Z Club of San Diego JANUARY 2014 Vol. 23 No. 01 Est. 1991 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 JANUARY 7 th AT DENNY S in the Clairemont Square Shopping Center (See Page 2)
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 LISA FOSTER Track Coordinator DENNIS DARNALL zcardennis@gmail.com Club Store MICHELE RUPPERT CheleyRup@gmail.com Convention Chairman Lenny Arnoth Lennynsheri@cox.net THE PREZ SAYZ January 2014 HAPPY NEW YEAR We had a great turnout for the December meeting with many old members and some new. The speaker was Tony from ZEROPAINT and talked about his process of laminating film coating onto your cars paint to protect or change color or appearance. Our annual Holiday party was a great success at Coco s with over 40 members attending, having fun, exchanging gifts and enjoying good food. January s meeting will be this Tuesday the 7 th at the same Denny s Restaurant. Our drive this month will be on the 25 th going to March Base Air Museum and will be a fur event. This is your Club to share the enjoyment of your car with other members who love their cars. So come on out and have fun. Wally Cook - Prez 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
ZCSD EVENTS for 2014 2014 Events & Dates: January 25 th March AF Base Air Museum, Drive & Lunch February 22 nd SD Automotive Museum in Balboa Park, Drive & Lunch 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 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 All Japanese Classic Car Show at the Queen Mary in Long Beach 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
Your Board in Action 2014 Your Board in Action The Board of Directors meeting was held on December 10, 2013 at President Wally Cook s home. We celebrated another successful year with dinner for board members and their spouses. Topics of discussion included; the Holiday party on December 14 th and events for the 2014 calendar be sure to mark your calendars: Saturday, January 25 th to March Air Force Museum and Saturday, February 22 nd to the San Diego Automotive Museum in Balboa Park. Obtaining our corporate status, non-profit status and creating the LLC for the convention continues. See you at the General Meeting, January 7 th.
ZCSD Board Meeting and Holiday Dinner at Casa de Cook Once again our president and secretary, Wally and Patty Cook hosted ZCSD December Board Meeting at their beautiful house. The food was amazing and desert even better. Thanks Wally and Patty for hosting us at your house and for all the hard work and extra time that you guys dedicate to our beloved club.
ZCSD December Board Meeting at Casa de Cook
ZCSD STORE NEW SHIRTS AND HATS ARE IN NEW CLUB PIN $5.00 each
CLIF S MEMBERSHIP. THE RANKS HAVE EXPANDED SINCE LAST MONTH, WITH 5 PEOPLE JOINING OUR CLUB. JON KRAUSE HAS A '71 ORANGE 240Z, AND LIVES IN SAN DIEGO. ED REAY FROM SAN DIEGO IS IN THE DATSUN FAMILY WITH A 210. JOHN WASHINGTON IS FROM SCOTTSDALE AZ. AND DRIVES A '75 280Z THAT IS WHITE/BLUE. LEWIS AND SHIRLEY LIPSTONE ARE LIVING IN LOS ANGE- LES AND HAVE A '77 280Z THAT IS WHITE. Total members: 143 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 30 3 13 12 7 9 17 8 THE CLUB EVENT FOR JANU- ARY IS A FUN CROSS COUNTRY RUN UP TO MARCH AIR MUSE- UM. SEE THE ROUTE DIREC- TIONS HERE IN THE NEWSLET- TER. ALSO THE BASIC ROUTE MAPS CAN BE PRINTED OUT IF YOU NEED THEM. A LIMITED NUMBER WILL BE AVAILABLE, BUT BRING YOUR OWN COPY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. JANUARY 2014 BIRTHDAYS Happy Birthday! Kathy Crail 01/02 Bob Welty 01/04 Jeff Sakai 01/05 Steve Daniel 01/15 John Washington 01/17 Vicki Nenner 01/17 Kim Bradfield 01/19 David Woodcock 01/19 Chuck Campbell 01/29 Bernard Vinluan 01/31
ZCSD January 25th run to March Field Air Museum PLEASE RUN A COPY OF THESE DIRECTIONS AND BRING THEM ALONG. IF YOU PLAN TO MEET AT ONE OF THE RENDEVOUS SPOTS, CALL CLIF AT 619-944- 5205, SO WE WON T LEAVE WITHOUT YOU!! Mileage based on maps and not actual driving of the route. Meet at McDonald's Restaurant 2705 Via De La Valle, Del Mar 8:45AM Depart 9:15AM ZERO YOUR ODOMETER LEG ACU. 1. Head east on Via De La Valle and go 5.1 mi 2. Turn right onto Co Hwy S6/Paseo Delicias. Continue to follow S6 8.2 mi 13.3 3. Turn right onto Via Rancho Pkwy 3.2 mi 16.5 After passing over I-15 pull into Chevron Gas on right RENDEVOUS FOR NORTH COUNTY CLUB MEMBERS. DEPART: 9:45AM 4. Continue onto Bear Valley Pkwy and go 6.0 mi 22.5 5. Turn right onto Valley Pkwy 1.3 mi 23.8 6. Continue onto Valley Center Rd 6.0 mi 29.8 7. Turn left onto Cole Grade Rd 7.9 mi 37.7 8. Turn left onto CA-76 W 5.7 mi 43.4 9. Slight right onto Pala Mission Rd.6 mi 44.0 10. Turn right onto Pala-Temecula Rd 7.0 mi 51.0 11. Turn right onto Wolf Valley Rd 1.0 mi 52.0 12. Left turn onto Redhawk Pkwy 1.0 mi 53.0 TURN RIGHT INTO PARKING LOT OF DEL TACO, RENDEVOUS WITH ZCCIV & GROUP Z. DEPART: 10:40AM 13. Redhawk Pkwy turns to Margarita Rd. and go 2.4 mi 55.4 14. Turn right onto Rancho Calif. Rd 4.4 mi 59.8 15. Name changes to Buck Rd, Warren Rd, Borel Rd, Washington St. 8.0 mi 67.8 16. Continue on Washington St 3.5 mi 71.3 17. Turn right on CA-79 N/Winchester Rd 4.7 mi 76.0 18. Turn left onto Simpson Rd 4.0 mi 80.0 19. Turn right onto Menifee Rd 6.5 mi 86.5 20. Turn left onto Nuevo Rd 4.0 mi 90.5 21. Turn right on N. Perris Blvd.1 mi 90.6 LUNCH AT McDonalds's 1675 N. PERRIS BLVD. RENDEVOUS WITH EMPIRE Z CLUB. 11:30AM DEPART: 12:15PM 22. Return to Nuevo Rd. turn right (west) and take onramp to I-215 N 5.0 mi 95.6 23. Take Van Buren Blvd exit, turn right onto road headed south to AIR MUSEUM RETURN HOME ON YOUR OWN SCHEDULE. 100 miles back to S.D. 1:45 min.
ZCSD at Cars and Coffee, Carlsbad A few ZCSD members gather together early on a Saturday morning to ride the PCH on the way to Cars & Coffee at the Carlsbad Outlets.
San Diego International Auto Show 2014 The San Diego International Auto Show took place at the San Diego Convention Center from January the 1 st to the 5 th. There was an awesome display of luxury and technology to satisfied every automobile enthusiast. Our former track coordinator Mick Halbert was representing the Wounded Veterans with Duane Norman amazing Datsun 510. Nissan had a variety of vehicles on display mostly SUV s and sedans and the greatly acclaimed and admired GTR, but no Z car at all, in my opinion very disappointing.
Short note from your Vice- Prez and Newsletter editor 2014 is here!!!. Last year was awesome, but this year is going to be better. The ZCON is our main event although we have a full calendar of events planned for you. We still committed to bring you a guess speaker and a planed outing/ run every month. For January we are having Salvador Mazin long time ZCSD member and friend, he is the AMSOIL representative and he will be demonstrating and presenting the extensive line of AMSOIL lubricants and products. Come on in and enjoy a very interesting presentation. The run for this month was put together by Clif Yaussi. We are heading out to the March Air Force Field. An interesting aircraft collection and fun ride. Details are in the newsletter. Come and meet our special guess speaker and former ZCSD member Salvador C. Mazin. He is the representative for the awesome AMSOIL line of lubricants products. Great discounts for those attending the meeting.
DECEMBER ZCSD General Meeting Full House at The ZCSD December General Meeting Tony from Zero Paint talked about full n partial car wraps and the different wrapping materials available in the industry.
Z Cars at the General Meeting ZCSD members braved the weather at the parking lot during the December General meeting. Michael Ryan brought his beautiful triple carbs 240Z Blanca. Our guess speaker, Tony from Zero Paint had his pristine 350Z with chameleon wrapping.
ZCSD 2013 Holiday Party ZCSD closed another year of joy n hard work with our traditional Holiday Party. Thanks to Sheri and Lenny for coordinating this awesome gathering and thanks to all that participated, the white elephant traditional gift exchange was fun as always (it becomes a fearless battle, but friendly never the less). We collected many unwrapped toys for the Toys for Tots Charity. We all had a great time and a great dinner, Also want to congratulate Devin and Alicia on their engagement!!! You guys are a beautiful couple and we wish you nothing but the best.