Autoway Nissan of Clearwater Car Show

[26th-Z]

The car show at Daytona this fall should be a killer show. The stock 240 class has eight entries. I seem to recall the stock 280 class is full - check out the silver and black 280ZX Turbo. 1981 - one of three painted that scheme and imported in to Canada. A gold cup candidate. ZWolf, ZRush, and I hear Primidona. John Thomas' national championship FP Solo car. An exciting group that is heating up are the street modified and Nissan modified 350Z classes. Airbrushed doors seem to be quite the rage.

[Carl Beck]

If the turn out at Autoway is any indication - the ZCCA Annual Convention held this year in Daytona should be a huge event. Clearwater is somewhat "out of the way" as it were here in Florida. We're on the Gulf Coast and not a major city. We are not necessarily a center of sports car activity either.

Good to get to spend some time with hls30.com (we were up until past 2:00AM the night before) and 26th-Z made it up to Clearwater Saturday as well. I'd guess that in total there were well over 60 cars at the event (not all entered in the show). Amazing amount of really special cars there too.

I think the success of this event should be very encouraging to the organizers.. looking forward to Oct.

The major surprise for me - a friend from Tampa brought his Orange 72 Datsun S/W (which won a trophy in the People Choice competition). He had just purchased it the week before - and it looks a lot like the one I just a few weeks earlier!! Same color and same year!! I hadn't even seen a 510 on the roads around here in the past five or ten years and all of a sudden there are two!!

darn - forgot to take a camera....

FWIW,

Carl B.

[hls30.com]

For those who missed it-you really did!

Carl shared things about Zs I never knew(and showed some parts I couldn't believe I was seeing!), Chris dispelled lots of rumor, inuendo, fears, and mystery from the Judging process with his presentation on judging.

[hls30.com]

Sorry, had to make them smaller-this is around 30 of a big bunch!

[hls30.com]

well, here's a second try!

[hls30.com]

And a third attempt...

[hls30.com]

And moooore...

[hls30.com]

And the last few samples...

[26th-Z]

Great pictures, Will.