This car was at the SVRA 12 Hour Sebring event.

I didn't meet the owner. Is he here? Is anyone familiar with the car?

I noticed the HSR and NASA stickers on the car.

Listed as follows from the SVRA website:

Mahanor, Larry

1977 Nissan 280Z

Sunrise, FL

Not sure if a member.

I rememberd seeing it pictured on Dave's (arizonazcar) website, revisted it:

The owner is listed as Larry Mahanor as well. I believe he's been running that car for a number of years now and I don't think he's a member here.

A little search revealed he's the Competition Racing Director for NASA - Florida region. You can contact him here:

lmahanor@drivenasa.com

There is no privacy in an internet age...

There is no privacy in an internet age...

I was actually trying to look up what appears to be

Jack A Atwell

Accounting Services, CPA/??

Miami Lakes

I don't know if that's a current sponsor or if it's a vintage thing.

A little search revealed he's the Competition Racing Director for NASA - Florida region.

There is no privacy in an internet age...

That is interesting. One of the few rules in vintage is that a car must be retired from current racing groups. I don't write the rules nor will I enforce them.

I am surprised that the tech guys at SVRA didn't at least make him remove his NASA stickers before going out in the vintage group at Sebring.

I was also confused about the Nissan markings on the car. This is not period correct for a 1977 Datsun 280Z.

Listed as follows from the SVRA website;

Did you notice the two 1970 240Z's listed as raced by Terry Taylor of Sebring? And the 1971 Datsun 240Z raced by Guy Marvin of Jacksonville?

http://www.svra.com/SVRA/SVRAHome.nsf/attachmentweb/EJEN-7MR23T/$file/Entry+List+-+By+Name.pdf?OpenElement

I was also confused about the Nissan markings on the car. This is not period correct for a 1977 Datsun 280Z.

It's been 'period correct' since about 1934.

Nissan built it, after all.

It's been 'period correct' since about 1934.

Nissan built it, after all.

IMO, "period correct" means as it was raced. No one that I know of raced a 1970 Nissan 240Z or a 1977 Nissan 280Z. My 1981 car was a Datsun 280ZX, and the later cars were 1984 Nissan 300ZXs. There was never a Honda NSX.

It doesn't amount to a pile of beans :classic: ; it's just history. I always liked the Datsun name. It was a combination of the DAT Motors name and the "sun" on the national flag.

I also prefer Jaguar to Tata.

Alan, should I tell him or will you?

Alan, should I tell him or will you?

Beat my guest

You know, after thinking about it, I'll pass. Mr. Jagger seems to be quite happy within his own logic. I came to that conclusion based on another exchange we had in another thread. That's fine. I wouldn't want to be the one to deprive him of that bliss:)

...No one that I know of raced a 1970 Nissan 240Z or a 1977 Nissan 280Z.

...in the North American market. The rest of the world, however, is a different matter...

My 1981 car was a Datsun 280ZX, and the later cars were 1984 Nissan 300ZXs.

My '79 is labeled as such on the rear hatch: Datsun 280zx by Nissan

Transition time.

There was never a Honda NSX....

sold by that name in the North American market. Acura was/is the "luxury" brand from Honda meant for the North American market (yes, it has expanded to other markets as well) and needed a luxury/high performance model for the Acura lineup.

However, in all markets outside the NA one, the NSX was indeed labeled and marketed as a Honda, not Acura.

Not picking on you, just a friendly reminder that we are talking about a car sold in many markets, under two different names.

Edited April 21, 200915 yr by zbane