Steve Parmley

The red one is the tube frame car that was up for sale a while ago. Look at the front wheel offset, It has double a-arm. The black 72 has much more negative offset, both with 10 inch wheels

Some pics I took of it in the 80s with the first owner.( I used to live near Sears Point and followed it to the track one day) The current owner is a Camaro guy but sells a carbon fiber triple air intake for Datsuns on his website.

@Prieth. I saw Ira put on a larger fiberglass bumper for aero. Maybe why the 260Z listing? I don't know about the motor.

Earlier bumpers and brackets are lighter and tuck the bumper close to the body-as originally designed. There are mounting holes for both types of bumper brackets on the '73s. My avatar car is a '73 with earlier bumpers.

Wow, great find for low rust and very little undercarriage damage.

I will take a stab at this. I have 14x7 Konig Rewinds on my car. Datsun Zs are lug-centric, not hub-centric. You don't need centering rings on the hub. I would double check with the business you bought the wheels from.

Good stuff! I wasn't using my pipemaster to it's full advantage.

The center bore on the Celica wheels is too small for the front hub. I had mine machined out or you could use a spacer with longer studs. I ended up getting Konig wheels that I thought looked better.

Here's a pic from Paul Woodbury on my IMSA site of that sad situation.

Here is a note from the current caretaker of the car. When I get the full history I will post it on my IMSA website and in this thread too. "The BSR Sam Posey car is the replacement car for the original Bob Sharp IMSA GTU championship car that was totaled by Bob in early 1976. The Camel GT car was built by BSR under contract from RJ Reynolds Co.. The Camel GT car was converted to look like the Posey car. I restored the Camel GT car to proper livery for Adam (Carolla) about two years ago. I currently take care of the Posey car and it is in race ready condition. I will put something together for you to post with input from the current owner of the Posey car Allan Robbins."

A photo by Paul Woodbury and what he said about it. "This is the Camel GT pace car in 1986 at Road Atlanta. I was attending the SCCA Runoffs and walked around the back of a maintenance building and there it was. It was sitting in the red clay without any wheels. A sad sight to see for sure." It was restored and painted in BSR colors for vintage racing and recently restored to the pace car livery and is now owned by Adam Carolla.

I talked to James Garner on a movie set and told him how Grand Prix changed my life. My love for film and cars were born during a large screen viewing at the original Century theaters. He seemed to like that. We also talked about Bob Bondurant and I shared my story of spending a day with him doing a shoot at Sears Point. I saw a documentary on how the producer to this day regrets having James Garner and not Steve Mcqueen in this role. For me Mr. Garner nailed it.

Yes. I got a ride in that car from Vic. That thing could scoot.Here's a pic I took before the CCW wheels.

I agree with EScanlon . I had this problem and it was a vacuum leak. It was 15 years ago so I can't remember which hose.

Make sure your gas cap is cranked tight all of the way. I had gas spilling out in corners at an autocross years ago. ( I thought I had tightened the cap but it still had a bit more to go.)

FP national autocross champion, Andy Craig. I watched him autocross at several events including the time he hopped into the fastest BP Corvette in the nation and went quicker than it's owner. From the April 1989 Auto-X magazine.

I've done something similar on another car. A simple rollbar for the orange one is planned. Come to think of it, Jon Mortensen buit one like Mr. Ira's but then added a box underneath. Greg's build is so clean and well finished. I bet Pete Brock would approve of it.

A beautiful build! I want to steal the main hoop mounting idea for my autocross Z. I hope you don't mind. That's the first one I've seen done that way.

Fantastic work and dedication! I wish there were fewer "It wasn't as clean as represented" stories for those enthusiasts having to ship overseas.