Mike Posted April 21, 2004 Share #13 Posted April 21, 2004 The most beautiful and example of the best work ? I'd have to nominate Alan's car. Must be something about those Brits...His Brown ZG is absolutely gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted April 21, 2004 Share #14 Posted April 21, 2004 Thanks to kyteler and Mike for mentioning my car. I must say that the body and the car's general exterior appearance ( apart from the wheels of course ) is exactly as it would have left the Factory with - so any plaudits have to go to Mr Yoshihiko Matsuo and his team, and the Nissan Motor Co. - rather than to me. Now I'm going to have to nominate a fave of my own. One car that has always captured my imagination, and given me an image that I can always go back to when I start to doubt what the early Z car was all about, is the Fairlady Z432 that took pride of place on the Nissan Motor Co. stand at the 1969 Tokyo Auto Show. This car was on a rotating circular platform all on its own, and Nissan considered it as the premium model amongst its new Fairlady Z range. I also like ( naturally! ) the 432-R model that debuted at the same time, as that was just so special, but the 'normal' 432 at the show just looked so good and so fresh that I have to nominate it as a fave. You can imagine that this particular car would have had a VERY low VIN number ( fun to imagine just how low it might have been..... ) and wouldn't it be nice to imagine travelling back in time and giving it a good look over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted April 21, 2004 Share #15 Posted April 21, 2004 Here's another view: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav240z Posted April 21, 2004 Share #16 Posted April 21, 2004 I have loads of favorites, I really couldn't say my favorite I might agree with 240zx on this if I was pushed to really choose. I love Tod Kaneko's car and i believe he's a mechanical engineer so it would be a true pleasure to drive. I like all kinds of Z's for different reasons so I can't say for sure but I think it will mean i will have more than 1 Z (again) at some stage . Gav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted April 21, 2004 Share #17 Posted April 21, 2004 Hey Alan,Out of curiousity, are those Bridgestone tyres or Dunlops? also, did they come with the text painted in or was that done afterwards, do you know?It certainly is a nice car to sit and admire as well.How is your replica coming along? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted April 21, 2004 Share #18 Posted April 21, 2004 Hi kyteler,They were BRIDGESTONE "SUPER SPEED" radials.I believe that these came with the yellow lettering on them ( and the BS logo too ) and that this was not just applied for the show.My 432R replica is coming along - albeit very slowly. While the weather has been bad here I have been bringing parts home to work on them in the warm. I have parts of the car everywhere at the moment! I'm busy with other home-related stuff recently - so I just do bits and pieces as and when I get the time and energy.However, the weather has been picking up a little lately and I've been spending a few evenings laying under the body - cleaning it all up around the diff and trans tunnel area. There was still a lot of ancient underseal and Factory silver paint under there, and I've been scraping it all off. Very messy, but somehow very satisfying to get back to bare metal in those areas......Cheers,Alan T.:classic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v12horse Posted April 21, 2004 Share #19 Posted April 21, 2004 There are many cars that come to my mind as being the most beautiful Z, but one of the Z's that sticks out in my mind is Kats 240z for his attention to detail and the complete originality of his car. http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2754&password=&sort=2&thecat=500P.S. The pictures of the Fairlady Z432 at the 1969 Tokyo auto show were breath taking. -Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted April 21, 2004 Share #20 Posted April 21, 2004 Alan (HS30-H), thanks for the info, I thought I could read Bridgestone on the tyre but wasn't sure. Looking forward to seeing your next selection of project progress photos v12horse, I agree kats car is beautiful, everyone should be forced to take a look at it for me personally though there's something weird about looking into a car especially a Z and seeing the steering wheel on the wrong side I'm sure you probably experience a similar feeling looking into RHD cars Regardless there's been some very nice cars listed and shown I wish people would add some more, I like checking out the best of the best (after Skylines ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee Posted April 21, 2004 Author Share #21 Posted April 21, 2004 So the 432's didn't have over-riders did they Alan? Or was this an option across the range?? Aussie cars all seemed to get over-riders, but I guess they all got 5-speed boxes as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ManyZs Posted April 21, 2004 Share #22 Posted April 21, 2004 Even though I've never seen one, the 432R's would be my first choice. One of these days it would be nice to see one hit the US and make the rounds of all the shows.....be willing to bet it would stir up a lot of interest and increase attendance too.... Second choice would be any of the BSR, BRE or any of the Japanese road race cars (factory or privateer) as long as they are kept as close to original as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted April 21, 2004 Share #23 Posted April 21, 2004 Originally posted by Gee So the 432's didn't have over-riders did they Alan? Or was this an option across the range?? Aussie cars all seemed to get over-riders, but I guess they all got 5-speed boxes as well! Hi Gareth,That's right - the bumper over-riders were a Factory option on the Japanese home-market cars. There were lots of other options too.Australian ( and UK - hell, even German and French! ) market cars were all pretty-highly specced from the Factory, and included 'sportier' suspensions ( harder dampers, stiffer springs ) and 5-speed transmissions. They usually came with rear anti-roll bars too.The Japanese home market probably had the best choice of Z models, specs and options overall - especially after October 1971 - "in my opinion".......... :classic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted April 21, 2004 Share #24 Posted April 21, 2004 Originally posted by 2ManyZs Even though I've never seen one, the 432R's would be my first choice. One of these days it would be nice to see one hit the US and make the rounds of all the shows.....be willing to bet it would stir up a lot of interest and increase attendance too.... Yes I agree - a 432-R or even a 'plain vanilla' 432 would surely be a most interesting addition to a US show I would have thought. That has to be a possibility for the near future? With Japanese owners bringing their cars to US events in the past ( and 2004 too? ) surely it would be a good idea to invite / sponsor at least one 432 and owner to come along? Did they get sponsored / expense-paid last time? What was the deal with that? Did Nissan pay? I noticed the stir that the red LY-engined car caused when it was brought to the Las Vegas show a couple of years ago. It would be nice if USA-based enthusiasts could hear what a nice S20 engine sounds like and what a nice complete and fairly original 432 looks like. Maybe it will even happen this year.......... :classic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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