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Season finale for SCCA club racers is on now from Sonoma. An assortment of Nissans present, although it seems like a lighter representation than recent years. One 240 in EP, and Troy Ermish is on the pole in his other 510 for GTL, scheduled to stream at 10:40 today (Friday). https://www.scca.com/pages/runoffs-live-video?layout=iframe https://www.motorsportreg.com/index.cfm/event/event.status/uidEvent/26481891-F942-BE1A-75C69D4C97450DCA https://www.scca.com/events/1990668-2018-scca-runoffs#comment_2443223

I can’t help playing with these configurator gadgets. American Racing has an S30 that lets you tweak wheel size, style and color as well as car color. Don’t think I’ll be buying anything, but it’s entertaining for a few minutes: https://my.americanracing.com/browse-wheels.cfm

I bet if you had one, you’d make it fit ?

Pete Brock did this video for another 2000GT auction several years ago:

Hoke also has a kit: http://hokeperformance.squarespace.com/l-series-350z-6-speed-adapter/

Deborah Gregg’s Roush Capri in the background, finished 10th to Newman’s 3rd-place Nissan, 1987. Info courtesy of racingsportscars.com ?

Their (knowing) choice of words, btw. Seems like Bring A Trailer has played a big role in market behavior. https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/09/20/datsun-240z-values-show-appreciation

Ouch. https://gasmonkeygarage.com/gas-monkeys-280z-goes-up-in-flames/

https://barnfinds.com/exclusive-datsun-240-260z-collection/

The Jaffe #46 re-creation and the original John Morton find their way around Laguna Seca during the Rolex 2018.

Rare critters for sure, with some kind of internal float design. It looks like there may have been a fresh batch made not that long ago. Here's additional info from https://sucarb.co.uk/technical-su-carburetters They're kinda sexy -- in their own unique way!

Here's an image to wake you screaming in the night -- a pair of 2-barrel SU carbs! These are the DU6 as used on the Climax engine of a 1957 Cooper T43. If that ain't enough to make you sweat, there was also a triple configuration ? The image is a screen capture from Motor Trend's coverage of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion.

Saturday and Sunday coverage:

Lots of good photos out there post-Monterey. Here's some of Nissan's offerings: https://www.nismo.com/gallery/rolex-reunion-gallery-feature-1/ https://www.nismo.com/gallery/rolex-reunion-gallery-feature-2/

Respray had some issues.

Some of the Z's in attendance

Streaming on Motor Trend:: https://www.motortrend.com/auto-shows/rolex-monterey-motorsports-reunion/

Saw the ZG in one of the RM displays downtown. It’s always a pleasant surprise to pick out a (somewhat) familiar face in a crowd ? https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/MO18/Monterey/lots/r0023-1972-nissan-fairlady-240zg/686172

Are you in the Datsun corral, v12horse? Should be plenty of people passing through.

It’s an extended version of 1-owner and implies some continuity of history and maintenance. Helps to rationalize the car-lust. ?

Family owned 240 is racking-up some impressive number$: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-datsun-240z-60/