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Flogging the horse: Here is a photo of the 240z at the Jan. 1970 Montreal car show along with a blurb from the article. Also included is a photo of a model on a car at the same 1970 Montreal Car Show next to the Honda and Toyota displays. Now you know the whole story of Bob Sharp's crushed roof Z HLS30-00006!

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Over 500 HP Version! Release 2019 so 50th anniversary version. http://driving.ca/nissan/370z/auto-news/news/new-nissan-z-sports-car-concept-set-to-debut-this-fall http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/nissan/98437/new-nissan-z-car-concept-gearing-up-for-tokyo-2017 http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2017/01/we-ll-see-a-new-nissan-z-concept-later-this-year.html http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/nissan/98437/new-nissan-z-car-concept-gearing-up-for-tokyo-2017 http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/nissan-z-concept-news-rumors-performance-specs/ http://www.auto.cz/nastupce-nissanu-370z-uz-se-to-blizi-bude-to-opravdu-sportak-102840 http://www.leblogauto.com/2017/01/nissan-z-concept-prochain-salon-de-tokyo.html https://car.ru/news/brandnew/10054-nissan-pokazhet-novoe-kupe-generatsii-z-na-motorshou-v-tokio/ http://otomotif.news.viva.co.id/news/read/876064-pesona-mobil-konsep-nissan-z-segera-lakoni-debut http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1108574_report-nissan-z-toyota-supra-concepts-bound-for-2017-tokyo-auto-show http://www.lowyatmalaysia.com/nissan-fairlady-z-concept-set-for-tokyo-2017-debut.html

Mosport Sometime in the 70's post 71.

Peter Ferguson Peter Ferguson Racing Car #240 Jun. 14 1970 Can-Am Challenge Race for the Labatt's Blue Trophy, Mosport, Car (240), CP, 4th place Sept. 7 1970 CASC Clubmans Sport A (Grand-Prix Molson de Trois-Rivieres), Car (240), Sport A, 6th place Sept. 26/27 1970 Harewood "Sedan Race" Leading then a collision in turn 2 (w back marker?) ended his race. Oct. ?? 1970 Canadian run-offs C-Production ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? (TBD) Oct. 3 1971 Canadian run-offs C-Production Westwood Motorsport Park (Player's Centennial Race of Champions), Car (240), CP, 2nd place Photo: August 1970

It was the abomination of an experimental mating between a GT-R's front and a mash-up of the A to D Prototypes. The Z-like beast then went on to terrorize Turkey for 2 years! Anadol STC-16 Designed by: Eraip Noyan of Turkey Produced in Turkey from 1973-1975 68 HP I hope you can sleep tonight after thinking what might have been. Scroll if you dare!!! BOO!

BRE 46 Phoenix Sept 27, 1970 Morton 1st, CP

From Bob via GnoseZ: Bob received his green 240z car in late January / early February after the roof was crushed at a car show in Canada. It was brought from Canada.to NJ for him to retrieve there. So the green car with Goertz at the NYC show with the over-rider bar was a replacement on the show car circuit. BIG THANKS TO (GNOSEZ) THE DESIGNER AND MANUFACTURER OF BADDOG FRAME RAILS FOR Z'S! This would be Bob's car. Note the white wall tires like on the red 240z at ARRC and also on the silver 240z on R&T Jan. HLS30-00006 HLS30-00007 HLS30-00008

I don't know enough yet to agree or disagree. He says he did not have one when he was at the NYC show in a few interviews and it is also stated on the Nissan web site; so unless he is pulling our legs or never corrected a misquote then one has good reason to believe him as seeing a Z for the first time and then acquiring one are both very memorable experiences. For me, the first time I noticed one was Dec. 1979 just before Christmas: A bright yellow one with BSR wide body kit going down the main street in Stephenville, Newfoundland... plowing through snow and rumbling. The first time I purchased one was early July, 2003..... great memories July 2003, J, Blue77, & Me. It was an informal Z lawn party gathering by a 300zx enthusiast with a couple of the new 350z's dropping in from the dealer. A 240z and my 280z were the only early types. We started the Atlantic Z Car Club that day.

It comes down mostly to filtering out what you do not want. Back in the '90's one struggled to find more content by using different search engines as there was not enough out there. Now the trick is to use different search engines, disable trend tracking, use boolean to block forced results to get any useful information. "There is gold in them there hills sonny! Just gotta dig fer it" Now if someone could verify the Summit Point 240z or 2000 ride. GnoseZ is meeting with the "horse" today so we should soon find out Standby.

There are some beautiful Sharp vs. Tullius jousts from later in the year and '71 on Youtube and elsewhere on the net. I was unable to find video for that race.

The site http://www.racingsportscars.com/ is good but it is missing a lot of information and some of it seems incorrect. For example here are the North American 240z appearances in 1970. It shows Morton in a BRE Z at VIR 1970-4-26 however he raced a 2000 roadster then (photos below showing Morton in a 2000 [CP Class] at the VIR race on April 26.). Likewise the BSR-Z racing on April 12 is suspect as the NYC International Automobile Show is on then and it is too early for HLS30-00006 to be prepped if Bob just requested it at the show.. The racingsportscars.com data base is also missing any data on the Cumberland May 17th races apart from course and date. Ultimately all of this helps paint a clearer picture.

Nothing from my friend in the archive yet but I have HLS30-00006 racing on May 17, 1970. That is a month and a week after the NYC International Automobile Show. If he asked for a Z at the New York show then he received it quickly. If he received a car that was damaged in Canada it would have been previously damaged earlier in Montreal. Bob Sharp passing a Porsche and finishing 2nd at the Cumberland Maryland Races. May 17, 1970. There is a red 240z in the background of this photo at the races. No decals on it. HLS30-00007 cheering on the event?

Cumberland Sports Cars Races May 17, 1970 Bob Sharp Car 33. New Datsun 240z Unofficial report he placed 2nd in C Production. (Any official results for these races would be appreciated). That is Fitzgerald in the roadster (DNF). Passing Porsche in front of official's area. Scoreboard in photo of Finish Line shows: (44) Bob Tullius (33) Bob Sharp (38) Jim Fitzgerald (4) Brian Fuerstenau Well past Porsche in first corner after Finish Line. Scoreboard in photo now is missing (38). Fitzgerald has dropped out. (4) and (96) move up. Bon Sharpe chasing down (44). Spoiler, cage, straight pipes, no advertising decals, and fender badges. It looks like the GT-6 of (4) Brian Fuerstenau in the background ~ 1/4 lap behind Bob.

Nice page and 510 sedan too Be sure to put your engine cradle plan up... I just made two. The cat's meow! B I G T H A N K S

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Many thanks vintagezracer. That helps a lot! Wow that is one interesting car you have! The letter is great. The 2 or 3 colours of paint before they received it may explain a lot but it will be challenging to track in photos if it was re-painted during the first year in the USA! I wonder why and when Nissan did this? I hope it was at the factory and the car remained silver for the first year here. These are possible photos of your car (silver) in 1969 and early 70: Mrs. Speakman mentions it was at the '70 Run offs. Did it race at the '70 Run offs do you think? Maybe Fitzgerald's or Scoville's ride?

Note the rear quarters w/o corner markers