making this a reality! Our RZ34 has been waiting in Dublin Nissan’s showroom (next to our client’s Datsun 240Z) since December and we had a wonderful experience with Mario (General Manager) and Louis (Parts Manager).

 

Mario, Louis and the team at Dublin Nissan treated us like VIPs. If you are in the market for a new Nissan, visit their brand new dealership! They were kind of enough to let us be a part of the Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI) of our new RZ34. This included protective film removal, detailing, front lip/air deflector and center cap installation. It was a new experience for Rob and myself that we appreciated.

 

Enjoy this video of the Pre-Delivery Inspection:

 

Rob with Louis and Mario, great people at Dublin Nissan:

 

With 22 miles on the odometer we drove our new Z back to Z Car Garage in San Jose. I have driven the RZ34 several times last year and it still amaZed me. It was a great way to celebrate our 19th Anniversary (see below)!

 

Z Car Garage is excited to enjoy the new Z and begin tuning it with parts development following. Enjoy more photos from our delivery and read further about our RZ34 journey with Nissan. Long Live The Z!

From Prototype to Production

  

Our journey with the new Z began in May 2021, when Nissan invited us to their Headquarters in Tennessee to get up close and personal with the Z Proto. We thank Dan Passe and Jonathan Buhler for bringing ZCG along for the ride. Here are the past New Z events that we’ve been fortunate to be a part of:

In August we were guests at the 2023 Nissan Global Reveal event in New York:

  

In October we hosted a 2023 Nissan Viewing Event at Z Car Garage for the public to enjoy:

  

In September 2021 we were guests of Nissan at SEMA:

 

In June of 2022  Nissan kindly offered to lend us a 2023 Nissan Z for five days

 

Nissan lent us a 2023 Z in Ikazuchi Yellow for Monterey Car Week:

 

Yes, Nissan even lent us an RZ34 to be Pace car at the CSRG Vintage Races and on display at the Velocity Invitational in 2022!

 

 

Happy Anniversary:

Z Car Garage Celebrates 19 Years!

 

Today marks the 19th Anniversary of Z Car Garage. We thank all of our clients and friends for supporting us along the way. Your business and trust is greatly appreciated! It is hard to believe ZCG opened its doors in 2004. Enjoy these photos of the shop from today and 19 years ago.

   

2004 vs 2023

 

 

Front office 2023 compared to 2004, with a young Rob Fuller laying down the flooring:

 

Our (soon to be) dyno room in 2004 and 2023:

   

Z Car Garage is excited for another 19 years! LONG LIVE THE Z

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Our client Sung Kang’s RB26-powered Datsun 240Z is featured in the popular Japanese magazine, “Option”.

 

In 2020 Sung visited Z Car Garage, driving “Mrs. Butters”, our 1971 Series 1 240z shop demo car. After driving Butters, Sung wanted the exact same Z Car Garage Big-Brakes, Z Car Garage CV Axles and KW suspension on his very own “FuguZ”!

   

You can view the OTION magazine article HERE.

 

WE LOVE RACING! On March 3-5, Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) hosted their SpeedTour season opener at Thunderhill Raceway. Z Car Garage had a great time racing and supporting several client’s Datsun 510 race cars running in B-Sedan Group. Enjoy our report with in-car footage and photos.

Z Car Garage Race Support Services

 

Z Car Garage offers full trackside support and in-house race car preparation so you can focus on driving. Our client Todd R is a great example of ZCG trackside support in action. He’s been racing his Datsun 510 privateer-style for the last few years and hired us for the first time last year, check out his experience HERE. For the SVRA event at Thunderhill we supported our clients Tom and Gabe:

Z Car Garage Racers

Tom’s Ex-Norm Balzer 510:

 

Here is Tom’s race report:

“The weekend was a little bit of mixed bag. Friday went well with some stellar setup tuning to adjust to the RA1 tire (first time with them on track).  Saturday was a bit of disappointment with fuel pressure issues, but Rob, Nick and Copper stayed focused and the smoking gun (Fuel cell foam was long past its prime). Problem resolved and Sunday was a success. Starting from the back of the grid (after DNF’ing the Saturday qualifying race) provided some passing fun, finished the race chasing Mark Nettesheim in his newly rebuilt Maroon ands Silver #37.  We stayed nose to tail until he spun on T3 on the last lap, providing me a window to slip by.  Great fun.”

 

Gabe’s B-Sedan 510:

 

Rob was in his Bay Area Datsun Dealers 510:

 

Rob’s race report:

“It’s been a few months since we’ve been in our B-Sedan vintage race cars. We headed up to Thunderhill Raceway for new event, SVRA’s first time hosting a season opener. Weather was spotty with fear of rain all weekend but the Datsun Gods blessed each session with a nice, dry track. Usual suspects Meghan, Corwins, Nick and Cooper all helped support our clients Tom and Gabe. So we were the trifecta of B-Sedan awesomeness in group 8.” 

 

“Tom’s car fought us a bit but with help from Nick and Cooper we were able to get it back on the track for Tom to enjoy the rest of the weekend. We need more Alfas and 2002s out there…we are the huge 510s fan and biggest advocate for rhem but it would be cool to see a wide of variety of cars racing. I was able to win one of the races and Gabe was in the front of the field. Really proud of him going from mid-pack to top 5 racers. He will only get faster.”

 

Watch this video from Rob’s 510 in the B-Sedan Group 8:

You can see more race videos from the SVRA event on Rob’s YouTube Channel. Give the guy a thumbs up and subscribe while you are there! (Below) Rob Fuller, Troy Ermish and Jim Froula, Gabe and David all on the podium:

 

 

A weekend of great racing and good times

 

Special thanks to ZCG crew Nick and Cooper for kicking ass all weekend to ensure our cars were safe and running in top form. We had a great time and it was nice to see new faces and old friends like David Carroll. He won OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car in his LS-powered Z!

   

Join The Vintage Racing Fun

 

Interested in joining the vintage racing fun? Z Car Garage can help you prepare and support your race car at the track. We can also help you find a vintage race car! Contact Rob at the shop at 408-452-0350 or e-mail rob@Zcargarage.com for more details. Catch all of our race reports on zcarblog HERE and stay tuned for our race report from the 3/25 CSRG race event! More photos in the gallery below:

 

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Z Car Garage is featured in Nostalgic Hero’s coverage of the Z Owners of Northern California (ZONC) 50th Birthday Celebration at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, Ca. You can view the article HERE.

 

We had a great time attending the event and Rob Fuller displayed his #49 Joel Anderson IMSA GTU Datsun 240Z. Our client and fellow racer Glenn Chiou displayed his FAR Performance 240Z while Linda Williams displayed her 1972 Datsun 240Z OMS Pace Car Duplicate:

 

Z Car Garage also displayed the 2023 Nissan Z!

 

You can see our full report from the ZONC celebration with even more photos and video in this blog post HERE. Thanks to Hisahi Masui from Nostalgic Hero!

 

Our client Gary’s S30 with the Datsunworks KN20 twin-cam cylinder head is featured in the popular Japanese magazine, “Option”.

 

Supporting the 3.1L engine are our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes, Z Car Garage CV Axles, Jenvey ITB EFI with Haltech Elite management, Nissan 6-speed CD009a transmission and OS Giken 4.11 LSD. You can view the article HERE.

 

Big thanks to photographer Akio Hirano and Hideo Kobayashi for taking the time to visit Z Car Garage on their trip from Japan. Long Live The Z!