Driving north on I-5 out of Seattle today, could have sworn I spotted a Z painted in a orange/baby blue paint scheme ala the GT40, with a big ol wing.

Anybody know this car? Wow. I didn't get a great look.

 

I've heard rumor that this guy works at Microsoft. A couple folks have seen him around before I think.

 

I passed him last week on 99 in Lynnwood by my work. It definitly caught my attention as it looks to be pretty well built up. I think that I saw a full rollcage in it, and by the looks of some of the SCCA stickers that I saw my first thought was that someone took their "racecar" out for a cruise.

 

Not to knock the guy's ride cause it's obviously quite a nice project, but painting a Nissan in famous Ford colors strikes me as ... wrong. Not bad wrong, but just strange.

 

Didn't someone link a craigslist ad a month or so back about this car? I remember seeing pictures of it on here.

 

Fellas i believe the car in question was for sale recently on craiglist. Its not even street legal. Sounds like GULF colors. Baby blue with orange. It was for something like $21 grand and had few hours on it. I would have loved to snag it because it was a screaming deal but i wouldn't have any place to store it.

 

It better be fast to be sporting racing stripes and a GT color scheme

 

those colors were used by the gulf sponsored porsches too! not just the gt-40

 

Yup yup.

 

There is a guy here in AZ that just sold one exactly like that for about $21k. He has a full cage, the same color scheme, etc. It used to be white and he raced it in SCCA. Now he sold it and got 2 carts to race. I'm not sure if the sale was to someone up there or not, but this sounds like that could be the case.

I actually know the guy. Next time I see him, I'll ask where the new owner lives.

 

ya i remember this ... there are a few pics on the az forums... maybe one on az350z but for sure a few on westsidezmeet

 

Not great pictures, but is this the car you're talking about:

 

I know who the owner is...nice guy.


(no, it's not me.)

 

yup same car i was thinking of... those pics are from PIR (phoenix) about 3 miles from where i used to live

 

saw the same one a few weeks ago at a Packwood event - it was a road course car, full cage, fire system, RA-1's,...

 

that thing looks cool

 

I don't know the new owner, but the previous owner is cool. He decided to buy 2 carts (1 for him and 1 for a nephew) to race instead. He offered the car to me first, but I was already neck deep in my project.

 

+1

 

I love it... When I read the OP I visualized something totally different. But that car is 100% legit.

 

It was really nice when it was white as well. I believe that it is a custom vinyl wrap, FYI, not paint.