Ron Carter

Okay so I need to chime in on this one. I contacted the seller early on when it was first posted and asked some hard questions. The car is owned by Gary Kohs and back in the 70's he did some work promoting BRE. There was a time when they pitched a BRE model car to Nissan not unlike a Roush Mustang today. Nissan had a problem with this and the project died. I think it is safe to say that this was a full blown mock up of what they were looking to sell and NOT a BRE car. I told Gary what I thought and he got pissed off. I contacted Pete Brock and he said that it was not a BRE car and Gary ripped him off back then. I then confronted Gary who became less than friendly and made remarks on the listing regarding the "right" people buying the car, well because apparently I am the wrong type. I then got ahold of John Morton through Dennis Currington. John said the BRE never clear coated their cars and that they did not build this car. IT IS NOT A BRE CAR. It is painted in the colors of the BRE 240Z by the guy that painted the cars for BRE. After that it is just a regular 510. Gary claims that this car was built by BRE. But with both John and Pete saying it was not, I do not believe his claim. Gary left the marketing business and went into the automotive model business and has done very well for himself. The car he is selling is a representation of what might have been, a marketing concept that died and not a BRE car. The most valuable aspect of the car is the collateral stuff he has that goes with the car along with some rare badging that is now being reproduced. Most of you who know me, know that I am interested in all things BRE Datsun related. I would not pay the current bidding price for this car, its not that collectable in my mind.

Good luck EricB its a cool head, carb and manifold setup. Good luck, happy bidding. I assure you the reserve is very fair for these pretty rare parts...

Yes, the horn worked when I took the steering wheel off my car... I still have the wheel but it is on a custom removable mount on my BRE Z. I just don't have use for the adapter. All my cars are race cars and require removable steering wheels.

Eric, dont watch it, Buy IT!!! JMark, It fit the monte Carlo wheel. And the centers are the same style, so go for it. It's on eBay now...so let me know what you want to do. Buy it now and I will waive shipping for you.

Yeah, your buddy wanted something that had more modification to the combustion chambers. He knows I am listing it on ebay.

I am selling my JDM N42 Kakimoto head, with matching intake and triple 50mm Mikunis. http://cm.ebay.com/cm/ck/1065-29296-2357-0?uid=51893975&site=0&ver=LCA080805&item=320095497002&lk=URL

I know Les is planning on going in his Nissan Silvia

In the past I have not had much of an opportunity to speak to the guys with VARA and this outing gave me a chance to talk to John Wilkins at length. He is building one heck of a 2.4 CP3 motor for his car. Some I am sure the P guys will be unhappy how well his new motor does compaired to his last motor. I also know a little bit of the back story behind Steve Link. Quite a bit of that information is second hand from Ed Johnson. Steve has a very large collection of very hard to find parts. Most, if not all he will not sell. He has spent thousands of dollars buying up a fairly large quantity of hard to find parts for his gearboxes, and rear differentials. Unfortunately, there is only so much available and these parts are harder and harder to find. I know that Steve had some very special parts in the trans that he first had in the car, and wished that he could have kept that transmission alive, and had to go to a gearset he did not like as much with the second tranny that also went south at Fontana. I can relate keeping those old transmissions alive as it is part of my life too. I have a spare ultraclose and a spare med close roadster box for the roadster and hope that I don't kill two transmissions in a weekend, as that makes for a $1600+ weekend if those two transmissions are salvagable and rebuildable. As we both know racing is an expensive sport. I live for the next time I get to drive my roadster...I just dread hurting, and then getting replacements for those rare parts. Take care, hope to see you out at the track soon. Will you try HSR this year? We are going to be at Fontana in June. R

Yes, Mark you are right, but there is a cost involved with brutally fast. First, it does not hurt that Steve's dad (Floyd Link) was a member of the BRE race team and can build a 510 motor that will survive at 8500RPM without crankfire, (can you imagine what it would cost us for such a motor). Two, Steve broke two direct drive comp transmissions and lost his motor last weekend at Fontana. He never made it to the trophy race... So, sometimes being fast can cost a lot of money too.

The TWM filter box pictured above has not been tested in a ram air situation so I am not sure it would be the best solution. To me it seems that fuel injection (if legal) would be the way to go here with a single plenum intake that matches the manditory 35mm "restriction". Mark for your car a hose that points to the caburators and a large heat shield would be the way to go. a good example is Craig Carter's 510 that has a large heat shield. I will see if I can get you some photos.

Hi guys, I would order directly from Jere. Model #28 240Z, 260Z, 280Z Size Price 1-3/8" Assembled $775.00 1-1/2" Assembled $775.00 1-5/8" Assembled $775.00 1-3/4" Assembled $775.00

There are several different solutions available Mike, the one that Ztherapy does looks like the stock solution with the additional feed for the third SU. Mikuni's need high flow low pressure, so a solution that gets lots of fuel to the carbs is best for them, for SU's I would speak to Steve at Ztherapy. If you look at the photos of my Z in my gallery you will see my solution for a race car. The same way BRE used to do it, which is a little different than most....

Jerry, looking good. I know Les is really busting butt on your car.

Nice display guys, all the cars looked great. It is nice to see that you guys could hang with the Hotrod types.

BRRRRRRrrrrrrrr!!! I got a chill....

A slight amount of tension makes sense. Really you want to triagulate your strut bar, so that there is no movement.

Hi Guys, Got to include a set of American Le Mans wheels!

JMark, It has been so long I would have to go back and measure... I think they are 1.5" but that is a guess. I will have the car out for a photo shoot in a couple of weeks and will measure for you.

This car was sold on ebay about 6 months ago, although without a large amount of spares that it seems to have now. Current owner (Joe Siam) has to get rid of some of his cars. This car was previously owned by Les Cannaday and before that, some guy in AZ. It will take some work to get up to race condition, but if you are looking for a good starting platform for a racer it is a good car to work with.

yep....

www.Classicdatsun.com and www.Datsunracing.us

there are these too....