Project Theseus

[Noll]

This is what's planned for this summer. We are looking for people to convoy with us.

Mon, July 24. Leave Richmond Hill to Chicago.
8-12 hours.

Tues, 25. Chicago to St Louis, Mo
5 - 10 hours.

Wed, 26. St. Louis to Joplin, Mo.
6-12 hours.

Thurs, 27. Joplin to Sayre, OK.
6-12 hours.

Fri, 28. Sayre to Albuquerque, NM.
6-12 hours.

Sat, 29. Albuquerque to Flagstaff, AZ.
5-10 hours.

Sun, 30. Flagstaff to Barstow, CA.
6-12 hours.

Mon, 31. Barstow to Santa MonicaCa. and back to Ontario, CA. 4-6 hours.
Register for ZCON.

Tues. Aug 01 - Sat. Aug 05. ZCON

Sun. Aug 06. Ontario - Santa Monica Pier - Point Mugu-Ventura-San Luis Obispo. 5 hours.

Mon. Aug. 07. San Luis Obispo - Hearst Castle-Carmel-Big Sur-Montery. 5 hours.

Tues. Aug. 08. Monterey - Fort Bragg.
6:15 hours.

Wed. Aug. 09. Fort Bragg-Gold Beach, Oregon. 5:30.
hurs. Aug. 10. Gold Beach-Portland.

Fri. Aug. 11. Portland - Langley BC.

Sat. Aug. 12. Visit friends and family in Langley .

Sun. Aug 13. Enter the Z in BC Z Car Registry Z Fest.

https://facebook.com/events/s/bc-z-fest-100-z-cars-in-one-sh/929646364820040/j

Drive to Sorrento, BC. 4 hours.

Mon. Aug 14. - Tues. Aug. 16. Visit Eric's best friend at his fishing camp.

Wed. Aug 17. Sorrento - Edmonton.
8:30 hours.

Thurs. Aug 18. Visit Eric's sister.

Fri. Aug 19. Arnya to airport, Eric to Grenfell, Sask., with a stop at Eric's cousin's in Saskatoon. 12 hours.

Sat. Aug 20-Sun Aug 21. Grenfell Beach with family.

Mon. Aug 21. Grenfell - Thunder Bay.
12:30 hours.

Tues. Aug 22. Thunder Bay - Orillia
13:30 hours.

Oh, nice! I don't think i'll be able to make it this year unfortunately, but if you have anything similar planned in future years I'd love to tag along if life/timing works out .

[zedfoot]

This is what's planned for this summer. We are looking for people to convoy with us.

Mon, July 24. Leave Richmond Hill to Chicago.
8-12 hours.

Tues, 25. Chicago to St Louis, Mo
5 - 10 hours.

Wed, 26. St. Louis to Joplin, Mo.
6-12 hours.

Thurs, 27. Joplin to Sayre, OK.
6-12 hours.

Fri, 28. Sayre to Albuquerque, NM.
6-12 hours.

Sat, 29. Albuquerque to Flagstaff, AZ.
5-10 hours.

Sun, 30. Flagstaff to Barstow, CA.
6-12 hours.

Mon, 31. Barstow to Santa MonicaCa. and back to Ontario, CA. 4-6 hours.
Register for ZCON.

Tues. Aug 01 - Sat. Aug 05. ZCON

Sun. Aug 06. Ontario - Santa Monica Pier - Point Mugu-Ventura-San Luis Obispo. 5 hours.

Mon. Aug. 07. San Luis Obispo - Hearst Castle-Carmel-Big Sur-Montery. 5 hours.

Tues. Aug. 08. Monterey - Fort Bragg.
6:15 hours.

Wed. Aug. 09. Fort Bragg-Gold Beach, Oregon. 5:30.
hurs. Aug. 10. Gold Beach-Portland.

Fri. Aug. 11. Portland - Langley BC.

Sat. Aug. 12. Visit friends and family in Langley .

Sun. Aug 13. Enter the Z in BC Z Car Registry Z Fest.

https://facebook.com/events/s/bc-z-fest-100-z-cars-in-one-sh/929646364820040/j

Drive to Sorrento, BC. 4 hours.

Mon. Aug 14. - Tues. Aug. 16. Visit Eric's best friend at his fishing camp.

Wed. Aug 17. Sorrento - Edmonton.
8:30 hours.

Thurs. Aug 18. Visit Eric's sister.

Fri. Aug 19. Arnya to airport, Eric to Grenfell, Sask., with a stop at Eric's cousin's in Saskatoon. 12 hours.

Sat. Aug 20-Sun Aug 21. Grenfell Beach with family.

Mon. Aug 21. Grenfell - Thunder Bay.
12:30 hours.

Tues. Aug 22. Thunder Bay - Orillia
13:30 hours.

[Noll]

We started with the ZCCR weekend in Rochester, then Cape Cod. Worked our way down the Eastern seaboard to ZCON in Savannah, Georgia. After ZCON, diagonally across to Calgary, with a stop to ride a bus around the Indianapolis Speedway. Calgary to St John's, Newfoundland with many side trips, then back for our Z Fest at Brantford.

Oh wow, that is an amazing trip, i am envious!

[zedfoot]

Oh jeez that's quite the roadtrip, where'd you go? I'm hoping to do do a bit trip with the Z at some point, possibly next year (once i quieten it down a little).

We started with the ZCCR weekend in Rochester, then Cape Cod. Worked our way down the Eastern seaboard to ZCON in Savannah, Georgia. After ZCON, diagonally across to Calgary, with a stop to ride a bus around the Indianapolis Speedway. Calgary to St John's, Newfoundland with many side trips, then back for our Z Fest at Brantford.

[Noll]

Thanks! And nice, i bet the extra room of a 2+2 would have been very handy for that.

Got some film developed finally, and had taken some shots of the Z a while back so:

[KeithZed]

Awesome things are going well. I had a '77 280 2+2 which had loads of storage space with the back seat down. As others have said I went on camping trips with it and got everything in no problem.
Perhaps I should this was when I was A/ much younger, and B/ single. Now we do what's sometimes described as "glamping"
Keith

[Noll]

Often known as the "Damond in the Rough"
i believe the 240 has a record amount of space for any 2 door sports coupe.
I remember the days of camping gear and 4 track tires loaded in for Solo 1 weekends!

It seems so haha
And nice! I've heard stories of people doing that back in the day, just wasn't sure if they'd all fit as the normal Z tire dia is around 24" and these were 27" 's, all adds up. Happily all good though, and would have been even easier if I didn't have the welded-in rear strut bar.

My best friend and I did 32,000 km over 83 days in the Z. All our luggage plus a 12V cooler.

Oh jeez that's quite the roadtrip, where'd you go? I'm hoping to do do a bit trip with the Z at some point, possibly next year (once i quieten it down a little).

congrats on best paint

Thanks! I was very much not expecting it haha, showed up late, chatted with friends for a few minutes and then the event organizers walked up to us and asked who owned my car lol. It was a good day.

[vvise]

congrats on best paint

[zedfoot]

My best friend and I did 32,000 km over 83 days in the Z. All our luggage plus a 12V cooler.

[Ont240]

Often known as the "Damond in the Rough"
i believe the 240 has a record amount of space for any 2 door sports coupe.
I remember the days of camping gear and 4 track tires loaded in for Solo 1 weekends!

[Noll]

Car show today, managed to win a trophy which was neat - for Best Paint of all things haha. I guess they meant the "that's cool" aspect as opposed to actual paint quality but i'm definitely not complaining either way






Also (unrelatedly) got a really good deal on some tires for my subaru, so decided to see if i could fit them in the Z on the trip home instead of coming back in the volvo, and yep, turns out 4 27" tires will fit in a S30 lol

[zedfoot]

Fluid Film is my go to lubricant for anywhere you need it to "creep". I'm still working on a 20L pail I bought over 20 years ago.

[Noll]

Hey, Ellie, looks like your speedo cable could use some lubrication.

Indeed! I need to pull the speedo (thankfully comes out the front easily on 260s) to replace a burnt out bulb or two and rectify the inaccuracy i seem to have introduced when I pulled the needle off years ago to put on the KM/H sticker (it reads about 14km low at all speeds) so i'll make sure to do that then. Any specific lubricant you'd recommend?

Four S30’s at a random car show, that is a good turnout.

It was a good time for sure. We've built quite a nice local Z/other old nissan Facebook group for the Ottawa area and the sheer number of old datsuns around that I would never have known were in the area is quite neat.

[colinc]

Four S30’s at a random car show, that is a good turnout.

[zedfoot]

Hey, Ellie, looks like your speedo cable could use some lubrication.