Z Car Garage wishes you a Happy 5/10 Day! We love driving Datsun 510s on the street and at the race track. Here are a few 510s at the shop, with more photos in the gallery below. Hope you get to Enjoy the Ride in your Dime today too!

 

We have several Datsun 510s in the shop today, here’s a short preview with full features coming to zcarblog.com.

SR20DET-powered Bluebird Coupe:

 

Sean’s SR20-powered (Mikuni induction) 510:

 

We always have many racing 510s in for tuning/sorting:

5/10 Days of the Past

 

We have plenty of 510 content for you to enjoy, starting with the most famous Dime of all time…when the Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE) Datsun 510 #46 race car arrived at Z Car Garage.

 

Despite being against all odds, our hero John Morton drove this 510 to SCCA Trans-Am series championship victories in 1971 and 1972, putting Nissan on the map and fueling every Datsun enthusiast’s passion. In preparation for the Velocity Invitational at Laguna Seca we dyno tested this legendary race car. Turn those speakers up and enjoy the video!

Enjoy some of our favorite 510s at the shop:

 

Rob Fuller’s 1971 Datsun 510 featured on Hoonigan Autofocus with Larry Chen

 

Rob’s Turbo6 80’s-revival project:

   

Enjoy The Boost in this video of the 510s in action:

 

Nick’s 510 Wagon

 

Join us on Sunday, June 9 for the Z Owners of Northern California (ZONC) gathering at the Blackhawk Museum! See flyer below for more details:

 

We had a blast at last year’s ZONC event with a fantastic turnout. See our report from the 2023 event HERE, and Z you at Blackhawk!

 

 

 

The third annual Laps for Laguna vintage racing event will be on May 31-June 2. This event is created by the Laguna Seca Raceway Foundation and Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) to raise money for charity. It is an open sound event with multiple races for each race group, charity rides and more. We had a blast at last year’s Laps for Laguna, see our race report HERE.

***Admission is FREE! Download your pass HERE.***

Z Car Garage Racers

We will be racing and providing trackside support to our client’s B-Sedan Datsun 510s (Kelvin, Kenny, Gabe, Kelly, Rob and Noah):

#7 Kelvin Tse

 

#64 Kenny Tse

 

Kenny will be in the Ex-Ted Gruner B-Sedan Datsun 510 featuring our Z Car Garage CV Axles :

  

#8 Gabe Rothman’s B-Sedan

 

#98 Kelly M

#68 and #30 Noah’s 510 and BMW 2002

#7 Rob Fuller

ZCG owner Rob Fuller, Bay Area Datsun Dealers tribute car

   

The Joel Anderson #49 IMSA GTU Datsun 240Z

Rob will also drive the #49 Joel Anderson IMSA GTU Datsun 240Z at the Laps for Laguna event.

  

Z You At Laguna Seca!

 

Join us for the 2024 Vintage Racing Season!

 

Join us for the 2024 race season! See the full race schedule below and LONG LIVE THE Z! The next event will be Laps For Laguna on May 31 at Laguna Seca Raceway:

 

Our client Randy Jaffe is selling this 2007 Nissan Nismo 350Z with only 31k miles. 1st Place winner ad Best of Show at ZCON, finished in Pikes Peak White with new Bridgstone tires (comes w/original tires), new battery and Onion Skin Certificate. Just serviced and stored in a climate-controlled building as part of an extensive Nissan/Datsun collection.

Price: $45,000

See the walk-around video and more photos on our FOR SALE page.

 

Vintage cars may remain with their loving owners for years, change ownership or even get spotlighted in the media at some point. Our “where are they now” series features past Z Car Garage vehicles with updates on their status. In this fourth installment we catch up with Joe’s 1973 Kenmeri Skyline, now residing in Los Angeles, Ca.

 

Let’s go back in time to 2017…our client Alex McDowell decided to part with his 2000 GT-X so we listed it on our FOR SALE page. Joe F from SoCal contacted us immediately and jumped on a plane to visit Z Car Garage. Rob picked Joe up from the airport in the Kenmeri, tossed him the keys to enjoy it for a day…and he was sold.

 

We had great times with this KGC110 Skyline driving to many local events in the Bay Area. JDM Legends did a great job.

  

Enjoy this video of the Kenmeri driving and on the dyno at ZCG:

 

 

Just 4 days after we listed this 1973 Nissan Kenmeri Skyline it found a new owner with Joe in Southern California:

“Just want to say thank to Rob and the guys at Z Car Garage.  Had a great experience purchasing my 73 Skyline Kenmeri from them. Class act all around and I would recommend them to anyone looking for a quality top notch classic JDM car!”

Here is the Kenmeri arriving:

 

Joe immediately started Enjoying The Ride in his Skyline and making appearances at local events!

 

JDM Makeover

Joe added his own touches to make the Kenmeri his own with 15×10/12 Work Spirit 33 wheels built by Love20Bee, custom suspension and a full repaint in BMW Alpine White:

 

All the factory chrome parts blacked out along with Mizuno Works rear wing and front spoiler. Joe’s build was showcased Super Street Magazine with photos by Marvin Recinos:

 

Inside, Joe added Recaro seats. He left the engine alone as it was properly strong making all the right noises when it left Z Car Garage! Ps…we love that Joe also kept the Z Car Garage license plate frame on!

 

We are happy for you Joe, thanks for visiting us and making the next chapter of the Kenmeri awesome. Always check our FOR SALE listings here on zcarblog.com, FB and IG. Stay tuned as we have a very cool group of cars coming up for sale from the collection of Randy Jaffe!