Collectible Automobile Magazine 240Z feature!

[WingZr0]

Just thought I let you all know that Collectible Automobile Magazine

has a really nice feature of the 240Z.

It even has a Yellow "240ZG" version supposedly driven by Mr. K himself.

As usual though they seem to have got the Goertz myth wrong again but

what magizine hasn't that featured the Z.

Well anyway I only glanced at it at the store so will make good

reading though for some one who buys it.

Some really nice Z pictures in there right from the open shot.

And the Best part is Classiczcars.com is the 1st listed on the car clubs

list ! Freaking AWESOOOOMMMMEEEE !

~Z~

Edited October 3, 2008 by WingZr0

[sblake01]

This car?

It kind of makes the 'rounds' but I not really certain how much Mr. K is involved with it any more.

[beandip]

Wing, I hadn't seen your thread or wouldn't have started another. I received the Magazine on the 1st and only had the time to read it last night. The Mention of Goertz , was in passing , and I didn't see them giving him any credit at all for the Z. They only mention that he was in the employ of Nissan prior to the Z and that his influence of design was seen on the Toyota which was too costly of a car. That the Z came later from Nissan, under Fumio Yashida which I believe is the correct info. In any event I think the article is a good one and one interested 240Z owners would enjoy.

Gary

[hls30.com]

Unless I have some misinformation picked up in Cleveland at the ZCCA convention from Johnnie herself, Mr. Ks Secretary has owned the car since '91, and it is now as Stephen pictured it in the Datsun Museum-not sure if it was a donation or a loan!

Will

[sblake01]

All the cars in the DHM are on loan. They only have space for about 15-17 cars so they rotate them out.

[mgmoreau]

Wing,

Thanks for the heads up! I stopped by Borders and picked up a copy. I will be reading it tonight. It's nice to finally see our Z's get recognition as being a collectible car.

Marc

[WingZr0]

This car?....

It kind of makes the 'rounds' but I not really certain how much Mr. K is involved with it any more.

Yep thats the one

I didn't even know about this car untill that mag.

Is it a ZG or a US Spec Z Mr. K had the nose put on.

Wing, I hadn't seen your thread or wouldn't have started another. I received the Magazine on the 1st and only had the time to read it last night. The Mention of Goertz , was in passing , and I didn't see them giving him any credit at all for the Z. They only mention that he was in the employ of Nissan prior to the Z and that his influence of design was seen on the Toyota which was too costly of a car. That the Z came later from Nissan, under Fumio Yashida which I believe is the correct info. In any event I think the article is a good one and one interested 240Z owners would enjoy.

Gary

Wing,

Thanks for the heads up! I stopped by Borders and picked up a copy. I will be reading it tonight. It's nice to finally see our Z's get recognition as being a collectible car.

Marc

Thats ok I too thought it was a good read and noticed that the mag did'nt really mention him as the designer which was shocking to say the least.

I'll be getting it later today and Borders and Barns and Noble are

great places to find this mg and Dsport magizine aswell.

I really like the Collector Automibiles monthly feature called

car spotter were readers send in pics of cars they find in thier

area or on road trips.

Z cars seem to turn up a good amount of time aswell

~Z~

[26th-Z]

That is indeed Mr. K's personal car and it is an HLS30 with a g-nose. Johnnie Gable's son owns the car.

I would like to see the article as Fumio Yashida may be taken out of context. Design credit is correctly given to the design team of Yoshihiko Matsuo.

[sblake01]

Mr. K is either 99 years old by the way we measure in the US or 100 by Japans method. It might have been his 'personal car' at one time but, as you say, Gable's kid actually owns it and while this makes for a good story, I'll bet Mr. K hasn't driven or had much else to do with it in years.

[WingZr0]

Mr. K is either 99 years old by the way we measure in the US or 100 by Japans method. It might have been his 'personal car' at one time but, as you say, Gable's kid actually owns it and while this makes for a good story, I'll bet Mr. K hasn't driven or had much else to do with it in years.

That is indeed Mr. K's personal car and it is an HLS30 with a g-nose. Johnnie Gable's son owns the car.

I would like to see the article as Fumio Yashida may be taken out of context. Design credit is correctly given to the design team of Yoshihiko Matsuo.

Righ you are/maybe, I'm sad to see they made no mention of the fact there

was a factory released race version which is Z432 namely the Z432 R !

Would of like to see more on the race on the the US and Japan side.

But any thing on the Japan would require sone serious in deapth knowledge

of not only the basic Japanesse information but the stuff even Alan wouldn't

know aswell, which is highly doubtful since he's so well imearsed.

But the article, to my point, has the info a "Novicely Learened" S30 enthusiest knows.

Although since this be the Z's fisrt real feature in this it seareves as a

baseline for the biginner to build upon which is good considering this

mag as been doing more indeapth info on the same make of any giving

car more and more over time with more details in each new

feature like a 57 Chevy BelAir every few months of so based on interviews from

different designers, builders and employes each time.

This philosophy in a mag of any kind is good.

I don't have my Copy on me to see writer is but it would be nice know where

he got his info and sources to write the story.

Hopefully if given new information and or insight will incourage to

write another more detailed article shading new light for us all .

Would love to see all things covered including the aftermarket since most

our Z's came from the factory as identicle twins with the only options

being manual or automatic basicaly :classic:

(Pretty much thats the only option you need ) ~Z~

Edited October 6, 2008 by WingZr0

[Arne]

I picked up my copy of this issue last week as part of my reading material for a couple of days away from home with no Internet. (Quite refreshing, actually.) It appears to me that the article was not intended to be comprehensive, but just to be a relatively detailed primer for US vintage auto enthusiasts who know what a 240Z is, but may not know much about them. No attempt to cover the wider S30 market, no JDM, euro or Aussie coverage at all.

If that was the intent, then I'd judge it as a success. A quick overview, but nothing new to knowledgeable Z owners. But we (Z owners) weren't the target audience.

I found the pictures to be interesting. My comments below:

Silver car on pages 40-41: Looks like a stock photo of the same silver Vintage Program car that is seen on the cover of Humble's book, in the R&T article on the Program, and other period publications. That particular car always looks like the hood has a problem, it always looks a bit droopy at the front to me.

Safari gold car on page 42 - A very clean looking '70, described in the caption as a Vintage Program car.

Yellow car on page 43 - Another clean Series 1. Appears to have original tires on it, and Amco rubber floor mats. The emissions equipment appears to be painted gold rather than cad-plated, but that's hard to say for certain from a small picture.

Green Series 1 on page 44 - I love this one. An obvious driver as evidenced by the discolored and dirty front crossmember and horns, and it looks like yellow road stripe paint inside the RR fender well. Also has rear louvers and aftermarket wiper blades. A well-loved (and driven) car.

Various period racing pictures (B&W) on page 45 - Morton, Sharp and Bondurant. Nothing new, but good to see.

Safari gold late '71 ("Series 2") on page 46 - Another nice-looking car, but with some odd details. Pretty rusty looking tailpipe with no chrome tip, the hubcaps are wrong ('72-76), the rims are painted silver instead of black/charcoal, the rear shipping tie-downs are on the car, and most oddly the rear bumper guards are mounted upside down!

Yellow G-nose on page 47 - The above mentioned car generally linked to Mr. K. Again, nothing new there.

Red '73 on page 48 - Yet another nice-looking car, this one an automatic. Very clean, but oddly, this one also has upside down bumper guards, the fronts this time!

Blue '73 on page 49 - Clean car with side stripes and Amco bumper bars front and rear.