Just returning from the five day Z party and wondering if anyone has started a thread yet? Had a total blast. Drank a lot of rum. Did some seriously fun things and met a WHOLE BUNCH of people. Three gold medallions - a 300ZX twin turbo, a 450 mile original 280ZX anniversary edition and a modified 240 that you had to wear sunglasses to look at. Top score was 297 and the low was a 291 ? I think. Ed took honors with his car.

A bunch of us did the poker run in the rental car and got lost, but we did manage to find three junk yards, five z-cars and a running car for sale that had a vinyl top kit on it. Track day at Watkins Glen was a cool concept of combining it with professional driving instruction. I checked out Steve Millen and Bob Bondurant. "gnosez" gave me a couple of laps in the club car - thanks John. Two vintage Bob Sharp cars were there.

Both Mr. and Mrs. K went for hot laps in a 350Z with Bob Bodurant driving, I think? We slapped a Toyo Tire sticker on the windshield of the rental car and did three rather quick "warm laps" as part of the track tour group. I got a chance to chat with Mr. K for a bit and we exchanged gifts. The NISMO guys brought a 2006 350Z track edition to show us and we got to see the new ad campaign that will hit Monday Night Football this fall.

Next convention is in Dallas, June 1, 2006 and the 2007 convention is in Florida some time in October. My artsy - fartsy pictures will be up soon. I see that the overhead group shot posed from the track day event has not hit this site and I want to ask that it not be posted. Technically, Nissan owns that photograph and has copyright to it. I was up there with the Nissan film crew and was asked...kind of after the fact. It was a great time. Came home with a ton of stuff. Great to see everyone. And as I said, I drank a gallon of rum!

We could be drifting off topic; perhaps this belongs in another thread, but here are some more pictures of the '70 with 23,000 miles. I seem to be terrible with a flash and some of my shots had so much glare that they are worthless. I had a few things in mind when I took these, especially because I didn't have any good photos of these areas.

I always like to look at the welding on this gusset plate at the top of the radiator mount. It seems to be unique to certain "periods" of construction, perhaps reflecting changing ideas about the chassis construction. My gusset welds are similar to the end welds on the gusset - live welded rivets. These show spot welds at the seam.

Then, I got some shots of the yellow factory paint dabs on the chassis fasteners. Can you see the original grease reservoir for the steering rack just below the oil pump?

I wanted a picture of an original horn. Notice the olive drab color and the screws are not cad plated. The back is silver zink plated.

The black paint on the front of the radiator support is brush painted including the hood hinge rods and the ends of the inner fender extension where the grill mounts. I would say about 25% gloss black.

The hole where the wiring loom passes through is covered in rubber.

No hood on the map light.

I'm still looking for seat belt hooks. That's orignal seat upholstery.

Everyone asks about the cover for the wiring harness.

That car seems to be a true survivor like everyone has mentioned. That is great! Does the owner ever drive it besides going to shows?

-Ben

No hood on the map light.

I'm still looking for seat belt hooks. That's orignal seat upholstery.

Everyone asks about the cover for the wiring harness.

The middle picture brings up another detail that I am curious about. Is the original carpet a "loop" or "cut pile" type. I have seen this argued both ways and I never really found out which is correct. What did you find inside of this gem?

TIA,

Marty

Loop with a sewn edge binding.

:stupid: So that's what the hooks on the seats are for!!! I feel like an idiot.

Hey Guys,

I've been out of town for the last two weeks and I'm now trying to catch up. I did win first in the Nissan Modified category. I've got the trophy to prove it :classic: . See y'all in Texas.

way to go ed!!!u earned it.

i wonder if there's a web page to get the rest of the results?

26th-Z should be letting us know when and were the results will be posted. I keep checking zcca.org for results, but nothing is posted yet.

Vicky

I still haven't seen a results list. However, this came from the photographers:

http://www.highlanddesignstudio.com/motorsport/Zcon05/Zcon05-home.html

Follow the links for the ZCCA convention. (You will notice these guys have links to other events - check out the LeMans Classic). Once on the convention link, there are tabs for pictures of the different events during the convention. All the pictures are for sale in different print sizes and a Cd is also available.