Zcon 2021 RoadTrip

[S30Driver]

Datsun ... We are Driven     Myself and Zup live up to that slogan!   Departed Saturday morning with a overnight stop in Amarillo Tx.  Had some great steak at the famous Big Texan.   Off the next day to complete the trip to Colorado Springs, (about 1600 miles roundtrip)  arrived safely with minimal bugs embedded in the front end in the afternoon.   Got a little dicey going over the high pass south of Colo Springs, all the carbed cars I saw struggled with the altitude change and Zups flat tops were no exception.

CO and Wayne came in Wed night and we had another steak dinner Thursday.  Zup's son and his girlfriend were at Zcon which was great for him. 

All in all, a great time.   Here are some random pics

Got a thumbs up from John Morton

Garden of the Gods

[Captain Obvious]

And a great time was had by all!!

Here's a couple pics from my collection.

Zup, CO, and wal280Z up on the mountain overlooking Colorado Springs. We're on the old Gold Camp Rd. This road used to be a railroad between Cripple Creek and Co. Springs. Since it wasn't used anymore, they took up the rails and turned it into a "road" sorta:

There were a couple places along the old train route where it was easier to tunnel through the hills than go around them. Some of these tunnels have completely collapsed and are impassable, but some of them are still in use. Here's tunnel #1:

We stopped for a break a little later in the day. This pic needs no explanation:

Quick sightseeing stop at Helen Hunt Falls:

Quick stop to see Starr Kempf's kinetic sculpture artwork:

Bristol Brewing:

Cog railway to the top of Pike's Peak:

My crappy pics from the top of Pike's Peak don't do it justice at all, but here's what I got:

[Captain Obvious]

The arcade / museum in Manitou Springs. Lots of machines from decades gone by.

Here's the results of Wal280z's grip test. No surprise:

And here's my vote for the best pinball machine ever made. Bally's Fireball:

[Pilgrim]

Nice to see these photos. I posted a video of the Z reveal, but there's evidently not much attention to it.

I have the brown/gold 280ZXT which was one row over from your car at the show. It was next to the red/black museum piece 280ZX. 

 

Edited August 25, 2021 by Pilgrim

[S30Driver]

They should have has the two Hooters girls that were at the show do the reveal.  One on the fender, the other on the roof.  Could have recreated the fall 69 240z dent at the hotel launch.  

[Captain Obvious]

@Pilgrim Next time we need to figure out a way to get more of the forum guys together. If for nothing else, just to put a face with a name!  

[Pilgrim]

10 hours ago, Captain Obvious said:

@Pilgrim Next time we need to figure out a way to get more of the forum guys together. If for nothing else, just to put a face with a name!  

Agreed! Hindsight is always more accurate, innit?