The Z Owners of Northern California (ZONC) hosted the Annual Z Show in Brisbane, CA last Saturday and it was an excellent day! Plenty of Z cars from all eras parked on the grass near the marina with outstanding views of Candlestick Park and East Bay foothills. The venue is reminiscent of the JCCS in Long Beach, but without the Queen Mary! Many Datsun/Nissan owners saw friends old and new in this outstanding location, so big thanks ZONC for an excellent day!

Several cars built by ZCG also attended including Joe A’s 260z, Wade W’s Skyline powered 240z, and Tom N’s boosted 370z(soon to be featured):

Lots of classic Z cars and two turbocharged 510s represented for Datsuns. The oldest Datsun present was a 1967.5 SPL311 roadster:

Check out this LS1 V8-powered 240z with Rota RB-R wheels…Several GT-Rs attended including the AMS GT-R.

Even the parking lot had some cool cars like this killer-stance G37 Coupe.  

Congratulations to 1st place winners Matt G (turbo 510), Wade W (RB26-powered 240z), Tom N (370z) and Mike with his ‘67.5 Roadster!

Plenty of great pictures courtesy of Bob J of ZONC and Rob!
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If you are a fan of vintage racing come out to Laguna Seca August 18-21 for the Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Once again ZONC is hosting a VIP Car Corral for your Nissan/Datsun/Infiniti. To park in the corral you MUST purchase the corral tickets by JULY 10! That is this Sunday folks! It is only $10, allows you to park with other Datsun owners, and it’s literally footsteps away from the track and venue, unlike general parking. See you there!

July 9: The Annual Z Show in Brisbane, Ca

ZONC is hosting the Annual Z show in Brisbane, Ca on July 9. Old and new Z cars, roadsters, 510s, GTRs, and G35/G37 coupes will compete in stock and modified classes along the rolling lawns and beautiful scenic vista of the San Francisco Bay. There will be a very large turnout with folks coming from all over California to participate, so don’t miss out!

You can also view a pdf for registration HERE

This year’s Concours was just as incredible as last with an even larger showing of Japanese cars. Thanks to David Swig there was an 11-car lineup in the Japanese Car Exhibit.  The display included an R34 Skyline GT-R, Datsun 510, Datsun 610, three Datsun 240z cars, Datsun roadster, Toyota Corolla, Toyota Celica, Toyota Corona, and a Honda S600 roadster!

The weather was perfect for walking on that famous Stanford lawn with cars from different eras and marques everywhere. The highlight of the Japanese Car Exhibit for me had to be the Datsun 610, Toyota Corona and the Honda S600.  I have not seen a clean 610 in person and this one looked just right lowered over Watanabe wheels and running a front spolier. We wonder what it had under the hood.  I really liked the pillar-less door/window and the rear tail lights:

David Swig showed his 26k original mile Toyota Corona Coupe. This car was a totally un-molested gem with plenty of character. From the hidden fuel filler to the pillar-less windows and detailed hubcaps it was treat to see:

The Honda S600 roadster sported a dual chain-drive system unlike the later S800 with its live axle. The  high-revving motor has a near 10,ooorpm redline, in 1965! The owner said driving it was exhilarating to drive since the powerband starts where most car redline 🙂

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The 44th Annual Concours D’ Elegance will take place once again at Stanford University in Palo Alto this Sunday, June 26. We had a blast at last year’s concours event. This year ZCarGarage will display several Datsuns to be part of the Japanese car exhibit. Vintage Japanese cars amidst all of the exotic and super-expensive machines on that beautiful Stanford lawn is not to be missed! Check pics from 2010’s event
Show info is located HERE