Member Rides

This month's featured car comes from Melbourne's outer suburbs. Apart from the Simmons FR17 wheels the car looks relatively stock at first glance, but don't let that fool you. There's a lumpy V8 hiding under that long blue bonnet.

I stumbled upon my zed whilst visiting Rob at z parts in Moorabbin. I owned a red 2+2 at the time and was buying a part off Rob when i saw this brown 2 seater hornet.

This month we bring you a 240z and owner that have both been on the Zcar scene for a number of years. The original incarnation of this lovely 240z involved the infamous Nissan 4.4ltr V8 conversion. However as you will find out Mick has been working hard toward what some would call the ultimate V8 conversion an LS1.

Well back in 1986 I decided to do a car up wanted a rx3 coupe decided to go to Melbourne to find one. A week before going a friend took me for a ride in his new 240z I was hooked had to have a zed after that

This month's feature ride is the result of hard work involving blood sweat and tears. Greg has transformed a $600 basket case into the track car you see with the BRE style livery for icing on the cake.

I bought my first zed in 1994. It was a very straight blue 280zx. Over the following 10 years I enjoyed the car immensely as a pure road car. At that point I had no idea of all the potential fun I was missing.

Ben Ellis is no stranger to the Z scene, having previously built a 1JZ powered 240z which some will recall from the Australian Zoom magazine. This latest Z is a unique spin on Japanese styling and performance influence. Lots of lightweight goodies keep it on a strict diet and a powerful L28 is nestled between the front strut towers.

We at Auszcar.com are proud to bring you Ben Ellis' latest Z-car project, a tribute to Japanese styled Z-cars. Having owned a few Zeds already and inspired by Japanese magazine Zeppan Car, Ben wanted to build a light weight performance Z.

This month we bring you the world's fastest streetable 240z. Robbie Ward resides in our neighbouring country of New Zealand and runs a reputable performance shop called Rotorua Import Pro Shop known as R.I.P.S

We first spotted Robbie Ward's 240z on good ol' youtube.com performing some crazy wheel stands. The wheel stands were due to transmission problems, which were soon corrected and Robbie's 240z went from 9 second's at its first outing to 8 seconds a couple of sessions later.

This months feature car comes from Belgium Europe, which is quite unusual for an early Z. We're told that there are only a handful of Zeds in the wonderful country of Belgium and we are lucky enough to cover Peter's car.

This early 240Z is originally from sunny California. It was brought to Europe, Denmark about 15 years ago by a Nissan dealer, who parked it in the showroom. However it was never certified and put on the road and it therefore did not have any European registration.

Its been a while between feature rides, but like always we think its worth the wait. Some of you will probably know this car well. Its been featured in other online publications and its certainly no stranger to the Z community. Its mix of modern technology and old school style certainly blend well. Yep its young Austin Hoke's early 71 240z, whats great about this ride is the amount of work done by Austin himself.

This lovely blue 240z started life like many projects. A neglected and rusted out early Z, just waiting for the right person to come along and rescue it.

To kick start 2008 and bring you even better content than last year. We decided to introduce you with 3 featured Zcars this January. The real surprise though is that they are all owned by the same man! Guy Miller has the Z bug like many of us and has managed to bring into his possession 3 early Datsun 240z's. We're sure you'll love all 3 as much as we do!

It takes a man of talent to own more than 1 Zcar. Not because as the 240z ages it becomes more difficult to find one, or because the maintenance bills add up, or even that you need somewhere to store all 3. No it takes talent because more often than not we need to convince a significant other it's a good idea to own 1 let alone 3.

As the price of performance motors such as the RB26DETT and SR20DET drop. The option of slotting one into an early Z with an ageing L-series starts to become more and more tempting. For some like our latest feature car its the most logical choice especially when considering an SR20DET not only do you increase power output you also give the car a diet and loose a few KG's.

We realise its has been a while between featured rides at viczcar.com but we figured it was worth the wait for our next feature car. Engine swaps are always a topical debate, but when you can almost double the horse power while shedding a few kilograms at a fraction of a cost of what it would be to achieve the same power from an original engine it kinda makes more sense.

When I turned 19, I decided that the 1980 Brown Sigma Station Wagon I was driving had to go. I began searching for a car with decent styling. I only had a couple of thousand dollars, so I knew it had to be an older car. I considered Ford Escorts (RS2000), Cortina, Torana, Ford Capri etc etc.