BRE 240Z Medallions

[Mike B]

I just came across this on the Seattle Craigslist.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/pts/304252990.html

What do you guys think? I'm not familar with the history of the 510 BRE medallions and I don't think it is something I would put on my car, but it looks like good quality work for a reproduction.

-Mike

[Mike B]

These are the 510 Medallion and shift knob he refers to, for comparision

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/pts/304209038.html

-Mike

[Goose52]

I don't know if BRE issued 240Z medallions or not ... but they did indeed design a commemorative wreath for the 240Z just like the 510 design.

The attached photo shows this design silk screened on the vinyl case for a BRE/Interpart bra that I bought at the parts counter at the BRE shop in El Segundo in 1972.

Note how the repro medallion says "C PRODUCTION CHAMPION" when the actual design says "NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1970/71"

FWIW

[WingZr0]

Check out this Cats two items.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Large-Datsun-240Z-BRE-Medallion-Fairlady-Z_W0QQitemZ320099277756QQcategoryZ13561QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Large-Datsun-510-BRE-2-5-Medallion-1600-Bluebird-SSS_W0QQitemZ320099273142QQcategoryZ13561QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

~Z~

[WingZr0]

HAHAHAHA.... Same stuff ! :cheeky:

[Mike B]

Check out this Cats two items.

~Z~

It's the same guy. In his craigslist ad he says that he also sells on eBay.

-Mike

[Carl Beck]

I don't know if BRE issued 240Z medallions or not ... but they did indeed design a commemorative wreath for the 240Z just like the 510 design.

The attached photo shows this design silk screened on the vinyl case for a BRE/Interpart bra that I bought at the parts counter at the BRE shop in El Segundo in 1972.

Note how the repro medallion says "C PRODUCTION CHAMPION" when the actual design says "NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1970/71"

FWIW

Hi Goose52:

I was thinking that by 72 - the Parts Counter would have been at Interpart. At any rate - the original run of 510 Badges and Medallons were lost when the Interpart shop burned... and they moved to a newer location and reopened. I'm thinking that was around 74 or so...

You wouldn't happen to have any pictures of the original BRE Shop would you?

Carl B.

[Goose52]

Hello Carl,

I think you're right - I probably should have said Interpart - not the BRE shop (as in where the race cars were built/maintained). I have no photos of my trips to El Segundo back then. I have a vague mental picture of the front of the building and the parking lot and the small area where the parts counter was. It was a larger industrial building and I have no idea what was going on in the rest of the building. On one visit, I remember there was a nice 510 parked out front with fender flares and Libre wheels - don't know whose it was.

FWIW, I still have 4 Interpart catalogs - the one dated 2-1-72 shows an address for Interpart at 141 Oregon. The other 3 catalogs (8-1-72, 2-1-73, 1-1-74) all have an address of 100 Oregon. So, at least through January '74 Interpart was on Oregon in two different locations.

Also, as shown in the photo, the 510 stuff was still shown in the 1-1-74 catalog so if there was a fire, it must have been later in '74.

Wayne

[Ron Carter]

Well this is a must have for my collection of stuff...So yeah I bid on it...

Even if it is not authentic, its a conversation piece. If I can get a couple I will be sure to send one to Peter I am sure he will get a kick out of it.

Ron

[Zs-ondabrain]

I actually know the guy, His name is Pat Green and he lives in Everett, just up the road from me. He showed me the 510 Shift knob at the Golden Gardens show on the 25th of March. Great guy and GREAT badge. Beautiful wooden knob with a great smooth finish. I'll be getting one for sure.

I told him to send me the info on them and I'd show them to you guys but it looks like MikeB beat me to it.

He's also going to make the glovebox emblem in the same style and you can damn well bet that I'll have one of the first ones he offers.

Dave.

P.S. He also mentioned Key fobs to me as well. we'll see.

[26th-Z]

This thread comes on the heels of another hot topic last week about the sale of a 510. I would like to make clear that Interpart was a company formed to sell BRE stuff and market the BRE name. Interpart and BRE were two different entitites and Peter Brock (BRE) had only financial interest in Interpart. This stuff we are talking about is Interpart stuff from the Interpart catalogs. I have the 1973 Interpart catalog and the 240Z championship logo is not listed. When the Interpart shop burned, as Carl pointed out, most everything was lost and Interpart turned to marketing Mullholland (check spelling) shock absorbers. That is the reference I use to associate the fire to the company history. Would love to have copies of the other catalogs, Goose.

[Goose52]

This stuff we are talking about is Interpart stuff from the Interpart catalogs.

Understood. My bad for saying "BRE shop" in my first post above. I was obviously at Interpart as I drove over to the address that was on the catalog.

It is important, of course, to assure that our oral and written accounts reflect the correct roles of the various entities that contributed to the collective history of our Z-Cars. So it is indeed important to reflect the role of Interpart in the big scheme of things.

OTOH, 35 years ago, if you lived in SoCal and wanted "BRE stuff" (like the decal in the below photo - still on my front side markers after more than 34 years) ... you drove over to El Segundo to the store. The ownership and relationship of Interpart to BRE was unknown to most of us at the time and we weren't really thinking that this was Interpart marketed, and sometimes BRE-logo'ed stuff!