SteveJ

I forgot to mention earlier that one of the most popular raffle items at ZCON was one of the new reproduction gas tanks from S30.world. I got to see the tank up close, and it looks really good to me.

According to Randy, the ceramic coating is improved with each application. I don't know about filling surface imperfections. I'm pretty sure it won't show up as white where you missing buffing the way wax does.

It could have been worse.

It's ridiculously easy to apply. The surface is crazy smooth. I like it better than trying to buff out wax. My friend Randy got me hooked. (By the way, he's the owner of the Jaeger Bomb car that won the gold medal at ZCON 2018 and was in the lobby of the hotel at ZCON 2020.)

There were many 350Z NISMOs at the show. They arrived after my video. Also, there were plenty of S30s. It looked like there were more of them at the Judged Car Show than any other generation. The S130s were probably under represented.

@240260280, here are a couple of more photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/TSri4pb513RnJ1KNA https://photos.app.goo.gl/5Q73Rqkmo8Tp1Gj7A And there are some photos in this album, too: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xLN3ymszPDNSx87j6

That's right. It's got the 2.0L engine, too.

There are some in this album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/UxdKfupPw7E6ZDyh6 And here is one from the People's Choice show: https://photos.app.goo.gl/bE7jfujnnHmo35xo9

I took today off from work to recover from the ZCON trip, so I gave the 260Z a bath and used some C2 ceramic on it.

Mike Rogers' 432.

While attendance was down due to Covid, a lot of the hard core people were in attendance. For you people out west and in the plains, ZCON 2021 will be August 16-21 in Colorado Springs.

I got my video of the People's Choice Car Show uploaded. If you can, watch it in 4K.

He arrived on Monday and left on Wednesday. I had a chance to chat with him at the reveal of the Z Proto on Tuesday.

Interesting. I'll have to keep this one in mind.

Here is a panoramic photo I shot of the cars lined up on the front stretch. Unfortunately some of the cars up front got cut off. Before that, I was in the garage area talking on the phone with a friend. Then Chris Karl, head of the ZCCA, asked me if I wanted to ride along with him on the parade laps. I told my friend that I had to go, grabbed my camera bag, and hopped into the passenger seat. (Well, as much as my old bones would let me hop into the passenger seat of a 370Z.) I didn't have a chance to get one of my action cameras with gimbal, so I got my old handycam out of my computer bag and did my best to hold it steady while Chris was putting on a show for the ZCON videographers. Before that, the cars were lining up double file to go onto the track for parade laps. Again, no time for the steady camera equipment (sorry!), but I thought the video looked neat.

Dang it. Someone wiped out at track day. I thought it was Greg IRA from a distance. The driver is okay.

Sunrise at ZCON

Nissan put on a great show for the ZCON attendees today. The setting was great. They fed us and had cars from the Heritage collection on display. I had a blast. https://photos.app.goo.gl/NYnCcyg1rKe3VF6K8

Here's the video to go with the photos from the Judged Car Show.

Oh, and if they were broadcasting when someone in Nashville yelled, "Save the manuals!", that was me.

Alphonso said something during the presentation that I have been saying for a while. The original Z was successful because it was more than just another sporty car. It has a practical side (that I put to good use stuffing mine with all sorts of tools, clothes, camera equipment, etc. for the trip to ZCON) that made it where it could be your only car (if you didn't have kids). I'm hoping there is plenty of that in the new Z.

Judged Car Show photos. The video is being created as I type. https://photos.app.goo.gl/a3SkgrHAVDRmx82C8

Here are the rest of Monday's photos and a video from Suds & Shine: https://photos.app.goo.gl/UaeiMfMAhHnzXiQu6

What's worse: you saying that, or me immediately knowing where that came from?