Z Club of San Diego - Z-Car club of Inland Valley

Z Club of San Diego
FEBRUARY 2014 Vol. 23 No. 03
Est. 1991
Yahoo Group: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/zcsd/
Facebook: group and page “Z Club San Diego” (ZCSD)
Serving the
County of San Diego
NEXT GENERAL MEETING IS MARCH 4th AT DENNY’S
in the Clairemont Square Shopping Center (See Page 2)
ZCSD, Empire Z, ZCCIV, Z32 at Powertrix and San Diego Auto Museum
SEZ THE PREZ
Great turnout for the February meeting with
many old members and some new even with
the threat rain. The speaker was and conducts driving class for military servicemen
with Don Swanson, president of his advance
driving school, and class for teenage safety
driving, Doug Bishop who runs the Military
Auto Center open to the public and donated T
shirts for our drawing, and Melisa Miller who
is a champion drifting driver competes in
events around the country.
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
The drive to Powertrix was well attended with
over 40 cars in the morning from the Z32
club, Empire Z, ZCCIV and ZCSD. Then we
went to the Automotive Museum at Balboa
Park and looked at the large variety of cars
and motor bikes.
March’s meeting will be this Tuesday the 4th
at the same Denny’s Restaurant with a guest
speaker. Our drive this month will be on the
15th going out to Anza Borrego to enjoy the
wild flowers and look at the sculptures along
the road with a picnic lunch in Borrego
Springs.
This is your Club. Come out to share the enjoyment of your car with other members who
love their cars. See you in March.
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
Wally Cook - Prez
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
Original Garage Builds
Our March guess speaker is going to be “Original Garage Builds” a Datsun/ Nissan specialty shop. It is located at 10031 Prospect
Ave. suite C, Santee, CA .their business number is (619) 750-2508.
Rob and Joe are brothers and have being working on Datsun/Nissan since they were kids. They do engine modifications, rebuilds
and repairs.
ZCSD EVENTS for 2014
2014 Events & Dates:
January 25th –March AF Base Air Museum, Drive & Lunch
February 22nd –Empire Z tech. session at Powertrix and ZCSD SD Automotive Museum in
Balboa Park, Drive & Lunch
March 9th--Empire Z Avocado Run
March 15th – Wild Flower Drive to Anza Borrego, Drive and picnic
April 5th – Jerry Peterson BBQ in Palm Springs, Drive
April – 14th – 16th Bottom Buster Motor Tour, 3 Days of Driving
April 26th – 1 Day Motor Sport Car Show (they will be doing our ZCON Car Show in August)
May 18th – ZCSD Annual Picnic and Show n’ Shine at Santee Lakes
June 6th --- Empire Z Mountain Cruise to Big Bear
June 14th ---Connell Nissan , Nissan Jam
June 21st – Idyllwild Drive and Lunch
July 19th – Movie Night at Santee Drive-In and picnic there
August: 5 – 9 ZCON San Diego
August 23rd – Beach Party and picnic in Mission Bay
September 21st – Coronado Speed Festival
September 27th – JCCS at the Queen Mary in Long Beach (10th Anniversary)
October TBD – Drive and lunch somewhere or a tech session
November TBD – Wine Drive and BBQ at Dennis’
December 13th – Christmas Party
Go to WWW.ZCSD.ORG for a list of our Clubs Sponsors
Powertrix and San Diego Auto Museum with Empire Z, ZCCIV, Z32 and ZCSD
February Run was an very good one . A multy club endeavor thanks to Empire Z, ZCSD, ZCCIV and Z32 for coordinating and
combining all clubs runs into one great outing for all members . Charles Park was an excellent host he provided us all with
coffee and doughnuts and an awesome Tech. session about Powertrix suspension products. For more information on products
and applications log in to their web page at www.powertrix.com.
The San Diego Auto Museum had a very nice Muscle Car Collection Exhibit
as well as other interesting cars.
Thanks to ZCSD member Hunter Hayes and John Moran from Empire Z for the awesome pictures!!!
Your Board in Action 2014
The Board of Directors meeting was held on February 18, 2014
at Coco’s Family Restaurant on Clairemont Mesa Blvd. ZCON
2014 planning continues, the annual membership drive has kicked
off and our monthly Cruz schedule was firmed up. In March there
are two great drives; on the 9th, Empire Z will have their famous
Avocado Cruz with lunch at one of the Casino’s and on the 15th we
will have our annual Wild Flower Drive and Picnic in Borrego
Springs (hopefully the recent rains will bring out some flowers).
Look for an email blast and flyer for these events and others.
Don’t forget to follow your club in Facebook. Zee you at the General Meeting, March 4th.
ZCSD Secretary,
Patty Cook
ZCON 2014 log into our web page at www.zcsd.org for information and registration
ZCSD STORE
NEW SHIRTS AND HATS ARE IN
NEW CLUB PIN $5.00 each
CLIF’S MEMBERSHIP
.
Total membership:153
THIS IS MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL MONTH.
PLEASE RETURN YOUR UPDATED MEMBERSHIP FORM TO US BY MAIL OR AT THE
MONTHLY MEETING.
PLEASE REGISTER THIS MONTH FOR ZCON
2014 IN ORDER TO GET THE EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION PRICE AND SAVE $20. each.
We have had over 165 people start the registration
process so far. They represent over 20 different Z
Car Clubs across the U.S. and Canada. We hope to
have over 400 convention attendees.
Which Z car is the most popular in ZCSD?
Z Car Mod- 240Z
el
260Z
280Z
280ZX
300ZX-Z31
300ZX-Z32
350Z-Z33
370Z-Z34
# of cars
3
14
13
8
9
17
9
31
MARCH 2014 BIRTHDAYS
Happy Birthday!
We want to welcome our newest member who joined at last months meeting. I
guess you guys didn't scare this one
away. It is J.C. Nicholson and his wife
Linda. They live in the Mission Valley area of San Diego, and they have 2 Z cars.
A 2010 370Z 40th Anniversary edition,
and a 1973 240Z. We hope they join us
for some great outings coming up over
the next couple months. Welcome to
ZCSD.
Name
Last
name
Birth
Day
Jack
Hill
03/03
Xochi
Clemin- 03/04
son
Adriana
Hill
03/05
Kerry
Krieger
03/07
Trina
Sartin
03/10
Kenny
Seo
03/22
Short note from your Vice-
Prez and Newsletter editor
Hello ZCSD members!!!
Glad to be back after my yearly vacation to Puerto Rico, sure miss not attending last month meeting. I heard it
was another good one.
Had the opportunity to meet with
some friends and their awesome cars.
From Z cars to Mazda SR-3 SP ,SR3,SR-2,and Toyota Coronas.
I included some pictures of this great
friends and their cars.
The monthly run was a great one we
joined Empire Z, ZCCIV and Z32 at
Powertrix facilities for an awesome
technical session on their great suspension products fro Nissan Z33 and
Z34. Afterwards we all went to Carl’s
Jr. for lunch and then caravanned to
the San Diego Auto Museum.
This months we are once again joining our friends from Empire Z on their
traditional Avocado Run (March 9)
then we will have ZCSD Wild Flower
Drive to Anza Borrego.
For the up coming meeting we have as
our guess speaker Rob and Joe from
Original Garage Build in Santee. They
specialize in Datsun Z cars and Datsun 510.
Come on and join us and have a great
time with your fellow Z car owners.
David
Friends and cars around Puerto Rico
Adelberto Medina 280Z Turbo
Hector González awesome
RX-3SP
AB Mercado pristine 260Z
Francisco “Sico” Quintana Mazda RX-3
Francisco “Sico” Quintana Toyota Corona
Marco Ayala Feliciano 300ZX
This chocolate beauty belongs to Domingo Morales. This is an awesome 240Z triple Mikunis and Turbo engine boosting at 14
PSI. This Z was build and tune at his shop.
I want to take this opportunity to thank my dear friend and Master Auto Technician, Marco Ayala Feliciano. He went out
of his way to help me bring my 300ZX back to life. He crawled under a donor Z car on a cow field to get me an used new
gas tank. From oil change to fixing my air conditioning he did it all.
He tuned and care for my Z until it was road worth it again. Marco mi hermano you are the best!!!!
Z 4 Zale
This beauty is a 1984 300ZX Turbo 50th Anniversary Edition. A real collector Z car. It has original paint and straight
body. Rebuild engine with 4000 miles, automatic transmission. If interested give Marco a call at (562)991-4966 or
shoot him an email at mcorral68@gmail . Don’t miss this opportunity to own a piece of Nissan Z car history .
Z Car Help!!!
Hi , I'm a member of the Ontario z club, I'm hoping you or one of your club members might be able to find me a part, i
have a 1978 Datsun 280 z that i found out when restoring it was some time ago has some front end damage, the front
right inner fender had a small kink in it, it also has rust just in that area, rest of the car is in great condition, so I'm looking
to find a replacement inner fender section of that car including strut tower that i could weld in, would you know where i
could find this, i have been checking forums , people parting out cars, salvage yards with no luck, any help you can give
would be much appreciated or know where i might look to find this.
Thanks Danny
crxnug@aol.com