Larry Chen’s 1970 Datsun 240Z is featured on the latest episode of Hoonigan Autofocus with, Larry Chen!. Watch Larry and Rob discuss all the changes and upgrades made by Z Car Garage and take it for a spin in this 1-hr long episode:

 

  

 

Long Live The Z!

 

 

 

 

 

Z Car Garage wishes you a Happy 5/10 Day and Happy Mother’s Day! We enjoyed driving our 1971 Datsun 510s on a beautiful day in San Jose. Turbo6, our 80’s revival, is back on the road and running great with its turbocharged 6-cylinder L-series. Look for a full report soon:

   

Rob was in the SR20DET-powered 510:

  

Enjoy The Boost in this video of the 510s in action. You can also see more on our Instagram story. We hope you can Do It In A Datsun today too!

 

Rob Fuller’s 1971 Datsun 510 is featured on the latest episode of Hoonigan Autofocus with Larry Chen. Take a glimpse of how Rob got his very first 510, the SR20DET swap and watch it in action. Enjoy!

 

  

 

Datsun 510s For The Win!

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Sunday I joined a group of vintage sedans for the Super Drive event in Pacifica, CA.  Now in its 16th year, SuperDrive Sunday is a single day road rally open to any and all vintage vehicles. Our friend Geoff assembled a group of classic cars I couldn’t help resist calling the “B-sedan Squad”. These models were competing in the heated vintage race groups of the late 60’s/70’s: I drove Rob Fuller’s 1971 Datsun 510, Geoff in his Inka BMW 2002, Cameron in a BMW Neue Klasse 1800, Ramon and Chris in their Alfa Romeo Berlina 1750/2000, and Diego in the E30. We left San Jose headed to Sea Bowl via 280N:

 

Rob’s Datsun 510 with S13 SR20DET sporting Go-Green paint and 14″ Panasports:

Euro Vibes

 

The scene at the pre-rally gathering was filled with cool cars, mostly Euro/Italian. I’m always on the hunt for Japanese metal and spotted an S30, ITR and Mitsubishi 3000GT. I was the lone Datsun 510.

 

There were at least 9 Alfa Romeo Berlina/Giulia sedans of all years. These are very pretty, capable vintage saloons. Many Alfa GTVs and Giulia Spiders:

 

More cool cars, some I’ve never seen before. like this Fiat Abarth 750 “Double-Bubble”:

  

A few familiar favorites:

 

 

Rad wheels abound too!

 

More pictures in the gallery, enjoy this short video:

 

Let’s Drive!

 

The group left Sea Bowl and headed south on scenic HWY1 with great weather and good company. Geoff and I split off from HWY 1 for a blast up Tunitas up to 35/Skyline. This was a fun stretch and I had to focus and keep the 510’s boost in check through the twisty bits!

 

From 35 we made a quick stop at Alice’s Restaurant. It was pleasant to see everyone enjoying their cars. We even ran into our friends like Naveed and met Alex, organizer of the Berkeley Cars and Coffee.

 

Alex (in his Berlina) joined myself, Chris and Geoff for a stretch down HWy 9 to Boulder Creek.

 

 

From Boulder Creek we ended the trip with a drive to 17 via Bear Creek Rd. This is a very technical section, again mostly free of traffic so we could have fun! All had a great time and I highly recommend getting out next Super Bowl Sunday to Super Drive! #DOITINADATSUN

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Z Car Garage wishes you a Happy 5/10 Day and Happy Mother’s Day! We enjoyed driving our 1971 Datsun 510s on a beautiful day in San Jose. Turbo6, our 80’s revival, is back on the road and running great with its turbocharged 6-cylinder L-series. Look for a full report soon:

 

Rob, Meghan and Tank were in the SR20DET-powered 510:

 

A few photo-ops in Downtown San Jose:

 

We got the Bay Area Datsun Dealers race 510 out too!

 

Enjoy The Boost in this video of the 510s in action. We hope you can Do It In A Datsun today too!