26th-Z

I got the phone call this afternoon and one of our own is having a look at the poor thing this evening. 909 may be destined for parts. Yea, 27th has floors but she's in just as bad of shape. I DID hear about the welding reconstruction of 17th today. Evidently the hot-rod custom metal crowd in New Port Richey approve of all the welding work that has been going on for the last month or so. I hear 17th is looking very good. Gives me a lot of hope for my 27th.

Hope you feel better Kats! Thank you for the pictures. Both of my owner manuals have pictures and words about the hand throttle.

Oh yea! I remember the Kaminari kit. Yea, I remember these cars. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane! That car would make for a seriously nice conversation piece at any show.

Alan, Kat's thread is a great example for our conversation. Hi Kats! If that car showed up at a convention, it would be unknowingly placed in a stock class (240Z) and judged right along side all the other HLS30 examples. It would get points for the obvious cooling fan modification, perhaps the A/C, but no one would question or look at the exhaust or the engine internals. I would question the radio, but I doubt many others would notice. I have seen cleaner cars, but if that 432 was really clean, I see no reason why it would not win awards in the stock class.

I agree and it sounds like a pretty car. I would call it rare in the sense that not many cars came in that color combo. But trick it out will only decrease the value IMO. Wheels are always a nice start and that can be reversed.

This one was shot with a flash bounce indoors under fluorescent lighting and a polarize filter. I played around with the filter until I got the reflections I wanted and guessed on the flash. It worked out pretty good. Of course, I crop the pictures in the studio to get the frame I want. These both are pretty tight crops, but I was looking for a lot of graphic impact. Thanks for the compliments.

This is Roger's "Z Wolf". I took this shot outside with 200 speed film and a star filter. It is stopped down pretty hard because of the light from the stars. Still, there are a couple of reflections I didn't want to have.

From ten feet. Don't get me started. Check out my picture of your fender in the gallery, Rog.

Smile on my face. You make an excellent point. No, the ZCCA would fall short of "qualified" people to properly "evaluate" world market and Japanese cars. Furthermore, the ZCCA point of view is quite "enthusiast" oriented allowing people of all ranges to compete in car shows on an equal basis. The foundation of the judging criteria is asthetic focusing on "fit, finish, and cleanliness". The examples you describe, Alan, would most successfully fall into the modified class structure as it would be difficult for anyone to evaluate a "stock" Japanese car (for example) "as it left the factory". We know fairly well how the American imports left the factory, but as you point out, other export versions and home market cars are not well documented.

Thanks for the photos. Do you know anything about the GT 40s you photographed. Serial numbers? I always like to compare them to my registry. Chris

Interesting couple of comments Alan! I'm glad to hear from you, as always. You have that international connection we Americans miss and I would love to know of a Z oriented organization of the magnitude, experience, and structure that equitably compares to the Z Car Club Association. The ZCCA has published judging documentation, class structure for the different models, trained judges, a judge training program, a computerized scoring system and a history spanning twenty years. Perhaps a bit myopic to the American market. What Z organization outside the US offers something comparable? Would you not consider a Bonhams auction in England "for sale on the open market"? Granted, we could argue the validity of the Works cars that were offered a year or so ago. Surely, you must remember them.

It is quarter to eight on Monday night, Rob. I just cruised the FZA site and this is what is on there about the awards; "Scott, When are you going to post the Zcar show winners from this week?" Ken posted the results? Where? Where on the Suncoast site are the results posted? Where on the Spacecoast site? Where on the ZCCA site?

No. Best of show is whatever happens to be the nicest Z at any given show. The Gold Medallion and Gold Cup are the Z Car Club Assiciation's top honors. IMO the highest award one can be granted for their Z car. I can't think of a higher award.

I have never seen results of the convention car show posted anywhere ever. Kinda sad. I only know about Bob's car from a phone call I made. I was cheering for Bob's car. Finally and well deserved!

Congratulations Zulaytr! Gold Medallion!

Ok, I'm following. But then he lists the eBay link. So I thought "this" was the '73 he was referring to.

I can't believe all the negative! It's not a "1973 Z" it's the Best of Show from the 2006 Z Nationals. It's a show car. For comparison sake, do a search and have a look at ZRush. This has nothing to do with original, Carl. This is a custom car. I would suppose that your Baja, being a very unoriginal (what? '72?), is worth no more than $2,500? Seriously! Compare it to ZRush. Personally, I think ZRush is much finer. But then ZRush is (in fact) worth twice the $45 grand this guy is asking.

Jim Frederick and I started a tradition back four years ago at the Long Beach convention. We all decided to go to Hooter's for dinner one evening. Of course, we drank a lot of beer and I ended up dancing on a table with balloons stuffed in my shirt. Jim and I continued the tradition in Syracuse. Rick stepped in for Jim in Dallas. But this year there was no excuse. Jim was celebrating his #16 parked in the lobby of the Hilton next to the new Nismo and Hooter's was right across the street from the track. We went for lunch a couple of times. Rick was Hoola-Hooping one day and Art Singer has movies of the next day. So, may I introduce Becca, our waitress for the two days. She was way cool and very friendly. It all started when she was carefully pouring a glass of beer from the pitcher. I told her she should pour faster to give us some head and that she would never get head if she poured that slowly. It started a great relationship and we all had a great time. This is Becca with me and Jim.