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I am posting this as another landmark day for the "Datsun 240Z" as it was judged best in class, Sports and GT 1965-1976, against 9 other cars (6 were Porsches) at the 2014 Pinehurst Concours. The event was held yesterday, at the Pinehurst Golf Resort with a very elaborate field of cars. The judges were from many well known concours like Pebble Beach and Amelia Island. I had the chance to talk with many current and past owners of Z's and hopefully some are on this site.

[quote name= I have no idea were it is today.... The yellow 2+2 resides in Nissan North America's Heritage collection in Nashville Tn. It can be seen if you visit the Lane Museum as that is where they display and store the cars.

Yes the black cap comes with the metal cap. You are correct that on the web site they only show the metal part.

Dan, I have had these now for awhile. Both caps are sold as one for a $1.00 each. Coker has them on their web site under valve stem accessories. I had checked all around including local bike shops when I came across them.

I could only find nickel plated caps so here is another solution but it requires some ingenuity.Here is a photo of what I found to be very close to the original design. I found these at Coker Tire for a $1 each. I lightly sprayed some Eastwood Bronze Carb Renew and this is how it turned out.

"As I figured... It would be just another advertisement for a 370Z, and only 3 years too late too ( if it's being sold now.)" FYI, that video was filmed and released on YouTube in Oct 2009 which was the anniversary for the production start.

The ZCCA declared the "Best Survivor" award to recognize and have previously awarded Gold Medallion Z's attend the convention. For a previous awarded car to attend, in most cases, it is an expensive trip since they have nothing to gain. They probably "mis" named the award. It was not intended to imply the car was a survivor or unrestored car again somebody came up with an award without really applying total logic to it. Since 1995, the first ZCCA Convention, only 12 truly stock Z's have been awarded the Gold Medallion and out of that 12 only 5 have been from the 240Z model. In 2002 they created the Gold Cup Award for the Modified cars. So the message here is that to attain a Gold Medailion is very difficult and it is not given and treated lightly. Are the judges experts? Unfortunately not but they do try their best. The key problem is there is not documentation regarding ongoing production changes, dates, etc when they occurred or production modifications, like a weld, that can be reviewed by the judging team prior to an event. A few years ago several people attempted to start that docuementation process but it is a major undertaking. If anyone has ever been involved with NCRS judging for a Corvette all of that documentation is readily available to both the owners and the judging team. The key to a Gold Medallion, as I am sure Dan (the 2012 Gold Medallion winner) will attest is the car has to 100% correct and every spec of dirt, grease etc must be delt with. They do pick fly sh-- out of pepper when being judged.

"Courtesy wants $3.88 ea., assuming this is the correct part number: 64809-E4100" FYI These are still readily available through Nissan so just have you local dealer order them. Nissan's suggested retail price is: $3.92

As a past member and officer, before I moved, I am glad to hear the club still has a heart beat. Group Z is the oldest Z (I am sure someone will want to dispute that but......) so it would be a travesty to see it disband. The culture of car clubs have changed along with the interests of the new club members. That is not a bad thing but it does create a new challenge to broaden the interest of the club to new events and interests. Finding volunteers to offer their time to serve as an officer is an ongoing problem for all clubs. I am sure the club has weathered previous storms so hopefully they can find a solution for this one. I wish all of the members, past and present, the best.