I was watching an episode of "My Classic Car" where they visited the Lane Motor Museum, and I spotted a few Z's in the background. Upon visiting their website, I found no Datsuns listed. Hmm? Anyone know why?

http://lanemotormuseum.org/Cars/

Upon visiting their website, I found no Datsuns listed. Hmm? Anyone know why?

I think Nissan USA loans them the Nissans and Datsuns they have on display and rotates the cars periodically, so the museum doesn't actually own them, like their other vehicles. During the Zcon this summer they had the Bonneville 240Z, a 300ZX (Z32) convertible pace car, a 350Z (signed by a bunch of bands), and several Nissan protypes (non-Z related) on display.

-Mike

Makes sense. I thought maybe he had sold them off or something.

I saw that episode advertised, then forgot to watch it. :stupid: Having been there myself during Z-Con I wanted to see what Dennis Gage thought of it, and what he showed.

I ran into Mike B, where else, at the 3 Z's they had on display, 2 shown. I now know what numbers to look for on the glass, thanks Mike.

The others are from the Z-Con Car Show. Most, if not all, were on loan from the Lane Motor Museum just for this event.

When I was going through them I was wondering which one I would like to add to my growing Datsun collection. For some odd reason that newer Nissan Figaro captured my heart. Wonder what that could cost? Legal to import/drive in the States? hmmm

Bonzi Lon

Mike B's assumptions are correct in that the cars are owned by Nissan and the Lane Museum stores and displays them for Nissan. There are about 35 vehicles in total. The Lane Museum does a great job in rotating the vehice displays around. The 350Z that was signed by the "band" was the Z used during the launch of the 350Z and the band is Sheryl Crow's band. She conducted numerous, random to mini concerts for the launch activities.

The Lane museum has a very eclectic mix of vehicles and not your usual mix so if you are in Nashville make it a point to stop by.

The Figaro would be my choice, Bozi.