26th-Z

Ok, I'm following. But then he lists the eBay link. So I thought "this" was the '73 he was referring to.

I can't believe all the negative! It's not a "1973 Z" it's the Best of Show from the 2006 Z Nationals. It's a show car. For comparison sake, do a search and have a look at ZRush. This has nothing to do with original, Carl. This is a custom car. I would suppose that your Baja, being a very unoriginal (what? '72?), is worth no more than $2,500? Seriously! Compare it to ZRush. Personally, I think ZRush is much finer. But then ZRush is (in fact) worth twice the $45 grand this guy is asking.

Jim Frederick and I started a tradition back four years ago at the Long Beach convention. We all decided to go to Hooter's for dinner one evening. Of course, we drank a lot of beer and I ended up dancing on a table with balloons stuffed in my shirt. Jim and I continued the tradition in Syracuse. Rick stepped in for Jim in Dallas. But this year there was no excuse. Jim was celebrating his #16 parked in the lobby of the Hilton next to the new Nismo and Hooter's was right across the street from the track. We went for lunch a couple of times. Rick was Hoola-Hooping one day and Art Singer has movies of the next day. So, may I introduce Becca, our waitress for the two days. She was way cool and very friendly. It all started when she was carefully pouring a glass of beer from the pitcher. I told her she should pour faster to give us some head and that she would never get head if she poured that slowly. It started a great relationship and we all had a great time. This is Becca with me and Jim.

We won't know anything until the closing banquet Friday evening. Show winners are the best kept secret of the convention. Charlie Osborne didn't make it to the convention. Chris

Just got back. Track day was fun, sunny and Africa hot. Great pics, Will. Always a pleasure, Carl. The BRE Baja is way cool.

Congrats John! Hope to see you in Daytona.

Call me on my cell phone when you get to the track, Carl. I should be around and will be glad to help you. Don't take the rig out to the Hilton if you can avoid it. Why don't you just meet me at the track and I can take you in to the Hilton. You can park the rig in the lot outside the raceway for the time being.

I'll say how cool it is that he sent me this! I was floored! The "mook" is all in Japanese. I can't tell you much about the captions or text other than what Usami Masataka wrote about the article. I should take it to Daytona, huh? Here is the cover.

Mr. K sent me a magazine the other day. It is a Geibun Mook No. 564 from Nostalgic Hero. I think it is a July / August publication. Mr. K sent it to me in late August. It just got here. The issue is devoted to the Fairlady and Fairlady Z. A 240ZG is on the cover. There is an article about Mr. K and I thought you all might get a kick out of these two pictures as I don’t believe anyone has seen them before. The first one is "Mr. K is testing a prototype Flying Feather on the bank of the Tamagawa River. The car was designed by Tomiya Ryuichi and the car was built by Suminoe Manufacturing Company." The second one is “The car at the bottom is 1935 Datsun Phaeton and the second man from left standing on the other side of the car is Mr. K. A lady in kimono on the right is Mr. K's sister” This information relayed to me from Usami Masataka through Dan Banks who wrote; “appears to be a 1935 Model 14, with the Ford Y style radiator grill and the leaping hare hood ornament. What does the caption of that photograph say?”

Datsun didn't make a ski rack for the S30. You're safe! That is an aftermarket product. One of the things that contributes to the fame of the Z car is the influence it had on the development of the accessories aftermarket. We commonly see many items that were developed by emerging companies for the 240Z. This ski rack is one of them.

Car, What news! Vicky told me you were going to Daytona and altho I'm sorry to hear about the Baja event, how great you will be in Daytona.

Will, That must have been part of the tropical we have been dealing with for the past few days. Been raining like crazy here. I was going to say that Z-vention should be a good time and place to source some new parts!

Whoah! What a drag! Oh man, am I sorry to hear about that, Will. Come-on down to Daytona and we'll just party. Here's the latest / greatest car show layout. The ZCCA judged competition will be inside the Busch garages - somewhere around 90 cars entered. Then there is a display of cars in the Fan Park area as well as North of the Busch garages. I think around 150 cars are entered - total. CAR_SHOW_240go.pdf

Well then, why don't you have some assistance on this issue?

Write him and ask for a part # and look it up - or post it and I'll look it up. At first, I thought it might be a 432 tach, but I don't think so.