Caffeine & Octane - July 2013 Edition

[SteveJ]

Here's the (almost) monthly dose of Caffeine and Octane pictures. While some of the regulars were on vacation or hiding from potential rain, some interesting cars did show up.

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[Carl Beck]

Hi Steve:

The duPont Registry hosts our local Cars & Coffee here in the Clearwater/St. Petersburg area of Florida. I took the BRE Baja Z one morning just after I got it put back together and runing..

I was pleased to see that it caught the eye of the Publisher - Tom duPont. There are always so many Ferrari etc there - I guess my little Datsun caught his eye..

So everyone needs to get their Z's out to their local C&C.. you'll be amazed at the attention and appreciation they get. Anyone can go buy a new Ferrari - it takes someone very special to to show up with a 40+ year old DATSUN looking like new..

FWIW,

Carl B.

[SteveJ]

Caffeine and Octane in the Atlanta area has grown so much that Autotrader bought the show. Surprisingly, they have been somewhat low key about advertising at the event.

What's great is hearing all of the stories as people walk by. One guy talked about how a friend used to drive them around in a Z, two of them under the hatch, banging their heads together in the turns. One gentleman stopped to talk to me. He was staying in a nearby hotel and saw all of the cars. He encouraged his wife to come down because she was a former owner of a 77 2+2. She was thrilled to see the old Z cars. In June I let a couple of young boys sit behind the wheel of my car. It made their day and mine.

Now the newer Z cars park near the S30s. Many of the owners appreciate the old school cars, and some of them even own them or are thinking of getting one.

I have to thank Pete (thomas461) for getting me to start going to the shows.