Zcon 2013

[gnosez]

2013 ZCON

26th Annual International Z Car Convention

Sponsored by: Z Car Club of New England: www.zccne.org

Dates: August 5th through 9th of August

Registration scheduled to be up and ready by week of December 17th

Location: Nashua, NH

Hotel: Crowne Plaza 2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua, NH 03063

Hotel Website: (www.cpnashua.com)

Rates: $109./night w/early registration (before March 1st 2013) and $119/night after March 1st

Hotel registration is open now: 603-886-1200 (mention Z Convention)

Event Schedule:

8/5 Monday: registration opens at 9am, suds&shine, opening reception with special guest speaker Bob Sharp

8/6 Tuesday: Car show at Anheuser Busch Brewery (shuttle service to downtown dining locations)

8/7 Wednesday: Road rallye (shuttle bus service to downtown dining locations)

8/8 Thursday: track event at NHMS 1.6 mile road course, New England Clam Bake dinner

8/9 Friday: Autocross and Special Events including Duck tour of Boston/Fenway Park, awards and closing banquet

Please note that there will be other small events and side trips that can be taken as well to local attractions.

[72 OJ]

Z-Vette and I are getting ready for this event,,,,,,

[gnosez]

Registration is now open!

www.zcon.org

Seven months and counting....

[TomoHawk]

How many classes and trophies will they have for the Infinitis?

[gnosez]

All non-Z cars will be entered in People's Choice but if enough of any other Datsun/Nissan/Infinity vehicles register we will get a 1st and 2nd place trophy for them (GTR/roadster/510/pickup/Patrols/Gs....).

[TomoHawk]

One day some should explain why the infiniti people think they own Z cars.

[Carl Beck]

Maybe because the 350/370 Z Car people really own a shortened Infiniti.

FWIW,

Carl B.

[HS30-H]

Maybe because the 350/370 Z Car people really own a shortened Infiniti.

....whilst you're still in denial that you own a Laurel Sport.

[gnosez]

Alan - can you provide information on what portions of the Laurel were incorporated into the Z (suspension, engines, any interior trim, etc.)? I wonder how many ever made it over to the U.S. and if any remain in operational shape today. Pictures of the C130 have me interested in learning more.

[HS30-H]

I'm talking about the C30-series Laurel, of course. If you really want to comb through and look for clues ( it's fun! ), I can send you the factory parts manual for the C30 as a PDF....

But my point is that it's daft to call the "350/370 Z Car" ( Z33 / Z34 actually.... ) a "shortened Infiniti" if you still think the ( shout it ) "DATSUN 240Z" is some kind of virgin-pure engineering Year Zero creation and you have little or no idea about the cars that were alongside it in the design / drawing offices or on the production line, let alone alongside it on the showroom floor.

Platform sharing is the modern way. It doesn't make the Z33 or Z34 any less of a car.

Here's a peek at one page from the 1968 C30 Laurel parts manual. This one's a well-known engineering design share:

[mgmoreau]

The Z Convention 2013 registration site is now open. Book early before May 15 to get a reduced room rate at the Crowne Plaza which is the Convention hotel.

http://www.zccazconvention.com/conventions/2013/

[gnosez]

The reduced room rates at the convention hotel, the Crowne Plaza in Nashua, NH, will expire on Sunday, March 31st.

Reserve your room now and safe $10./night, which if you stay for 5 or 6 night is almost the cost of registering for the convention itself.