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this past weekend, I hosed off my Z and joined my neighbor at a local Alex's lemonade show. Lotsa mustangs and corvettes, but a few very interesting cars.

There were two other Nissans there. One was an identical Z to mine, same year, model, trim level, color as mine, but heavily customized. He took home a trophy. There was also a NA 300ZX, immaculate and original. The ZX owner parked beside me so I had a chance to chat with him. He;s the second owner, 1st owner was a fanatical friend of his. He was going to give it to his wife as a DD, but after taking first place at a Z club event, he bought her something else and retired it to mostly sunny day rides and car shows.

HEre's the ZX

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My neighbor's 2001 "split window" corvette. It's very clean, with lambo doors, nice ghost flame job, and aftermarket exhaust. It's also for sale if anyone is interested. HE wants to sell it and buy a new C6 Grand Sport.

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Below was the most interesting car there. this is a one-off 1915 American LaFrance roadster, called a "rhino." It was orignally a a Fire Engine. And a father/son duo spent the last few years converting it. Lopped off 6 foot of frame and rebuilt it into a super stutz bearcat/mercer raceabout type of roadster. We're talking 900 cubic inch 6 cylinder motor. (3 spark plugs per cylinder). Gorgeous work, all hand fabricated. The beast weighs about 6500 lbs, and gets 4 mpg. The owner said it's got ridiculous amounts of torque and can cruise easily at 60 mph. Each wheel/tire weighs just over 300 lbs.

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That 280ZX is beautiful. Did you mean 280zx but typed 300zx?

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300ZXttZMAN wrote:That 280ZX is beautiful. Did you mean 280zx but typed 300zx?

Oops. you're right. I meant 280 and typed 300. I did a double take when he pulled in. it looked brand new.

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Hah. Its so clean though.

Do you have any more pictures from the show?

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300ZXttZMAN wrote:Hah. Its so clean though.

Do you have any more pictures from the show?
Nope. I didn't realize my camera's battery was dead until I got there, so the shots were supplied by my neighbor (with the vette).

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Ahhh piss... Well was there any other Z's there? Any S30's?

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300ZXttZMAN wrote:Ahhh piss... Well was there any other Z's there? Any S30's?
Nope, just the 350Z that took a trophy.

I'm going to a bigger show in two weeks (weather permitting), I'm sure I'll run across a few older Datsuns. I'll take pics.

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A 280ZX, that looked just like that, was the first Datsun/Nissan I ever saw and is the reason I'm a Nissan fan today. I LOVE that car, and I still plan on owning one, just like it, one day.


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