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I’m still a bit jealous that American garages are so much wider then European once. I can fit my Z in my garage but working on it becomes impossible and not to mention the inability to even place shelves or cabinets to store things. A standard garage here is only 3 meters wide (9,8 feet) and mine only has a 2 meter (6,5 feet) wide door. I would kill to have the space of a double garage with room for a two post lift but my only option is a Quickjack. Picture of my 280z without doors and fenders inside of the garage for reference.

Mitchell, my garage is actually a three car garage. It is a double, or two car garage at the front, but double deep on one side. The lift is going at the back of the double deep side. I will use it as a service lift occasionally, but storage the rest of the time. I may put a quick jack at the front but as yet, I’m undecided. I have had many times over the years where I had small garages like yours. You bring up an interesting point though, some places in the United States have no garages at all. This shapes the culture in these areas. I work 10 miles from home. My son, in New York works 15 miles from home. I wouldn’t dream of taking public transit as it would take me an hour plus and require two bus transfers. My son, has no garage, he therefore has no car. He walks four blocks to get on the subway and it drops him o block from his building on Wall Street. (Architect, not finance) he goes everywhere by public transit. Here in Northern Nevada, mostly lower income people ride the bus.Because it is more difficult for him to just get in the car and go shopping, he and his wife have just about everything delivered. Small local restaurants can at least subsist because people walk and buy local. For us, here at home, those small locally owned businesses get starved by the big corporate places. That homogenizes many cities. You go to Atlanta and Starbucks is just the same as home save the barrista’s accent. My son knows all of the neighbors in his condo, I know Brian and Davis to the left and right of my house but almost no one else. Europes narrow streets and small garages shaped how cars are built and some features. There is good things about everywhere in the world. I love Europe’s centuries old buildings, cobblestone streets, character.

Hi, Some of you already know about this event, it was held in November 2025. 16 cars displayed in the Keihanna hotel event hall on Sunday 2nd, then town driving from Kyoto to Nara, and Mie on Monday 3rd. All the owners are my very best friends, I have kept in touch since I have got my first car. So I asked each owner to get together to show our cars for S30.world team members. I thank you Chris the founder of S30.world. If without him, It would never have happened. And I thank all the Japanese owners. They drove several hours just to show them for this event. Takeuchi san drove 7 hours in his Z432R from Chiba, Ise san took a ferry boat 600miles from Hokkaido with his LY280 engined ZG. I was so happy that I was able to collect 16 cars, the best of the best in Japan. And every time I see everyone’s smile in this video, it rewards me a lot. Maybe some people have no idea what cars they are, please ask me here, also Alan and other S30.world members would love to answer for your questions. Kats https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FWV-wu_A40Q&pp=ygUIUzMwd29ybGQ%3D

This is an article about the trip, very well written and nice pictures included. It’s only a half of the Expedition, more will be coming later. Kats S30.worldS30.world - Japan Expedition 2025 - Part IJapan Expedition 2025 - Part I

Ok, exhausting day. Last week, I got an email telling me my 4post lift was at the local warehouse and ready for pick up. I chose today, as I herd residents around the local trauma center Monday through Wednesday. I had to rent a forklift and that came at 0900, the truck driver called while I was thanking the driver from the forklift rental company. The truck showed up at 1000 and it took the better part of two hours to get the crate in to the garage. It is 13’ long and weighs 1800#! I started unpacking it this evening, but my garbage containers got pretty overwhelmed. I will haul the rest to a dumpster Saturday. Can’t wait to set this up!

I don't know about anyone else, but what was left of my originals and my Japan-made repros all have the INSPECTOR space on the inside face. One of my repros was signed by Yasuharu Namba, for fun.

Thank you Alan, you helped a lot for our Japan Expedition. Your experience in Japan and knowledge of history, culture, etc are very wealthy, also speak Japanese just like me. It was a big decision to me to organize this event but I said yes because I have you Alan. You managed things between team members and Japanese people. Also I thank you our all of team members, a lot of tasks we shared and accomplished. Japanese owners were so delighted with original design sweat shirts, special stickers and sun visors. And a BIG banner hanging on the wall! Florian, Germany Nils, Switzerland Gavin, Australia Jeff, United States Glenn, United States Tom, Hungary Jon, UK Jos, Netherlands And Alex, Switzerland photographer made awesome job for entire trip with us. Thank you! Kats I feel I need to show people how we started in October 2024. The opening of the museum.

Kats, I'd like to thank you once again for being the man who actually made all this a reality and a success. Without your months - if not years - of work in planning and preparation, your excellent Japan-wide connections and trustworthiness it simply would have not been possible. From choosing the venue (the Keihanna was a PERFECT choice) to bringing some of Japan's very best S30-series Zs and their owners from far and wide, so much went into it that many of the participants were unaware of. Your family were also working hard behind the scenes and made great sacrifices for us, which we all benefitted from. One thing that possibly doesn't come across in the video is the esprit de corps felt by all involved. We all - visitors and participants - converged on the Keihanna Plaza hotel in dribs and drabs over the course of a day or so. 'Our' team members from Australia, USA, Germany, Switzerland, UK and Holland while the Japanese participants arrived in their cars from all corners of the country. The atmosphere was laid back, friendly and fun. Getting the cars into the hotel's event hall and in pre-planned position - mostly on Go-Jack skates to preserve the floor surface - quickly developed into a military operation with everybody playing their part in good humour. A great atmosphere. And oh the lunchtime and evening socialising! I'm not sure the local hostelries and eateries knew what hit them... The drive-out was another dimension. It's one thing seeing the cars static inside, but convoying together in such beautiful countryside the cars - and owners - came alive. I'm something of a veteran in visiting Japan but for some of our group it was their first time, and how lucky they were! I kept telling them that it took me many years to see some of these cars and to drive/ride in them in rural Japan, but here they were getting the full VIP treatment from the get-go. Like winning the lottery jackpot with their first ticket! Moving on to a new hotel base in Yokohama for visits to Nissan HQ, NISMO and the Nissan Heritage Collection at Zama were the icing on the cake. So, again, thank you Kats. You made A Dream Come True for many people...