OMG! Such great times. Thank you guys for making the wait so much fun... I miss you all!

 

Remember analyzing numbers on the pre-order mailings we received, trying to determine if any number was some indication of a production date, vin number, order number, etc.

Or...

"Did you get your black envelope yet?"

But ZISME.....every pre-orderer knew who ZISME was...we hung on every word he posted.... he squelched rumours...created rumours....took vacations without notifying us (the nerve!).

 

Here is a pic of a bunch of guys from this site getting a look at a Z at a dealership in VA. I don't really remember their names since it has been so long since this pic was taken, so if you see yourself, let us know who you are! I am the one on the far right in the blue shirt.

 

Great thread - what memories. I'm sitting here looking at my pile of magazines, newspaper clippings, Nissan brochures, etc..., wondering how a previously sane 40 year old could spend 6 months of his life hanging on every word on this site while I waited for a car. (I know, it's not just a car, it's a Z)

 

My favorite (not) topic - the antenna location.

Remember this pic? One of my early favorites.

 

I shot the first Super Black photos on July 30:

 

We "big guys" felt a lot more comfortable about fitting in the car after I posted this pic:

 

The lady in front of the Super Black Z....was she the one who "won" some kind of contest and got one of the very first ones.... or was that a CS Z?

 

No........she is Michelle Pickett, with NNA. She drove the car to the dealership.

 

Wow. Memories... I can't believe it's almost been a year. This summer has been fun with many road trips for a total of 8k miles to date and I'm loving it.

Here's a pic from birth... seriosuly, I was trying to pick which one was mine. Too bad it was a Jacksonville, FL port.

Great fun! Great car!

The pic shown below is a pic of Chicago Ohara airport. I drove her all th way back to NY just to break her in.

 

Btw, thanks for the memories. I'm enjoying this. Here's the first pic, still has the dealer bracket on the front. Uhrgggg.

Oct. 3, 2002 - somewhere between IL and NY.

Cheers. -m

 

Remember this Doc? How cute!

btw, you sold me on Zaino! I still have a picture you took with the clouds reflecting on the hood. Nice work.

cheers. -m

 

Sorry about the mix up in pics... here's the pic I was referring to.

 

Ahhh, the memories. It is bittersweet thinking back to those days. For me nothing will beat the hijinks of Scaf and company staking out headquarters and docks and wherever they thought a Z might be spotted...much of time led on by mystic clues from RxO.

 

Remember jumping back and forth to ZCar.com to find out what Zisme had said? Between him and RxO (and JManZ), we thought we had the whole thing figured out.

 

..about Fairlady, tbcz and RxO (the my350z riddler).

We should have renamed this site OCD.com long ago....

 

So many memories : buying sight unseen and never driven , waiting which seemed forever , visiting the dealer to plunk down $ 3,000 on a car I really knew nothing about ......... But worth it all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



FrankieZZ
Base Silverstone
November 2002 Preorder

 

I remember that model pic. I still have it (and all the rest) on my HD. It is labelled, "mini me".


Here's one of all the cars on the ship on the way over.

 

And of course this was always one of my favorites. I used it in the thread we started about what we were all going to put in the empty Nav. compartment.

 

Im still pissed I sold my steak in ownership of this site....I could have banked alot more if I kept it....


ALL YOU GUYS AND GIRLS ROCK!!!!! YOU GAVE ME THE BEST 6 MONTHS EVER........Well as far as a car is concerned.....anyone remeber I'm the first to have a wild experience in a Z.....hee hee *wink wink

I am now the VP of Content for a new gaming system about to be released its called the Phantom. I sign deals with video game makers...its a kick butt job.

www.infiniumlabs.com
jasonm@phantom.net

It will rock... been busy with that and doing some mods to the Z procharger is calling me at night.

Jay (jmanz) hes still being Jay up in spokane wa...boy that dude gots skills making money self employed. Fyi jay if you read this the check is in the mail right? hee hee.

I still talk with Jay on the Phone....I need to tell him to stop by and post here.