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I have one if jhm doesn't. Sent z3beemer a PM

I have decided to offer up my Scarab for sale, so here's your chance to be a part of a great group of car owners, and to own a piece of automotive history. Since I am selling, prices will no doubt skyrocket in the future. Recent coverage by Hemmings and the Wall Street Journal validate the increased interest in these vehicles. Here is the E-Bay link. PM me for more pictures or to discuss https://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-Datsun-Z-Series/274036121144?hash=item3fcdd35e38:g:R5QAAOSwNaBdlTyK

Order a motorcycle twist throttle cable. It will have a metal pre-formed 90 degree bend at one end that will work perfect for your application. Love the ITB's. Always wanted to do that set up!

Just got back from Branson after towing 4,100 miles RT. Yeow! The show was a blast! The Scarab book is worth the $35 just for the back cover alone, since it has a picture of our car on it. Is was fun getting to meet a lot of really nice folks. I saw some of the nicest Z cars I have ever seen at the show and came home with some great ideas. As soon as I can stand up straight I am headed to the garage! craZee

Looking forward to taking my Scarab (purchased on BaT last Dec) to Branson for the first official Scarab reunion. Not looking forward to the tow there from San Diego however! Will have it at the Peterson Auto Museum for a Japanese cars and coffee Sunday morning May 26. If anyone lives in the area stop by and say hi. craZee

Just heard from a buddy of mine who is already at the event above and he says the place is "crawling with Z cars". Leaving at 6:30 am to be there Sat and Sunday. Can't wait!

Forgot to mention that I will have both V8 cars at Cal Speedway this Saturday and Sunday. They are doing a big Datsun feature with vintage racing, autocross and car show. Here are the details; Hello Everyone, VARA and GroupZ are hosting a very special event paying tribute to the racing history of the legendary Z car January 19-20 2019 Auto Club Speedway Fontana Ca. This is your chance to see vintage Z cars in action and meet the drivers who race them, show off your Z, test your car and skills in AutoX, tour the race track in your car, reconnect with old friends and make new ones. Gate Fee will be $15 per person good for Sat and Sun Track Tours $20 each day Event Shirt $15 Dash Plaque /Event Poster $5 Car Show Entry to be eligible for Trophies $25 For a special weekend pass that includes all the above for $50 go to https://www.vararacing.com/california-speed-fest and mail in your registration or sign up through the link to Motorsportsreg on the VARA website. Note this offer is preregistration only so don't wait! If you want to see the most on track action, come out Saturday to witness all the VARA classes race and get yourself on the track with the lunch time track tours Sunday will be all about the Z with a special pre lunch tribute race, special lunch time track tour and after lunch car show and race award ceremony. The pits will be open to spectators and food trucks and Racing and Z car vendors will be on site as well A detailed weekend schedule will be available soon from VARA An AutoX will be available both days on site inside the Speedway hosted by Speed Ventures. to register go to: http://speedventures.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?id=758 For questions about the car show, contact ian@groupz.com Like ianz is offline Report Post

Hi all, I am the buyer of this Scarab. Pretty sad that my brother had to send me this link Having owned Z cars since 1981, I have always dreamed of owning a Scarab. Figuring I would never see one for sale, I completed an LS1 swap in a 72 Z about 2 months ago. Of course, as soon as I finished mine one came up for sale I had no expectation of buying the car for the $30,000 bid. My buddies and I all thought it would go much higher. I am proud to own it however, and it is one of three nice Z's in my collection. I have the blue LS swap previously mentioned, as well as a white 280 wide body that won best in Z class at JCCS and Nissfest last year. Red, white and blue. We must be in Merica! I am hoping BAT will post a write up on the sale that I submitted this weekend. If they don't, here are a few details. The seller is super cool, and the spare parts and documentation included with the car are awesome. Simple things like the Scarab key fob, Scarab watch and Scarab badging all push my happy buttons! The seller made several changes to the car to improve performance and reliability, but thankfully kept and included all of the original parts. I received the Muncie 4-speed, Scarab bell housing, R-200 diff (need to see if it is LSD. Hoping so!) original radiator and fan shroud, AC system parts, driving lights, Carter carburetor and intake manifold, distributor and original seat covers with the velvet inserts. Most exciting was an entire box full of Scarab magazine articles, owner documentations and receipts for parts. The original owner had the car from 1971-2007/8. I tried to look him up as I would have loved to talk with him about it but he passed away in 2017. I will try and reach out to his kids as they would have grown up with the car. He was a Dr. As with any new purchase, you get to make it your own, so my projects in order of priority to me are; 1. Remove hood scoop and repaint hood 2. Fix paint touch up job on passenger door 3. Rework exhaust to have rectangle tips coming out rectangle body cutout 4. Restore seats to Scarab original to match door panels 5. Reinstall driving lights or similar The 6-speed is nice to have, but unfortunately the center counsel was modified to make the shifter work. I am pretty OCD about stuff like that, so I will have to figure out a way to revise the shifter and get a new counsel or switch to a different transmission. I will be putting both V8 Z's on scales this week. Will be interesting to see the difference between the SBC swap and the LS swap. Will try and post a few "family photos". Much better with wrenches than I am with technology! Steve aka craZee

Adam is going to be driving a Datsun 610 in the Coronado Speed Fest this weekend in San Diego. Group 5 has a splattering of 510's, roadsters and Adam's 610. Should be fun.

Would take one (1) DATSUN for my 710 project if this becomes a reality. Did not see poll until it was closed. Steve

That is exactly why it has been "sitting on his lot for 2 years"

Thanks for the input everyone. It won't be hard to get a decal guy to make one of these, I am just amazed that no one is selling them anymore. They used to be everywhere. Steve

Where can I get the DATSUN banner to go across the top of the windshield? Thought it would be easy to find but haven't sourced one yet. Hate to have a custom one plotted. Steve

Well the Bondurant 710 is finally headed back to the West coast where it will feel more at home. Santa said I could buy it. If anybody has any information or pictures of this car I would greatly appreciate hearing about it. My intention is to have it relive it's childhood with one of it's 240Z cousins. Thanks for any help. Steve Pharr

Yes, it is very cool to have a spouse that shares your passion. At her urging we were at the Winternational drag races the weekend before in Pamona. The first words out of her mouth the morning after we got back from Fontana were "What can we do to make my car faster!" Sure beats "why didn't you take out the trash!"ROFL 30 years this April

Anybody know anything about a 74? 260Z HKS project car? Triple carbs with a blow through turbo? Steve

My wife and I had a blast this weekend at a 2 day track day held at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana CA. Course consisted of infield road race course combined with 2/3 of the high banked oval. Weather was perfect and everything came home in one piece. Thought you might enjoy a picture of our "old and new" Steve/Terri

Respect, yea, that's the reason for my slow lap times. After watching a P GT2 end up on it's top in the second session, my primary goal was to go home in one piece. Followed by a very distant second of running fast lap times :paranoid: Steve

Hey Jon, Being my first day at this track my goal was to make it home in one piece and have the car running for an Auto-X event in San Diego the next day. No timing at the event, but per a stopwatch I was running right at 1:50, if I remember right. Aren't you hot shoes in the mid-high 1:30s on this track? I would be interested to know. Steve

Finally got the chance to take my car to a track day at big Willow. It lives up to it's reputation of being a "fast track" Fourth and fifth gear the whole session with one short downshift into third up into turn 3. By pure luck, Phil Mendelovitz was there and was nice enough (and brave enough) to ride along with me one session providing me with some great instruction and the correct Z line. It would have taken me years to figure out what he showed me in 20 minutes!

Welcome to HOT El Cajon! There is a local Z club that should be easy to find. Being more into racing them cruising, I can tell you the next auto-cross races at the stadium are July 26 and 27. Usually 3-4 old scool Z's beating up on the high dollar new cars. Come check it out. Steve

Sane, This weekend would be a great weekend to come down to Qualcomm as the National Auto-X tour is in town. Only happens 1X per year. 250-300 cars from all over the West Coast. I will be there in my Z #15 running FP class both Sat and Sunday. Will be pitting with some fellow Datsun fanatics. Stop in and say Hi. Steve

Will be glad to share my last 18 months of the same desire in San Diego. Feel free to e-mail me at stevepharr@cox.net and we can exchange phone numbers. Your welcome to come see my car if you like and I can share real costs with you. Having smiled 15,000 times @ $1.00 per smile, I will do it differently when I do it over again. Steve

Thanks for the help guys. Exactly the information I needed. Steve