Last Club Meeting:
Our last club meeting was held at Middletown Nissan with roughly 35 attendees. Hosting the meeting in Middletown allowed us to see lot's of new faces and cars. We thought we were "full-up" when a procession of about 7 black Z's arrived late for pizza. After everyone caught up with each other in the parking lot, Bryan Little gave a fascinating and informative presentation on early model carburetors.

Pictures - compliments of Phil Parent: http://picasaweb.google.com/phil280zxt/ ... 3691509954

Next Club Meeting:
Our next club meeting will be held on Wednesday July 8th at 7:00pm at Nino's Trattoria Italian Restaurant, 91 Scott Road, Waterbury, CT 06705 (203-757-9490). During this meeting Rich Amatulli of RDZ Engineering (http://www.rdz300.com) will present a brief history of the 300zx, how it continued the Datsun/Nissan legend and how with some maintenance and a few upgrades, it is still at the forefront of performance even when compared to today's cars. Rich will also discuss the most frequent maintenance issues common to the 300ZX's and how to check for and resolve them.

We are continuing our efforts to have club meeetings throughout Connecticut this year. If you know of a great location for a future meeting in your neck of the woods, please e-mail me.

Past Month Events:

1) Z Association of NY (ZANY) Northeast Adventure - June 22nd Several of our members made the ride up to Saratoga for ZANY"s annual Z Adventure at the Saratoga Automobile Museum. As usual, ZANY did a great job and the weather cooperated nicely. Registration included adminssion to the museum, which has a wonderful inventory of classic automobiles.

Pictures compliments of Tom Wasney:
http://forums.ctzcc.com/viewtopic.php?t=3996

2) The CTZCC visits Orange County Choppers! On June 28th a contingent of our members ventured out of CT to the Infiniti & Nissan car show at the new Orange County Choppers world headquarters in Newburgh NY. Many participants started their day with coffee and donuts hosted by Rich Amatulli in Danbury and then caravanned from there. The show Include trophies in many categories claimed by at least five of our members along with a tour of the facilities. The Tuttle family was planning to make an appearance but apparently they got into an argument on the way over to the shop

Pictures, compliments of Keith Hultmark and Tom Wasney:
http://gs177.photobucket.com/groups/w211/JGZHFL6DXN/
and: http://forums.ctzcc.com/viewtopic.php?t ... c&start=30


Upcoming Events:

1) All Japanese Classic Car Weekend sponsored by the Z Car Club of Rochester July 17-19, 2009, Rochester, NY

Friday July 17, 6:30-10:00pm: Casual weekend kickoff at ZCCR President John Taddonio’s home. Food and beverage served.

Saturday July 18, 9am-4pm – All Japanese Classic & Import Tuner Car Show – Hoselton Nissan, 50 Marsh Rd., East Rochester, NY, 14445. All Japanese makes, models and vintages welcome. 1st and 2nd place awards in each class. Best paint, interior, engine, Best of Show specialty awards. Food, raffles, goody bags, music and more. Registration 9am-12pm, awards ceremony at 3pm. $10 per car at the gate, spectator admission FREE.

Saturday July 18, 7pm - Dinner at Flaherty’s Three Flags Inn, 1200 Bay Rd., Webster, NY, 14580. Meet with participants to relive the events of the day over fine food and drink.

Sunday July 19 – Meet for light breakfast between 9-10am at Dunkin’ Donuts, 62 North Ave., Webster, NY, 14580. At 10am depart on a short drive to visit SHARPSITE RACING, home to several historic Datsun race cars including:
* Car HLS30-00006, the first Z-Car to actually leave the factory. Campaigned as BSR #33 by Bob Sharp and Jim Fitzgerald.
* Championship 280Z IMSA GTU car, driven by Sam Posey.
* Don Devendorf Electromotive 280ZX
* Letizinger 280ZX and more!

The Sharpsite crew will give a presentation on the cars and be available to answer any questions. Afterwards, the group will hit the road to a waterfront spot for lunch.

Please check www.zccr.net, http://forums.ctzcc.com/viewtopic.php?t=3987 or email zcarnut@hotmail.com for more information including area hotels, maps and updates.

2) CTZCC 2nd Annual Car Show: Due to a scheduling conflict, we have moved the date of our annual car show to September (most likely 9/19 with a rain date of 9/20) Please reserve the date on your calendars!

3) Bob Sharp Lime Rock Outing: Saturday July 25th: One of the most enjoyable events of last year with Bob giving us a "mock' driving class as if you were about to head out to do battle on the racetrack. He will tell you what to do, what not to do and everything in between. While it's not guaranteed, Bob may be able to get us out for parade laps mid-day as he did last year. The Ferarri club will have the track on this day so there should be some good viewing of some very expensive vintage cars. This is a very casual day of fun and perfect for spouses. Attendees will not race on the track. If I remember correctly, Bob did pass me pretty fast on the way home last year though.

New Members:
Please welcome our new members that joined this past month when you see them in person or on the discussion forum:

Budnick, Justin 2003 350Z
Cabrera, Aldo 2004 350Z
DeBlasi, David 2008 350Z
Dempsey, Alan 2007 350Z
Dubrowski, Chris 1972 240Z
Dufner, Jordan 1990 300ZX
Eichenbaum, Larry 1971 240Z
Massa, Tony 2003 350Z
Mendez, Tito 1974 260Z
Netro, Andrew 1975 280Z
Parillo, Joe 2003 350Z
Tylinski, Gary 1991 300ZX
Umbach, Sven 2006 350Z
Wallace, Phil 1991 300ZX

Club Meeting Topics / Presenters:
We are always looking for topics to be discussed at our monthly club meetings, which occur on the second Wednesday of each month from March through September. Typically we have two different topics / presentations per meeting. Have you always wanted to share your unique knowledge of the Z with a larger audience? Maybe you have knowledge of Z history, specific models, restoration, modifications or other topics that club members would be interested in. If so, please send me an e-mail so we can get you on the calendar. Don't be shy - it's fun!


Hope to see you at our upcoming meeting on July 8th!

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Ross Williams
1978 280Z Black Pearl Edition 38k Original Miles