Z Club of San Diego. Serving the County of San Diego

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1 Z Club of San Diego JUNE 2015 Vol. 24 No. 6 Est Yahoo Group: Facebook: group and page Z Club San Diego (ZCSD) Serving the County of San Diego NEXT GENERAL MEETING IS JUNE 2 ND AT DENNY S in the Clairemont Square Shopping Center (See Page 2)

2 SEZ THE PREZ ZCSD? Straight ahead!!! ZCSD OFFICERS BOARD MEMBERS: President DAVID GONZALEZ Vice President RICKI ALBERTO Secretary REX HOUSMAN Treasurer MICHAEL MONTAG COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Membership CLIF YAUSSI (619) Events Coordinator Wally Cook Newsletter Editor DAVID GONZALEZ Webmaster RICH SCHARF Member at Large DAVID MIKAHLO Track Coordinator DENNIS DARNALL Club Store SHERI ARNOTH ZCCIV Coordinator Chuck Golden THE PREZ SAYZ Welcome to the June 2015 edition of the ZCSD Newsletter. Hope you are all ready for an awesome summer. I just got back from my annual summer vacation in Puerto Rico and I had a blast. That s why the newsletter is late, but it gave an opportunity to cover the 24th Anniversary Picnic and BBQ. Thanks to all that came specially our friends from Fairlady Generations. Lenny and Sheri did an awesome job organizing this event. We had plenty of food and a lot of awesome cars in the car show. Congrats to all that won. The general Meeting was very well attended and our guess speaker, Phillip from Bumper Doc addressed the membership and gave us a good overview of the services they provide. Our Vice Pres, Ricky Alberto is coordinating a tech. session at Bumper Doc. June bring us the Idyllwild cruise. This is one very beautiful scenic route and a very Pinterest mountain town. Lenny has arrange for parking at Joann s Restaurant & Bar. The flyer is included in the newsletter. Hope to see you at the run. Z ee you David Gonzalez PreZ,ZCSD 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 . Club Mailing Address: Z Club of San Diego P.O. Box Santee, CA WEB Site: Our monthly meeting place: DENNY S 4280 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA 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

3 ZCSD EVENTS for Events & Dates: January 17 th K1 Speed race track day and lunch at Cuatro Milpas February 7 th Palm Springs BBQ at Jerry Peterson s March 8 th --Empire Z s Avocado Run and Lunch March 21 st Gimmick Rally to Mount Soledad March 29 th - 2 nd Datsun Enthusiasts Meet April 11 th Pismo Beach Z Day (awaiting confirmation) April th - Bottom Buster Motor Tour April 25 th Motorsports Car Show April 26 st - Coronado Car Show May 31 st - Anniversary Picnic at Santee Lakes June 7 th - Nissan Jam June 13 th - Idyllwild Run July 14 th -18 th - ZCON 2015 July 25 th -Drive in movie night and BNS Brewery August 16 th Beach Party and picnic in Mission Bay September 6 - ZTopia, Bakersfield, CA September 18 th -20 th Coronado Speed Festival 2015 September 19 th JCCS at the Queen Mary in Long Beach October TBD Empire Z s 8 th Annual Car Show October 17 th - Dyno Day and BBQ at Dyno Shop in Santee and Twisted Manzanita Brewery October TBD _ ZCCIV Car Show at SoCal Wax Shop in Murrieta November 15 th Wine Drive at Ramona Wineries and BBQ at Dennis s Darnall house December 12 th Christmas Party 2015 Go to for a list of our Clubs Sponsors

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6 MAY S 2015 General Meeting May's General meeting had a great turn out. The Board of Directors met before the general meeting to discuss the clubs events, finances and membership renewal and future events. Thanks to our guest speaker and club sponsor Phillip from Bumper Doc. Stay tune for an awesome tech session at their facility on Convoy St. They will host our club and demonstrate the variety of services they provide from paint less dent removal, window tinting, full car detail.

7 Plenty of awesome cars at the meeting.our friend Mike brought his 240Z, triple carb and awesome custom dash.

8 The parking lot gathering looked like a town festival with all the cars and club members hanging around. Bob brought his nice Mustang out. Robert Calderhead showed up with his G35. Sack impressed us again with another of his craigslist find, Citroen parlez vous Francais?

9 Z Notes from the ZCCIV PREZ

10 24 th Anniversary Picnic/BBQ ZCSD 24th Anniversary Picnic and BBQ at Santee Lakes, we had our traditional car show with awesome trophies, great food and the visit of our friends from up North, Fairlady Generations and Fuzzy Bonnie.

11 We had a lot of pretty Z cars on display at the car show

12 We had all generation of Z representing

13 Seems like blue was the predominant Z car color. Plenty of old school representing. Robert Johnson brought his freshly painted Z32.

14 Some of the members and friends from Fairlady Generations made the trip down to San Diego to celebrate with us our 24th Anniversary.

15 Lots of pretty Datsun/Nissan car engines

16 The triple carbs were the main attraction on the engine bay category

17 Thanks to David Mihalko we have our new clubs tent were Clif displayed our club banner. We had a great weather for a BBQ and picnic.

18 Wally and Patty enjoyed the awesome food under the shade

19 Seems like everyone was having a good time in company of friends and good food

20 We had cake!!!!

21 Car show winners circle: Wally won Daily Driver with over 500K miles. Michael Ryan won best engine bay. David Mihalko won best Datsun, Lisa and Bob won best Datsun Z, David Platt won best License plate, Jose from Fairlady Generations won best Nissan Z, Shanna Kipp Krierger won best interior and Robert Johnson won best paint in his Z32.

22 Courage was hungry!!!

23 Special thanks to our friends from Fairlady Generations for coming down to San Diego and celebrate our 24th Anniversary!!!

24 Fairlady Generations with Henry Aruca and Fuzzy Bunny

25 San Sebastian, Puerto Rico Car Meet During my visit to Puerto Rico my friend Adelberto put together a farewell car meet to wish me good bye. Thanks to all that showed up in such a short notice and the rain. Some very awesome and powerful cars showed up.

26 Great photos by Felix Abraham Photography

27 This is my brother's pocket rocket, do not let size deceive you. This BMW 135i M package twin turbo hangs out with the big dogs and hold s its ground. After all it is an in line 6 engine.

28 So one of my former patients and friends, Hector Alvarez called me and ask me if he could show me his 370 Z. Of course I said, but little did I know it was a 40th Anniversary 370Z.

29 Came across this beauty in a Goat Festival, yes goat

30 Another beautiful Z car came my way, this one from my friends Abel Velez and his son Cristian A. Velez. They swap their Nissan Armada for this awesome Z, soon to get an RB engine swap..

31 Besides my lovely family, relatives and friends these are the other reasons I go to back to Puerto Rico. My Nissan Z32 and my 1980 Toyota Corolla 1.8 rear wheel drive, I usually drive Nissan/Datsun,but when I don t, I drive this Corolla.

32 CLIF S MEMBERSHIP

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34 ZCSD STORE NEW SHIRTS AND HATS ARE IN $20.00 NEW CLUB PIN $5.00 each

35 4 Z ale Z with 280Z engine swap with 5 spd. tranny and rear end. electronic ignition and rebuild carbs. Original engine and spare parts included. For more info contact Jim Magdlen at

36 4 Z ale Our fellow club member Bob Bloom is selling one of his 240Z cars and a bunch of 260Z gages. For information and details call or text Bob Bloom at (619)

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