EricB

Take a pic with your Z? It's halfway right now... Totality happens at 8pm PST... FYI -e

Trust = GReddy It's the same company... GReddy is a more recent name that's all... I've actually heard the Trust header is not so hot on the Zs... My $0.02 -e

Ben If you look through the gallery with "240ZR" you'll see pics of it come up - factory prep'ed ZG run by SCCN (Sports Car Club Nipon - if I'm not mistaken) -e

Alan, In your post you said some 432 bodies received LR24s late in their life. Are these smaller displacement versions of the LY cross-flow, or are they something else? And when you say that propelled the 432 into yet another class of competition can you elaborate as to who the Zs went up against then? I've seen plenty of old pictures from Fisco and so on of 432s sharing the track with so much more exotic purpose built but I had always assumed that it was merely a case of several groups running at the same time (like JGTC300 is on track at the same time asJGTC500), I didn't think the Zs were actually in the same group as them and racing them... wow. -e

For what it's worth, the first time I put my then nearly-stock Z on a set of scales I was real surprised to find out that the front to rear weight balance was very close to 50/50... As I recall it was something like 52-48... I don't know what I expected but I guess it wasn't that... Aero wise, the Z has the more slippery shape (especially ZG of course) so provided identical power plants I would bet on the S30 over the 2 and 4dr Skylines... I guess it could also come out to suspension and I do know the rear of the Skyline is set up differently than the rear of the Z - maybe someone here with more time on their hands can wax poetic about the pros/cons of either setup? -e

I wish you guys could read french... it's very very interesting.... basically i'll give you the quick synopsis: In '68 only 3 cars are imported to the only toyota dealership in the french speaking part of switzerland, it's in geneva. 2 cars (a red and a white one) are sold right away, the remaining white one is kept by the owner of the dealership. It is first registered Nov 15 '68. Unfortunately the dealership goes under & the owner sells the car to the father of the current owner on Nov 17 '71. The car becomes the weekend driver in a family that from then on is fascinated with Japanese cars. His father dies in 2000 and then he receives the car - he's loved. Has every service and repair duly noted and has every intention of keeping it for some time still... Very cool, -e