JUNE

Z Club of San Diego
Est. 1991
JUNE 2013 Vol. 22 No. 6
Yahoo Group: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/zcsd/
Facebook: group and page “Z Club San Diego” (ZCSD)
Serving the
County of San Diego
since 1991
NEXT GENERAL MEETING IS JUNE 4TH AT DENNY’S
in the Clairemont Square Shopping Center (See Page 2)
ZCSD 22nd Anniversary Picnic and Car Show
SEZ THE PREZ
THE PREZ SAYZ
May started off with our General Meeting
and even though the guest speaker from
the Fabric Shop, good reports about the
West Coast National Z Car Convention.
We had ten members attend the Convention, won a top place in the car show.
ZCSD OFFICERS
BOARD MEMBERS:
President
WALLY COOK
Wallace@captscook.com
Vice President
DAVID GONZALEZ
Davidgonzalezmen@yahoo.com
Secretary
Patty COOK
Patty@captscook.com
Treasurer
MICHAEL MONTAG
mtmontag66@cox.net
COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Membership
CLIF YAUSSI
(619) 401-0680
Clifyaussi@sbcglobal.net
Events Coordinator
Wally Cook
Wallace@captscook.com
Newsletter Editor
DAVID GONZALEZ
Datsun260zt@gmail.com
Newsletter Production
Our event for May was our annual Picnic
which was held at Santee Lakes. There
were close to 30 cars, and 14 were entered
into the car show, run by Sheri, and we
had 5 categories. The hamburgers, hot
dogs, and bratwurst were great and barbequed by Lenny. This was a great turn out
and a lot of fun for everyone.
The June general meeting will be this
June 4th, at Denny’s in the Clairemont
Square. Arrive about 6PM and park in
back in the Z club parking lot. Meeting
will start at 7PM upstairs. The event for
June is a nice drive up to Idyllwild, lunch
in the park or at a restaurant, then a good
drive home.
This is your Club. Drive your car, bring a
friend, and enjoy the fun.
Your Prez – Wally Cook
Established in 1991 by the owner of Z
-Whizz.
The Z Car CLUB OF SAN DIEGO is
a group of
Datsun and Nissan Z enthusiasts and a
Charter
Member of the National Z Car Club Association.
Purpose: The Club is organized as a
California Nonprofit Mutual Benefit
Corporation formed to:1) Provide its
members with access to knowledge
about their Z Cars;
2) Provide a forum for members and
other interested parties;
3) Exchange Z Car information;
4) Organize events and activities for
members which enhance their enjoyment of Z car ownership.
Persons interested in becoming a
Member should fill out the Membership
Form located on the last page of this
Newsletter.
Monthly Meetings are held the first
Tuesday of each month with dinner at 6
PM and meeting starting at 7 PM. See
below for driving directions.
Contact an Officer: See the list of Officers on the left side of this Newsletter.
Any Officer will respond to your Email.
Club Mailing Address:
Z Club of San Diego
P.O. Box 710886
Santee, CA 92072
SHERI ARNOTH
Webmaster
RICH SCHARF
Rich.scharf@att.net
Member at Large
LISA FOSTER
Track Coordinator
DENNIS DARNALL
zcardennis@gmail.com
Club “Store”
MICHELE RUPPERT
CheleyRup@gmail.com
Convention Chairman
Lenny Arnoth
Lennynsheri@cox.net
Our monthly meeting place:
DENNY’S
4280 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92117
Driving directions:
From 52, take the Genesee exit south to
Clairemont Mesa, go west just past Clairemont
Drive, and it’s on the right
From 5, go to Clairemont Dr and go east a
couple miles ‘til you get to the Clairemont
Square Center. Turn right on Clairemont
Mesa Blvd. Then look for the Denny’s. on
your left. We park in back of Denny’s
ZCSD EVENTS for 2013
*January 19th – ZCSD Campo Train Museum
*February 23rd – ZCSD Fire Memories Museum
* March 23rd– Anza Borrego
* April 26th – 28th – Motorsport Z-Car West Coast Nationals in Orange CA
* May 19th – ZCSD Annual Picnic at Santee Lakes
* June 8th – ZCSD Idyllwild Drive & Lunch
* June 21st,,22nd, 23rd - ZCSD Hearst Castle
* July 27th – ZCSD Drive-In Movie Night – Sheri
* August 24th – ZCSD Beach Party at Crown Point in Mission Bay
* September – ZCSD Support & Attend:
• Japanese Classic Car Show at the Queen Mary, Long Beach
• Coronado Speed Festival
* October 5th – ZCSD DYNO Day and B-B-Q
* November 9th – ZCSD Ramona Valley Wine Drive
*December 14th – ZCSD Holiday Party
Other Events:
* April 8th – 10th Bottom Buster Motor Tour
* August 3rd – 9th ZCON, Nashua, New Hampshire
* October 12th – Empire Z’s Annual Car Show
* November TBD – ZCCIV Annual Car Show
* Jay Leno’s Garage (Big Dog Garage) – will try to coordinate a visit
with some of our clubs contacts.
Go to WWW.ZCSD.ORG for a list of our Clubs Sponsors
Your Board in Action
The Board of Directors meeting was held on
May 21st 2013. Topics of discussion included;
the Motorsport Z-Car West Coast Nationals in
Orange and the car show on April 28th, the Annual Picnic on May 19th, June’s Idyllwild
Drive and July’s Drive-In Movie Night
(Wolverine), the use of the new club logo and
2014 Convention planning. The Hearst Castle
trip has been canceled due to a hotel scheduling conflict. We won’t try to reschedule it until after the 2014 Convention.
Don’t forget the next General Meeting: June
4th at Denny’s (Dinner at 6, meeting at 7).
18th Annual Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival
The oldest and grandest car show in North Orange County hosts Hot Rods and a Concours
D’Elegance with the true classics of the automotive industry spread out over eight acres of
lawns.
This awesome event took place on May 19,2013. Our friend and fellow ZCSD member Michael
Grassi had his awesome 1983 white 280ZX on exhibit and took 3rd Place in the Special Interest
Category. Congratulations Michael !!! One more award for your collection.
ZCSD STORE
CLIF’S MEMBERSHIP
OUR CLUB FUNCTIONS BEST WHEN MEMBERS ARE
ACTIVE AND ENVOLVED. WE HOPE WE CAN COUNT
ON YOU TO JOIN WITH US IN 2013.
Hurry up and Renew your Membership
Total Members: 117
We want to welcome back a past member who has renewed for 2013, Jack
Hill. He drives a yellow 1971 240Z
Which Z car is the most popular in ZCSD?
Z Car Model
# of cars
240Z
260Z
24
280Z
2
280ZX
9
300ZX-Z31
11
6
JUNE BIRTHDAYS
Happy Birthday!
Walt
Bradfield
06/02
Diane
Pickelsimer
06/03
Dan
Williams
06/03
Dee
Valle
06/06
Nick
Fulton
06/07
Glenn
Zuiderweg
06/10
Michele
Rupert
06/10
Sharon
Anderberg
06/14
Brian
Alexander
06/19
Tom
Branch
06/21
300ZX-Z32
9
350Z-Z33
14
370Z-Z34
6
Short note from your Vice-
Prez and Newsletter editor
Welcome to the June 2013 ZCSD Newsletter Edition. This Newsletter is the first one featuring the new clubs logo.
Last month we celebrated the Club’s 22nd anniversary with our traditional Picnic/BBQ and car show. We had a
great turn out with friends and family and fellow Z car enthusiast from other Z car clubs like ZCCIV and Group Z.
For this general meeting Rich Sharf will have a presentation on the Z car History. The run for this month is the
Idyllwild Run organized by Lenny and Sherry Arnoth , also Empire Z is having their traditional Bear Mountain Run
more details on www.empirez.com. Our sister club ZCCIV is having some interesting runs and museums visits. We
have a page of their activities here courtesy our friend and ZCCIV Prez, Pat Connolly.
A new event : Nissan Jam will be held on June 16, sponsor by Connell Nissan of Costa Mesa.
Hope to see you all at the General Meeting,
David
NEW CLUB LOGO
Want to take this opportunity to present to you our New Club Logo and to
thank Dennis Darnall for his efforts and hard work in coordinating this great effort. This initiative began from the need to find a way to create new club’s merchandize for us and for the 2014 ZCON at a reasonable price. We love the
“Vintage” logo but the price of reproduction is too high because it very high
stich count and difficulty to reproduce in other merchandize like hats, bags, Tshirts, stickers, etc. A basic version is going to be use for the letterhead in all
written communications.
May ZCSD General Meeting
Z Cars at the General Meeting
Z CARS WILL MAKE AWESOME BATMOBILES
Great group of people
Anniversary Picnic & BBQ
ZCSD 22nd Anniversary Picnic and BBQ at Santee Lakes , great weather, friends, family and cars. Thanks to all
that came to the Picnic and brought their beautiful cars and delicious food to share. The car show was fun and
difficult to judge with so many awesome cars from stock to modified. All Z car models and an awesome Datsun
510 were on display. Thanks to Sherry Arnoth for organizing this event and Lenny Arnoth for making the car
show plaques and doing all the grilling.
Winners Circle
Jack
Terry
Andrew
Devin
Clif
I present to you the ZCSD 22nd Anniversary car show winners :
Jack Hill got best modified in his son , Sebastian 1971 Datsun 510
Tammy got best paint with her 280zx Turbo
Devin got best of show ,best engine compartment with his 370Z (also won the 50/50)
Andrew got best interior with his 350Z Roadster
Clif won best daily driver in his 300ZX Roadster
Cars show winner beauties
Sebastian’s Datsun 510 : Best Modified
Terry‘s 280zx Turbo: Best Paint
Devin’s 370Z: Best Engine Bay and Best of Show ( also won the 50/50 Drawing)
Andrew’s 350Z Roadster : Best interior
Clif’s 300ZX Roadster : Best Daily Driver
Palomar run with Randy Rodriguez and George Notaras ,aka, Motoman.
20 370z's made the run to Palomar Mountain. Some came from Orange County, some from ZCSD, all had a picture perfect driving experience, the weather was outstanding! a 100 miles of Palomar and Julian back country
roads.
I can tell you it was a pretty sight, 20 370's snaking through the twisties and the best part NO MOTOR
HOMES OR MINI VANS to slow us down, hard to believe considering it was Memorial Day weekend. On the
rare occasion when a pedestrian car would be in the way, they pulled over to let us drive!!
We ruffled the feathers of one ornery, jealous, Park ranger when we took over the "empty" parking lot at the Palomar summit..
Heading back to San Diego cause Randy had planned a BBQ for the group. though the group was way bigger
than he anticipated no one went away hungry. Thanks Randy we all had a great time...
News Update from ZCCIV
Saturday the 1st of June, our club will meet a the Cars & Coffee in Temecula.
Hours: 7:00-9:00 AM located at the Cosi Restaurant parking lot behind Costco on Promenade Way.
Just look/ listen/ follow the Ferrari's, Lambo’s, Porches, Corvettes ,and Z cars
After coffee , for those interested, we may travel to the Motte Historical Museum, located
at 28380 Highway 74, Menifee
(info@mottemuseum.com)
Our monthly meeting place has relocated to:
Casa Jimenez
40535 California Oaks Rd
Murrieta 92562
(951) 677-4579
Due to the closing of Carrow’s this May 31st . Meeting date and time remain the same,
2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM
Sunday June 9th , Empire Z will host a Big Bear run, for more information check their
web site.
www.empirez.com
Sunday June 30, ZCCIV will host a club run to quality West Wing & Uncle Bud’s Car
Museum (www.unclebuds.org) in Corona.
We will meet at the Arco gas station, Nichols Road exit, I-15, North of Lake Elsinore at
12:00 (noon)
Uncle Bud’s
1700 W. 6th St
Corona, CA 92882
Will like to have a club RSVP count by June 17:
connollybp@aol.com
gmahopea@aol.com
Prez Pat :)
ZCCIV at Cars and “Cosi” , Cosi Restaurant parking lot in Temecula
Z 4 Zale
This awesome sleeper 280 Z 2+2 belongs tour friend Juan Chavez, RB 25 Turbo engine swap, Carbon fiber hood and lots of upgrades. For more information please contact Juan at (323) 839-0957 or email:zmaniac77@gmail.com