June 1st, Bayline Gathering hosted by HJCG!

We will kick start our summer events here at the petrolhead with this exciting-to-be event! Our friend at HistoricJapaneseCarGathering.com will be hosting the first Bayline Gathering. The gathering is to bring all the Hakosuka and Kenmeri owners together, as well as other vintage Japanese car petrolheads!

Come out and support the movement!

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Keep your eye out for other events that the petrolhead Fairlady Z will make an appearance at:

06/01/2012Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival – ZONC Z Corral
07/28/2012Z Owners of Northern California: Brisbane Marina 

Long lost documentation found!

After tedious research on the internet and hours of phone time with the previous owner of the petrolhead Fairlady Z, we managed to attain the original documentation of the car. This documentation not found until over a year after the purchase of the vehicle. We are overjoyed that the documentation will continue to remain with the Z car, as it rightfully should be.

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California Mille: Anti-Football Run!

the petrolhead will be represented in full force at the coming Anti-Football Run. For those of you who do not know, the Anti-Football Run was organized by a group of individuals over twenty years ago to show the world that there is more to do than just watch football and get drunk on New Years Day! This is a day to the true petrolhead! So bring your cars out from storage and enjoy the fresh air of  the North Bay. Please join us in this prestigious run!

More information and how to sign up can be found here:

California Mille: Anti-Football Run 

Articles:

San Francisco Chronicle
The Marine Scope

Datsun Competition

As you all are aware of, here at the petrolhead we are obsessed with rare vintage parts. In particular, we love any rare finds we can add to our 1972 Fairlady Z. We recently purchased a beautiful Nismo 10th Anniversary Datsun Competition Steering Wheel from a fellow enthusiast (that makes two in our collection!).

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Thursday Nights in Santa Clara

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On Thursday the petrolhead rolled out to the monthly last Thursday Classic Car Meet in Santa Clara, CA. We were lucky enough to hitch a ride with a true petrolhead Lloyd L. from San Mateo. His beautiful E-Type Jaguar was definitely the highlight of the night. Truly one of the most beautiful cars ever made.
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Perfected Zed

Perfection. If we had to sum it all up in one word, that is exactly the word that would use to describe this beautiful Zed from Poland. Classic Z Car forum user gusbo restored and modified this Z into an ideal balance of both performance and aesthetics.

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Flying Lotus’

On September 15, 2011, the petrolhead made it out to a San Jose Bay Area/GGLC drive and meet.  Two separate groups met in Woodside and Saratoga. Each group took a short drive up the mountain roads known as Skyline Blvd., meeting at the Page Mill Rd. intersection. Continue reading