richiep
Club Member
It occurred to me (after being asked how long I've owned the red Fairlady Z by people at Japfest last weekend) that in a couple of weeks' time I will have owned that car - and been a Z enthusiast - for 20 years. The car and my knowledge have evolved a lot since then - with that enthusiasm becoming increasingly hands-on as shown with Project Dixie and having morphed into a wider love of the 70s Japanese market scene in particular, with the RA25 Celica having joined the embryonic collection. Anyway, digging into my old forum gallery, here's a pic of my car a few months into ownership on the club stand at Oulton Park Gold Cup 2003, when it was still "disguised" as a Datsun 240Z, before the rebuild that took place 2005-8: