Caen Fred

I took my rear lens appart, and found that it was far from hi-end tech in there! No wonder it does not shine like the Christmas tree it should be. Only a dull semi-gloss reflecting surface and a lot of air… I will see if I can improve the beast, and I will let you know…

Just a quicky here, any Lions Club member around our communitiy? Fred

Yes, yes yes yes. Well, if your plan eventually fail, do you think we could ask those UN guys to look for any rust free Z that might be in the Irakian desert? Well, you never know, I could ask?

Allan, have you been in a rally buggy? I think they have what could close this argument, dual hand-brake. Right, one for each side of the rear wheel, so you can turn very tight on mudy hairpins. So what would be right for a rally Z fanatic is to use both lever on each side od the trans tunel ! If we start counting, I vote hand-brake wrong for a LHD and right for a RHD. PS, are you doing any Monte-Carlo revival with all the snow you get in UK latelly? Fred

Now that I am a bit older, a bit more Nissan educated, there is a question runing in the back of my head. Why Nissan didn't send the whole package to the world? The Z is my dream, my main occupation in life. I also know that if (yes the old what if...) my garage would be big enough, my bank account large enough, I would have an old Skyline. I am sure that they would have scored big as well this this model. I rather have a skyline coupé in order to move 4 peoples than a 260 2+2! I my opinion, they almost invented the BMW Mx concept, big engine in a small package. But you don't rewrite history...

I was looking at a Dino dash a while ago and wonder if we could have a Z dash done in leather ? Ever been done tastefully? When I look at all the amazing quality of the things done in leather in country like Morocco or Tunisia, and their little cost, I think that their should be a second life for all our cracked dash

It didn't bother me on my LHD Z to have it on the passenger side of the trans tunel, as I don't use my "Frein à main" any longer for anything but parking. The time when I used it to steer in those tight turns are long gone (since I had to pay for servicing MY brakes and not my dad anymore...) very funy, very fast but very bad ont the brakes, tires, trans... Alan you had Alfas, I had a 33, with a flat four boxer very fun an fast little car but those stup...d guys at Alfas used the hand-brake on the front wheels, haaaarg bas move here Alfa... As for the strangest place for finding the lever, the palm for me is on my Previa, it's on the left side of the driver side !!!

BINGO, you've just won the trivia wheel quiz...

Gentleman hat down... A men who drove a R8 Gordini deserve the greatest honour. It was one of the meanest, badest, ugliest (well it was a Renault!) car that came out of France. Kind of a thing from that era ???? Engine in back (way back...) nothing in front but empty trunk (we used to put a 50kg sand bag in front to get some grip, very technical no?). Very sexy blue paint with 2 go-fast stripes (cobras beware...). But 110 hp from a tiny motor and the weight of a pigmy ballerina 850 kg made this car very very very fun to drive (in the wall). and a cheap Rally car. Well if the Alpine A110 is the French Z, then the Gorde is the French 510...

hey, who can name those wheels ?????

Well, 2 in fact the top one is from Fujimi 1/24, and a few secrets parts... and the 2 others are 1/12 Tamiya... I worry about the exhaust pipe, won't last too long...

here's a pict, all non-rusting plastic... my new engine and my under-wear...

It's one of my fomer driving student, I had to dump him, he had no potential, and I know what I am talking about, in my 82 years of teaching, in never found one good driver!!!!!!! And for the car it's one of funy little japaneses "supositoire", a NSX ZWRYTTZR R And you thought you could nail me?

My Z is far from completion, but it doesn't stop me from thinking ahead. What would be the best Datsun/Nissan based truck to make a nice Z carrier? Wouldn't it super cool to have something like Mercedes did in the 50' to carry their racecars around Europe? Keep them coming...

The colt was a Mitsu, it was even sold as a dodge in the States, a neat little strong car but not even close to a Z

I am in search of two 8,5 wolfrace wheels, have you check your garage junk lately? Thanks, Fred.

Hey, Allan or any Z guru, What does the 432 stand for? can't remember it... Fred

Dumb dumb dumb, I have not read all you post, and didn't realize it was for March... The Monte will be over... the phone number is still good so...

France is a big small country!!!! You are going to Nice? it's not so close to my place, La Rochelle is on the Atlantic coast while Nice is on the mediteranean. 06 09 27 41 15, thats my number for your ZZZ road recue service. Fell free to give me a call any time if you need anything. Hope you will have a good time there, kind of like our "Florida" state. With a little luck you could be around there for the Monte-Carlo rally, best road rallying on earth... and lot of Z in the historical event this year! Bon voyage, Fred

I couldn't agree more with you 260Z, matt black = no reflection !!! that's why it doesnt make a lot of sense to use heat disipent color over a trunk !!!!!! ex NSU, Simca Rally, R8 gordini, Abarth...

Humm, about the black bonnet, 260z had something with the anti-flare bonnet, a lot of rally cars from the 60' had black bonnets but rear engines. My 2 euro cents

Hello Kats, I can only speak for myself, but I grew up in front of the French Datsun headquarter in Le Chesnay France, the name was "Richard". I saw very few Z in the batch of Datsun that arrived at that time. France had a protectionist politic towards Japanese cars at the time and they had tight quotas concerning their imports. I can't tell you how much exactly but very few. So when they made their orders to Datsun they imported 99% sedans and small cars... I think that only 472 Z of all sorts made their way to our country. So here Datsun had never been associated with sports car, only as cheap alternative to crapy local cars!!!! When they moved to the Nissan badge, nobody paid attention... It's funny how here, the only sporty jap car that come to mind to a French is the Toyota Celica ?????? I guess we missed a big chunk of car history, isolated in our certitude...

You forgot the French Kiss... :love: :love: The one Renault did to Nissan, investing heavily in their company… so much that’s Nissan is almost French now, yes it’s true… And a few Nissan engines have found their way into big Renault. I am sure they will not re-badge the 350z as the new Alpine A110 but the new Micra is based on the Renault Clio chassis. And it’s only the beginning. Take care, Fred.

Allan and Kats YOU ARE SO WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!! :finger: Tsssssss you should know that it couldn't possibly been a RHD at first, because Nissan is a French Company and the French build LHD cars. Really you should know better, what? Did I say something stupid here? :dead:

Hello Tobbe, search in the Forum I saw a post on this subject a while ago... also. I don't think it's the easyest way to go, but it sure is a classy way... By the way are you Swedish peoples interested in Zutopia the Euro Z meeting in 2004? Fred