June 2006

[Gav240z]

Escanlon you can adjust levels which will give you control over the lower light level pixels this will prevent that pixelated look in the dark regions while allowing you to increase the other sections. Hard to explain but it basically allows you to adjust different light level pixels in different ways.

[DougN]

Yes, if I was not on the other side of the country, I would definately love to attend!

[EScanlon]

Tomorrow, June 28 is event number 3 for this summer!

It just seems to get bigger and BIGGER each week. 600+ cars the first event, then rained out the next, then last week probably 700 and a couple hundred motorcycles....stay tuned for details, better yet, show up and be counted.

While those of us here at the CZC-PDX club love Datsuns, you should see the Salleen, the Rolls, the Lambo, the Rat Rods, a '69 Subaru 390, the XKE Jag, just to mention a very small idea of the spectrum of cars there. More classic cars than you can imagine at a WEEKLY cruise-in. A Band, prizes, and tons of good looking cars and women....for $5 a car. There's also COLD Beer, Wine and Mixed Drinks, HOT food, and DRAG RACING going on behind you.

There were only 2 Roadsters and 4 Z's..... you can see we need your help in getting represented.

Hope to see everyone there again, and hopefully a few more.

Enrique

[hls30.com]

Tomorrow, June 28 is event number 3 for this summer!

..., you should see the Salleen, the Rolls, the Lambo, the Rat Rods, a '69 Subaru 390, the XKE Jag, ... A Band, prizes, and tons of good looking cars and women....for $5 a car. Enrique

Hell, at those prices, I will fly up there and drive something home!!!

Will

[EScanlon]

Excellent day! Not too hot, and not too cool.

Excellent turn-out, although off to a slow start.

See pics below.

We actually increased our count! Had 2 300 ZX's join us!!

Met Larry Flint who worked with the BRE team, back in the day. Helped in Paul Newman's pit when he raced here at PIR, knows all sorts of people in all facets of DATSUN racing and bunches of tips. Nice guy.

Met a couple more Z owners who hope to bring their car out next week / soon.

Enrique

[EScanlon]

Notice Anything?

E

[Arne]

Notice Anything?

E

The hood is down?

[EScanlon]

Ok, that's ONE for Arne.

Any others?

E

[zbane]

Are those new lights in there? An external light ring-similar to the newer BMW 6 series seems to be at work in there. Am I right, do I win a prize?

[hls30.com]

OH,OH, better than sex(Not on a Good day-but damn close otherwise!), you have the jdm combination lights up and working! I am going to have to catch a plane...

Will

I did catch the angel eyes working with the running lights too-cool!

[Victor Laury]

I like your grill badge. Did you make it?

[EScanlon]

And Victor wins the prize!

Once I win the lottery, you can have your choice of ......

Will: Close, but not quite yet. I'm having fun deciding how I want to run the lights, whether the Single Filament for the JDM Parking configuration and the Double for what we (U.S.) would consider the "standard" use (i.e. Park/Turn) and then whether to mount inboard or outboard.....

Then again, I also need to run additional wiring, which I need to investigate further on. Won't that be a ~fun~ job!?? Specially since it involves BOTH front and back AND both sides. Thankfully, it's only 2 wires total to the front, and 2 to the back, but it does involve removing the plastic in back..... what a pain!

(I've GOT to ask Kats or Alan what that lamp circuit is ACTUALLY named.)

Zbane: Actually the "Halo" headlights that I bought some years ago, have caused a bit of a furor here at times. So, Yes, that is "unusual", but it was done some years ago.

No, they're not OEM nor even what could be considered "Period Correct", but I couldn't resist them --especially once you see them with the OEM Headlight Covers. They are a knock-off of the BMW concept, and when you get them they have a blue bulb. Unfortunately, just up and across the street, lives a Sheriff's Deputy (now retired) who promptly reminded me that in WA, Blue lights are "verbotten" in front of the windshield pillar.....unless you are an emergency vehicle registered to the state. I didn't want to argue the number of kids out there with little blue lights on their windshield washer nozzles etc. seeing as he IS my neighbor and...... Besides, with the car being 920 Gold, an Amber bulb looks better.

Now, to the real prize winning notice.

Yes, it's a grille badge I made from some excess ABS plastic I had. But I'm hoping to spur some interest, and also have several contacts / quote requests out there finding out IF/HOW/HOW MUCH/WHEN etc, it would take to produce them and .... If pricing/availability makes it worthwhile, it would be something that we could buy and help the club (here that is) with the expenses of bandwidth, server problems, new hardware....etc.

My thought is that we could have our own "regional" chapters of the CZC. All with the same Grille Badge, as I did, but with a small scroll or whatever, down below for .....

In our case here in Portland / Vancouver, I'm thinking that since our airport's international designation is PDX, that would work. That would make our little "scroll" read CZC=PDX.

In Dallas/Ft. Worth = DFW, and Chicago OHD. Maybe it's not what that association of members from that area would want. And maybe a "scroll" would not be the choice, maybe a little rectangular plate, or a .... But the key thing is to have the CZC Red White Blue logo, as an internationally recognizeable logo of THIS site and hence our individual "chapters".

In my opinion, it would give those of us that would have one, a way of being recognized by other members whom we might not already know, and a way of promoting our club, both the chapter and the main one here.

Thoughts anyone?

Enrique