Z Club of San Diego Est. 1991 MAY 2014 Vol. 23 No. 05 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 MAY 6th AT DENNY S in the Clairemont Square Shopping Center (See Page 2) ZCSD, Anza Borrego and Picnic Run
SEZ THE PREZ 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 SHERI ARNOTH Webmaster RICH SCHARF Rich.scharf@att.net Member at Large DAVID MIKAHLO montezuma50@gmail.com Track Coordinator DENNIS DARNALL zcardennis@gmail.com Club Store DAVID GONZALEZ datsun260zt@gmail.com Convention Chairman Lenny Arnoth Lennynsheri@cox.net THE PREZ SAYZ MAY NEWSLETTER April started with our General Meeting run by V.P. David Gonzalez and was well attended by members who had great fun. The May meeting will be on the 6 th (Tuesday) with a guest speaker Al Allan of Datsun Parts, LLC. This will be another very good meeting with lots of fun. There were 3 events starting with the annual Z Club s Picnic put on by Jerry Peterson at his Palm Springs local. It was well attended by our club, Inland Valley, Empire Z and Group Z. There were many old (Vintage) cars and over 32 people. Jerry was presented with a gift from our club which was a framed picture of his car at the Japanese Car Show in Long Beach. Next was the Bottom Buster Motor Tour (for Vintage Cars) with 3 days of driving the byways of Central Calif. With beautiful scenery, great weather and fantastic drivers dinner. Last was the Motor Sport Car show in the City of Orange which was well attended by many Z cars from all over and a number from our Club. In May we have our annual Picnic on Sunday May 18 th at Santee Lakes with free hamburgers, hot dogs and brats. We will also have our Show & Shine with a number of categories with trophies. A great time for all. This is our club and we work very hard to have fun and make it fun for everyone. If you are not having fun, then you need to come on out and join in. See you there, 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 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
April s Board Meeting ZCSD Board Meeting at Coco s Restaurant, visiting guest Mr. Octavio Lebaron from Promo Ventures, Mr. John Williams from Williams Machine Shop and Mr. Jay Ataka from Ataka Corporation. We discussed ZCON 2014 promotion merchandize, car show trophies and Mr. Matsuo visit from Japan.
ZCSD EVENTS for 2014 2014 Events & Dates: January 25 th March AF Base Air Museum, Drive & Lunch February 22 nd Empire Z tech. session at Powertrix and ZCSD SD Automotive Museum in Balboa Park, Drive & Lunch March 9 th --Empire Z Avocado Run March 15 th Wild Flower Drive to Anza Borrego, Drive and picnic April 5 th Jerry Peterson BBQ in Palm Springs, Drive April 14 th 16 th Bottom Buster Motor Tour, 3 Days of Driving April 26 th 1 Day Motor Sport Car Show (they will be doing our ZCON Car Show in August) May 18 th ZCSD Annual Picnic and Show n Shine at Santee Lakes June 6 th --- Empire Z Mountain Cruise to Big Bear June 14 th --- Connell Nissan, Nissan Jam June 21 st Idyllwild Drive and Lunch July 19 th Movie Night at Santee Drive-In and picnic there August: 5 9 ZCON San Diego August 23 rd Beach Party and picnic in Mission Bay September 21 st Coronado Speed Festival September 27 th JCCS at the Queen Mary in Long Beach (10 th Anniversary) October TBD Drive and lunch somewhere or a tech session November TBD Wine Drive and BBQ at Dennis December 13 th Christmas Party Go to WWW.ZCSD.ORG for a list of our Clubs Sponsors
Bottom Busters 2014 The Bottom Busters Motor Tour a 3 day driving event through Central California.
Your Board in Action 2014 Your Board in Action The Board of Directors meeting was held on April 22, 2014 at Coco s Family Restaurant on Clairemont Mesa Blvd. ZCON 2014 planning continues with representatives showing their products for consideration. On May 18 th ZCSD will hold their Annual Picnic and Show n Shine at Santee Lakes. Bring a dish to share, the club will supply the hot dogs, hamburgers and water. This is a great event for the whole family so you won t want to miss it! Don t forget to follow your club in Facebook. Zee you at the General Meeting, May 6 th! ZCON 2014 log into our web page at www.zcsd.org for information and registration
Palm Springs Run and Jerry Peterson BBQ The Palm Springs Drive and BBQ at Jerry Peterson Condo had a great turn out.
Wally presented Jerry Peters with a mounted Picture of his car created by Kenny Seo from the Japanese Classic Car Show 2013 in Long Beach, CA.
ZCSD STORE NEW SHIRTS AND HATS ARE IN $20.00 NEW CLUB PIN $5.00 each
Motorsport 2014 Z Bash ZCSD members gather early morning to caravan to Z Bash at Motorsport
ZCSD had a booth promoting ZCON 2014,thanks to all the members that showed up and assist, specially to Lenny who went very early and set up the tent. The Japanese delegation stopped by our booth and were given a ZCON 2014 promotion poster. (www.jdmcarparts.com)
Z Bash was a great success,awesome cars and people. There were Dyno runs, garage sales and store merchandize sales.
CLIF S MEMBERSHIP. Total members: 149 and that's counting the 3 or 4 stragglers that always pay a month or two late. Don't make me send out a reminder to you!! We have 20 club members signed up and paid for the ZCON 2014. Far and away the most of any club so far. But beware, Texas usually brings that many too. Which Z car is the most popular in ZCSD? Z Car Model 240Z 260Z 280Z 280ZX 300ZX-Z31 300ZX-Z32 350Z-Z33 370Z-Z34 # of cars 33 3 16 15 7 10 18 10 MAY 2014 BIRTHDAYS Happy Birthday! Name Last name Birth Day Name Last name Birth DAY Hans Crail 05/01 Deborah Clark 05/29 Joni Samaniego 05/01 Johnnie Gable 05/30 Michael Ryan 05/02 Pat Miller 05/30 Pat Connolly 05/04 Linda Yancey 05/31 Debby Whaling 05/06 Bill Pickelsimer 05/06 Ed Reay 05/17 James Bohnsack 05/19 Michael Grassi 05/20 Marry Ann Bowen 05/23 Devin Ploeger 05/27
Presidio Park Photo Shoot
Short note from your Vice- Prez and Newsletter editor May is here!!! Summer is approaching fast!!!, Z Club of San Diego will be 24 years old!!! So that means the Picnic at Santee Lakes, car show, cake and Lenny at the grill!!! More information and details will be forwarded in an e-flyer as the date gets closer. April was a busy month; Bottom Buster, Z Bash at Motorsport, Palm Spring Drive and BBQ at Jerry Peterson and ZCON 2014 meetings, we even had a quick photo shoot organized by Clif to use in one of the promotion posters for ZCON as Wally proposed, it came out so pretty we are going to print some more. Wanted to thank Mr. Eugene Abad from ELEE Motorsport and Atara Racing Wheels for sponsoring my new wheels giving me the opportunity to promote not only the wheels but ZCON 2014 at the same time. Hope you all registered for the ZCON and various activities to take place, there will be other activities to sign in during the convention as well. We had three guest during the Board meeting :Mr. Octavio Lebaron from, Promo Venture, Inc. who presented us with various merchandize to used during the ZCON, Mr. John Williams from Williams Machine Shop who presented some nice alternative for trophies and Mr. Jay Ataka from Ataka Corporation who is going to help with Mr. Matsuo visit. Overall it was a fantastic meeting and things are coming together nicely, but much to do still. Want to thank our friend and club member Bernard Vinluan for referring Mr. Octavio Lebaron to us. Our guest speaker is going to be Mr. Al Allen from Datsun Parts LLC (www.datsunpartsllc.com) You don t want to miss this one. He sell Datsun parts and restore Datsun car Zee you at the Meeting David
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