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ZCON is still a go as far as I know. Chris Karl posted a few times on Facebook this past weekend when he and some of his ZCON team were in Nashville locking things down. Not exactly sure how they are going to deal with the big crowds, especially at the opening and closing banquets, but I understand they have a plan. If I hear anything else I'll try and provide an update here. Mike.

Since you got to share. . . now it's my turn. . . . This is what the inside of a water pump looks like when you park a Z for 17 years with the fluids left in. I can't wait to see the electrolysis between the head and the block. So exciting!

WOW!! . . . reminds me of the old adage. . . . . "If brute force isn't working, it just means you're not using enough"

Interesting observation regarding the headlight opening as a potential conduit for overspray. Given the broad and intense coverage and specific areas of coverage on my left side, this could not be explained by casual overspray thru the headlight opening. There is no doubt in my mind that this degree of coverage is a result of intentional spray directed thru the fender arch. It is likely a fellow painter on the right side was less intense on his approach. That suggests to me that these are all cut-in areas roughly applied prior to the higher quality exterior coat. The same could be said for the rear wheel wells with very intense and thorough coverage on top of some kind of protective layer to absorb impacts from road debris. BTW - the car had 92k miles when these pics were taken.

Socially distanced,

So fraud, basically. I have often found it 'interesting' how quickly and freely Mr Larry Stepp ('Lstepp4re' on Bring-a-Trailer) and Mr Robert Jackson ('The240ZGuild' on Bring-a-Trailer) have been able to get their comments past the scrutiny of BaT administrators and published tout de suite. It's almost as though they were getting favourable treatment. Whenever I've tried to leave a comment I often find a long wait (if I'm lucky) or it just doesn't get published. And if it does get published, it only takes five individuals to get a comment flagged as 'Unconstructive' and deleted, so easily open to cliques who find a particular comment not to their advantage. Mr Larry Stepp, Mr Robert Jackson/'The 240Z Guild' and Mr Randy Nonnenburg/'Bring-A-Trailer' are all heavily featured in the same chapter of the new Pete Evanow book. Interesting...

@HS30-H reading between the lines, i'm guessing you're not a fan?

Page 71: "The red, white and blue Datsun logo and brand reflected a fusion of Japanese heritage (the rising sun) with American patriotism". What...?! How on earth was that logo anything at all to do with "American patriotism"? This is almost a cargo cult level of nonsense. They say that 'man created God in his own image', but here's America seeing itself reflected in something that has nothing to do with it. Bonkers. Here's a Nissan Jidosha KK 'Datsun' brochure from 1934. I think its a fairly sure bet that Nissan didn't come up with their new 'Datsun' logo's colouring as any kind of hat tip to the USA:

I see the new book repeats the oft-repeated mistruth about the Z's "debut": "Datsun formally introduced the car in New York City on October 22nd, 1969, following that with its Los Angeles debut two days later with the same car." In fact, Nissan had formally introduced the S30-series Z range (not just one variant...) to invited press, dealers and key suppliers at their Ginza, Tokyo head office and showroom on October 18th and 19th 1969, as a preview of the new cars before the general public would see them at the opening of the Tokyo Motor Show. How does the New York Pierre Hotel event on the 22nd trump the Tokyo Ginza showroom event on the 18th? Both were private, invitation-only events for the same types of attendees. If the Pierre Hotel event counts as significant, then so should the Tokyo, Ginza event. And the Tokyo, Ginza event happened FIRST. The REAL debut - the public debut - of the new S30-series Z range was on 24th October 1969, at the Tokyo Motor Show. Over the course of two weeks more than 1.5 million visitors would pass through its doors: