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Sorry, can't do that. It's against my religion Can't you delete some of those later models to make space for the brothers and sisters of the '240Z', '260Z' & '280Z'? Probably too late now. Don't you just hate whiners?

I can't vote. I have two first-generation S30-series Z cars that don't feature on the list......

Found a site with an action shot of Big Sam at Goodwood: Action shot

The NZ Herald article states that the accident involving the Z happened at Kerepehi on the Haruaki Plains on Sunday ( 26th ). The accident involving the British tourist happened "....on State Highway 1 between Cambridge and Hamilton on Thursday" - which would be the 23rd.

Some 'bonus' pics from Goodwood....

'Big Sam' - the well known 240Z race car - was invited to participate in the 2005 Goodwood Festival of Speed here in the UK. Owner ( and classiczcars.com member ) NickH drove the car up the hillclimb course, and was rubbing shoulders with some fairly legendary names. I was there on set-up day ( Thursday ) and official practice day ( Friday ) and managed to take a few static pics. See them here: Big Sam - Goodwood 2005 See more information about the event at the official Goodwood Festival of Speed site: Goodwood Festival of Speed Cheers, Alan T.

Put them all up. Let God sort 'em out.....

Hi 26th-Z, The picture shows the car in the 1975 race. The same car ran again in the 1976 event, ending with a fatal crash. The car was an ex-SCCN Works circuit race car from Japan, and not the ex-Works rally car that it was pretended to be by the attachment of the rear number plate. We've covered the subject on this site before a few times I remember. jmark, Hard to recommend any one book in particular. You might need a collection of Japanese 'mooks' ( magazine books ) and even then they tend to miss a lot out. The definitive book is still waiting to be written.......

Well, on the true Works rally cars the damping rates were not adjustable on-car in the field. The damper units were made at the Factory rand that was it. Changing bump and rebound was only possible by re-valving, which meant stripping and re-gassing. Those numbers seem to relate to the later style units. Are you sure that they are correct? I would have expected them to have the E7213 second number on the BRE Baja car, or even to be the extra-long E7220 "Rally" struts with the fixed platforms? The E4622 second number doesn't seem to show up until around late 1975 according to what I'm looking at. Have you got the right numbers? Are they Atsugi, Tokico or Ampco-built units? I think you will struggle to find genuine parts to rebuild them with. If it is just the seals that are at fault then you might be able to find equivalents, but any of the other internal hardware is rocking-horse sh*t. Why not consider putting cartridges inside the original outer tubes? Yes, I have first-hand Factory data on the true Works cars - but it is pretty complicated and you have to understand what was matched with what. As usual with race cars, the specs were something of a moving target, and you need to be careful not to confuse yourself. Please don't mix up the Sports Option / Datsun Competition parts with the real Works suspensions. The Works competition department took the Sports Option parts and built new / modified units from them - with different parts, specs and hand fabricated details ( such as the tubes for the Halda drives on the front legs ). They were quite different. I can try to help with regard to the spring data you need, but I'm scratching my head at those E4622 numbers you quoted because they seem to be later than they should be. The full numbers are stamped onto the strut tubes, aren't they? Were these the units that have been on the car all along, or were they sourced separately?

Emil, Let's talk about this in PMs and emails. jmark, My current avatar image depicts SCCN works driver Moto Kitano crossing the finish line of the "Race De Nippon" event, held on 12th April 1970, in his SCCN works Fairlady Z432-R. He shared the car with fellow SCCN works driver Masahiro Hasemi, and they took pole position and won the race overall as well as their GTS class. This was the first major race win for the S30-series Z car worldwide, I believe.

Har har har har har. So does the "World Championship" of baseball. Yeah. All of them are complete idiots. Send 'em out on coarse sand, dried up salt, crater-strewn lunar surface and wet snow. Then we'll see who can drive worth a damn, eh Sopwith? ( let's not mention rain though, in case those extremely talented oval drivers get antsy.... ). Yeah! Primarily. Like, er - two or three of them. Not like any other form of motorsport, eh? Whoa! Selling the "Motorsport Capital of the World" a bit short there aren't you? Those guys obviously never even realised they were in the capital of motorsport, in the capital of the World. The fools! It's obvious. What they need is sopwith21! Either that or Danica...... [serious head on] Sir, if this debacle hadn't taken place in the Capital Of The World then I'd bet you wouldn't even have noticed it. Meanwhile, the world still rotates around you. Personally, I'm more interested in what went on at a rather more important and historic 24 hour race in France that I wasn't able to attend this year. I think you'll find the 'Vettes did quite well this time.........[/serious head on]. Loxahatchee over and out.

Er, nice thought Gav - but I'm probably the last person who would know what was going on in the USA in 2006......... Welcome to the site, Daffy :classic:

Yeah, we saw it all unfolding in front of us on live terrestrial TV here in the UK. With the time difference between the USA and UK, it was broadcast at a really nice time. I must say, ITV F1 commentator Martin Brundle was superb - a shining beacon of common sense in a sea of stupidity. Sad that the only race held at the RCoTW to be covered live on UK terrestrial TV ended up as such a farce. I should imagine that F1 will not be going back to the Brickyard in 2006. That won't be such a pity in itself ( the most commonly-used expression of the infield section at Indy has been "Mickey Mouse" ) but it will be a great shame if F1 doesn't go back to the USA and race at a more suitable circuit in 2006 and beyond. Predictions for 2006: Max Mosley to go. Michelin to go. Caesar's Palace parking lot to be resurfaced.