Happy 90th Birthday to our hero Peter Brock! You have been and continue to be inspirational to us Datsun fans worldwide. Here are a few pictures we enjoyed taking with you over the years:
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Price: $50,000
1992 Nissan Skyline GT-R
33k Kilometers Shown (21k Miles)
2.8-Liter RB26DETT Inline-Six
HKS TO4Z Turbocharger
HKS Exhaust
Trust GReddy Six-Speed H-Pattern Dog Box Transmission
Tein Coilovers
R34 Brembo Brakes
18″ BBS Wheels
Recaro Seats
Contact Rob at the shop for inquiries: rob@zcargarage.com or call 408-452-0350
This 1992 Nissan Skyline GT-R was imported to the US from Japan by the current owner in 2017.
Z Car Garage performed maintenance and upgrade work including hydraulic fluid replacement, new rear brake rotors and installing an Exedy twin-disc clutch. Engine modifications include Injector Dynamics 1050IDX fuel injectors and a Haltech Elite 2500 ECU installed in 2021. A Walbro fuel pump and Platinum Racing Products R35 ignition coils were added in 2023.
Dyno tuning was performed at Z Car Garage, making 519hp/354tq to the wheels on a conservative tune. Dyno plot can be viewed in the photo gallery below.
Dyno video and walk-around:
The right-hand-drive interior has Recaro seats, MOMO pedals and steering wheel, a Kenwood head unit, a Kenwood CD changer, Kenwood speakers, a touchscreen with Apple CarPlay, a Blitz digital boost controller, white NISMO-branded gauges, including a 320-km/h speedometer, an 11k-rpm tachometer, and auxiliary Defi and Innovative Motorsports gauges.
More photos and documentation in photo gallery below:
See the full photo gallery and documentation HERE
Three Z Cars Three Ways by Larry Chen
We are excited to be part of a new episode of Jay Leno’s Garage featuring Larry’s own beloved SR20DET-powered 1970 Datsun 240Z, legendary John Morton’s personal Datsun 240Z and our KN20-powered Datsun 240Z. See Larry Chen’s message below and a few photos from the video shoot:
“Filmed with legends yesterday 🙏
Somehow I convinced John Morton, Rob Fuller and Jay Leno’s Garage Car Care to come together to do an all 240z show. Three different Datsuns modified three different ways.
Can you believe that John got his first ever 240z at 82 years old? He waited that long to join the club.
Keep an eye out for this episode on the Jay Leno’s Garage Car Care YouTube channel. Thanks to Z Car Garage for bringing the twin cam Honda K- Series Datsun Works car down.
The last slide is of Jay ripping on the 350hp twin cam car.”
More photos in the gallery!
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WE LOVE RACING! Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) is hosting the Sears Point Challenge at Sonoma Raceway, October 9-11. Z Car Garage is participating and supporting several client’s Datsun 510 race cars running in B-Sedan Group. This vintage racing event is totally FREE to spectators so please join us! Bring the family, enjoy cool cars and charity rides around the track.
Again, admission is FREE for this event and you will have access to all spectator areas on track, race cars and drivers. You can see our report from the 2025 Sears Point Challenge HERE
Z Car Garage Supports Five Datsun 510s!
It is our pleasure to bring more enthusiasts into the world of vintage racing. Our services do include full race support and car-preparation to help make client’s race days seamless and worry-free so they can focus on driving. One of our specialties is dyno tuning. Before a race weekend we confirm that your car is running well and make necessary adjustments while on the chassis dyno:
Here is a preview of Z Car Garage racers…
#33 Bruce White’s 1967 Datsun 2000
Bruce enjoyed his Z Car Garage trackside support experience with us at the 2026 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion event!
#39 Patrick Byrne
#64 Kenny Tse
Kenny has been with us for many years enjoying our Z Car Garage Trackside Services for his Ex-Ted Gruner B-Sedan Datsun 510.
#6 Noah’s Bluebird Coupe
#72 Tom Dockery
We have helped Tom build and prepare his Ex-Norm Balzer/Koobation 510 for several years.
Vintage Spec Miata
We will also be supporting Vintage Spec Miata!
The Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) is excited to welcome Vintage Spec Miata (1990-1997) to all of their events! This is a fun, affordable way to get into vintage racing. If you have any questions regarding prep and presentation, reach out to Rob Fuller: rob@zcargarage.com.
(Above) Ross Lindell will be racing Randy Pobst’s first National Championship-winning Miata (1992). (Below) Rob Fuller will be in the #49 VSP Miata, Alison in the #22 Miata and Steve A in “Little Butters”:
ROB: “Little Butters”, our 1991 Vintage Spec Miata that will be available for rental throughout the vintage race season. Contact Rob at ZCG for details. Since this is a new build for I drove it for the weekend to make sure it was sorted and ready to rock for any client that wants to enjoy it. It has a competitive race engine, Penske shocks which are the current suspension for SCCA Spec-Miatas. Just to pay tribute to how wonderful Mrs. Butters Z (our Series 1 shop 240z) is, we painted it Safari Gold. It’s nickname is Little Butters, Josh likes to call it “I can’t believe it’s not Butters” and then we picked the number 23 because we are Nissan dorks.
Join us for the 2026 Vintage Racing Season!
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On Saturday, August 29 we attended the Tokyo Calling 6 event hosted by Breakfast Club Rally. Z Car Garage participated with a group of client cars and enjoyed a wonderful day of driving through the foothills of Northern California. The event featured 250+ Japanese classics and 90’s-era wonders to appreciate during the morning social gathering and rest stops. Enjoy our report with photo gallery and video!
Breakfast Club Rally
The Breakfast Club Rally (BCR) started 6 years ago as a small group enjoying weekend drives. It blossomed into monthly events with one hour of hanging out followed by several hours of driving. I highly recommend it for anyone looking to enjoy the beautiful Northern California roads and scenery. You can see our previous BCR reports HERE!
The initial BCR Tokyo Calling event, Tokyo Calling 2, Tokyo Calling 3, Tokyo Calling 4, and Tokyo Calling 5 were all a blast. We did not want to miss their sixth all-Japanese, mostly-vintage rally so I assembled a group of Z Car Garage clients and friends to participate in TC6. We left the shop at 6:15am heading to Sonoma, here is a preview of our cars:
Jim’s 1971 Datsun 240Z
Jim’s 1971 Datsun 240z is now sporting a Rebello 3.2L with Jenvey ITB EFI, A/C, Recaro Specialist seats, CD009a 6-speed transmission, our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes and Z Car Garage CV Axles!
Frank’s 1978 Datsun 280Z
Frank’s 1978 Datsun 280Z features our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes, full suspension refresh, 240Z bumper conversion and Panasport wheels.
Mrs. Butters
I drove Mrs. Butters, our Series 1 shop 240z. This Series 1 S30 features a 3.2L with triple-Mikuni induction, Z Car Garage Big-Brakes, Z Car Garage CV Axles, ZCG Heat Shield, 6-speed transmission and full KW Suspension.
John’s Datsun 240Z
It was great to see our client John Enjoying the Ride in his 1971 Datsun 240Z featuring our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes and Z Car Garage CV Axles.
Armon’s 1973 Datsun 240Z
Armon’s 1973 Datsun 240Z has a great story. He got this car running on his own and even performed rust repairs. He’s running our ZCG Heat Shield on his triple-Weber carb’d L28:
Linda’s 2023 Nissan Z
Linda Williams drove her 2023 Nissan Z. This is the special,”Proto Spec” edition limited to just 240 units. We love her “1OF240Z” tribute license plate. Linda joined us on the last two Tokyo Calling events in her 1972 Datsun 240Z OMS Pace Car Duplicate. She loves driving it everywhere.
Beau’s 1976 Datsun 280Z
Beau’s Datsun 280Z received a Z Car Garage full cosmetic and mechanical restoration featuring Recaro Specialist seats, our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes (for small wheels) and Z Car Garage CV Axles!
Vince’s 1973 Datsun 240Z
Vince’s 1973 Datsun 240z is Enjoying The Ride with our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes (for small wheels) and Z Car Garage CV Axles. He scored this Z from our friends at Bring a Trailer and regularly drives it on rally events.
Tokyo is Calling before the Rally!
Our crew arrived at the rally start in Sonoma and it was already filled with fabulous J-Tin parked at a local airport. BCR hosted a “social hour” from 7:30-9am so we could take in all the glorious cars. The vibe was tremendous, and as usual it went by too quickly. Let’s go through some of the highlights, with more photos in the gallery below!
Over 25 S30 Z cars were present!
I am always on the lookout for Nissans and Datsuns, and roadsters get my attention. There were at least 14 in attendance including a few genuine 1967 2000s.
One of the most sought after Datsuns, these “half-year” models were introduced mid-1967 offering a 5-speed transmission and 150hp twin-Mikuni carb’d 2L engine…hot stuff for the era.
Ian’s SRL is #601 (out of ~1000 cars) and it was fully restored years ago by Les Cannaday in San Diego. Ian is meticulous about maintaining this car, but it is no garage queen, attending monthly rally events. The (655) Off-white paint with red interior is one of my favorites. Yes, it even sports a factory Nissan hardtop with all the stainless trim!
Another ’67 2000, this one is #048! Our client Vince M picked this up from Bring a Trailer last year:
High and low-windshield roadsters models were present. John Baker’s ’69 2000 is always a stunner with Spanish Red paint and many rare, Nissan Competition parts fitted:
Datsun 510
We spotted this ultra-clean Datsun 510, built by our friends at Spriso on with an S15 SR20DE/6-speed:
See the gallery below for more S30 Z car photos!
A S130 280ZX attending!
Our client Cameron’s Z32 Twin Turbo visited Z Car Garage for maintenance work, downpipes, inlet piping, larger intercoolers all from Specialty Z. Cameron has been bringing his 300 to us for many years and we we are really glad to see him driving. There were several Z32TTs in attendance!
350Z!
There were a handful of S13, S14 and S15:
Kevin’s Bluebird
Super happy to see Kevin and his 1967 Datsun Bluebird SSS.
Nissan Skyline
R34 Skyline GT-R in Bayside Blue on BBS LM-R wheels.
R32 and R33 GT-Rs
Enjoy this walk-around video from Tokyo Calling 6:
Rally On!
Photo by Emma Lai
The rally started at 9am and I was tasked with leading our group. I really enjoyed hustling Mrs. Butters through the backroads. This route was a little over 100 miles roundtrip through Marin and Sonoma County.
One of the perks of BCR events is their team of professional photographers at various stages capturing epic rolling and detail shots so people can focus on enjoying the drive. I encourage you to visit each of these FOUR photographer’s photo albums to see shots of your rides: Kevin Lee, Alex Nibyt, Hubbe Emma Lai and Chris Friske.
We took a midpoint break in the small town of Occidental. Lots of cars to see and great chatting with fellow enthusiasts.
The rally concluded back in Sonoma airport, where BCR arranged for lunch from Kinoko Japanese Home Cooking. We enjoyed Japanese comfort food surrounded by J-Tin and vintage aircrafts.
There were so many cool cars, please check the gallery for more photos! Next, let’s check out some non-Nissan/Datsun action…
Honda
Honda was well-represented including late model DC2 Integras, a few NSXs, lots of S2000s, CRXs and EF/EG hatches rounded out the display:
Mazda
First-gen, FC and FD RX-7s, and many Miatas attended:
My favorite Mazda was this Rotary Pickup:
Toyota
Some of our favorite Toyota’s including Supra (A60, A70, A80), first gen MR2s, and AE86s!
Trucks and Vans
Let’s not forget the Japanese classic trucks and vans! Land Cruisers, Datsuns and a Isuzu VehiCross!
Thanks BCR!
Many thanks to the Breakfast Club Rally organizers, we had a blast and I urge you to register for their next event, especially if you are in the South Bay area like me and want to see what driving bliss lies North.
Photo by Chris Friske
Thank you to all of the Z Car Garage clients that made the journey with us! Huge thanks to BCR for extending their hospitality to our crew, everyone was thrilled. Here’s to the next rally and always, always #DoitInADatsun! More photos in the gallery below…
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