Old photos of my 1971 Redwing

[Redwing]

Hi, 

I found some photos of my original Z, 1971,  Redwing.  When I got her from the dealer, she had 7 miles on the odometer.  

I was scared to death to driver her home after dark, I had never driven anything with any power.  I'd had a VW bus!  And the radio was playing the song "D.O.A".  Anyone remember it?   That was scary in itself.  Needless to say, I got over that quickly, with my beautiful car.

The color one was before we left, of her sitting right by the front to door, grinning in delight, anticipating the trip.  And the black & white photos were when we (my son & myself) were camping.  And yes, I packed all our camping equipment in her deck.  I drove to Mt. Washington in N.H., where we climbed the mountain, the highest peak in the eastern U.S., 6,288 feet.   Amazing trip travelling on the Blue Ridge Parkway for a lot of the trip, with all those curves!  Oh yes, I zoomed her all the way.  Wheee...

Thought you all might get a kick out of seeing these.

Jai

[psdenno]

Good car, good memories.  Thanks for sharing.

Dennis

 

[rcb280z]

Nice! Are those white walls in pic #3?

Edited March 3, 2017 by rcb280z

[Redwing]

Ahem..... yes.   I was totally uneducated about such things then.  Sorry...  groan...

 

[rcb280z]

Well I can remember when white walls were in and curb feelers, etc. Things that make you go, eeeeww gross today. 

But I sure wish I had an early 240 white walls or not.

[Redwing]

Just now, rcb280z said:

Well I can remember when white walls were in and curb feelers, etc. Things that make you go, eeeeww gross today. 

But I sure wish I had an early 240 white walls or not.

Redwing wasn't an extremely early 1971 240Z, Vin # HLS30-11,904.  But way earlier than my now 1976 280Z RedBird HLS30-277,450.  But no way could I have done a full restore on Redwing, so she is where she needs to be, with Tim (not on this group) for that.  Praise the Lord.  And my tears of not having a Z to drive is being taken care of now by my sweet RedBird, no matter the Vin #.  So this "mature lady" is thankfully happy.    

[JSM]

Very cool.  What wheels are those? Those were dealer option? And three of you in a Z!?

i remember riding in the hatch area dad driving and my sister in the front seat!

Edited March 5, 2017 by JSM

[SteveJ]

Libre Wheels. http://www.bre2.net/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=bre_datsun_libre_wheels

[JSM]

2 minutes ago, SteveJ said:

Libre Wheels. http://www.bre2.net/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=bre_datsun_libre_wheels

Ah. I couldn't tell. 

[SteveJ]

I saw them in person. The current owner is a good friend.

[dmorales-bello]

Great pics Jai!! I like the CB radio antenna! What was your "handle" ?

[Redwing]

Just now, dmoralesbello said:

Great pics Jai!! I like the CB radio antenna! What was your "handle" ?

 

Just now, dmoralesbello said:

Great pics Jai!! I like the CB radio antenna! What was your "handle" ?

Thank you... those were the good Ole days.  I haven't thought about that CB in a zillion years.  I'll have to get back to you on the handle, I'm  a total blank, that was some 40 years ago.  Hahaha...