Thanks to everyone who came out to the Treasure Island meet last weekend.  I was so happy to see the twenty-ish cars at the shop to make the drive together.  Also thanks to everyone who helped set up and organize the event and to Rob who was nice enough to provide doughnuts and coffee for everyone in the morning as well as the raffle prizes (dyno pulls and shop gift certificates.)

It was a real blast to see all of these Zs on the road.  I ended up not driving so that I could ride with Rob and take pictures.  He had taken the T-tops out of his 300zx twin turbo which made for some great photo opportunities and an even better sun burn for me, haha.  Treasure island was a bit chilly but the good conversations about Zs kept my mind off of it.

I will be posting some information on another get-together real soon, so I hope to see you all then.  Enjoy all the pictures after the read-more!!

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There have been a few changes to the schedule of events on the 22nd.  Below is the most recent agenda for the gathering.  There are already sixty or so people signed up which is awesome.  We hope to see you all out there!

Follow the tread at MY350Z.com HERE

Point A
We will be meeting at Z Car Garage @ 9am. This is the Official start of our drive.

Z Car Garage
140 Archer Street
San Jose, CA 95112

->Google Map To Z Car Garage<-

We will start staging @ approximately 9:45am to depart to Red Robin.

Point B
Plans are to reach Red Robin @ 10:30am. If you are not planning on Caravanning with the Z Car Garage crew this is the place you will want to meet up with us to have Brunch.

Red Robin
2204 Bridgepointe Pkwy
Foster City, CA 94404

->Google Map To Red Robin<-

Point C
After we Eat (No Set Time, No Rush) we will stage and head out to T.I. We will only be doing a pit stop here to hang out and take some pix. Due to lack of permits we will only stop for 1.5-2 hours and then move on.

Sorry, we don’t have ETA available for T.I.

Point D
Final destination will be Alameda where we will be able to hangout with no restrictions. At this point we hang out until whenever.

Time for another awesome get together!!  This Treasure Island meet is usually an annual deal and this year we are going to try to make it as legitimate as possible.  The meet will be starting at 11:00am and ending somewhere around 6:00pm, or whenever we decide to leave.  There is also going to be a photo shoot scheduled so we ask that everyone arrive by 1:30 so that things can run as smoothly as possible.

A thread has been started by the event organizer over at MY350Z.com so make sure you sign up over there or at least check out who will be attending the show.  I will have more updates here as the day approaches so stay tuned.

Link:  MY350Z.com Treasure Island Event

We will be meeting at Z Car Garage at 9:00am on Saturday the 22nd to make a group drive up to Treasure Island.  A group from Monterey will be joining up as well so we should have a decently large caravan to the show.  DON’T MISS IT!!!

Z Car Garage
140 Archer St
San Jose, CA 95112

(The map below of the meeting point at Treasure Island is a little vague so I will try to find an actual address for everyone, outlined in WHITE)

Here are the latest happenings with the Behemoth RB28 monster.  As most of you know the car came back from paint a few weeks ago and now we have all of the suspension removed and being prepped for powder coating.  Every single part has been removed from the body and will be restored or customized as needed.  The struts will soon be shortened and the coil-overs installed.  The struts will then be sent out along with the rest of the suspension and bracketry to be powder coated high-gloss black.

Besides powder coating, all of the hardware for THE ENTIRE CAR has been labeled and sorted and will soon be going out to be freshly zinc plated.  All hardware that is too corroded to be restored into perfect condition is set to be replaced.

While these parts are out getting fixed up, we at ZCG will be organizing and setting up our final game plan for the installation of the interior.  We will also be preparing the underbody for the final undercoating which we will be doing at the shop.  The undercoating that we use is topnotch and will definitely stand up to the abuse this car will surely see on and off the track.

The more we plan ahead the quicker the amazing project will be finished, and that is the ultimate goal.  We want this car in the hands of it’s loving owner as soon as possible

REMEMBER: These are the BEFORE pictures.  You won’t believe how different the underside of the this care is going to look in a few short weeks.  Enjoy the pictures here of the dissassembly of the car, and I will have more photos of the freshly restored parts in a few weeks.

G35 engine swaps galore with happy GT-R ending!! (read the entire story)

Z Car Garage is a special place for a lot of us because that is where we get to fulfill our automotive fantasies.  In some cases we get to knock our two birds with one stone, I’ll explain…

When the customer who owns the Athens Blue G35 you see here came to us a few years ago in a quest for more power we were happy to help.  The first phase included an APS twin turbo kit along with a host of other suspension and cosmetic changes.  It made good power and he was happy for awhile.  Then he wanted more.

Continue reading after the jump!!!

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