ZCON 2018 Roll Call

[Mike]

Thanks for posting pics guys.  Sure wish I could have made it.  I've spent the last three weeks in Vancouver BC for a big work project.

 

https://www.classiczcars.com/gallery/category/2270-2018-zcon-atlanta/

[SteveJ]

10 hours ago, Mike said:

Thanks for posting pics guys.  Sure wish I could have made it.  I've spent the last three weeks in Vancouver BC for a big work project.

 

https://www.classiczcars.com/gallery/category/2270-2018-zcon-atlanta/

You missed a good one, Mike. It was the biggest attendance-wise in ZCON history.

[SteveJ]

Jim², a few photos of your cars (and of yourselves) ended up in this article on ZCON! http://www.speedhunters.com/2018/10/welcome-atlanta-zcon-style/

@Zup @S30Driver

[Captain Obvious]

I'm home safe. Not caught up yet, but I'm home safe!  Special thanks to @GGRIII my traveling partner, and @wal280z my roomie and comic relief while I was there. Thanks guys for having me covered!

So the trip down, we had a couple noteworthy events. First, we learned that there is an intermittent connection somewhere in the oil pressure gauge circuit that makes the gauge drop off to zero randomly. Probably the sender unit itself is going bad. Then there was the rain in Asheville where we had to use the wipers that we really didn't want to use. But the most significant event on the way down was the chunk of metal in the tire resulting in a mandatory stop to have a tire patched.

We were about twenty miles out from the show and were making our last gas stop when we saw that one of the rear tires was going down. After a couple frantic phone calls and several failed attempts to get input from locals, we found a tire place that pulled the tire and patched us up. The guys at the tire shop were enamored the car, and as it turns out one of the guys working there has a relative (nephew I think?) that is really into Datsun Z's. How much? Well... Picture of a picture, but this much:

And for future reference, this is what we pulled out of the tire:

The return trip home was more uneventful than the trip down. Other than having no heat (because having a connected heater core is low priority when going to Atlanta, right?), there were really no significant noteworthy events. We stayed in Harrisonburg, VA near JMU and hit a couple local brewpubs in town. But we're back, and I've got a couple more interesting pics that I'll post when I get the chance.

It was great seeing old friends, even if they couldn't stay the duration, and meeting new friends! Great to put faces with names!

Power to the flat tops!

Edited October 23, 2018 by Captain Obvious
Geography lesson

[Captain Obvious]

And @kats, I don't know if this is the correct setup or not, but I thought of you when I saw this:

Edited October 23, 2018 by Captain Obvious
typo

[Patcon]

18 hours ago, gwri8 said:

Jim 2 is @S30Driver

I knew about what it was but couldn't find it in the list

Also I think I forgot one of my favorites @Mark Maras

[Patcon]

15 hours ago, Mike said:

Thanks for posting pics guys.  Sure wish I could have made it.  I've spent the last three weeks in Vancouver BC for a big work project.

 

https://www.classiczcars.com/gallery/category/2270-2018-zcon-atlanta/

You know work is highly overrated, right?

[Patcon]

Oh!!!! I left out another favorite @siteunseen, maybe it's because he just made a cameo! I made a list of CZC people at the show and still forgot some!!!

[siteunseen]

It was nice meeting you and Cody too Mr Patcon.  I'm glad everyone had fun and safe travel here and back.  Atlanta's Hartsfield is mine now.   Thanks Maras, I needed that.

[Diseazd]

Yeah Site......Nice to finally meet you in person. Sorry you couldn’t have made it to the Sonesta bar.....or maybe that’s a good thing. The Rusty Nail would have been fun too!

Guy

[Zup]

We've all safely returned home with the treasure of everlasting memories of the people, cars, and events that made the fabric of ZCON Atlanta 2018.

Weather that complied, traffic that was bearable, planning that worked.

While the cars are billed as the attraction, the chance to meet--- at least once in a lifetime--- these people so dedicated to the furtherance of the Z is unmatched by any other aspect.

Legendary figures of our community were everywhere there. Enthusiastic youngsters and wise old owls. From stock to ultra modified. From project to weekend cruiser to pristine show car to champion racer---it had it all.

And to think the Z began with this man----

 

 

and I met and I shook his hand and I thanked him.

 

 

[SteveJ]

Here is some 4K footage I shot at the Judged Car Show, one of the few opportunities I got to play with photography/video this past week. 

The music may be a little much. There was music playing at the show, and I didn't want to worry about copyrights, so I found some royalty free music to substitute.

The file is really huge: https://youtu.be/zgLgI6YWWtY. If you have a 4K monitor or 4K TV with YouTube, you may want to watch it that way to get the full effect of the video.