240Z to be on Car Crazy TV

[240Z-Fan]

... I hope to see it at the next show West coast I attend.

Oops. That should say:

I hope to see it at the next west coast show I attend.

Al

[janaka]

Hats off to you for a GREAT interview.

Awesome job!

Well done!

jason

[RolfSis]

Could not say it any better than Jason did. HATS OFF 2 U big time!

[Ron Carter]

Guys, thank you all!!

[justin260z]

That car gives me shiveries when i hear the engine. BEAUTIFUL!

[sblake01]

You ought to hear it up close......awesome as Datsun once said in their ads! And, Al (240Z-Fan), 'show West coast' is fine. It sounds like a google translation from one of the Japanese sites. I was there in 05, 06, and 07 with my truck, my 810, and my truck again respectively. I was going to bring the Z this year but the guys on Old Datsun Pickup Lovers talked me into bringing the truck again. And to R.C., I actually visited the shop in El Segundo back in the day and saw the original '46' 240Z as well as the other cars in the shop. You car looks as if you brought the original out of cryogenic hybernation! A very faithful reproduction. And, since the technology is better now, yours would probably out perform the original.

[justin260z]

Where is the original? Does it still exist? I dont have much knowledge much about the BRE 240z's.

[sblake01]

Not sure, maybe Ron knows. I think there's condos now where the BRE shop was.

[Ron Carter]

There is some folks that will dissagree with what I have found out about the remains of the 46 car, but here is what I know, and what I can back up. There are some people including Dan himself who will not admit that he had the 46 car, rather he claims to have wrecked the 03 car. But I have photos from Dan with the 03 pictured belonging to Jim Gammon and Dan's car (painted up as Number 5) from the same era which has to be the 46 car. So we know that Dan had one of the BRE cars but it was not his 03 car, and the vin number of 03 car that belongs to Gerry Mason is not even close to the original vin for the 46 car.

So I conclude that the original BRE #46 car was sold to Dan Parkinson in late 71 or early 72. Dan repainted the car white and blue and ran the car as number 5 (I have photos of the log book of this car) This car was wrecked at Phoenix in 1973 or 1974, the body was completely destroyed and is gone.

Dan removed what parts he could salvage and some of those parts were run on his next car a 280Z.

Sblake01, you are one of only a few people that I know that ever visited BRE. Thank you, we worked very hard to recreate the BRE #46 240Z. I will say that I had LOTS of experts helping me on this car. Not only Peter Brock and John Morton, but PDK Fabrication, Classic Datsun and Gerry Mason were all key players in making this happen.

I would sure like to see my replica, the #3 car owned by Gerry Mason and the #300 car owned by Carl Beck together for a photo opportunity.

[justin260z]

Wow. I learn something new every day. Thanks for that information Ron!

[RolfSis]

WE learn something new here every day! Wow! When Ron said "Ron wrote " I hope I represented the Z community well.' SO 100% on spot!

Wowie-Zowie, I'm a computer techno person, never car-expert, but you've all sure shown all of us onlookers stuff. THANKS! WHEW!

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?p=235777&posted=1#post235777

[Ron Carter]

there is a lot of drama with all this great history...And it was a unique time in US history and a major shift in the automobile marketplace.

The guys that lived this were mavericks, and worked and raced hard. There are still a few of them around today, their stories are unbelieveable, the stuff they pulled....I hope that someone can put together a factual story that encompasses this era in motor racing. I have had the privelage to meet and get to know several of these guys and they are something else.

They are thrilled to see the return of these cars.