Like your Z, this site is always underconstruction. :-)
Join Ashley in helping celebrate Greg Ira's second national championship (and Nissan's 98th) in his orange #2 E Production 240Z, with a matching orange T-shirt just like Greg's crew wore at Daytona!
$15/ea shirt plus $5 shipping per order (as many shirts as you want shipped for same price).
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As great a car as the Datsun Z was and is, a big part of Mr. K's legacy is the growth in the Japanese import performance tuning industry that the Z inspired.
From the Chevy re-engined Scarab conversions to the Eagle/Alpha GTO rebody kits; the four decades after the arrival of the first Z in the USA saw hundreds of small manufacturers spring up to supply mechanical and design upgrades to Z enthusiasts. Many of those shops expanded to cover other Datsun models, and even vehicles from other import manufacturers.
Nearly forty years after the last S30 Z was built, Greg Ira won an SCCA national championship in one and continues to set track records, utilizing performance mods and upgrades inspired by the Z itself.
Many other Z racers and driving enthusiasts across the country and around the world still seek out the same improvements, as well as innovating new ones.
I was surfing the web looking for something else and stumbled across this stunning illustration of a Velo Rossa™ (complete with custom badge) by Ed White of Fast Eddie's Hot Rod Art in Houston, TX. Check him at at www.FEHRArules.com or search for "Fast Eddie's Hot Rod Art" on Facebook.
A customer produced video of the Velo Rossa™!
A recent comment about the "high cost" of some of my fiberglass fenders prompts me to explain a little about the cost of producing fiberglass auto body parts.
The cost of any product you buy--from basic groceries to your high-tech iPhone--includes the manufacturer's cost to develop, make, and deliver it; plus some amount of markup that makes it worthwhile for the manufacturer to stay in business. After all, isn't making money the objective of being "in business?"
