A reminder - Our NEXT club meeting for the CTZCC is at Grossman Nissan in Old Saybrook!

When: Wednesday September 20, 6:00 to 8:30PM - Rain Date: September 27

Where: Grossman Nissan – 295 Middlesex Tpke, Old Saybrook CT 06475

Please visit our online discussion forums for full details and updates, especially if the weather looks questionable that evening.
Members and their guests can arrive between 6 and 6:30PM to gather in the parking lot and get reacquainted. Always fun!

Food and beverages will be provided by Grossman Nissan around 6:30PM!

Meeting Agenda:
- Introductions
- New Members Intro
- Upcoming Event Planning
- Merchandizing Update - Josh Parent
- Z Story (s)
- Other??

Bring your Z if you can and enjoy meeting with your fellow Z enthusiast.

Please confirm your attendance by than Monday September 18 so we can get a headcount to ensure that we have enough food and drinks for this meeting.

Pls email me at marcosjuan@comcast.net to confirm your attendance.

I look forward to Z you there!

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Juan Marcos - 2023 CTZCC President
Gold 75 280Z
White 72 240Z
Blue 78 280Z
TBD 73 240Z
Red 83 280ZX

Well, even though the turnout was light, we still had lots of fun at the club meeting at Grossman Nissan. Six Z cars showed up and we still managed to put a big dent in the pizzas that Grossman had provided. As always, they have been generous supporters of our club so a big THANKS goes out to them. Their master mechanic proudly showed us his pristine Austin Healy Sprite which, when compared to our Z cars, looked almost toy-like. Very cool car! It was also fun hanging out with the Grossman staff.

I managed to take a few pictures during the event. Enjoy!

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John Kish
1971 240Z - original owner

I've got a lot of miles and one very hairy accident in a '59 A-H BugEye Sprite. During an unauthorized "pre-lubricated" ( ) practice and course-familiarization run for New York's upcoming Onondaga County Hogsback Hillclimb one cold night, my best bud John spun his BugEye on some black ice while I served as his Navigator and ballast. We spun several times before backing into a stone country wall with considerable force. I saw it coming in SloMo and ducked down into the "cellar" and pushed up on the dash with all my adrenaline strength. We survived. In fact, the worst of our injuries occurred when our heads met inside the car at the moment after impact; our "second collision".

The rear of the Sprite was smashed flat against the rear wheels; there's nothing back there but empty cargo space, anyway, and the little 950cc had enough power to flatten the entire rear of the car all the way up to the rear axle.

8 of us guys spent nearly an hour in the cold night, prying the bodywork away from the moving parts with tire irons, and the little BugEye was rolling under its own power again. John spent Friday rigging new tail lights and on the weekend he ran the car in the hillclimb.

He didn't win, but he sure got a lot of attention paid to his car.

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1970 240Z

Thanks for the pictures John!

Yes, there was a lighter turnout than normal, I believe since we were not able to send the usual reminder email prior to the meeting. Both webmaster Jim Hagani and myself were traveling the prior week, so I will work with Jim to put in place some "process improvement" to make sure that we can send a reminder email at least a week before the last meeting of the season, which is going to be at Executive Nissan on October 18.

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Juan Marcos - 2023 CTZCC President
Gold 75 280Z
White 72 240Z
Blue 78 280Z
TBD 73 240Z
Red 83 280ZX