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stupid off me wrong picture sorry Guus Z-point

Hi Rodd, this all what I have at this moment, you liki it? Guus Z-point

Hi Alan, Great car you have! Reminds me at properly the first Z car I saw from….. Tamiya. I still have the idea we have met in Holland at the racetrack in Zandvoort (‘90), is this correct? Did you ever have a red 240z very low a very fast? Have you seen me latest picture attached to this club, http://www.240z.org/photopost/index.php?photo=171&size=big I’m still busy to make the final touch; decals of Seiko, Dunlop and NGK. My friend and I are creating replica decals of all three firms. Sure I have seen the Z car of Vince; I visited Billing last summer and met him over there. Problem is his car is a 260Z! Before we went to Billing we visited Kevin at his garage. What a great place to visit. It looked a bit like my place, all sorts of parts in all corners, great. But what a dedication to make that historic rally car compatible again. I envy you because you had the opportunity to visit the rally twins and sit in them as well!! The first thing in my mind was “I want all of the 300 pictures”, the second and latest thing in the same mind was I stick to that. If that is a problem then I consider taking less but otherwise I very much like to pay for all 300! I do have a copy of Nostalgic Hero no.260 where the twins are being described, very nice pictures. I always thought Nissan had nothing to do with history but in on the contrary they do! After the cars where displayed I mailed my man at Nissan Japan to take action in finding those two. But he was too late, they where already brought back to the ‘museum’. And now you are coming with an offer, it’s amazing. You mentioned parts, what kind of parts are they? What I like to have are factory wheels, I know they exist but they are expensive! For the rest tell me. Regards, Guus Z-point

Those two cars you mentioned we have seen at the former placed pictures by Rodd from Australia. Scroll upwards and you find them.. Great stuff indeed. Always thought there gone! I really like to see more of your crawling under the car pictures!! I’m trying to give my car the looks of a MC rally no5 car therefore it would be very interesting to have a look at you pictures. I personally visit Kevin Bristow last year to have a look at his former rally car. He’s very dedicated to get that car on the road again. And he will I’m sure about that. Regards, Guus Z-point

Hi guys, Sure an article would be super!! The world isn’t that big anymore. I always thought the former rally cars were gone but this list brought me back on one foot. No Fred tells us even the Le Mans car is still alive….Is this heaven???? I’m back on two feet’s now. We do have pictures enough now we want to see the real Car. Fred by al means. Search and rescue!!! Greetings, Guus Z-point

Hi every one, My name is Guus van der Bol and I live in Holland where the tulips grow.Hi every one, My name is Guus van der Bol and I live in Holland where the tulips grow. I’m 48 years old and my job is driving passenger trains through the country. I’ve a lovely wife no kids, 5 dogs, 2 horses, a cat and a bunch of canaries. My first Nissan, a 280ZX, I bought in ’83 and kept it until 3 years ago. In the mean time I bought -the real car- a ’70 240Z from an American who worked in Great Britain. I overhauled the Z totally as you can see at my personal photo gallery and now the car is a look a like Monte Carlo works rally car. I’m in the Z ‘business’ from ’85, started in Holland the Z & ZX club, which has now 320 members. Well this is my story. Greetings from the other side. Guus

Hi guys, I like to attach a picture of a look a like paint code sticker. It’s from an original brochure. There’s not much to see but it’s a sticker at the place which you all spoke about. Regards, Guus Z-point

Rodd, Mike, Here is an interesting link to an article about the two Z cars. Rodd did you know about this? http://www.zdriver.com/articles/full_article.php?ID=84 I think I have to be friendlier next time to Mr Katayama maybe he will invite me one time. Guus

Hi Rodd, Is your name Westwood? In that case long time no see :-)) We spoke way back in '98 about modelkits of the no.5, remember? I knew about the cars are kept in a museum but did not know where. You brought me in a good direction, Nismo! I do have a Japanese magazine with awesome pictures of the two cars but as I can not read Japanese I did not know if it was an ‘old’ story or what. Now I know they are alive, yes!!! When I got my scanner back (broke up) I will send you the picture of the magazine. About the film you mentioned I do have some video about the safari but I have to dig in my stuff. I will come back to you a.s.a.p. Regards, Guus van der Bol Z-point Holland

It started in the early seventies. All the cars that participate in rallies had that color scheme, the Volvo’s, the Fiat’s, Porsches, BMW’s Datsun’s, Peugeots. The whole bunch, they all believed in it! This color scheme was modern at that time because it reduced the sun reflecting in the bonnet. That rallies mostly where driven in the Mediterranean countries like Spain, Italy, Greece, the Middle of Africa, and Portugal. They were a head of the world rally championship http://www.worldrallychampionship.net/ that is going on right now. If you visit this link a lot will be clear how ‘we’ did it in those rallies! Here are some nice links. I copied the pics from the Kyosho program. And as you could see, the rally cars and the Z432 from Datsun are equipped with a black bonnet. regards, Guus Z-point

I’m not quite sure about that statement . Go to the next links to find out its possible to rally with an old Z and by victorious as well http://www.lightman.co.uk/mjp/rally.html Check out Rick Hintz's Z-TEAM at http://zhome.com/Racing/RALLY/Hintz.htm A Z car has already a natural height from its self, you could see this as an advantage, that’s why it outraced the Porsches and the Ford Escorts in the safari rally’s in south Africa. They went flat out thought the deserts, bushes etc. Guus Z-point

Hi all, Yep mike, I am considering also to do historic rallying in Europe as well. I even adjust the colors of my Z car to it. It now has the looks of a Monte Carlo ’72 Z car. I will tell you the whole story later. regards, Guus vd Bol Z-point