It looks like most of our members are balanced between ownership of the 1971 and 1972 Zcar. Have you voted on this survey yet? Please vote even if you don't own a Z. We are all watching this survey with great interest!

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[uPDATE 3-5-2002]

Things have changed! It now looks like '72 and '73 ownership is higher than anyone else. But, it looks like we've got a LOT of members that own cars between '71 and '73.

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Ok, got CanTechZ and Brandy's in there. File attached.

CanTechZ - do you have any pics of your car? I am trying to go the full resto route (or maybe better stated "refresh"), and I wanted to see some reference photos. Mine is a 1972, so there are some differences, but I wanted to get an idea of some things (as well as inspiration). You can PM me if you'd prefer.

Z VIN NUMBERS.xls

Rich, yes you did put my info on the list, thanks for compiling it for us!

1971

Mine is HLS30 20390 build date 1/71.

One of the last series ones.

Thanks to those who put the info into a spreadsheet!

Cool spreadsheet!

But, WOW! As many member s as we have here on this site and we only have just barely over 100 listed? What gives guys/gals?

rdefabri, any chance you also break the vehicles down by build date (if that info was given)? I also have one of the last few Series I cars made in Jan. of '71 and it would interesting to see the breakdown of individual cars by months.

kmack,

Unfortunately, as few members as I could capture in the spreadsheet, even fewer provided build dates (as opposed to title date).

It wouldn't take much if we started a thread for me to add it, but I'd prefer to do it from scratch rather than poring through multiple threads

See the VIN # thread for more up to date spreadsheet updates.

1970 240z HLS30 8659

Is that titled date or build date? Looks like a 1971 from the VIN sequence....

Is that titled date or build date? Looks like a 1971 from the VIN sequence....

I'm betting it's either 8/70 or 9/70 build. My '71 is 12746 in 10/70.

I'm not sure, its a race car and has been for most of its existance. Any title information I've found lists it as a 1970, but the VIN does appear to be for a 1971. The logbook lists it as a 1970 as well.

Any pics of it? How does it run?

I passed schooling for an SCCA license but never had them sign off on it. I was told they would approve if I went back, but I couldn't generate the scratch to go racing, I was kind of married to going Formula Continental or Formula Ford.

I have pics but don't know how to post them here.

Just my opinion but I would shy away from formula cars. Major dollars to stay competitive, and they are delicate. Plus, formula guys sometimes run over each other's heads, thinking they are Mario. Spec-Miata looks similar to me in that way. The z-car is in E-prod and ITS in the SCCA. You might want to look at renting a car to get a feel for a particular class. Renting a car is about 1200 per weekend. Figure on spending close to a grand per each race weekend the first year on your own car. You'll spend $770 a weekend on a set of tires until you get a car dialed in right. And with Hoosiers for example, they last longer if you get a heat cycle on a set and then let them sit for at least a few days. So, you'd have to have a few extra sets of wheels and spend a test day just cycling tires. Once my car was set up properly, I got a few weekends from a set, instead of sometimes going thru a set and a half per weekend. Driving technique helps here too, if you get all your braking done in a straight line (trail braking is for formula cars) and avoid flat-spotting, you can keep from ruining tires. I ran a full season (6 races in Pro-IT) for under 2000 one year.

Here's some pics, I hope this works. Its my old 73 240z before and after it argued with a wall at Road Atlanta. I've got some pics of the '70 somewhere.